Isabel S. Carvalho is an Associate Professor at the Military Academy, in Lisbon. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and the MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon. Lecturer on Thermodynamics and Energy and Environment courses her early research interests include combustion, energy production and efficiency, pollutant emissions, optical diagnostic techniques, fuel injectors and complex flows. She was a visiting researcher at the Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, in France working with fuel injection systems and combustion for gas turbine applications. She did her post-doc in the aeronautical industry (aero engine manufacturer) in France, where she was involved in the promotion of research and industry knowledge transfer, mainly targeting experimental results selection for numerical codes validation for aircraft gas turbine applications. She has, for the last 20 years, an ongoing collaboration with the European Commission for several European Research Programmes, particularly within the Aeronautics priority, Regions of Knowledge, SME innovation, ERASMUS and international co-operations with scientists from other European countries. She was an invited professor for a two-week International Summer course in Macedonia, a Programme implemented in Amsterdam in cooperation with four universities in Macedonia, and funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and OSCE (The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). She was project coordinator and/or principal researcher for several national and international projects and pursued international collaborations through bilateral projects, the writing of joint publications with European and US researchers. She is l an active reviewer for international journals and conferences as well as a member of several Scientific Committees of Journals and conferences. She was, since 1999, an Associate Professor at the Military Institute. Lecturing on Thermodynamics and Energy Efficiency courses she was also responsible of the Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Laboratories. She was an invited lecturer for ten years at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Lisbon Engineering Institute delivering post-grad courses in Energy Production and Management and Renewable Energy where she also supervised several MSc theses on energy and aeronautics related subjects. For example, applied research on 32 real CFM56 engines which assessed the performance degradation by measuring and monitoring the Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) with nine probes installed on the second stage of the LPT nozzle guide vanes. Thirty-two engines were tested on one calibrated test cell using both methods: OEM and alternative proposed method (AIAA publication). Presently lecturing at Department of Sciences and Engineering at the Military Academy, she is also a member of the Scientific and Pedagogical Boards of the Military Polytechnic Institute from the Military University Institute. Her present research interests also include the integration of energy production and efficiency with active, collaborative and blended (online) teaching and learning in engineering education. She fully integrates into her research interests teaching and learning methodologies, effective communication and critical thinking in engineering. She successfully completed several long courses on online education, namely with the University of London (2004) and with the SLOAN-C Foundation, in the US (2008) and her master engineering course on Energy is included as a Case Study in a Book “Teaching online: A Practical Guide”, by S. Ko and S Rossen, 2010, Routledge. Her active involvement in national and international cooperation programmes and projects was an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with the different trends both in the EU and the USA and to further develop a strong ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments. Her wide experience in engineering education research led her to embrace inter-disciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to accommodate critical thinking, new challenges, transversal skills and competencies. She was also an invited professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Lisbon, lecturing an elective course on “Flow Visualization in Fluid Dynamics” for grad and PhD students. Presently involved in the evaluation of aeronautics projects, evaluation and monitoring of EU projects for the development and utilization of virtual and remote laboratories and university ranking agencies, e.g., the QS Intelligence Unit (QSIU). She was presently granted the Personal Security Clearance (PSC) to start working with the European Defence Fund (2021-2027), Defence Industry and Space, European Commission.