Margarida Machado Email and Phone Number

Margarida Machado hold a MSc and PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal). During her doctoral studies, Margarida was a visiting scholar of Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal) and University of Florida (Gainesville, USA). Her PhD work in the scope of Computational Biomechanics had been distinguished internationally twice, firstly by EUROMECH (2009) and later by ASME (2011). Since 2013, Margarida Machado is working at INEGI (Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management) in Porto (Portugal) as a senior research, where she starts developing a career in research management. From 2016 and 2020, she devoted some work in the field of Additive Manufacturing by means of the co-supervision of a PhD Thesis, the participation in some related scientific projects and the coordination/management of several innovation projects. She is coordinating the participation of INEGI in several international associations and networks, such as EIT-Manufacturing, Vanguard Initiative, EFFRA (MiE), ESTEP (Clean Steel), ASPIRE (Processes-4-Planet) and HER (Clean Hydrogen), and supporting the technical teams on the development and fundraising of strategic integrated projects/proposals, covering the four main knowledge vectors of INEGI: (1) Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Processes; (2) Smart Materials and Structural Solutions; (3) Product and System Development; (4) Energy and Environment.