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Shape memory alloys (SMAs), in comparison with other materials, have the exceptional ability to change their properties, structure, and functionality depending on the thermal, magnetic, and/or stress fields applied. As is well known, in recent decades, the development of SMAs has allowed innovative solutions and alternatives in biomedical applications and advanced engineering structures for aerospace and automotive industries as well as in sensor and actuation systems, among other sectors. Irrespective of this, designing and engineering using these special smart materials requires a solid background in materials science in order to consolidate their importance in these fields and to broaden their relevance for other new applications. The goal of this Special Issue is to foster the dissemination of some of the latest research devoted to these special materials from different perspectives.

shape memory alloys --- cyclic tests --- fatigue test --- energy dissipation --- earthquake engineering --- NiTiNb --- anisotropy --- texture --- SME --- pipe joints --- NiTi --- selective laser melting --- additive manufacturing --- lattice structure --- EBSD --- superelasticity --- metamagnetic shape memory alloys --- structural defects --- magnetocaloric effect --- mechanical damping --- martensitic transitions --- phonon softening --- resonant ultrasound spectroscopy --- laser-ultrasound --- elastic constants --- high-temperature shape memory alloys --- titanium palladium --- titanium platinum --- multi-component alloys --- medium-entropy alloys --- high-entropy alloys --- laser powder bed fusion --- density control --- structure control --- process simulation --- shape memory alloy --- Fe-Mn-Al-Ni --- cyclic heat treatment --- co-based Heusler alloy --- martensitic transformation --- metamagnetic shape memory alloy --- phase diagram --- magnetic-field-induced transition --- intermetallic --- microstructure --- differential scanning calorimetry --- X-ray diffraction --- mechanical testing --- n/a