About the Editors:ANDREAS OECHSNER, born 1970, is full Professor at Griffith University, Australia. He graduated 1997 at the Stuttgart University in Aviation and Aerospace Engineering and finished his PhD-studies in 2003 at the Erlangen University. Awards- Book-Award from the Chemical Industry Fund in Frankfurt, Germany, 1987-Award for best High School Graduation, Germany, 1990- State Parliament's Award, Germany, 1993LUCAS FILIPE MARTINS DA SILVA is currently Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He received a PhD related to adhesive bonding in 2004 from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Prof RD Adams. Since then, he has been teaching and investigating structural adhesive joints. The work covers a wide range of engineering structural adhesives such as epoxies, acrylics and bismaleimides. Several test methods for adhesive joints are available at the FEUP including various jointconfigurations such as bulk specimens, lap shear joints and butt joints. In addition to the experimental expertise, detailed analytical models and finite element analysis of stresses and strains within the joints are also undertaken.In 2005 he joined the editorial board of the "International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives"ROBERT DAVID ADAMS, born 1940 is Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Bristol. 1967 Professor Adams became Lecturer, Reader 1975, Professor 1986. From 1994 to 1998 he headed the Department. 1998 he became Graduate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol and kept this position until 2004.He is active member in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of MaterialsInstitute of Physics, British Standards Institute and the Engineering Science Data Unit.Professor Adams is Joint Editor-in-Chief of the "International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives" and member of the Editorial board of: Journal of Adhesion, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation International, Series A : Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers International Journal. Journal of Materials: Design & Applications, Proc. IMechE Part L.Degrees and awards:State Scholarship, 1958 Clothworkers' Scholarship (awarded to the student who stands highest in the Imperial College Entrance Scholarship Examination), 1959BSc (Eng), First Class Honours, Imperial College, University of London, 1962PhD, University of Cambridge, St John's College, 1967DSc (Eng), University of London, 1986Visiting Foreign Francqui Chair and Medal at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), 1991Honorary Professorship of the Huazhong (Wuhan) University of Science & Technology (PRC), 1995.
