Brief biographical sketches of editors
Carolina Machado
University of Minho
School of Economics and Management
Department of Management
Campus Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
Email: [email protected]
Carolina Machado received her PhD in Management Sciences (Organizational and Policies Management/ Human Resource Management) from the University of Minho in 1999, and Master’s in Management (Strategic Human Resource Management) from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1994. She has taught human resource management–related courses since 1989 at the University of Minho and in 2004 was promoted to Associated Professor. Her experience and research interests lie in the fields of human resource management, international human resource management, human resource management in small and medium-sized enterprises, training and development, management change, and knowledge management. She is Head of Human Resources Management Work Group at University of Minho, aswell as Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE), Guest Editor of journals, books Editor and books Series Editor, as well as reviewer in different international prestigious journals. In addition, she has also published both as editor/ coeditor and as author/co-author several books, book chapters and articles in journals and conferences.
University of Aveiro
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Campus Santiago
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal
Email: [email protected]
J. Paulo Davim received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, his 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 his D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He received his Eur Ing from the Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales d’Ingénieurs / European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI-Brussels) and his Senior Chartered Engineer title from the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials, and mechanical engineering, with a special emphasis in machining and tribology. He also has an interest in management and industrial engineering and higher education for sustainability and engineering education. He has advised large numbers of postdoc, doctoral, and master’s students as well as coordinated and participated in several research projects. He has received several scientific awards. He has worked as an evaluator of projects for international research agencies and served as an examiner of Ph.D. theses at many universities. He is the editor-in-chief of several international journals, guest editor of journals, book editor, book series editor, and scientific advisor for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an editorial board member of 25 international journals and serves as a reviewer for more than 80 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has published, as editor or coeditor, more than 100 books and as author, or coauthor, more than 10 books, 70 book chapters, and 400 articles in journals and conference proceedings (more than 200 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 44+/5500+ citations and SCOPUS/ hindex 52+/8000+ citations).