António Galrão Ramos

António Galrão Ramos has a M.Sc. degree in Logistics by the Porto Business School, University of Porto, Portugal and a PhD degree in Industrial Engineering and Management, by the University of Porto. He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP) and a researcher at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto (INESC TEC). He worked in multinational companies in Project Management, Operations and Logistics Management for over 10 years.

His main area of scientific activity is Operations Research and Management Science. Within Operations Research the main application area are the 3D Cutting and Packing Problems, while from the techniques viewpoint the research is centred in the use and development of metaheuristics approaches that integrate safety and logistics constraints, so that the solutions can be of practical use.

He regularly publishes the results of his research in the main operations research and management science international scientific journals and keeps a frequent activity in consultancy with private companies.

During his academic career he has mainly taught courses on Operations Research, Logistics, Warehouse and Inventory Management and Operations Management. He has served as Member of the Technical-Scientific Council of ISEP and he is now Vice-director of the BSc Program in Automotive Engineering at ISEP.