Modern Mechanical Engineering

João P. Davim received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto in 1997 and the Aggregation from the University of Coimbra in 2005. Between 1986/96, he was lecturer in University of Porto. Currently, he is an Aggregate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro and the Head of MACTRIB - Machining and Tribology Research Group . He has more 24 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He is the Editor in Chief of six international journals, Guest Editor of journals, books Editor, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board member of 15 international journals and acts as reviewer for than 50 prestigious ISI web Science journals. In addition, he has also published as author and co-author more than 30 book chapters and 300 articles in journals and conferences.

Sustainability in mechanical engineering discipline.- Application of solar distillation and solar drying technologies with phase change material storage.- Magneto-rheological fluid technology.- Tribological behaviour of rare-earth lubricating oils.- Structural dynamics and viscoelastic passive damping treatments.- Thermomechanical modeling of multiphase steels: Classical and modern engineering analysis.- Optimal real-time management automated production lines.- Modeling optimization of mechanical systems and processes.- Implementing STEP-NC: Exploring possibilities for the future of advanced manufacturing.- Optimum CNC free-form surface machining through design of experiments in CAM software.- Modeling of micromachining.- Micromilling.- Digital image processing in machining.- Formability and simulative tests in modern sheet metal forming education.- Multimedia resources in engineering education.