On 28 May, the University of Minho and the Order of Engineers (OE) signed a protocol to strengthen the development of joint projects in engineering teaching and practice. The event took place at 3.30pm in the A1 auditorium (building 1) of the Gualtar campus in Braga, with the presence of […]
Monthly archives: May 2025
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On 26 May, the School of Engineering received a delegation from the company Continental AG from Hanover, which was interested in getting to know the activities carried out at UMinho in some of its areas of activity. The delegation was made up of Burkhard Wies – Vice President R&D Innovation […]
The President of the School of Engineering, Professor Pedro Arezes, took part in the Round Table ‘Partnerships to Promote Success and Business Growth’, as part of the Connect to Build Conference cycle, organised by the Casais Group, with the theme ‘Breaking new ground with successful partnerships’, alongside Alexandre Fernandes, Executive […]
The University of Minho spin-off, Solfarcos, received another business visit as part of the Economy Weeks promoted by InvestBraga and the Municipality of Braga, with the presence of Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga and InvestBraga, Carlos Silva, executive director of InvestBraga, and Gil Carvalho, director of the Economic Dynamisation and […]
On 21 May, the board of the Production and Systems Department took office in the department’s meeting room. Professors Paulo Sampaio was re-elected as department director, while Nelson Costa was re-elected as deputy director. The ceremony was attended by numerous members of the department, including teachers and administrative and management […]
The “Biotechnology in Action” conference, part of the Economy Weeks, showed at Forum Braga how collaboration between science, companies and innovation is shaping the future of the bioeconomy in Portugal. The event featured speeches by António Vicente, Vice-President of the School of Engineering and researcher at CEB – Centre for […]
On April 16, at 9:30 a.m., the Textile Engineerin department’s meeting room hosted the swearing-in of the department’s new board of directors. Professors Miguel Ângelo Carvalho, as director, and André Paulo Almeida Whiteman Catarino (remaining from the previous directorate) took office. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by a number of […]
The University of Minho has seen the quality of its research recognized, after the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) announced the provisional results of the evaluation of national R&D Units. Of UMinho’s 31 School/Institute Units, 84% are now classified as “Excellent” (13) and “Very Good” (13); these units are […]
The first meeting of 2025 of the Advisory Board of the Production and Systems Department of the UMinho School of Engineering was held on 7 March. In attendance were Carina Pimentel, Daniel Silva, Hugo Gonçalves, José Valério de Carvalho, Madalena Araújo, Marco Bravo, Nelson Costa and Paulo Sampaio. The Advisory […]
A project that brings UMinho researchers together with secondary school students took place on 7 May and welcomed dozens of works, including papers, posters and performances. On 7 May, the University of Minho held the III Artificial Intelligence & Sustainability Congress (IAS), which aimed to communicate and bring science closer […]
On 12 May, the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) launched the Online Graduation Book of the School of Engineering. The initiative, part of the School of Engineering’s Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorations Programme, aims to bring together in one place all the graduates from all cycles of the […]
The programme, open to the public, began on 16 April with a concert and will continue until March 2026. The School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with two dozen activities open to academics and the public until March 2026. The programme, […]