The first-year students of the Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Area of Specialisation in Energy and Environmental Technologies built prototype demonstrators of two technologies for sustainability in the Thermochemical Processes course unit. One of the demonstrators produces so-called “green hydrogen” from the electrolysis of water. The term “green” is due […]
Yearly Archives: 2023
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The Proef-dstelecom/Algoritmi Workshop 2023 was held on 14 December at UMinho’s Gualtar campus in Braga. The Proef-dstelecom/Algoritmi chair is sponsored by two large Portuguese companies: Proef Group and dstelecom. It aims to enable teaching and research projects in the area of the “Future of Telecommunications Networks” and to disseminate its […]
Natura Matéria, a UMinho spin-off mentored by the professors of the School of Engineering, Aires de Camões, Rute Eires, and Paulo Mendonça from the School of Architecture, Art and Design, is committed to sustainable construction and hemp can guarantee thermal comfort, humidity regulation, flexibility and adaptability. “Hemp is truly a […]
A team led by Professor Miguel Azenha and researcher José Granja, linked to the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho and the SC-DiCE Cluster of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), is carrying out research into platforms for streamlining digital urban licensing processes […]
The School of Engineering, through its various sub-units, carried out a strategic definition exercise that culminated in the development of the School’s Strategic Plan for the next decade (2023-2033). This Plan, following the planned timetable, was presented and discussed at a public session on 22 November in auditorium 0.20 on […]
On 19 December, the Academic Association of the University of Minho paid tribute to Professor Emeritus of the School of Engineering, António Guimarães Rodrigues, who died on 5 November, at its 46th anniversary session. A video lasting several minutes showed the importance of the former rector and president of EEUM […]
José Teixeira, on the Organising and Scientific Committee, and António Vicente, on the organisation, both researchers from the Centre for Biological Engineering (CEB) at the University of Minho, took part in the 5th International Yale Symposium on Olive Oil & Health. The event, which took place from 10 to 13 […]
On 11 and 12 December, the public exams for Habilitation in the branch of Industrial and Systems Engineering, requested by Doctor Ana Cristina da Silva Braga, took place in the Sala de Atos of the Azurém Campus of the University of Minho, Guimarães, and was unanimously approved. The jury was […]
The UMinho Scientific Research Initiation Award 2023 ceremony took place on 12 December at the Gualtar campus in Braga. Twenty-seven undergraduate and first-year integrated master’s students have been developing their scientific projects over the last few months, involved in teams of recognised merit at UMinho, and then presented their results […]
The Hungarian-Portuguese Space Industrial Workshop Programme, involving Portugal Space, the AED Cluster and the UMinho School of Engineering, took place on 4 and 5 December. On 4 December, received by Hungarian ambassador Dr Emília Fábián, the Hungarian delegation was made up of László Csurgai Horváth, from Budapest University of Technology […]
Researcher Clarisse Nobre, from UMinho’s Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), won the National Innovation Agency’s Born from Knowledge Award for her project cLabel+: Clean Label, which aims to transform calorific sugars (sucrose) into healthy sugars with high functional value (prebiotics) in finished foods. The winners of the various categories of […]
Community using open-source library management programme meets at Gualtar campus On 28 and 29 November, the University of Minho (UMinho) hosted the 2nd Meeting of the Koha Portugal Community. The B1 auditorium, in CP 2 of the Gualtar campus, brought together a wide range of information professionals to discuss the […]