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EEUM teachers and students take part in the 2nd edition of the EGALITARIAN Project in Denmark

A group of teachers and students from the 1st year of the Master’s in Industrial Engineering and Management took part in the 2nd edition of the EGALITARIAN project, which took place from 26 to 30 August in Denmark.

In addition to the University of Minho, the EGALITARIAN project, funded by the European Commission (ERASMUS+), involves three other universities: Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, the University of Brasilia (Brazil) and the University of Aalborg (Denmark), where the event took place.

Rui M. Lima is the coordinator of the project and emphasises ‘the potential that this experience brings to the training of engineering students, since they have the opportunity to work in teams that, as well as integrating different areas of knowledge, bring together people from different countries. What’s more, working on real problems makes a difference, something we’ve already been focusing on in the DPS training programme.’

The aim of EGALITARIAN is to foster collaboration between students from different countries by realising real projects whose solutions improve the work and lives of waste pickers in Brasilia.

In this 2nd edition, the University of Minho was represented by eight 1st year students from the Master’s programme in Industrial Engineering and Management (MEGI): Bárbara Silva, Mariana Carvalho, Ana Luísa Machado, Raquel Dantas, Beatriz Silva, Francisca Nunes, Inês Araújo and Dinis Júnior.

During the 1st semester 2024/25 these students will work on a project focused on measuring and reducing the carbon footprint and solid waste produced by companies.

Also taking part in this edition are Professor Rui M. Lima and Professor Rui M. Sousa from the Production and Systems Department, as well as Erik Lopes, a PhD student from the Doctoral Programme in Industrial Engineering and Systems (PDEIS).

To find out more about the EGALITARIAN project:

https://egalitarian.eu/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/egalitarian/

https://www.instagram.com/egalitarian.eu/

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