Isabel João is a professor at the Lisbon Higher Institute of Engineering (ISEL), part of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (IPL). She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), a master's in Management and Quality of Materials from NOVA University of Lisbon, where she focused on Six Sigma methodologies, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from IST, with doctoral research in multicriteria decision-making methodologies to customer satisfaction analysis. At ISEL, she has been teaching since 2000 and is part of the Systems and Management section of the Chemical Engineering Department. Her academic and professional interests centre on integrating quality, sustainability, and decision-making methodologies to foster circular innovation in engineering education and industrial systems. She has authored several papers published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Keywords: Sustainable Product Design | Decision Aiding | Quality Engineering