Filippo Berto is full professor of Mechanics of Materials at La Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials and Environment. He received the Phd from University of Florence in 2006 and the master degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Padua in 2003. He has been international chair in fracture mechanics, fatigue, and structural integrity at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology of Trondheim, Norway. Previously he was associate professor of machine design at the University of Padua, Italy.