M. El Mansori is a Professor at the Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology (ENSAM) in France where he leads the Mechanics, Surfaces and Material Processing (MSMP) Laboratory (EA 7350). He is also a Research Professor at the Texas A&M University (TAMU) in the USA, where he is Program Director of the TEES–TAMU–ENSAM joint research cluster. His current research interests include the interface of thermo-mechanic characteristics of both metallic and composite materials and the physics behind their tribological and manufacturing performances. Research carried out by M. El Mansori and his team has generated more than 270 papers in international journals. M. El Mansori was the section editor of “Nature Based and Inspired Composite Materials? as part of “Encyclopedia of Materials: Composites? published by Elsevier.