The Automation and Robotics Laboratory of the UMinho School of Engineering took first place in the RoboCup@Home league at the 2026 National Robotics Festival, held from 23 to 25 April at the Municipal Pavilion in Barcelos, achieving a record number of points, despite the presence of foreign teams in the […]
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Researcher Margarida Soares, from the CVR – Centre for Waste Recovery at UMinho, has been honoured with the Engineering Best Researcher Award, presented by the Best Paper Awards, which recognises the excellence of young scientists at an international level The award highlights her contribution to the field of waste recovery […]
As part of the celebrations for the 52nd anniversary of the University of Minho, which took place on 18 February at the University of Minho’s Rectorate in Braga, the Guimarães City Council Award was presented. This award recognises the top-performing student on the first-cycle courses taught at the Guimarães Campus. […]
Portuguese Microbiology and Biotechnology societies recognise the impact of both scientists in their respective fields Researchers Nelson Lima and José António Teixeira, from the School of Engineering’s Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), were honoured by the Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology for their significant contributions […]
João Gaspar Cunha’s project envisages a new generation of neuroadaptive robotic partners João Gaspar Cunha, a PhD student in Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Minho, won the ‘Best Innovation in HRI NeuroDesign Award’ at the international ‘IEEE RO-MAN’ conference held in the Netherlands. The award recognises pioneering […]
The scientific article “GIS-based methodology for prioritization of preparedness interventions on road transport under wildfire events”, co-authored by researchers from the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Engineering Structures (ISISE), was awarded the VII Jose Maria Sarriegi Scientific Dissemination Award (call 2025). This prestigious award, given by a jury composed […]
On 30 October, the IDEA-UMinho Centre announced the projects funded under the second call for proposals for the 2025 edition of the Programme to Support Innovation and Development Projects in Teaching and Learning. Of the four winning projects in this second call for 2025, three are led by members of […]
The UMinho Scientific Research Initiation Award Ceremony 2025 took place on the afternoon of 24 October in Auditorium B1 (Building 2) on the Gualtar campus in Braga. The opening ceremony was attended by the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Sandra Paiva, and the Vice-Rector for Education and Academic Mobility, Hernâni […]
The “USludge4Fertilizer” project was selected from among 178 entries from 39 countries in the H2O & Sustainability Innovation Hub’s Call for Projects 2025 PhD student in Mechanical Engineering José Fernandes, from the School of Engineering at the University of Minho, and professors Hélder Puga (Mechanical Engineering) and Paulo Ramísio (Civil […]
The University of Minho has 69 scientists in the group of the 2% most cited in the world over the last year, according to a study by Stanford University (USA) and the Elsevier publishing group, 37 of whom are researchers at the School of Engineering. The list, called ‘World’s Top […]
During the 7th International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation (AMMS 2025), held between 24 and 26 September in Athens, the article entitled ‘Biologically-plausible classification via a Dynamic Neural Field Self-Organising Map’ was awarded the Best Presentation Award. The work was authored by Paulo Barbosa, Flora Ferreira, Estela Bicho […]
Paulo Cortez was recently awarded the distinction ‘2025 Portuguese Excellence Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Spain’ by the Ramón Areces Foundation. This distinction, awarded by the Spanish entity, recognises the outstanding research career in the field of Artificial Intelligence of the researcher at the ALGORITMI Centre, lecturer at the Department […]