Carlos Alberto Mota Soares has been Emeritus Professor of Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, since 2018 and Distinguished Professor since 2013.
Professor Carlos Mota Soares' career began in 1964 as engineering apprentice at British Leyland Motor Corporation where he, as a member of the Task Force for Design Automation that he integrated in 1968, was a pioneer in introducing computer-assisted design for vehicle components and systems. He earned a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Solid Mechanics at the University of Aston, Birmingham. He earned his Ph.D. in Structural Dynamics at the University of Surrey and then joined the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research of the University of Southampton as an associate researcher between 1974 and 1977. Professor Carlos Mota Soares began working at Technical University of Lisbon in 1977 and became full professor in 1985. He served as the chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Mechanical Engineering.
During his career as a researcher, he contributed significantly to several scientific areas that include computer-aided optimal design of structural and mechanical systems, topology design of structures, mechanics of composite materials and structures, smart technologies in structural engineering and structural and multidisciplinary optimization. He was also actively involved in national and international organizations designed to promote science in the field of Computational Mechanics, was recognized by his peers by being appointed to leading positions, and was the recipient of countless prestigious awards and accolades in recognition of his outstanding contributions as a researcher and a scholar. The awards include the 2018 J. N. Reddy Medal, the 2016 International Association of Computational Mechanics O.C. Zienkiewicz Award, and the 2017 Doctor Honoris Causa degree awarded by the University of Porto.