In memory of Professor José António Tenreiro Machado (1957–2021)

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Carla M. A.
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Lopes, António M., Galhano, Alexandra M. S. F.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21528
• topic: Professor José António Tenreiro Machado; Obituary

Professor José António Tenreiro Machado (Fig. 1) was born on October 6, 1957, in Pinhel, Portugal, and passed away, unexpectedly on October 6, 2021. At the age of two, after his mother separated from his father, he and his mother went to live with his maternal grandparents in Porto. His grandparents were his family pillars. At the age of fifteen, his grandmother died of cancer and, two years later, his grandfather got remarried. In high school, he became an excellent student and started giving private lessons to other high school students, while continuing his studies. As a university student, he carried on tutoring his university peers. With this income, he paid his studies and also helped his mother financially. During the same period, he was a chess player and won many trophies. He finished his Electrical Engineering degree with the highest classification and received the Eng∘ Cristiano P. Spratley award from the University of Porto.