The Vimaranense company Lavoro has announced that it is developing a high-tech therapeutic footwear project “better adapted to the condition of the diabetic foot”. The project is being worked on within a consortium of research and technological centres. Conceived by the Coimbra Higher School of Nursing and led by the […]
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Pedro Arezes, Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Minho (EEUM) shares with us a reflection on the role of Engineering, engineers, and academics, in the current context in which we all question the future. The dean of the School of Engineering recalls that universities must be prepared […]
Researchers from the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, in colaboration with the University of Coimbra and the National Observatory of Human Resources Portugal, launched on March 31, the World of Quality of Status Report (2018 edition). The World State of Quality (WSQ) aims to assess, analyze and […]
Catarina Macedo, a Computer Engineering student at the School of Engineering was elected one of the most promising young women in the “Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe” ranking, in the “Sports & Games” category. Catarina Macedo lives in Washington, where she is a program manager at Xbox, at Microsoft, and […]
“Guerreiros da Saúde contra o Coronavírus” is the name of the digital book developed and made available totally free, by the company Betweien. This book, developed by the Betweien team, in a concerted manner and in less than 48 hours, aims to respond, to what is the company’s Social Responsibility […]
Diana Priscila Pires receives 15 thousand euros to develop alternative therapy to antibiotics Diana Priscila Pires was distinguished this Wednesday, in Lisbon, with the L’Oréal Portugal Medal of Honor for Women in Science. The scientist will receive 15,000 euros to improve the effectiveness of phage therapy in combating the bacterium […]
Fábio Coelho, researcher at the High-Assurance Software Lab (HASLab) of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho participated in the 2nd edition of Meetup Distributed Systems Lisbon, which took place last December 18, at grow.inc spaces in Lisbon. This event, organized by MemSQL in Portugal, a database company […]
This was the first participation of the University of Minho in the competition. Régis Puppim, Luisa Mendes Arruda, Pedro Negrão de Lima and Patrícia Azambuja are the four researchers from the School of Engineering who received an honorable mention in the 13th edition of the International Design Awards (IDA 2019), […]
Enrobee, a technology to keep cereals crunchy even in contact with liquids, was developed in a partnership between Frulact and the Biological Engineering Centre of the University of Minho. Portugal com Ideias, a program of RDP International, interviewed Pilar Morais, responsible for the Innovation area of Frulact and António Vicente, […]
João Rebelo, student of the Integrated Master in Engineering and Management in Information Systems, received the Best Technical Paper Award at the EMCIS’2019 conference, which took place on December 9-10, in Dubai. EMCIS is one of the leading conferences in Europe and the Middle East for Information Systems academics and […]
EEUM researchers Flora Ferreira, Weronika Wojtak, Paulo Vicente, Ankit R. Patel, Sérgio Monteiro, under the guidance of Estela Bicho (ALGORITMI) and Wolfram Erlhagen (Mathematics Center), received the Best Poster award within the Workshop “Towards Cognitive Vehicles: perception, learning and decision making under real-world constraints. Is bio-inspiration helpful? “, with the […]