Rui Manuel Sá Pereira Lima, Associate Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, was unanimously approved by the members of the Jury, in the Habilitation Exams in the branch of knowledge in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

The public Habilitation Exams in the branch of knowledge in Industrial and Systems Engineering, requested by Dr Rui Manuel Sá Pereira Lima, took place on 21 May 2024, at 2.30pm, and on 22 May, at 10am, in the Hall of Acts of the Azurém Campus of the University of Minho, Guimarães.

The jury was chaired by Dr Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes, Full Professor in the Department of Production and Systems at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, and its members were Dr Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa Póvoa, Full Professor in the Department of Engineering and Management at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon; Dr Mónica Duarte Correia de Oliveira, Full Professor in the Department of Engineering and Management at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon; Dr José Fernando da Costa Oliveira, Full Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto; Dr Virgílio António Cruz Machado, Full Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon; Dr Maria Madalena Teixeira Araújo, Full Professor of the Department of Production and Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho; and Dr Goran Putnik, Full Professor of the Department of Production and Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho.

The Habilitation degree is awarded to professors with a professional curriculum of high merit who demonstrate relevant activity in terms of advanced research, training or guidance, and the authorship of scientific work of recognised quality after obtaining a doctorate.