INESC TEC is one of the partners of the project “Linha de Saúde 24h”, a free healthcare telephone service for the population of Guinea-Bissau. In a country with hard-to-reach locations, this solution – available to two million people approximately – is vital to support the National Healthcare System. Ensuring equitable […]
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As part of the European STEAMigPOWER project, coordinated by the School of Engineering at the University of Minho, a training programme was held in Gualtar from 12 to 19 July, comprising courses in the areas of the environment, climate change and sustainable development, as well as an introductory programme in […]
As part of the Thermochemical Processes course unit of the master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Specialisation in Environmental Energy Technologies, taught by EEUM lecturer Francisco Brito, 18 students presented their projects on 12 June. Hybrid Rocket Engine was the project of students Clara Pinto, Diana Gomes, Eduardo Barbosa, Gonçalo Araújo, […]
The Department of Production and Systems of the School of Engineering received a visit from the consortium of the Erasmus+ project ReCap 4.0 – Reinforcing Non-University at the Tertiary Level in Engineering and Technology to Support Thailand Sustainable Smart Industry , as part of a group meeting that took place […]
Portugal launched the MH-1 satellite into space on Monday 4 March, three decades after the first Portuguese device went into space. Aeros MH-1, a 4.5-kilogram nano-satellite, took off at 10.05pm from SpaceX’s base in California (United States) on a Falcon 9 rocket. It will be positioned 510 kilometres from Planet […]
The University of Minho in Braga hosted the public session to present the White Paper “Artificial Intelligence (AI): social concerns, ethical proposals and political guidelines”. The initiative, organised by the National Ethics Council for the Life Sciences (CNECV), featured a round table with experts José Manuel Machado (Director of EEUM’s […]
With the aim of improving the quality of life of patients who are bedridden or have reduced mobility, in hospital and home environments, the 4noPressure project brought together leading organisations and institutions to empower the future of health textiles in response to critical challenges faced by these patients, such as […]
A team led by Professor Miguel Azenha and researcher José Granja, linked to the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho and the SC-DiCE Cluster of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), is carrying out research into platforms for streamlining digital urban licensing processes […]
On 23 November, the CHARMIE robot was put to work in the Engineering I bar at the University of Minho’s Azurém campus in Guimarães. The CHARMIE robot is a project created by the Automation and Robotics Laboratory of the Industrial Electronics Department of the University of Minho’s School of Engineering, […]
INOV.AM is an Additive Manufacturing Innovation mobilisation programme, made up of companies from various sectors of activity and a number of entities from the national scientific system, including UMinho’s School of Engineering, aimed at development in various areas of intervention including: new materials, advanced additive manufacturing processes, advanced post-production processes, […]
Is it possible to innovate even further with a non-alcoholic beer? Researchers from EEUM’s Centre of Biological Engineering in partnership with the Super Bock Group and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto have proved that it is. This partnership is at the origin of the search for […]
The secretary of the Resilience Engineering Association, Pedro Ferreira, and the presidents of the Portuguese and Brazilian Ergonomics associations, Teresa Cotrim and Lucy Mara Baú respectively, will open the 1st Luso-Brazilian Seminar on Resilience Engineering this Thursday. The initiative took place on 28 September, online, and featured a dozen guest […]