He is a member specialist in Aeronautical Engineering from the OE-Chartered Engineers Organization, SAEAmerican member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Associate Fellow of AIAA-American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was reviewer of American design CPSRS, Category 6 (Structures / Mechanical Systems , Fluid, Thermal, Propulsion, Aerodynamics) Subcommittee: Fluids (1998-2001) and several international journals and conferences, Associate Editor for Europe of the Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Editor of Atomization and Sprays and Managing Guest Editor of Fuel Processing Technology.

He was also Director General of the Centre for Science and Higher Education, Director General of
Department of Assessment, Forecasting and Planning of the Ministry of Education, Member of the Portuguese National Statistical Council, member of the Coordinating Council for the Information Society of the Ministry of Information Education, member of the Unit of the Education Operational Intervention
Management, representative of Portugal in various groups and projects of the European Union and OECD (National European Network Coordinator Information Eurydice, National representative for the INES Project of Statistical Indicators of Education and representative of Portugal in the Standing Group on Benchmarks and Indicators of the European Union), member of the Technical Support Group to participate in the Thematic Areas of the 7th Framework Programme (Item 7 of the Specific Programme Cooperation: Transport, including Aeronautics) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher education, elected Delegate of OE of the Castelo Branco District, and proposer and member of the Executive Committee of the Specialization in Aeronautical Engineering OE.