Anders Blom has over 40 years of experience in aeronautical R&D. He is an expert on structural integrity and has worked on structural issues for various civil and military aircraft, certification of the new Swedish fighter Gripen, failure analysis of Ariane 5 rocket for Arianespace, France, and failure analysis of various nuclear reactor components.Current positions: • Vice President CEAS (The Council of European Aerospace Societies with 35.000 members) • National council member of ICAS (International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences), • Swedish representative in ACARE General Assembly (Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe)• Chairman International Steering Committee for International Fatigue Congress, 1993 - present• Member of the Scientific Councils of VZLU (The Czech Aerospace Research Centre) Prague, The Czech Republic, and INCAS (National Institute for Aerospace Research), Bucharest, Romania• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, since 1994 Previous positions: • Board member of EREA (Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics) • Board member of IFAR (International Forum for Aviation Research) • Head of the Swedish Garteur delegation (Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe, consisting of leading seven nations)• National Technical Expert in EDA (European Defence Agency) Cap Tech ESM02 (Air Systems and their Environment), appointed by FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)• Swedish national delegate to ICAF (International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue and Structural Integrity) 1985 - 2005, general secretary of ICAF 2005 - 2017Awards: • Thulin silver medal, for development of fatigue and fracture mechanics for metallic structures, in 1997, and gold medal, for contributions to Swedish Aeronautics, in 2016, awarded by FTF and IVA.• F.J. Plantema Award by ICAF in 2001. • US Air Force 2016 Lincoln Award for Aircraft Structural Integrity• ICAS 2018 von Kármán Award for Best International Cooperation (ICAF)• EREA Award in 2019 for outstanding contributions.• CAE Award in 2021 (Chinese Aeronautical Establishment) for contribution to China-EU civil aviation science and technology cooperation.• ICAS Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Award 2022, for outstanding contributions in Structural Integrity and for National and International Cooperation.• Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation Award in 2022, for outstanding work strengthening the Brazil- Sweden Collaboration in Aeronautics.