Since 2006, the Robotics Group of the School of Engineering has been adapting electronic toys for one week of the holiday season so that they can be used by children with special educational needs which need traditional toys adapted to their needs and therefore have a high market value. […]
The ceremony had the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Rector of UMinho and the Vice-President of the Order of Engineers. On December 13th the School of Engineering of University of Minho celebrated the Day of the School at the Noble Auditorium in Azurém, with a program that […]
Eugénio Campos Ferreira, full professor at the School of Engineering of University of Minho, took office as Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation. The ceremony took place on the 11th at the Largo do Paço Hall in Braga. Eugénio Campos Ferreira was born in 1962 in Esposende and holds a PhD […]
At the invitation of the Christian Association of Entrepreneurs and Managers – ACEGE, the Dean of the School of Engineering of University of Minho, Pedro Arezes, was the guest speaker of the debate-dinner that took place in Barcelos, on December 6th. The session was attended by the Archbishop of Braga, […]
The Student Group of Biological Engineering were responsible for the organization of the XXII Biological Engineering, which took place between 27, 28 and 29 of November under the theme “Beyond Engineering”. During the three days, was stimulated the debate in several areas, such as the environmental, economic and social sustainability […]
Presentations and experiences in the food, health, environmental and industrial sectors marked the initiative. Observing the microorganisms and the materials that help us clean up the environment, creating super factories of microorganisms, discovering which bacteria produce biological energy and learning how to control hospital infections were some of the activities […]
EEUM researchers Flora Ferreira, Weronika Wojtak, Paulo Vicente, Ankit R. Patel, Sérgio Monteiro, under the guidance of Estela Bicho (ALGORITMI) and Wolfram Erlhagen (Mathematics Center), received the Best Poster award within the Workshop “Towards Cognitive Vehicles: perception, learning and decision making under real-world constraints. Is bio-inspiration helpful? “, with the […]
The Rural Hotel Casa do Rio, designed by architect Francisco Vieira de Campos for Quinta do Vallado, built by Rusticasa, won the 2019 National Architecture Award in Madeira. This project counted on the consultancy of the Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, […]
On the 25th, the School of Engineering hosted the SRH University Heldelberg of Germany, which was represented by Belen Zevallos, a scientific staff at that institution, and Sylvia Schneider, dual-degree coordinator. The German delegation was received by the Vice-President of EEUM, António Vicente, and the academic coordinators of the Departments […]
José Vieira, full professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, won on November 23rd, the elections for the position of President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), which took place in Melbourne, Australia, during the General Assembly of the Federation. The full professor was the Portuguese candidate, presented […]
On 21st November, the President of the EEUM received Prof. Carlos Calado, former Rector of UPE and current Director of the Faculty SENAC-PE. The purpose of the visit was to present the Faculty SENAC and the potential areas of common interest between SENAC and UMinho/EEUM. The discussion allowed for the […]
António Vicente, José Teixeira and Miguel Cerqueira are on the “Highly Cited Researchers 2019” list Three scientists linked to the University of Minho’s Center for Biological Engineering (CEB) are among the most cited in the world by other researchers. This is confirmed by the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list of […]