Engineering Education
Agregado, University of Minho, Portugal, 1997. The highest Portuguese academic title.
PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal, 1986. Mathematical models in surface water quality management.
MSc in Sanitary Engineering, IHE-Delft, Netherlands, 1982. Specialised studies on drinking water, sanitation, hydrology, waste, and water management.
Licenciatura (BSc) in Civil Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 1977. Basic sciences (mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, material science) and technologies applied in structures, hydraulics, highways, geotechnics, and urban planning.

Professional Positions
Vice Rector, University of Minho, Portugal. Responsible for University strategic planning (1998-2002).
Pro-Rector, University of Minho, Portugal. Responsible for physical planning and construction of the two campuses of the University (Braga and Guimarães) (1990-1998).
Full Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. Head of the Hydraulics Division. Co-ordinator of research projects and supervisor of PhD and MSc engineering students. International consultant in Environmental Hydraulics (1997 +).
Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. Head of Civil Engineering Department and Hydraulics Division (1979-1997).
Civil Engineer. Construction companies, Braga, Portugal. Design and construction management of buildings, industrial pavilions, and water and sanitation works (1977-1979).
Professional qualifications (Portuguese Association of Engineers)
Counsellor (the highest Portuguese professional qualification level), 2006.
Specialist in Hydraulics and Water Resources, 1999.
Specialist in Sanitary Engineering, 2000.

Teaching Activities
Lecturer and pedagogic coordinator in graduation and post-graduation Civil Engineering programmes in the fields of Hydraulics, Hydrology, Sanitary Engineering, Water Management. Universities of Minho and Coimbra (Portugal), Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo (Brazil).

Research & Development activities
Coordinator and participant in several national and international financial competitive R&D projects. Domains of research: water resources management (water quality and morphodynamics mathematical modelling in rivers, estuaries and coastal zones); sanitary engineering (drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, waste management).
Supervisor of PhD (9 finished) and MSc (24 finished) theses. Unversities of Portugal (Minho, Coimbra), Brazil (Viçosa), Mozambique (Beira), and Angola (Luanda).
Chair or member of Organising and Scientific Committees of national and international events. Conferences organized in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, United Kingdom, and China (Macau).
Research projects evaluator. Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; CYTED Program (Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo).
Scientific papers reviewer. Reviewer in journals (Water Research, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Geology, Water Resources Management, Natural Hazards, Hydrology Research, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering), and international conferences (IWA Water Congress, EWRA Congress).
Author of scientific work. Over 200 publications in books, chapter of books, articles in peer review journals, and papers in national and international conferences (most of them as invited lecturer or keynote speaker).
Author of technical work. Responsible for numerous civil engineering professional projects and for institutional and consultancy reports.

Current Board Positions
President of FEANI (European Federation of National Engineering Associations) (2014 +).
WFEO Executive Council International Member Representative (2015 +).
Member of the Assembly of Representatives ─ Portuguese Engineers Association (2016 +).
Member of the Institutional Accreditation Committee of the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (2017 +).

Editorial Boards of Scientific and Technical Journals
“Águas & Resíduos” (Water and Wastes). Director (2003-2011).
“Ingenium” Journal of the Portuguese Association of Engineers. Deputy Director (2013-2016).
“Engenharia Civil” (Civil Engineering). Editorial Board Member (1995 +).
“GESTA” (Journal of Management and Environmental Technologies) Editorial Board Member (2013 +).

Honours and Awards
Golden Medal ─ Portuguese Association of Engineers, 2016.
Distinguished Member ─ Portuguese Engineers Association (Northern Region), 2016.
Medal – Galician Healthy and Sustainable Municipalities (Spain), 2012.
Professional Affiliations
Portuguese Association of Engineers.
International Water Association.
Brazilian Association of Engineers (CONFEA/CREA Brasilia).
Portuguese Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Association.
Portuguese Water Resources Association.
Portuguese Engineers Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros)
National Vice President (2010-2016).
President of the Admission and Qualification Board (2010-2016).
Member of the Admission and Qualification Board (2001-2003).
President of the Regional Chapter of Braga (1998-2001).
European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
President (2014 +).
Member of the Executive Board (2011 +).
President of the Portuguese National Committee for FEANI (2010-2014).
World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO)
President-Elect (2020 +)
Executive Council International Member Representative (2015 +).
Chair Strategic Planning Committee (2018 +).
Member of the Strategic Plan (2015-2019) Task Group (2014-2018).

Other International Organisations
Member of the General Assembly of ENAEE, the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (2010-2016).
President of the Executive Board of the IWA Portuguese National Committee (2007-2009).
Member of the Governing Board of the International Water Association (1999-2011).
Chair of the IWA Specialist Group in Water Safety Planning (2010-2018).
Member of the General Assembly of the International Solid Waste Association (2000-2010).

Other Positions
Member of the Portuguese National Council of Water (Ministry of Environment) (1994-2009).
Member of the Portuguese National Public Works Council (Ministry of Public Works and Transports) (2000-2003).
Coordinator of the Portuguese Council of Rectors Committee for University Planning (1992-2002).
Member of the Advisory Council of the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (2010-2016).
Member of the Advisory Council for the Portuguese Water and Wastewater Strategic Plan (Ministry of Environment) (2005-2006).
President of the Portuguese Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Association (1999-2006).

Mustafa B. Shehu was President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers 2012-2013 and is Past President of the Federation of African Engineering Organizations (FAEO).

He studied electrical engineering in Nigeria and started his career with the 1,320MW Lagos Thermal Station Egbin. He was appointed to the Kano State Rural Electricity Board as a Senior Engineer, where he rose to the position of Assistant Director in 1998, following which he established with colleagues, MBS Engineering Limited. The company has expertise in electrical and mechanical engineering services, power engineering as well as Oil and Gas engineering.

Mustafa participates actively in the activities of professional and business associations. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers as well as Fellow of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria.

Mustafa was elected to the position of President-Elect at the Federation’s General Assembly in San José, Costa Rica in March 2022

Jacques de Méreuil is a graduate engineer from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy in France and holds a master in Business Administration of Paris Sorbonne.

He began his professional life at the Commercial section of the French Embassy in Beijing (China) in 1984-1985, and then held positions mainly in the energy and power sector.

From 1994 to 1998, he was director, institutional affairs at Foratom, nuclear trade association in Brussels, and then until 2004 he was representative of AREVA group towards the European institutions. He was then Senior manager, strategic marketing at AREVA headquarters in Paris.

He became Executive Director of WFEO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations in July 2016.

Prof. Dr. GONG Ke is currently the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Executive Director of the Chinese Institute for the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies, and the Chairman of the Academic Committee of Nankai University. In Jan. 1982, he obtained his bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology and then studied further in Graz University of Technology, Austria, and obtained PhD in Technological Science in Nov.1986. He returned to China and joined Tsinghua University in 1987. During his service at Tsinghua University, he had been the Dean of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Director of Tsinghua Aerospace Research Center, Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, Director of the Science & Technology Office, Director of Chinese State Key Laboratory on Microwave and Digital Communications, and Director of Chinese National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (formerly known as the National Lab) at Tsinghua. From 1999-2006 he was vice president of Tsinghua University for research and strategic planning. From 2006-2011 he was President of Tianjin University, then the President of Nankai University from 2011 to 2018.

Prof. GONG Ke has led a number of research projects in wireless communications including the initiative on developing China’s wireless transmission standard for digital television as well as the research on experimental microsatellite, through which he has received a number of awards including the Chinese National Technological Invention Award. He is foreign member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics.

Prof. GONG Ke has served as member the Scientific Advisory Board to UNSG (2013-2017). He has served as member the Experts Committee of the Chinese National High-tech R&D Program (2001-2010) for space technology, and served as member of standing committee of Chinese Association of Science and Technology (2006-2016), etc.