Abel Cavalcante Lima-Filho holds a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) (2009), completed a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the same institution (2007), and has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) (2004). He is currently the coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor at the Federal University of Paraíba in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He works on research related to the development of technological products that meet demands in the industrial and engineering sectors. He is interested in the area of mechatronics and, more specifically, in the following topics: wireless sensor networks, industrial instrumentation, embedded systems, electromechanical measurements, mechanics of solid bodies, predictive maintenance, electronic transduction, extensometry, and microelectronics.