Carlos Couto had the first European patent (1993) and José Covas the national patent (1996) for UMinho, with a new type of thermometer and a polymer sample collector to be transformed. The University of Minho has been at the forefront of innovation and economic valorisation of knowledge in its various […]
Monthly Archives: April 2023
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On 27 and 28 April the exams for Habilitation of the Assistant Professor of the School of Engineering, Anabela Pereira Tereso, in the branch of knowledge Industrial and Systems Engineering, took place. The lecturer of the School of Engineering was unanimously approved by the members of the jury. The exams […]
Paulo Flores, Full Professor at the School of Engineering of UMinho, was honoured at the University of Wichita, in the United States of America, for the 20 years of cooperation with that North-American institution. The distinction was held last April 24 at the University of Wichita, one of the most […]
The Municipality of Braga, in partnership with the University of Minho (CEB/DEB), Startup Braga and INL, opened the doors to the 1st Week of Biotechnology in Braga, which took place between 17 and 21 April with a program fully dedicated to the theme. The opening session took place on April […]
The project “Baterias 2030 – The batteries as a central element for urban sustainability”, led by the company DST SOLAR, from Braga, will install a Living Laboratory for Decarbonization in three infrastructures of the Municipality of Braga; in the Gnration building, in the Services Park of the Municipality, and in […]
Margarida Correia, Master’s student in Industrial Electronics and Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, was one of the winners of the scholarship attributed by Huawei and PT. The scholarship has a value of five thousand Euros and enables the winners to focus on their […]
On the past 11th and 12th of April took place the Habilitation exams of the Associate Professor of the School of Engineering, António José Vilela Pontes, in the knowledge area of Science and Engineering of Polymers and Composites. The lecturer of the School of Engineering was unanimously approved by the […]
The Department of Polymer Engineering (DEP) and the Innovation Pole in Polymer Engineering (PIEP) organised Materials 2023 , which brought together the XXI Congress of the Portuguese Materials Society and the XII International Symposium on Materials, and which took place from 3rd to 6th April at the Vila Flor Cultural […]
The international documentary “Theatre of Shadows”, which had UMinho’s Algoritmi Centre among the participants, premiered on April 6th, at gnration, in Braga. The work directed by Lucas Costanzi makes a deep social analysis about problems of all times and current phenomena such as populism, the radicalism of extreme politics and […]
The EuroCC2 project started in February; the new European project by INESC TEC aims to identify and address the skills gap in high-performance computing (HPC) in the European ecosystem, and to promote cooperation across Europe, thus ensuring a consistent skills base. This project focuses on establishing and managing a network […]
Horizonte Europa has set aside 4.6 million euros for the CROSSCON project, in which the ALGORITMI Centre, from the University of Minho, participates. Portuguese institution can receive up to 577.2 thousand euros. The Internet of Things (IoT) brings new cybersecurity challenges. At a time when cyber attacks are increasingly frequent, […]
UPA opened doors to thousands of students at the Azurém campus UPA – UMinho de Portas Abertas (UMinho with Open Doors), which took place on March 30th, 31st and April 1st, 2023, at the Azurém campus, in Guimarães, presented UMinho in a comprehensive perspective, combining the presentation of its educational […]