The Design and Manufacture of Medical Devices

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Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro Portugal with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical Materials and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles with an h-index of 99+ on Google Scholar and more than 36500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals conferences and research projects. J. Paulo Davim received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997 the M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991 the 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 the D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with a MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. Currently he is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing Materials and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management & Industrial Engineering and Higher Education for Sustainability & Engineering Education. He has guided large numbers of postdoc Ph.D. and masters students as well as coordinated & participated in several research projects. He has received several scientific awards. He has worked as evaluator of projects for international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities. He is the Editor in Chief of several 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 25 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 80 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition he has also published as editor (and co-editor) more than 100 books and as author (and co-author) more than 10 books 80 book chapters and 400 articles in journals and conferences (more than 200 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 45+/6000+ citations and SCOPUS/h-index 52+/8000+ citations).