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António José Ramos Silva began his academic career in the Polytechnic of Porto, in Mechanical Engineering and subsequently obtained a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering – Automation from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He is currently a Researcher at the FEUP and is awaiting to present and defend his PhD thesis, “Detection and Characterization of Defects in Composite Materials Using Thermography”. He is the author and coauthor of several international publications in the field of instrumentation, control, and monitoring of living things – e.g. Olympic athletes, musical performers, and animals. In the last years he has dedicated his research activities to non-destructive test techniques using thermography.

P.M.G. Moreira is the Director of the Optics and Experimental Mechanics unit, and is an Expert in Structural Health Monitoring and Mechanical Testing. He received is PhD (2008) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto. His research interests are mainly focused on fracture mechanics, fatigue, structural integrity, and experimental mechanics. He has published three books, four chapters of books, edited special issues of six peer-reviewed journals, and coauthored more than 60 papers in scientific journals. He assumed the coordination of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) Portuguese National Committee and led successful scientific events as the Chairman of International Conference on Structural Integrity (2015).

Mário A.P. Vaz obtained his Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (UP) in 1984; he holds a PhD in Laser Interferometry Techniques applied to Experimental Mechanics and NDT, from the UP, 1995. Since 2011, he has been an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UP. He has been the Head of the Laboratory of Optics and Experimental Mechanics (LOMEIINEGI) since 2000. He was the President of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics from 2009 to 2013. In 2012, he was elected by the EURASEM board as its Vice President.

Joaquim Gabriel received a post-graduate degree in Automation and Management of Industrial Processes, an MSc Degree in Industrial Computing from the University of Porto in Virtual Instrumentation, and a PhD Degree in Industrial Electronics, Piezoelectric-based applications. From 1995 to 1997, he was the EU-STA Researcher at Kanagawa Science Park, Japan, working in very high-precison positioning devices. Since 2003, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto teaching automation and instrumentation subjects. In 2012, he was the Invited Professor at Yokohama City University, Japan. He holds several patents in the area of instrumentation. He has been developing instrumentation for applications, both in engineering and medicine.