Apresentação Pessoal

José Joaquim da Mota Machado obtained an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto, Portugal (2012). In 2019, he received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in Adhesively Bonded Automotive Structures at the University of Porto (in partnership with Nagase ChemteX and Aston Martin Lagonda). From 2019 to 2020, he joined the Tokyo Institute of Technology for a post-doctoral position.

Between 2012 to 2016, he worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the field of Electric Motors for hazard areas, Oil and Gas industry, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment. 

From 2016 to 2019, he was a researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI).

He was an Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec) of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) between 2018 and 2019. He joined as an Assistant Professor in October 2021 in the same department.

Since 2017, he has been co-supervisor of several M.Sc. theses. He is co-author of more than 50 articles in national and international journals. In 2020 he started tasks as a guest editor of several special issues of international journals. Also, he has enrolled in several research projects, both as a researcher and as a scientific coordinator.

He has experience participating as a member of organising and scientific committees of several international conferences.

His main research areas include design and manufacturing, computational vision, and new product development.

Mobility coordinator since 2022.