The Consortium of Engineering Schools (CEE) and idD Portugal Defence signed on 12 April a memorandum of understanding to promote greater links between universities, research centres and companies in the Defense Economy – including the Aeronautical, Space and Defense industries – with the aim of strengthening the country’s strategic autonomy […]
The Ergonomics and Human Factors group received another international merit award as recognition of the quality of the work developed within this research group of the Algoritmi centre of the School of Engineering of UMinho. The IEA/Kingfar award of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) is given annually and aims to […]
Intermediate results of the programs Sensible Car and Factory of the Future, that result from the partnership between UMinho and Bosch, were presented this Wednesday, April 28th, in the main auditorium of the Campus of Azurém. The company’s representative recognizes that cannot imagine “Bosch in Braga without the partnership of […]
This Friday, April 30th, in the morning, the projects in competition will be presented, which are divided in three evaluation panels: Sciences and Health, Sciences and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Humanities. In the afternoon, at 4:30 p.m., the prize, which includes a certificate and a monetary value, will be […]
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF) action supports excellent postdoctoral fellows from Europe and beyond through international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility, and is an essential part of the European Research Area. It targets the training of postdoctoral researchers to work in excellent individual projects involving academic and industrial […]
Gymious is coming. The platform that helps you choose the gym that fits your needs. Gymious officially reaches consumers on 5 April, the date of the reopening of gyms in Portugal. It is a 100% Portuguese platform that aims to help consumers choose the gym that best suits them. The […]
iCEBreak is the name of this initiative of the Centre of Biological Engineering that aims to bring to the general public the main results of the research carried out in this centre that is one of the largest scientific units of UMinho. It’s 30 minutes dedicated to sharing knowledge about […]
New Direction of the Department took office on April 9th Hélder Carvalho, Assistant Professor, was elected Director of the Department of Textile Engineering for the 2021/2023 biennium. The management team also includes Joana Cunha, Assistant Professor of the DET, as Assistant Director. In his speech, the new director starts by […]
TheFundação para a Ciência e Tecnlogia (FCT) announced the provisional results of the Call for Associated Laboratory (AL) status. The School of Engineering is now present in four Associate Laboratories. The School of Engineering renews its indirect participation in INESC TEC (through HASLab – High-Assurance Software Laboratory). Besides this one, […]
The CoronaSurveys project, which aims to determine the prevalence of the pandemic in several countries, received an honourable mention and a prize of €3K (AWS credits) at the “XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge”. With the participation of Carlos Baquero, researcher at INESC TEC’s High-Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab) and lecturer at UMinho, […]