**Francisco J. G. Silva**

Francisco J. G. Silva is a Dr.Habil with a PhD, MSc and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from FEUP and ISEP (Portugal). He is a postgraduate in Materials and Manufacturing. He is currently the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Research Center at ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto. He was also the Head of the Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering of ISEP (2014–2022) and Head of the Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at ESEIG, Polytechnic of Porto (2003 to 2006). He has supervised more than 10 PhD students at FEUP (Portugal), as well as more than 200 MSc students at ISEP, and has co-supervised more than 40 MSc students at ISEP and FEUP. He has published more than 280 papers (ISI+SCOPUS) and 12 international books. He has reviewed more than 800 papers, and has been the Associate Editor and an Editorial Board Member of more than 10 indexed international journals.
