Dr. Emilio V. González is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics and Industrial Construction at the Polytechnic School of the University of Girona, and member of the research team AMADE - Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural Design since 2003. Gonzalez's PhD involved an investigation of the damage resistance and damage tolerance of polymer-based composite plates under low-velocity impact, entitled “Simulation of interlaminar and intralaminar damage in polymer-based composites for aeronautical applications under impact loading”, supervised by Dr. Pere Maimí from the University of Girona and Dr. Pedro P. Camanho from the University of Porto. The PhD was graded with an Excellent Cum Laude, with European mention, and three indexed papers were published resulting of the investigation carried out. One of these papers had the certificate of recognition for one of the most downloaded articles on the internet in 2013, with a position 21 out of 25, from the indexed scientific journal “Composite Structures”. During his PhD, three short research stages were done at Universidade do Porto (Portugal) and NASA Langley Research Center. After finishing the PhD, it is worth mentioning the research stay with the post-doctoral mobility grant “José Castillejo”, young doctors 2012 of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (reference: CAS12 / 00318), enjoyed in 2013 (4 months), at the Universidade do Porto (Portugal). Concurrently to the PhD’s topic, González’s main research interests abroad experimental, analytical and numerical aspects of failure in fibre-reinforced composites. All the research carried out is aimed at solving real problems in the industry of the sector, so much so that he has participated in a multitude of projects in order to understand and solve the problems raised. Special effort is given in three different research topics: (1) at one side, on the simulation of large composite structures with reasonable computational times and accuracy; (2) the second research topic is focused on the definition of the translaminar fracture toughness and the cohesive law shape of composite laminates, including the design of the test set-ups and the data reduction methods; (3) the other topic is the characterization of the material data-cards under high strain rates. Recent papers can be found in Gonzalez’s literature focusing on any of those topics.