Researcher Ivone Martins, from the Centre for Biological Engineering at the University of Minho, won the 5th edition of the Zendal awards, in the human health category, for her project HERCULES – Bacteriophages against Alzheimer’s disease, receiving 40,000 euros. There were 123 applications from 10 countries for the two categories […]
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Paulo Flores, full professor at the University of Minho’s School of Engineering, received the ‘Illustrious Personality of Mechanical Engineering’ award from the Ibero-American Federation of Mechanical Engineering for distinguishing himself in teaching and research in mechanical engineering. The award was presented on 23 October 2024 at the University of Conception […]
The ‘Optimisation and Wildfire’ conference, organised by the O3F project team – ‘An Optimisation Framework for Reducing Forest Fire’ (funded by FCT, Principal Investigator: Filipe Alvelos), in which the University of Minho, Aveiro and Lisbon participate, took place in Luso from 1 to 4 October. The conference had 58 participants […]
Bruno Miguel Pereira Guimarães, a recent PhD student from the Mechanical Engineering doctoral programme at the University of Minho, research centre CMEMS – Center for Microelectromechanical Systems, won the prestigious competition for the ‘Best PhD thesis in the European Union 2024 in the field of Powder Metallurgy’, a prize awarded […]
Bruna Oliveira, a Master’s student in Chemical and Biological Engineering at EEUM, was the student with the best classification out of the 80 applications received. The full list of EEUM students honoured also includes: Rita Maria da Costa Miranda Bruno Miguel Oliveira Pereira Eva Miriam Pires de Castro Diana Abreu […]
Two students from the University of Minho won awards in the 15th edition of the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge ideas competition, the final of which took place on 25 September at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Diogo Martins, from the BiRDLab laboratory in the Industrial Electronics Department […]
The University of Minho has 66 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. The list, called ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists 2024’, includes 223,000 researchers, 889 of whom are […]
It’s a showcase for the best of what’s being done at the University of Minho’s School of Engineering (EEUM). On 19 September, the main hall of the Azurém campus in Guimarães hosted four dozen spin-offs, start-ups and interfaces in the areas of engineering, technology and design, as well as inspiring […]
Could a single filamentous fungus transform the food and cosmetics industries, making them more environmentally friendly and economically competitive? Work carried out by scientists from the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB) at the University of Minho has been analysing the use of a microorganism to produce natural flavours from simple […]
The ERA Chair REACTORS_5.0 project, coordinated by António Vicente, vice-president and full professor of the School of Engineering at the University of Minho and researcher at the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), has been funded with 2.5 million euros from the Horizon Europe Programme for the next five years. The […]
The initiative brought together around 200 experts from 20 countries over five days in Viana do Castelo The School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM), in partnership with the School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC), organised the 23rd edition of […]
The University of Minho spin-off, KEEP SOLUTIONS, was the company selected in an international tender to implement a cultural heritage management platform for the Ministry of Justice. This portal will integrate a library management system (45 associated libraries), a historical archive management system (nine associated entities) and a system dedicated […]