Prof. Dr Abílio M.P. de Jesus is a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), with a university career spanning around 30 years. He is also a researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) and an integrated member of the Associated Laboratory of Energy, Transport and Aerospace (LAETA). He graduated in mechanical engineering from FEUP in 1996, received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from FEUP in 1999, and earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from UTAD in 2004, while he was a professor at that institution. In 2023, he received his habilitation in mechanical engineering at FEUP. He is a (co)-author of >400 scientific publications indexed in SCOPUS (h-index=53, >10 000 citations). His main research areas include fatigue, fracture, structural integrity, and manufacturing processes. He is currently the director of the Degree Program in Mechanical Engineering at FEUP, co-coordinator of the LAETA Group on Materials and Manufacturing, and a co-coordinator of the Technical Division in Materials Processing Technologies of the Portuguese Society of Materials.