Students from the EEUM Master’s in Mechanical Engineering presented demonstrations of technologies related to clean energy and terrestrial and aerospace propulsion First-year students specializing in Energy and Environmental Technologies applied the knowledge acquired in the Thermochemical Processes course, building four prototype demonstrators of technologies geared toward sustainability and propulsion. To […]
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Pedro Loureiro, a researcher at the ALGORITMI Centre, was awarded the Best Paper Award at the International Young Engineers Forum on Electrical and Computer Engineering (YEF-ECE 2025), an event held on 4 July in Lisbon. The master’s student in Industrial and Computer Engineering, who is developing his dissertation at GEPE, […]
Two projects developed by students from the Department of Production and Systems (DPS) and the ALGORITMI Centre, at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, were awarded international prizes at the PAEE/ALE 2025 – International Conference on Active Learning in Engineering Education, which took place between 25 and […]
MarUMinho – the University of Minho’s Multidisciplinary Research Programme in Marine Science and Technology – was presented to the public on 2 July at the Rectory’s Noble Hall in Largo do Paço, Braga. The project is funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The session included speeches by the President and […]
What if quantum computers could be used to discover new medicines, develop stronger materials, or simulate chemical reactions with unprecedented accuracy? Luís Paulo Santos and Mafalda Ramôa, researchers at INESC TEC UMinho, have been working with the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (VTQ) to develop an […]
PIEP’s VALORNATURE project stood out for its innovation component and for promoting cross-border dynamics between the business fabric of the Euro-Region of Galicia and Northern Portugal. PIEP – Pólo de Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros, a technology and innovation centre based in Guimarães, was distinguished by the Northern Regional Coordination […]
They are linked to the second course with the best national average and, on Saturday, they will test aircraft in Cerveira Around 90 students from the University of Minho’s Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering took their first flight on 21 June at the Alto Minho aerodrome (Cerval) in […]
The UMinho-IMFAHE partnership has already involved 90 doctoral students and 75 professors/researchers The sixth edition of the UMinho/IMFAHE International Mentoring Project has ended. This year, 20 doctoral students and 14 professors and researchers from the University of Minho, from various areas, were selected to join the Talent Network of the […]
On 26 May, the School of Engineering received a delegation from the company Continental AG from Hanover, which was interested in getting to know the activities carried out at UMinho in some of its areas of activity. The delegation was made up of Burkhard Wies – Vice President R&D Innovation […]
The University of Minho spin-off, Solfarcos, received another business visit as part of the Economy Weeks promoted by InvestBraga and the Municipality of Braga, with the presence of Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga and InvestBraga, Carlos Silva, executive director of InvestBraga, and Gil Carvalho, director of the Economic Dynamisation and […]
The “Biotechnology in Action” conference, part of the Economy Weeks, showed at Forum Braga how collaboration between science, companies and innovation is shaping the future of the bioeconomy in Portugal. The event featured speeches by António Vicente, Vice-President of the School of Engineering and researcher at CEB – Centre for […]
The School’s cooperation with local, national and foreign industries, local authorities and public and private entities is normally developed through direct contact with Research and Development (R&D) groups at Research Centres and public or private interface organisations. The School of Engineering places a high priority on this type of activity, […]