Raul Duarte Salgueiral Gomes Campilho has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2009) and a Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering, both from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal). He is an auxiliary professor of the Mechanical Engineering department of ISEP – School of Engineering, Polytechnic University of Porto (Portugal), where he teaches several courses of the Bachelor and Master degree in Mechanical Engineering. Since 2023 he is the vice-director of CIDEM – Centre for Research & Development in Mechanical Engineering. He develops his research activities in ISEP and INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, which is a Research and Technology Organization (RTO), and is affiliated to the LAETA – Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aerospace. His research mainly focuses on adhesive joints; structural adhesives; design of bonded joints; experimental testing; Finite Element Method; Extended Finite Element Method; Meshless Methods; Cohesive Zone Models; composite materials; numerical modelling of composite materials; micromechanics; macromechanics; design of mechanical structures; flexible production; automation; robotics; and actuator systems. He was the principal investigator of 1 national R&D project and participated/participates as a researcher in 6 national R&D projects, all funded through competitive calls. He also participated in 1 R&D project in collaboration with the Portuguese industry (funded through competitive calls). He is/was the (co)supervisor of 6 PhD (1 concluded and 5 ongoing) and 258 MSc thesis. His publication record contains 340 articles & reviews published in Web of Science-indexed journals and 154 book chapters. He also coedited 3 books and was the (co)author of over 400 communications that were presented in international conferences and 18 communications presented in national conferences.