Ignacio Bustos is a Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in Engineering Sciences from Instituto Balseiro (Argentina). His career has been dedicated to advancing understanding of fatigue behaviour in metallic materials through innovative non-contact characterisation techniques. He previously served as Assistant Lecturer at Instituto Balseiro and Researcher at CNEA's Physics Division, where he developed expertise in servo-hydraulic and electromechanical testing systems, specialising in monotonic and fatigue testing protocols. He has collaborated with leading research institutions across Argentina and France accumulating extensive experience in structural integrity assessments and data analysis for nuclear components. His work has consistently integrated advanced experimental techniques such as Digital Image Correlation and Infrared Thermography to enhance materials characterisation.