Dr. Francisco Aguayo-González is a Full Professor at the Design Engineering Department, University of Seville in Seville, Spain. His research keywords and expertise include BIM, industrial design, PLM, sustainability, Industry 4.0, circular economy, smart manufacturing systems, cyber–physical systems, engineering and project management, product design and industrialization, holonic engineering, smart products, industrial metabolism, sustainability excellence, and Industry 5.0. He has 57 publications with 508 citations and an h-index of 12 (Scopus, 7 December 2023).