Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, Assistant Professor and Researcher at the CMEMS (Center for MicroElectroMechanics Systems) of the School of Engineering leads one of the six projects approved in the call for Exploratory Projects of the CMU Portugal Program. The “PROMETHEUS” project aims to provide a low cost platform for a […]
Monthly Archives: December 2021
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Ana Ramos, former student of the PhD Programme in Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho was recognised, on 14 November last, with the José Folque – Young Geotechnicians Prize, awarded by the Portuguese Society of Geotechnics, during the 11th Meeting of Young Geotechnicians, which […]
The School of Engineering launched a campaign to collect food to support needy families in Braga and Guimarães, through Refood Associations, as part of the social responsibility initiative “Tomorrow Needs Kindness”, which took place between 29 November and 15 December and resulted in several kilos of food already being delivered […]
The UMinho Sports Merit Awards 2021/21 ceremony took place on December 20, in the medieval hall of the Rectory building, in Largo do Paço, Braga. The initiative distinguished 56 student-athletes, 28 of them from the School of Engineering, with results of excellence, linked to six sports, in particular volleyball (26) […]
Helena Prado Felgueiras, researcher at the Centre for Science and Textile Technology (2C2T) of the School of Engineering, won the first place, along with the Italian researcher Matteo Beccatelli, in the third edition of the Elsa Piana Award. The project developed by Helena Felgueiras, entitled “Inhibition of the Escherichia MS2 […]
Luís Ferreira, André Pilastri, Filipe Romano and Paulo Cortez, authors of the article “Prediction of Maintenance Equipment Failures Using Automated Machine Learning”, won the “Best Paper Award” of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2021). The paper was developed in the scope of the […]
Manuel Mota, emeritus professor of the Department of Biological Engineering of the School of Engineering of UMinho, having also been vice-rector of UMinho and director of the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), was distinguished by the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology with the Júlio Maggiolly Novais Career Award, for his role […]
TO-BE-GREEN, a spin-off of the School of Engineering, joined CTT to promote the recycling of used disposable masks, extending the useful life of these products by giving them a new life. This project aims to reduce the environmental impact associated with the use of masks for protection against the Covid-19 […]
The second edition of the Guimarães Marca Fashion Festival took place on December 4th, at the ASA factory facilities, with the Fashion Film Festival and the Guimarães Marca Parade & Showcase, in a co-organization between the Municipality of Guimarães and the Fashion Selective Association. The Parade & Showcase included projects […]
What was the church of the Carmo Convent, in Lisbon, like before the 1755 earthquake? A European team led by the School of Engineering University of Minho presented, on the 18th december, a mobile app and a book that allow us to see the invisible. For example, they “rebuild” the […]