लेखक: Ana Sofia Queiros Ferreira Barbosa

Ricardo João Camilo Carbas is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He has published 88 ISI papers on adhesive technologies. Eduardo André Sousa Marques is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and a researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, carrying out research on advanced joining processes of Porto. He has published 86 ISI papers on adhesive technologies. Alireza Akhavan-Safar is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He obtained his Ph D in Adhesive mechanical characterization in 2017 from the Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran). Ana Sofia Queirós Ferreira Barbosa is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. She obtained her Ph D in Reinforcement adhesives in 2017 and MSc in Material Science from the University of Porto (Portugal). Lucas Filipe Martins da Silva is Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and Director of the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering. He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) composed of approximately 40 members post-doc, doctoral students, and master students.