On the period February 26th – March 01st is running, at Mechanical Engineering Department from school of Engineering of University of Minho, coordinated by Prof. José Machado, the new project Blended Intensive Program (BIP) entitled as: Cyber-Physical Systems Design in the context of Industry 4.0 BIP are short physical learning, […]
On 21 February, the School of Engineering prepared a Graduation Ceremony for its students, which took place in the central nave of the Azurém campus and featured guest speakers Ricardo Costa and Beatriz Oliveira. Almost 1,000 recent bachelor’s and integrated master’s graduates, 300 recent master’s graduates and 72 recent doctoral […]
Another Employment Day – Tomorrow Needs You – took place on 20 February, one of the biggest employment and career initiatives not only in UMinho, but in the region. More than 75 companies and institutions gathered in the Azurém campus Nave – which has limited the number of participants in […]
Luís Barros, a PhD student in Electronic and Computer Engineering at the ALGORITMI Centre of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, won 2nd place in the APREN 2023 Award, in the category of best PhD Thesis. The work, entitled “Smart Power Conditioners for Electric Railway Power Grids“, […]
José Manuel Pereira Vieira and Paulo António Alves Pereira, full professors at the School of Engineering’s Civil Engineering department, received the title of Professor Emeritus of the University of Minho on 31 January. José Vieira was director of the Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) and the Civil Engineering […]
With the aim of improving the quality of life of patients who are bedridden or have reduced mobility, in hospital and home environments, the 4noPressure project brought together leading organisations and institutions to empower the future of health textiles in response to critical challenges faced by these patients, such as […]
Driven by the SEMAG Research Group of the Algoritmi Centre and the EPMQ R&I department of the UMinho CCG/zgdv Institute interface, the first SERIW of 2024 took place on 10 January in the Noble Auditorium of the University of Minho. Speakers at this scientific knowledge-sharing session included Leopoldo Silva and […]
The seventh session of Books with RUM took place on 30 January at the Department of Informatics, with Luís Soares Barbosa, director of this department at UMinho’s School of Engineering. As part of the celebrations for UMinho’s 50th anniversary, Rádio Universitária do Minho (RUM) is running a special cycle of […]
On 16 January, a delegation from Western Michigan University (WMU) went on an institutional visit to the School of Engineering, coordinated by UMinho Vice-Rector Professor Filomena Soares, to explore possibilities for collaboration. The visit was attended by Paulo Zagalo-Melo from Western Michigan University (WMU), Steve But, president WMU College of […]
On 12 January, members of Siemens Portugal were at the Azurém campus, meeting with the President of the School of Engineering to explore opportunities for collaboration. The programme of the visit consisted of a presentation of the School of Engineering and the MIT Portugal Programme, followed by a visit to […]
On 26 January, the members of the Consortium of Engineering Schools met in the meeting room of the EEUM Presidency. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss ongoing projects, as well as the transfer of the executive management of the School of Engineering to FCT-Nova. Representing FEUP were […]
On 30 January, the Azurém campus of the University of Minho hosted an exhibition and live demonstration of 15 projects developed by the 3rd year students of the degree in Industrial Electronics and Computers, as part of the Integrating Project course. These projects, which were on display during the day […]