Elói Figueiredo, 32 years old and Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering since 2010, is Assistant Professor at the Universidade Lusófona, in Lisbon. He is also consultant and researcher on Structural Health Monitoring and maintenance of bridges, for more than 10 years, where has published about 40 national and international research articles. From 2010 to 2013, he was Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal. He was also visiting scholar in several US institutions, such as the University of California in Berkeley, University of California in San Diego, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Ionut Moldovan received his Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, with a specialization in Structural Engineering, from the Technical University of Lisbon in 2008. He was an Assistant Professor of the Catholic University of Portugal between 2009 and 2013. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of the Nova University of Lisbon and a researcher of the University of Lisbon. His research focuses on Computational Mechanics and Structural Modeling. He participated in various research projects and is the author of over 35 scientific publications.

Manuel Barata Marques is Doctor of Philosophy from the Imperial College of Science and Technology of the University of London, and obtained the Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon. He was “Professeur Invité” at the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, “Research Associate” at the University of California in Berkeley, and "Maître de Recherche Associé" from the École National Supérieure de Mines de Paris - Centre de Mise en Forme. His academic career was made mainly at the IST, where he was Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also participated and was responsible for several national and European research projects (such as ESPRIT, BRITE/EURAM, COMETT, ERASMUS, SPRINT). He has held management positions in University Institutions - Vice President of IST Research, President of INETI, President of General Assemblies of Research Institutes and Technological Centers, and in international organizations – President of International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG), Vice President of the European Association of Contract Research Organizations (EACRO). He has also authored and co-authored over 100 scientific articles published in international journals and conferences. Currently, he is Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the Catholic University of Portugal.