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Prof. Dr.José Machado
José Machado teaches how automation, robotics and control reach the factory floor, and how industrial systems are modelled and simulated before they run. He holds a dual doctorate from the University of Minho and the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, and a habilitation in mechanical engineering. As Associate Professor at Minho's School of Engineering and Deputy Director of the MEtRICs research centre, he has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and is Editor-in-Chief of the EAI Transactions on Digital Transformation of Industrial Processes. He coordinates industrial research and technology-transfer projects inside EU research consortia.
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Education
- Dual doctorate, University of Minho and École Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Awarded in 2006 in mechanical engineering and automation, supervised jointly by the Portuguese and French institutions.
Industry
- Coordinates industrial research and technology-transfer projects
Work that moves university results into production environments, including projects run inside EU research consortia.
Career
- Associate Professor with habilitation, University of Minho
Teaches and researches at the School of Engineering in Guimarães. The habilitation in mechanical engineering was awarded in 2019.
- Deputy Director, MEtRICs Research Center
MEtRICs is the mechanical engineering and resource sustainability research centre of the University of Minho.
Publications
- More than 250 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications
Indexed profiles list a larger total including preprints and chapters, with citations in the thousands.
Memberships
- Member of IEEE, IFAC and IFToMM
The professional bodies for electrical engineering, automatic control, and the theory of machines and mechanisms.
Awards
- EAI Fellow, 2025
Fellowship of the European Alliance for Innovation.