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 University of Minho has 65 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, of which 37 are from the School of Engineering. The list, called “World’s Top 2% […]
On 19 and 20 October, the public exams for Habilitation in the branch of knowledge of Mechanical Engineering, requested by Doctor Hélder de Jesus Fernandes Puga, took place in the Sala de Atos of the Azurém Campus of the University of Minho, Guimarães, and were unanimously approved. The jury was […]
The multiple situations in which the transactional system does not ensure isolation to databases, thus compromising their efficiency, were the starting point for the research dedicated to the design and implementation of isolation in the query engine, preparing it for hybrid workloads. Databases that support structures like banking or commerce […]
The headquarters of the Associated Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LASI) – the largest in the country, with more than 500 scientists from 13 R&D centres in seven academies and led by Paulo Novais, from UMinho’s School of Engineering – was inaugurated on October 19 at the Guimarães Business and Innovation […]
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations discussed joint training programme with UMinho Tshilidzi Marwala, rector of the United Nations University (UNU), was received on 17 October at the UMinho Rectory building in Braga by Rui Vieira de Castro, rector of the University of Minho. The aim of the meeting was […]
Marisa Ferreira, an engineer who graduated from UMinho’s School of Engineering, was awarded the Engineer of the Year prize at the Contruir 2023 Awards, an initiative that honours the best in engineering, architecture and construction in Portugal. Born in São João da Madeira and currently working with the company Afaconsult, […]
On September 25th – 29th, for the first time at the EEUM and coordinated by Prof. José Machado, from the Mechanical Engineering Department, took place the new project Blended Intensive Program (BIP) entitled: Cyber-Physical Systems Design in the context of Industry 4.0 BIP are short physical learning, teaching and training […]
On 9 October, the University of Minho hosted the XXII Sports Gala. As usual, student athletes, coaches, managers and organisations will be honoured for their sporting contribution to UMinho’s success in the 2022/2023 academic year. The ceremony, which took place in the Medieval Hall of the Rectory of the University […]
Another anniversary of the School of Engineering of University of Minho was celebrated on 4 October at the Azurém campus. The ceremony was marked with tributes, prizes and awards to teachers, researchers, administrative and management staff, retirees, as well as recognition awards to the company Accenture and the José Neves […]
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 […]
The Student Ombudsman of the University of Minho, President of the Portuguese Network of Student Ombudsmen, and lecturer at the School of Engineering, Rosa Vasconcelos, was elected vice-coordinator of the Ibero-American Network of University Ombudsmen (RIdDU), which brings together 70 academies from 11 countries. She took up her new post […]