The UMinho Sports Merit Awards 2021/21 ceremony took place on December 20, in the medieval hall of the Rectory building, in Largo do Paço, Braga. The initiative distinguished 56 student-athletes, 28 of them from the School of Engineering, with results of excellence, linked to six sports, in particular volleyball (26) […]
Helena Prado Felgueiras, researcher at the Centre for Science and Textile Technology (2C2T) of the School of Engineering, won the first place, along with the Italian researcher Matteo Beccatelli, in the third edition of the Elsa Piana Award. The project developed by Helena Felgueiras, entitled “Inhibition of the Escherichia MS2 […]
Luís Ferreira, André Pilastri, Filipe Romano and Paulo Cortez, authors of the article “Prediction of Maintenance Equipment Failures Using Automated Machine Learning”, won the “Best Paper Award” of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2021). The paper was developed in the scope of the […]
Manuel Mota, emeritus professor of the Department of Biological Engineering of the School of Engineering of UMinho, having also been vice-rector of UMinho and director of the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), was distinguished by the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology with the Júlio Maggiolly Novais Career Award, for his role […]
TO-BE-GREEN, a spin-off of the School of Engineering, joined CTT to promote the recycling of used disposable masks, extending the useful life of these products by giving them a new life. This project aims to reduce the environmental impact associated with the use of masks for protection against the Covid-19 […]
The second edition of the Guimarães Marca Fashion Festival took place on December 4th, at the ASA factory facilities, with the Fashion Film Festival and the Guimarães Marca Parade & Showcase, in a co-organization between the Municipality of Guimarães and the Fashion Selective Association. The Parade & Showcase included projects […]
What was the church of the Carmo Convent, in Lisbon, like before the 1755 earthquake? A European team led by the School of Engineering University of Minho presented, on the 18th december, a mobile app and a book that allow us to see the invisible. For example, they “rebuild” the […]
The 4th edition of “Engenharia: Falar É Fácil?!”, took place on November 16th in the André Cruz de Carvalho Room, in CP2 of the Gualtar campus, and gathered several elements from UMinho with interest or responsibilities in the area of science communication. Opening this event was the Vice-President of the […]
The researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering of UMinho, Vitor Hugo Carneiro (Metrics), José Meireles (Metrics) and Hugo Puga (CMEMS), along with two researchers from the University of Manchester, S. D. Rawson and P. J. Withers, won the Eng.ª Cruz Azevedo Award, given by the Portuguese […]
At the Gualtar campus, the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB) of EEUM received during the week of November 22-29 about 130 students from primary and secondary schools in the region, namely on the 24th in the morning and 26th in the afternoon. On the 25th, from 9:30 am to 1:30 […]
Bosch and the University of Minho have organized Next Driving Tomorrow, an event for public disclosure of the results of the innovation partnership in the areas of autonomous driving and digital transformation, as well as the results of the Bosch Suppliers Club companies, on November 9th and 10th, at the […]
The student Manuel Silva, from the Integrated Master in Industrial Electronics and Computer Engineering was distinguished with the Best Internship North award last November 23rd, at the Regional Engineer Day 2021 that took place at Forte Santiago da Barra, in Viana do Castelo. The event brought together about 250 engineers […]