Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing

One of the top goals in the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing focus area is to develop a new paradigm for engineering education that closely links high quality research to curricular programs.

The Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (EDAM) program was established in 2006 to develop a new educational engineering paradigm in Europe with high quality research closely linked to novel curricular programs, and to promote a new entrepreneurial attitude towards knowledge-based manufacturing and competitive product development. We aim at developing human resources and knowledge integrated communities capable to lead an innovative manufacturing industry worldwide, building on existing resources in Portugal and at MIT.

EDAM Vision

Integrated learning education
Bringing together science and advanced technology for product development within a social and economic context.

Promotion of intellectual challenges
Developing a provocative attitude in the students, inducing a continuously looking for new and better products and technologies, leading to a better (and knowledge-based) society.

Leadership
Creating leaders for technology industries based on strong and consolidated knowledge, and on the capability to transfer it.

The EDAM offers two education programs: a Doctoral program, Leaders for Technical Industries (LTI), and an Executive Masters program, Technology Management Enterprise (TME). Both programs focus on product and process innovation, and complex decision making, which integrate engineering, economics, management and social aspects.

These innovative programs are jointly offered by the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (UMinho), the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), and the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (IST), with the collaboration of numerous departments and laboratories at MIT. Academic staff includes senior professors and researchers from these three Portuguese institutions and MIT.

The activities of the EDAM area are coordinated across universities by the following professors:

António Torres Marques (FEUP)
Chris Magee (MIT)
Joel Clark (MIT)
Manuel Freitas (IST)
Olga Carneiro (UMinho)

EDAM | Industrial Network

Interested companies are invited to join the Industrial Affiliates Program where they may support and collaborate on research, offer internships to EDAM students, sponsor employees to enroll in academic programs, send employees to executive seminars or identify other ways to become involved in the MIT Portugal Program.

EDAM Industrial Network

Industry engagement

2 PT Industrial Liaison Faculty
JOBSHOP (comprising 15 projects in 2009)

Network

Adira
Amorim
AutoEuropa
Celoplás / Nanologic
Ceramed / Altakithin
Continental
Critical Health
Douro Azul
EDP Produção
CEIIA
Hospital Privado de Guimarães
Hovione
IberOleff
MarKayac
Olesa / Renault
Rolls Royce (UK)
Simoldes
Sunviauto
TMG
Colep
ESA
CaetanoBus
FiberSensing
Fluidinova
GM (USA)
JPS Cork
OGMA
TAP
Petrotec

EDAM | Research

EDAM places a high priority on funding research projects that enhance the delivery of the courses in the two degree programs and enable new collaborations between Portuguese and MIT researchers and industrial affiliates.

The projects are based on the two main themes of the focus area: Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing. The fields of research include:

EDAM in automotive
EDAM in aeronautics
EDAM in medical devices and micromanufacturing
Integrated cost and life cycle considerations in engineering design and manufacturing
Sustainable solutions
Social and human aspects in engineering design and manufacturing

	Industrial Partners
EDAM Automotive
Multifunctional moulded auto parts with RIMCDP technology	Fluidinova
Analysis and improvement of production lines	VW AutoEuropa
Increasing flexibility and collaboration in the automotive supply chain	Simoldes Plasticos
Flexible Information and Non-hierarchical Technologies for Complex Hierarchic Supply Chain Network
Development of integrated systems for smart interiors	TMG; FiberSensing; Sunviauto; Iber-Oleff
Assessment and development of integrated systems for electric vehicles	CEIIA
Lean, agile, resilient and green supply chain management	VW AutoEuropa; Delphi
New materials and solutions for next generation seats: from TGV to regional trains	Sunviauto
EDAM Aeronautics
New design concepts for aeronautical products welded by friction stir	TAP
Repair of aeronautical structures	TAP
Space Logistics	ESA
EDAM Medical Devices and Micromanufacturing
Wireless communication sensor networks for remote health monitoring	Casa de Saúde de Guimarães; Hospital Privado de Guimarães
Micromoulding: cost model and technological solutions	Celopplas
New technological solutions for smart cardiovascular medical devices
Shaping a biodegradable dream: chitosan based parts	Ceramed
Integrated Cost and Life Cycle in EDAM
Eco-efficient EDAM: systems approach to materials technology decision making	AMB3E
Lean design in product development	Rolls-Royce
Materials Selection Considering Technical Performance, Process Cost and Life Cycle Evaluation	Sodecia
Shifting the paradigm of plastic injection moulds: From Mould Design to Design the Mould's Life Cycle	MCGraça, Iber-Oleff
Golf Ball Picker Robot: path generation in unstructured environments towards multiple targets	SAR Robotics
Robustness of Lean Assembly Systems: The Effect of Variability	Iber-Oleff
Advances in mould laser technologies for high precision polymer based optical components	OLESA
Improving the design and performance of industrial laser cutting machines through the use of new structural composite materials and hybrid solutions	ADIRA
Sheet metal machine design and markets under uncertain future environments: cost based tools	ADIRA
Automatic Classification and Quality Control for Car Tires	Continental
Sustainable Solutions
ECODESIGN in Cork Applications for Nautical Products	MarKayaks
Renewable materials in electric vehicles - ReMEV	SEDACOR - JPS Cork Group
Social and Human Aspect in EDAM
Creativity in product development	MANO; Brisa
Designing the travel experience	Douro Azul, Caetano Bus

EDAM | Doctoral Program | Contacts

For further details, please contact the EDAM Coordination Office

E-mail
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Address
EDAM Coordination Office
School of Engineering
University of Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal

Phone
+351-253 510 129

Fax
+351-253 514 400

EDAM | Doctoral Program | Scholarships

In the first five academic years of the MIT Portugal initiative, the EDAM program has attracted excellent candidates from Portugal and worldwide. FCT Scholarships are available for the top PhD candidates. In the application form, the applicant may indicate his/her wish to be considered for an FCT scholarship. The applicant information will be sent to FCT automatically. Best students are eligible to spend up to 18 months of research at MIT. Please get more information on scholarships.

EDAM | Doctoral Program | Tuition Fees

The annual tuition fee for the Leaders for Technical Industries (LTI) doctoral program is €3,000 per year.

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