Background
Magalhães, António Pinto Barbedo was born on February 25, 1943 in Horta, Açores, Portugal.
Mechanical engineering educator
Magalhães, António Pinto Barbedo was born on February 25, 1943 in Horta, Açores, Portugal.
Degree in Mechanical Engineer, Oporto (Portugal) University, 1968. Doctor of Science, Rijksuniversiteit, Gent, Belgium, 1973.
Assistant, Oporto U., 1968-1970; researcher, Oporto U., 1970-1973; lecturer and senior lecturer, Oporto U., 1975-1990; full professor, Oporto U., 1990-1996; director, Foundry and New Technologies, R & D Center, Oporto, 1993-1996. Head ad hoc committee Reestructurate of the Education Sys., East Timor, 1975.
Human Rights Activist, Clandestine, Oporto, 1961-1974. Acivt ChristiansTestimony Against Portuguese Colonialism and Didatorship, 1965, Decolonistaion of Education, East Timor, 1975. Coordinator Symposia on Timor of Oporto U., 1989-1995.
Member Portuguese Materials Society (secretary, vice president, president 1985, 87).
Married; two children.