Prof. Raul Fangueiro
Vice-Dean of the School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal
Prof. Raul Fangueiro is a Full Professor and Senior Researcher with expertise in advanced materials (nano, smart, composites) and structures (3D, auxetic, multiscale), Member of Portugal’s National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. He is the Mentor and the Head of FIBRENAMICS – Institute of Innovation on Fiber-based Materials and Composites (www.fibrenamics.com). He has more than 190 published papers in international reputed scientific journals (Google Scholar H factor: 45), 500 conference publications, 36 books and 40 patents. He is the scientific coordinator of several national and international research projects on advanced fibrous and composite materials, mainly for building, defense, architecture and health-care applications. He supervised various PhD and Pos-Doc scientific works and is the chair of AUXDEFENSE – World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense and ICNF – International Conference on Natural Fibers. Raul Fangueiro is the founder of the WANFR – World Association of Natural Fibers Research, member of the editorial board of several leading international scientific journals on composite and fibrous materials, and member of several working groups of the European Defense Agency and NATO.
