Pedro Loureiro, a researcher at the ALGORITMI Centre, was awarded the Best Paper Award at the International Young Engineers Forum on Electrical and Computer Engineering (YEF-ECE 2025), an event held on 4 July in Lisbon. The master’s student in Industrial and Computer Engineering, who is developing his dissertation at GEPE, […]
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Two projects developed by students from the Department of Production and Systems (DPS) and the ALGORITMI Centre, at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, were awarded international prizes at the PAEE/ALE 2025 – International Conference on Active Learning in Engineering Education, which took place between 25 and […]
PIEP’s VALORNATURE project stood out for its innovation component and for promoting cross-border dynamics between the business fabric of the Euro-Region of Galicia and Northern Portugal. PIEP – Pólo de Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros, a technology and innovation centre based in Guimarães, was distinguished by the Northern Regional Coordination […]
The UMinho-IMFAHE partnership has already involved 90 doctoral students and 75 professors/researchers The sixth edition of the UMinho/IMFAHE International Mentoring Project has ended. This year, 20 doctoral students and 14 professors and researchers from the University of Minho, from various areas, were selected to join the Talent Network of the […]
Rui Lima honoured with the Teaching Merit Award For the first time, the University of Minho has awarded the Teaching Merit Prize to Rui Lima, a professor at the School of Engineering. The award was announced at the institution’s 51st anniversary ceremony, held on 17 February. This annual award aims […]
Neryvaldo Galvão, a graduate of the University of Minho’s School of Engineering, was awarded the Cape Verde Prize for Young Scientists for having the best doctoral thesis defended in the last year by a Cape Verdean citizen up to the age of 35. The award, worth 15,000 euros, was presented […]
UMinho’s Vice-rector for Research and Innovation, Eugénio Campos Ferreira, Professors Filomena Soares, Paulo Lourenço and Madalena Alves (also President of the Foundation for Science and Technology) and the Vice-president of UMinho’s General Council, António Carlos Rodrigues received the insignia and diplomas as new members of the Academy of Engineering. The […]
The presentation of the projects of the candidates for the UMinho Initiation in Scientific Research Award took place on December 5 at UMinho’s Gualtar campus, with the participation of the School of Engineering’s research centers, 2C2T, ALGORITMI, CEB, CMEMS and CTAC. Thirty undergraduate and first-year integrated master’s students have developed […]
Magda Mendes Duarte, a former student on the Master’s Degree in Engineering Physics, is the winner of the “Alcino Lavrador Prize”, which is designed to distinguish the best final-year student on any Master’s Degree taught by the University of Minho’s School of Engineering. This is an annual award and has […]
José Campos e Matos, a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering and a researcher at ISISE – Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), was awarded the title of Specialist in Structures by the Order of Engineers on November 23rd. For Campos e Matos, “It was a […]
On November 20, idD Portugal Defence and the Portuguese Army awarded the “Army Tested” Qualification Seals to the “Active Clothing with NBQR Protection (PluriProtech)” project consortium, made up of the University of Minho (through the Fibrenamics interface, the Sciencentris spin-off and the School of Engineering), Latino Confeções, Tintex Textiles and […]
The University of Minho has two scientists among the most cited in the world by other researchers – José António Teixeira, from the Center for Biological Engineering (CEB), and Rui L. Reis, from the 3B’s Group. This was confirmed today by the Highly Cited Researchers 2024 list, by US consultancy […]