Edna Silva is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering at the University of Aveiro. In 2022, he obtained a Master's degree in Materials Engineering, with a dissertation, focusing on Joining materials by an innovative Flash technique. This innovative work won the Faria Frasco Award. He is currently attending the PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (3rd cycle) at the University of Aveiro, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering. He works in the areas of Engineering Sciences and Technologies with an emphasis on Materials Engineering, Ceramics and Composites. Edna has been actively involved in her field through participation in several Seminars. Despite his relatively brief academic career, he submitted a Review article, and the most frequent terms in the contextualization of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Laser Texturing; Ceramics; Surface modifications; Functional Surfaces.