Editorial for the Special Issue on the Occasion of Reinhard Pippan's 70th Birthday: Celebrating a Legacy of Innovation and Excellence in Material Science

Innovation and Excellence in Material Science The cover photograph shows a collection of tools and samples that were essential during the career of Reinhard Pippan, involving differently sized HPT anvils, various fracture and fatigue specimens, an early dedicated in-situ testing device, and a broken ski pole of the jubilee ready for applied fracture research. More details can be found in the Guest Editorial by Daniel Kiener and Anton Hohenwarter (2401772).