Associate Professor at the University of Minho. Degree in Production Engineering in 1989 at the University of Minho. MSc in Computer Integrated Manufacturing in 1992 at Loughborough University. Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham in 1997 on Scheduling and Process Planning Integration. Main research interests are in Lean Approaches to any type of operating environment such as industry, hospitals, construction, offices, design, teaching, etc. Stable and Sustainable Continuous Improvement systems is one of the main focus at the moment. Other research interests are Teamwork, Scrum and Active Learning approaches in engineering education. Dinis Carvalho has participated in numerous scientific projects with external funding where we highlight the "Continental FOF Project" carried out with Continental Antennas and which is related to the development of an innovative system of production planning and control. He also leads the project "HOMLean - Hospital Operations Management: a Lean Healthcare Framework" and has participated in other projects such as the "Easy Ride—Experience is Everything" with the company Bosch. In terms of publications, he has a book published in Portuguese by Lidel publisher, dedicated to Continuous Improvement, with the title "Melhoria Continua nas Organizações" and dozens of published scientific articles listed on Scopus.