New tool reduces the cost of robots and increases their reliability and safety Whether to clean our homes, manufacture products or even disable bombs, robotics is increasingly used, as it performs tasks faster and more efficiently. Focusing on the development of safer high-quality robotic applications, with lower costs, the Institute […]
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The Deucalion supercomputer, to be installed in Minho Advanced Computing Centre (MACC), will thus operate in the most sustainable way possible The project’s main goal is to develop an innovative energy management solution that allows the operation of a supercomputer more sustainable, which analyzes the degree of emissions of electricity […]
The High-Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab), a research centre of the School of Engineering, coordinates the project “Quantitative methods for cyber-physical programming: reasoning precisely about inaccuracies in cyber-physical behaviour”, which aims to develop mathematical methods for modelling and analysing inaccuracies in cyber-physical software. Cyber-physical systems are a critical part of Industry […]
The ash and gases released by the erupting volcano were used to test the probes that CMEMS researchers are developing The CMEMS – Center for MicroElecrtoMechanics Systems of the School of Engineering is developing a project that aims to contribute to better atmospheric and oceanic monitoring, developing a doubly innovative […]
The AlleRiskAssess project also aims to produce an innovative test that can be used as a standard for assessing the presence of allergens in food products If there are more Portuguese with severe food allergies, as Alimenta – Portuguese Association of Food Allergies and Intolerances warns, what can be done […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]