Bruno Henriques is a materials and engineering professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, and is research fellow at MicroElectroMechanical Systems research center (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, Portugal. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and has done post-graduate work in Business Administration. Bruno has co-authored a patent, authored several papers published in international scientific journals, and has participated in several national and international conferences. His research interests are in the fields of powder metallurgy, stress analyses, laser materials processing and functionalization, functionally graded biomaterials and composites for biomedical applications, particularly to oral and cranio-maxillofacial rehabilitation.