Joaquim Gabriel Mendes is Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP), coordinator of the Automation, Instrumentation, and Control group, an external researcher of RISE-HEALTH FCT Unit, a member of the LABIOMEP UPorto Biomechanics Lab, and integrated researcher in the Biomechanics group of INEGI/ LAETA. His main interests are instrumentation, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), industrial automation, medical devices, and thermography. Member of EAT - European Association of Thermology, Mendes is author of 244 SCOPUS scientific publications, has supervised 125 MSc and 17 PhD, and was part of 88 Competitive Founding Projects.