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João Pombo is Professor of Railway Technology at the Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield, UK, with a PhD and Post-Doc in Mechanical Engineering by the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is a specialist in railway engineering and technology with more than 24 years’ experience and has been involved in Research and Development (R&D) activities involving train and track dynamics, vehicle-infrastructure and pantograph-catenary interaction, structural analysis, condition monitoring, wear, maintenance and optimization. He has led and participated in several national and international projects in close collaboration with leading international research centres and key industry players. He also has more than three years’ working experience at BOMBARDIER and ALSTOM. João Pombo’s R&D work has been awarded four innovation prizes and he is author of more than 170 papers in refereed journals and international conferences. He is the editor-in-chief of the “International Journal of Railway Technology”, chairman of the "International Conference on Railway Technology" series and editorial board member of the journals “Multibody System Dynamics” and “Energies - Electric Vehicles”.

• Railway Engineering (Rolling Stock and Infrastructure);

• Rail Transport Challenges (Capacity, Cost, Carbon and Customer);

• High Speed Rail;

• Maintenance Engineering (Predictive Maintenance);

• Advanced Condition Monitoring (Big Data Analysis);

• Design of Mechanical Systems;

• Structural Analysis;

• Design Optimization;

• Vibration of Machines and Mechanisms;

• Tribology and Wear;

• Noise Control;

• Product Development;

• Industry Applications.