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Professor Antonio C. M. Sousa received his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal-Fluids) from the Victoria University of Manchester (UMIST), England, UK, in 1976. After a short stay with University of Minho, Portugal, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Brasília, Brazil, first as Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies and later on Acting Chair. Late in 1977, he moved as Senior Engineer and Head of the Thermal-Fluids Division of the Fuel Department of the Brazil Nuclear Companies, SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Six months later he became Manager of the First Fuel Reload Project of Angra I Westinghouse 600 MWe PWR. After the project was successfully completed in 1980, he took an Associate Professorship with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada; in 1985 he was promoted to Full Professor. During his tenure at UNB he has taken several positions, among them Chair of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, elected member of the University Senate and member of the Graduate School Council. He was Visiting Professor at Technical University of Lisbon, University of Bologna, University of Salerno, University of Naples and University of Trieste during his sabbatical leaves. In 1994, he took a 3-year leave of absence from UNB to become Professor and Director-Coordinator of the Centre for Extension Studies, University of Macau, and member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Productivity and Technology Transfer of Macau – position that he kept until 1999. In 2000, he became a Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal. His main research interests deal with the development of computational tools capable of capturing multi-physics and multi-scale phenomena including material thermal characterization, polymeric composite processing and multiphase flows with heat transfer. He is Associate Editor for the International Journal of Fluid Dynamics (09/2004–on), Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion (12/2004–12/2007), and Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (12/2005-on). He is also Member of the Editorial Board, Advances in Heat Transfer Series, Computational Mechanics Publications, England (09/1994 on). He has served in a professional capacity in a variety of assignments, namely: AGARD-NATO Consultant (University of Coimbra, 1995 and 1996); Member, Evaluation Commission for the Mechanical Engineering Programs at Portuguese Universities, Lisbon, Portugal (06/1997-06/1998; 06/2000-07/2001); Technology Transfer Adviser, European Union - Macau Business Development Program, Management, Planning & Research GmbH, Germany (10/1997 - 09/ 1998); Member, Advisory Board, ADAI (Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics), Coimbra, Portugal (06/1999 – on); Member, Multidisciplinary Committee of the “Commission for the Parliamentary Inquiry to the Tragedy of Camarate”, Lisbon, Portugal (05/2003–12/2004); Member, Selection Discovery Grant Committee (SGC-13), Mechanical Engineering, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (08/2004–03/ 2007). He is an Honorary Member of the Unione Italiana Termofluidodinamica (Italian Society of Thermo-fluid Dynamics) “for outstanding research contributions to the Heat Transfer field” (1992 - on), and a Fellow (1997-on) and an Energy Expert (1991-on) of the Portuguese Order of Engineers. He has chaired or served in the advisory boards of more than 40 international conferences. Also, he has been invited as a keynote speaker in numerous scientific events, and most recently he delivered a keynote lecture at the 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, Sidney, Australia (08/2006). He has authored or co-authored 65 refereed journal and 149 conference proceedings papers (147), and 47 miscellaneous publications dealing primarily with education and economic competitiveness issues.