He is an Auxiliar Professor at ISEP – School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal. He completed the Título de Agregado in Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Doutoramento in Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Mestrado in M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - Profile of Mechanical Constructions in 2006 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia and Licenciatura in Graduation in Mechanical Engineering - Transport Branch in 2003 by Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto. He is an Adjunct Teacher in Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, and Researcher in Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics. He published 320 articles in journals. He has 136 section(s) of books and 23 book(s). He participated in 112 event(s). He supervised 5 PhD thesis(es) and e co-supervised 1. He Supervised 167 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 73. He has received 16 awards and/or honors. He Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 6 project(s). His research area includes material joining, adhesive joints, material characterization, polymers, composite materials, sandwich structures, advanced manufacturing systems, automation and robotics, industrial design, numerical modelling, finite element method, and cohesive zone models.