**About the Editors**

## **Violeta Carvalho**

Violeta Meneses Carvalho completed the Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering in 2020 by the University of Minho and her area of expertise is Biomaterials, Rehabilitation, and Biomechanics. Currently, she is an invited assistant at the Production and Systems Department teaching statistics and numerical methods. At the same time, she is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Doctoral program at the University of Minho focused on the development and optimization of innovative nanoparticles and a preclinical organ-on-a-chip platform for nanomedicine. In the scope of the PhD project, she is doing an internship at INL, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. She will also conduct experiments at Shin's Laboratory - Harvard Medical School through a Fullbright/FCT grant. Up to now, she has published 16 papers in indexed journals, four book chapters, one edited book, 10 conference papers, one conference poster, and six conference abstracts.

#### **Senhorinha Teixeira**

Senhorinha de Fatima Capela Fortunas Teixeira is Associate Professor in University of Minho, ´ Researcher in University of Minho Centro ALGORITMI and Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Degree Program Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering (MIEM) in University of Minho. From 2011 to 2015, she was Department Director, and from 2016 to 2021, Erasmus Academic Coordinator in Production and Systems Area in University of Minho. She completed the Bachelor in Systems Engineering and Informatics in 1984 by University of Minho and Doctor in Chemical Engineering in 1989 by University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering. She published almost 80 articles in journals and 20 book chapters and/or books. She organized 10 events, namely, she was a conference chair of ECOS 2018 - the 31st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Guimaraes, Portugal. She ˜ supervised 12 PhD theses and 70 MSc dissertations. She was Principal investigator in one project, Researcher in 13 projects and Supervisor in 22 projects. She works in the area of Engineering and Technology. In their professional activities, she interacted with more than 500 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific papers.

#### **Jo ˜ao Ribeiro**

Joao Eduardo Pinto Castro Ribeiro completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2006, his ˜ Master's (1998) and Licenciatura (1994) in the same speciality; he did all his academic career at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Braganc¸a from 2000 to the present. He had been Course Director of Master in Industrial Engineering and President of the Scientific Committee of the same course for six years at the Polytechnic Institute of Braganc¸a. He is currently the Coordinator of the Department of Mechanical Technology, a member of the course committee, and the scientific committee of the Master in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Braganc¸a. He has supervised more than 50 Master's students and nine research assistants in the field of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. He is an integrated member of the Mountain Research Center (CIMO), and has published more than 40 articles in international journals. He wrote 12 book chapters and two books. He participates and/or participated as a Researcher in 10 projects and Technical development in four project(s), being PI of 2.
