简介
J. Paulo Davim is Professor Catedrático (Full Professor) at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as honorary professor in several universities/colleges/institutes in China, India and Spain.
He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, MSc in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) and Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years), from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra and the DSc (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University.
He is Fellow (FIET) of IET-London, Fellow (FIMF) of IMF-Birmingham and Eur Ing by Engineers Europe FEANI-Brussels. He is also Engenheiro Conselheiro and Specialist Engineer by the Portuguese Order of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist titles in Industrial Management as well as in Metrology.
He has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining, Tribology & Surface Engineering. He has also interest in Design, Management, Sustainability, Industry 5.0, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability.
He has guided large numbers of postdoc, PhD and master’s students as well as has coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards and honors. He has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC-European Research Council and other international research agencies as well as examiner of PhD thesis for many universities in different countries.
He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board member of 30 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 200. He has also published more than 1000 documents - articles, reviews, editorials, books, book chapters conference articles - (WoS/h-index 78+/21000+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 89+/27500+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 111+/45000+ citations).
He was listed in World´s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University study 2025 (Ranked at 1 National Ranking / 3238 World Ranking career). Also, he was listed in Research.com ranking 2026 (Ranked at 1 National Ranking / 50 World Ranking in field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering). 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Portugal Leader Award. https://research.com/u/j-paulo-davim Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS 2025. https://scholargps.com/scholars/81217911671847/j-paulo-davim (Ranked at 1 National Ranking / 98 World Ranking in discipline of Mechanical Engineering).
NEWS - “World’s Top 2% Scientists"
CATÓLICA LISBON - Rádio Renascença
"O investigador a trabalhar em Portugal melhor colocado neste ranking é J. Paulo Davim, da Universidade de Aveiro"
https://clsbe.lisboa.ucp.pt/pt-pt/noticias/ha-mais-de-700-investigadores-em-portugal-no-top-dos-mais-citados-nivel-mundial
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2025 - Editorial Contribution Award, Springer, Germany
2025 - Engenheiro Conselheiro, Order of Engineers, Portugal
2025 - Fellow (FIMF), Institute of Materials Finishing, UK
2025 - Reviewer of the Year Prize, ASME, USA
2024 - Finalist for an IET Achievement Medal, IET, UK
2023 - Contribution Award IJPEM-GT, Korean Society for Precision Engineering, South Korea
2023 - Honorary Research Fellow, CIGIT - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2023 - Trusted Reviewer, IOP Publishing, UK
2022 - Outstanding Reviewer, ASM International, USA
2022 - Outstanding Reviewer Award, IOP Publishing, UK
2022 - Medal - 25 years of Service, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - Honorary Professor, Chennai Institute of Technology, India
2020 - Honorary Professor, Hefei University of Technology, China
2020 - Honorable Mention - Engineering, "Prémio Investigador UAveiro", Portugal
2020 - Honorary Collaborator-Professor, UNED, Spain
2020 - Honorary Collaborator-Professor, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
2020 - Certified - Catedrático de Universidad, ANECA, Spain
2019 - Fellow (FIET), The Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK
2019 - Honorary Professor, Mangalam College of Engineering, India
2018 - Specialist title in Metrology, Order of Engineers, Portugal
2015 - Specialist title in Industrial Management, Order of Engineers, Portugal
2014 - Prize Technical Sciences - Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Cuba, (co-author)
2014 - Certified - Researcher of the Month, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
2014 - Certified - “Profesor Titular de Universidad”, ANECA, Spain
2014 - EUR ING title – European Engineer, Engineers Europe FEANI, Belgium
2013 - Doctor of Science (DSc), Higher Doctorate, London Metropolitan University, UK
2013 - Silver pin - “25 years” of Chartered Engineer, Order of Engineers, Portugal
1998 - Senior Chartered Engineer, Order of Engineers, Portugal
1998 - Prize Engª Cruz Azevedo, APAET, Portugal (main author).
