Prof. José Xavier holds the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DEMI) at NOVA School of Science and Technology|NOVA FCT of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. He is a researcher at the Research and Development Unit for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (UNIDEMI). Besides, he is a member of the board of directors of UNIDEMI, Coordinator of the Master’s program in Advanced Digital Manufacturing Engineering, and a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering at DEMI. Since obtaining the PhD degree, he has participated, as a researcher, in 10 projects with industry and 11 projects funded by national government agencies. He is currently a principal investigator (PI) of an IC&DT project and Co-PI in PeX project. He has been invited as a member of juries of PhD and MSc thesis in Portugal, France, Spain, Italy and Brazil. He has also been invited to international visits in the framework of research and projects. He is also a regular reviewer of international and national peer-reviewed journals. He has been invited as chairman in sections at different international and national conferences and in scientific and organisation committees. Moreover, he has been participating in COST Actions dealing with wood, timber, wood-based products and X-ray computed tomography. Furthermore, efforts were actively engaged in transferring technology from the research promoted or in which he has been involved.