Professor Dr. Dragan Marinkovic is a full professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia and also a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Structural Analysis, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin). He received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nis and his PhD from the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He has a rich teaching experience in subjects related to the fields of Structural Mechanics, Transport and Logistics. He is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Facta Universitatis series Mechanical Engineering and also a member of Editorial Boards of several renowned international journals. His research interest covers the fields of structural analysis, development and application of finite element method (particularly coupled-field effects and development of FEM for virtual-reality based real-time simulations), transport, logistics, decision-making problems, optimization. His research activity is witnessed by more than 100 research articles in international journals, more than 60 contributions to national and international conferences, and participation in more than 25 research and industrial projects.