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 of the UMinho School of Engineering, came second. He presented an innovative postural assessment system based on deep learning, aimed at reducing work-related musculoskeletal injuries. The project aims to improve the health of workers, as well as increasing the efficiency of ergonomists. The prize was 2000 euros.
Third place went to Miguel Caçador Peixoto, from the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP) at UMinho’s School of Sciences, who won 1000 euros. He participated by video because he was abroad on business, proposing a solution for detecting anomalies as a quality control tool in industry. Using artificial intelligence and computer vision, the system promises to increase the precision and efficiency of production lines, with a direct impact on industrial sustainability.
First place went to Diogo Pires (University of Aveiro), who designed an implant to monitor bone fracture healing in real time. The Student Award went to Martim Silva, from Universidade Católica. In the 15 editions organised by Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, there were 561 applications from 42 educational institutions and 123 thousand euros were awarded. This technology-based ideas competition rewards the best proposals from master’s students at Portuguese universities.
In the photo: Diogo Pires (1st place), Liliana Ferreira (director of Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS), Diogo Martins (2nd place) and Martim Silva (Student Award).
+Info: www.aicos.fraunhofer.pt/en/news/archive/2024/fhp-challenge-closing-event.html