Artur Mateus is Principal researcher at ISISE - the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, Engineering Department of University of Coimbra, since February 1, 2024. It also works together closely with the technology center based in Figueira da Foz, Seapower. Between 1991 and 1996, he graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Coimbra. In 2001, he completed a master's degree in rapid prototyping and rapid tooling at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon. In 2011 he completed his PhD in Polymer Physics at the University of Reading, UK. He was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria from March 1997 to February 2024. During this period, he worked with more than 350 companies and participated in more than 150 competitively funded research projects involving companies. He was co-founder, vice-director, director and researcher of the center for rapid and sustained product development (CDRSP) between 2007 and 2024. During this period, he was also a member of the scientific council and between July 5, 2022 and January 2024 he was coordinator of the FCT CDRSP research unit as well as president of the scientific council. From 2000 to 2005 he was a researcher at the Mechanical Design Center of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IDMEC), a research unit of IST-UL. In 2006 and 2007 he was a researcher at the Institute of Polymers and Composites (IPC), a research unit of the University of Minho. He was a administrator of the business incubator - Association for Specific Business Opportunities (OPEN), from 21 January 2010 to 9 December 2015 and has been a member of OPEN's technological and advisory board since 7 Septem He works in the areas of additive manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing, advanced polymer molding and processing, composite molding, augmented reality, virtual reality, computer-aided engineering, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, digital construction. He is an enthusiast of digital manufacturing technologies, involving additive manufacturing and subtractive manufacturing. He has registered almost two dozen patents and participated in the development of dozens of prototypes of advanced manufacturing systems as well as the materials involved, methods, processes and software. Its ambition is to continue participating in the technological development of regional, national and international companies in the field of these technologies. As such, its focus is on technological, scientific and human development applied to these manufacturing technologies, as well as seeking to implement them in the field and on the shop floor. Developing technologies capable of manufacturing and working in extreme environments such as in water, on the moon and on other planets is one of its objectives. The transfer of technology, its dissemination to those who can transform it into added value for society, the sharing of knowledge and constant co-learning with entrepreneurs, colleagues, researchers, friends and students, whether they are from the technological, social, human or other fields, is always done with commitment and enthusiasm. I'm a fan of consolidating decisions and paths to follow based on open discussions as a way of ensuring bold and disruptive evolution! This focus on technological and scientific development also has now the objective of environmental and energy sustainability, expanding the application of digital manufacturing technologies directly to the field of energy and application in the oceans and other, as I said, extreme environments. I believe in the benefits that multidisciplinary, and diversity of knowledge, experiences and cultures can bring to scientific development, as well as the application and practice of experimentalist development methods (hand-on!), based on theoretical knowledge. I'm a fan of exploring the application of the concept of the new European Bauhaus! I’m a Believer!