Multiscale and multifunctional fiber-based materials for high-performance applications
Prof. dr. Raul Fangueiro
School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal
Prof. Raul Fangueiro is currently a professor and senior researcher in the School of Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal. He is the Head of the Fibrous Materials Research Group of the same university with expertise in advanced materials (nano, smart, composites) and structures (3D, auxetic, multiscale) with 40 researchers. He is the mentor and the coordinator of the FIBRENAMICS – Institute of Innovation in Fiber-Based Materials and Composites including 350 partners developing promotion, dissemination, technology transfer, and research activities on fiber-based advanced materials. He has more than 190 published papers in international reputed scientific journals, 450 conference publications, 36 books, and 35 patents. He is the scientific coordinator of several national and international research projects on advanced fibrous and composite materials, mainly for defense, building, architectural and healthcare applications. He supervised various Ph.D. and Pos-Doc scientific works and is a member of the editorial board of several leading international scientific journals on composite and fibrous materials.