PhD in Mechanical Engineering in the field of Energy (focusing on solar photovoltaics), Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering in the field of Energy (focusing on solar thermal energy), Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.  
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Worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the areas of safety, maintenance, and production Currently working as a Professor and Coordinator of the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (DEMEC) at the Higher Institute of Engineering and Marine Sciences of the Technical University of the Atlantic since 2020 and, previously, at the University of Cape Verde since 2008, where he also taught courses in Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics I, Hydraulics II, Industrial Automation and Control, Energy Systems, Energy and Solar Collectors, Energy Efficiency and Auditing, Occupational Safety, Industrial Systems Maintenance, Applied Mechanics, as well as being responsible for and participating in several R&D projects, namely in the areas of Energy Systems, Industrial Facilities and Equipment Maintenance, and Climate Change Mitigation Technologies.
 
He has experience in scientific guidance for undergraduate theses in the areas of Fluid Mechanics, Industrial Automation, Management and Maintenance, and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Energy. He has held various management and pedagogical, scientific, and administrative coordination positions, including Coordinator of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, Administrative Director, Coordinator of Maintenance Services, Vice-President of the Scientific Council, and Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Higher Institute of Marine Engineering and Sciences (ISECMAR). He has held the positions of Vice-Rector of the University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV), in the area of university extension, and President of the Department of Marine Engineering and Sciences at UniCV. He has participated in several committees, including the Higher Education Installation Committee in Cape Verde in the context of the implementation of higher education, as well as the implementation of technical education at the secondary level. He participated in a curriculum reconfiguration program at the University of Cape Verde.  
 
He currently serves as coordinator for the Technical University of the Atlantic in a cooperation project with the ICT of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), and is a member of the UTA group in the ORION project. He is the author of three scientific papers in the field of renewable energy, several educational texts, and a number of course plans and technical education subjects at the secondary education level. He has participated in several technical seminars and short courses in the areas of automation and industrial safety, industrial management and maintenance, refrigeration and air conditioning, renewable energy, safety, quality management and control, teaching pedagogy, hydraulics, energy efficiency, etc.