Jorge M. Bandeira is a researcher at the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation of the University of Aveiro. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in December of 2013 at the University of Aveiro in collaboration with the Old Dominion University, VA, USA, with a thesis entitled "Road Traffic Information Platform for Energy and Emissions Savings". His previous studies include a graduate and master's degree in environmental engineering and a master's degree in Sustainable Energy Systems. Between 2015 and 2018, he conducted postdoctoral research funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology at the University of Aveiro in cooperation with Braunschweig Technical University, where he completed several periods of research internships. In 2013, he was announced as the winner of the European Patent Office Innovation Contest. In 2018, he was invited to assume the role of vice coordinator of the TEMA mobilizing project "Technologies for well being". He is currently working as an evaluation expert for several international funding programs including COST Action and Horizon 2020. Currently, his research interests are focused on traffic and emissions modelling, eco-navigation, traffic assignment, and network optimization, as well as cooperative intelligent transportation system impacts and mobility data.