Sandra Sorte has a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University of Aveiro. She started her scientific journey as a research fellow in the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies—University of Aveiro (UA) in 2015, integrated into the Research Group on Emissions, Modelling and Climate Change (GEMAC-UA), which was awarded the UA Researcher Award 2021 (honorable mention in the Engineering research area). Her research interests include air quality numerical modeling (urban and local scale), indoor air quality, mitigation measures, cost-benefit analysis and the health benefits approach. At the research level, she was involved in several national and international research projects, namely six national projects (funded by FCT) and one international project. In recent years, she has authored/co-authored 14 international peer-reviewed papers, two books, two book chapters and six communications at national and international conferences. She has already acted as a reviewer for nine international journals and as a member of the scientific committee of those nine journals (mostly of quartile 1).

Nelson Martins is an associate professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Aveiro University (UA). He obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering/Applied Thermodynamics from IST (Technical University of Lisbon), Portugal. Since 1999, he has been teaching energy-related subjects at UA's Mechanical Engineering Department, particularly in the fields of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration with Energy Management. He was one of the founders and the first director of the Master's in Sustainable Energy Systems, the postgraduate course in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies, and the Doctoral Program in Energy Systems and Climate Change. Currently, he is the director of the Doctoral Program in Energy Systems and Climate Change. Nelson is also a founding member of giSES, a research group at Sustainable Systems of Energy. His research interests include Sustainable Energy Systems, Experimental Heat Transfer, Flow Simulation in Microchannels (CFD), Nanofluid Development and Characterisation, and Monitoring and Diagnostic Processes in Energy Systems, especially in industry and buildings. Additionally, he is a member of several organizations, including TEMA (the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation), LASI (theIntelligent Systems Associated Laboratory), the Portuguese Engineers' Society (Senior Member), the Portuguese Society of Metrology, the Portuguese Society of Qualified Experts, and the International Association of Energy Engineers.

Prof. Dr. Mónica S. A. Oliveira began her scientific activity in 1995 with preparatory work leading to the award of a Doctor Degree. The latter was awarded at the University of Glamorgan (South Wales - UK) through a research program funded by Wyman & Gordon Forgings (USA) dealing with air-assisted atomized water spray systems used to control the cooling rates of high-temperature forgings. Further insight has been given to this particular process during a postdoctoral FCT grant fellowship, by developing a predictive model of the process through neural networks. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro and develops her research activity at TEMA - the Centre of Mechanical Technology and Automation. She was the Coordinator of the Platform for the Molds & Plastics Industry till 2019 and, at present, is the Director of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro. In the last decade, in her research activity, she has given particular attention to the development and properties characterization of polymeric materials, nanocomposites, and nanofluids. It should however stand out that her research intervention and interests lie in both experimental and numeric approaches to tackle issues related to heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and materials science.

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Dr. Carlos Relvas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro. He completed his PhD studies in Mechanical Engineering in 2007. He has developed scientific and pedagogical activities in the areas of computer-aided design and manufacturing, engineering and product development, and additive manufacturing. He is the author and co-author of three technical books, namely Computer Numerical Control: Fundamental Concepts (2012), Engineering and Design: From Idea to Product (2017), and Design & Engineering (2017). He has more than 40 articles published in international journals and more than 100 other publications and conference communications. He has supervised more than 30 master's theses in the area of product development and participated in more than 20 research and development projects. He has been responsible for the Product Development and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro since 2008, where he has carried out research in the area of digital manufacturing and the use of methodologies and structured tools in the development of new products. He was the first director of the master's course in engineering and product design at the University of Aveiro, created in 2011.