José V. Abellán-Nebot holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Jaume I University, where he is also a Full Professor in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design. He has been a Member of the field of Manufacturing Process Engineering since 2004, and his research tasks focus on intelligent manufacturing systems (especially in the field of machining) and the study and improvement of multi-stage manufacturing systems by analyzing error propagation (stream of variation models). During his predoctoral and postdoctoral training, he worked at prestigious research centers such as the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (2005), the University of Michigan (2007), the University of Arizona (2009 and 2012), and the Georgia Institute of Technology (2014). He teaches subjects such as manufacturing technology, computer-aided manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and plastics technology.