Organized by CESIUM—the Computer Engineering Student Center at the University of Minho—the ENEI (National Computer Science Students’ Conference) took place from April 9 to 12 at the Fórum Braga. Organized annually by the computer science student groups and associations of various national higher education institutions, ENEI is an event filled […]
Professor Gustavo Dias, Director of the Master’s Programme in Aerospace Engineering at EEUM, appeared on RTP Notícias to clarify some issues relating to the Artemis mission. Listen here and here
Researcher Margarida Soares, from the CVR – Centre for Waste Recovery at UMinho, has been honoured with the Engineering Best Researcher Award, presented by the Best Paper Awards, which recognises the excellence of young scientists at an international level The award highlights her contribution to the field of waste recovery […]
The project “Citizen-Led Accessible Environmental Routes/Personalised Accessible Routes for Health and Safety – CLEAR PATHS”, led by Giorgio Pace (School of Sciences, UMinho), Dalila Durães, Miguel Nóbrega (both from the School of Engineering, UMinho) and Andrea Ribeiro (Higher Institute of Health), has been approved for funding by the scientific committee […]
On 8 April, the Department of Computer Science (DI) at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho launched the celebrations marking 50 years of formal teaching of Computer Science at the university. The opening session took place in the B1 auditorium on the Gualtar campus in Braga in […]
The appointment of the new management team of the Department of Mechanical Engineering took place on 8 April at 9.30 am in the department’s meeting room. The Dean of the School of Engineering, António Vicente, appointed Professors José Machado as Head and Nuno Peixinho as Deputy Head for the 2026–2027 […]
Agreement signed in Sintra provides for scientific observation from low Earth orbit by Prometheus-2 and a new space data infrastructure at UMinho The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA) and the University of Minho are set to develop, launch and operate the academic satellite “Prometheus-2” in the coming months. This space […]
A series of interviews with members of the School of Engineering’s new Advisory Board. In this edition, we interview Engineer Fernando de Almeida Santos, President of the Portuguese Engineers’ Order. The Advisory Board of the School of Engineering at the University of Minho (EEUM) acts as an advisory body to […]
Manuel Padrão and Francisco Martins, creators of the “first smart platform for continuous mental health support”, called “Cozecare”, have just won first prize in SpinUM – the University of Minho Business Ideas Competition. Second prize goes to Eduardo Silva, Guilherme Santos and Pedro Ferreira Borges, for the innovation “SEIVA”, which […]
Campus.ly, developed by Samuel Anjos, is unique in that it cross-references students’ grades, exam results and profiles with geographical and financial filters – and was recently available to try out at the UMinho stand at the Qualifica fair, where EEUM was in attendance. The University of Minho took part in […]
The 18th edition of RoboParty, which took place between 25 and 27 March 2026 at the University of Minho in Guimarães, once again proved to be a hugely successful event. RoboParty is organised by the University of Minho’s Automation and Robotics Laboratory, in partnership with botnroll.com, a spin-off from the […]
Rui M. Lima, a researcher at the ALGORITMI Centre, has taken up the presidency of the Executive Committee of the IDEA-UMinho Centre (Centre for Innovation, Teaching and Learning Development). An Associate Professor with Aggregation in the Department of Production and Systems at the School of Engineering of the University of […]