João Sousa Cardoso
João Cardoso obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is currently operating as a development and system engineer and project manager in the aerospace sector with a strong foundation in mechanical engineering, industrial processes, and renewable energies. He is responsible for the thermal development of the Comet Interceptor and FORUM missions by the European Space Agency (ESA). Dr. João’s journey has taken him through thermal hardware development, project management, process optimization, simulation, and techno-economic and risk analysis. He has around forty influential works to his credit, including books, book chapters, and high-impact scientific papers in international journals.