About the Editor
J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is
also distinguished as honorary professor in several universities/colleges in China,
India and Spain. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997,
M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes)
in 1991, Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986, from the University of
Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra
in 2005 and the D.Sc. (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University in
2013. He is Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers
with an MBA and Specialist titles in Engineering and Industrial Management as well
as in Metrology. He is also Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Fellow (FIET) of IET
London. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in
Machining and Tribology. He has also interest in Management, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has guided large numbers of postdoc,
Ph.D. and master’s students as well as has coordinated and participated in several
financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards and honors. He
has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC-European Research Council and other
international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities in different countries. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals,
Guest Editor of journals, Books Editor, Book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory
for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board
Member of 30 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 100 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and
co-editor) more than 200 books and as author (and co-author) more than 15 books,
100 book chapters and 500 articles in journals and conferences (more than 280 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 57+/10500+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 62+/13000+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 80+/22000+
citations).
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J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is
also distinguished as honorary professor in several universities/colleges in China,
India and Spain. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997,
M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes)
in 1991, Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986, from the University of
Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra
in 2005 and the D.Sc. (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University in
2013. He is Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers
with an MBA and Specialist titles in Engineering and Industrial Management as well
as in Metrology. He is also Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Fellow (FIET) of IET
London. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in
Machining and Tribology. He has also interest in Management, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has guided large numbers of postdoc,
Ph.D. and master’s students as well as has coordinated and participated in several
financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards and honors. He
has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC-European Research Council and other
international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities in different countries. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals,
Guest Editor of journals, Books Editor, Book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory
for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board
Member of 30 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 100 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and
co-editor) more than 200 books and as author (and co-author) more than 15 books,
100 book chapters and 500 articles in journals and conferences (more than 280 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 57+/10500+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 62+/13000+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 80+/22000+
citations).
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