José Manuel Martins Ferreira obtained his BSc (1982), MSc (1987) and PhD (1992) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Porto. His lecturing interests are centred in digital electronics design and test. He worked in part-time at Texas Instruments in 1982 and 1983, and at Efacec in 1985. He was a researcher at INESC (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores) between 1988 and 1997. From July of 2010 to August of 2013 he was the vice-president for academic affairs at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He was vice-rector of the University of Porto from July 2014 to June 2018, where he was responsible for information management, educational technologies, quality and continuous improvement. Since September of 2013 he is Professor in Digital Electronics at the Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway in Kongsberg (position held in leave of absence while being vice-rector at U.Porto).
Innovative academic practices in higher education: How to make them more sustainable