Activities currently performed - Permanent Associate Professor with Habilitation at ISEP – School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal. Teacher of Mechanical Engineering, in the field of Applied Mechanics. Academic Qualifications, Skills, and Competencies - Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Major in Transport (ISEP), with 16 values - Master in Mechanical Engineering, Major in Mechanical Constructions (FEUP), with 17 values (Very Good) - PhD in Mechanical Engineering (FEUP), with unanimous approval with distinction - Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering (FEUP), with unanimous approval Teaching at higher education and related institutions Teaching experience in higher education since 2003, at ESEIG, ISEP and ULP, teaching curricular units such as Finite Element Method, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, Power Transmission Systems, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Automation Industrial, Project and Internship. Ph.D., M.Sc., and B.Sc. thesis supervision Supervision of 6 Ph.D. theses at FEUP. Supervision/co-supervision of 23 M.Sc. theses at ISEP and FEUP. Supervision of 52 B.Sc. theses at ULP and ISEP.