| News Smart Buildings and Intelligent Systems |
| Tuesday, 08 February 2011 | New ways to manage energy consumption using intelligent systems are being developed under the scope of the MIT Portugal Program. One of the undergoing research aims to transform the IST campus at Taguspark into a smart building. Thus, last year several smart meters were installed to manage electricity, water, gas and thermal energy consumption in the building. This research is integrated in one of this Program’s main focal points: the promotion of sustainable energy systems, through the use of renewable energies and a more active role of consumers in the management of personal energy consumption. This study is being conducted by a team integrated by MIT Portugal PhD students Daniel Wiesmann and Gonçalo Cardoso, Professor Paulo Ferrão, the MIT Portugal National Director, and Professor Carlos Santos Silva from IST. | | Read more... |
| Professor Helge Brattebø (NTNU) Sabbatical Leave in Portugal |
| Tuesday, 08 February 2011 |  Prof. Helge Brattebo Helge Brattebø is a Full Professor at NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. From 1996 to 2004 he was the Founding Director of NTNU’s Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol). In 2004 an international expert committee concluded IndEcol has become “a world leading academic program” in Industrial Ecology. This was partly because NTNU launched the world’s first programs leading to an MSc (1998) and to a PhD (2003) degree in Industrial Ecology, and partly due to the comprehensive and strongly interdisciplinary activity, with a group of PhD students and PostDoc fellows growing towards a stable level of about 20 people. In 2006 and 2008 the EESD Observatory ranked NTNU N.º 1 and 2 among 50 European universities, respectively, for its high level in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, much on the basis of the achievements of IndEcol. | | Read more... |
Windows on Companies Sessions: Novabase Presentation to MPP students |
| Monday, 07 February 2011 |  Luís Quaresma, Novabase The second Windows on Companies session was held on December 16th 2010 by Eng. Luís Quaresma, the Energy Executive Director of Novabase, an Industrial Affiliate of the MIT Portugal Program. The presentation started with an introduction to the company, a major player in the Portuguese IT sector with core businesses in Information Systems, Infra-Structures and Engineering Systems, and an investment of approximately 9 million Euros in R&D. Novabase is building an international energy systems business centered in core energy solutions such as electric mobility, renewable management, smart grids and energy efficiency. The electric mobility platform (MOBI.E), in which Novabase is a technology partner, is the first country wide project of its kind and it consists in an intelligent charging network that can be used to charge electric vehicles. MOBI.E will be available throughout Portugal, accessible to all users and compatible with all electrical vehicles. As Luís Quaresma explained there is a paradigm shift in Energy with major technology implications and Portugal is considered to be the living lab where platforms should be created and established to respond to these changes and needs. Therefore, Novabase main purpose is to create solutions to solve peoples’ problems. The Windows on Companies series will continue in March and April, with Eng. Nuno Ribeiro da Silva from Endesa, Eng. Carlos Pimenta from CEEETA, and Eng. António Sá da Costa from APREN, constituting a joint effort to present MPP students with Industry major players in critical sectors of society. |
Student Profile: Isa Santos |
| Monday, 07 February 2011 | This article profiles EDAM Leaders for Technical Industries (LTI) doctoral student Isa Santos.  Isa Santos, MIT
Isa Santos is a PhD student from the MPP Doctoral Program in Leaders for Technical Industries (EDAM). She has an academic background as a mechanical engineer and a master degree in Industrial Design by the University of Porto. Having product development and biomedical devices as her major areas of research interest, she is developing her thesis under the topic “Concept selection in the development of medical devices”. Between September and December 2010, she visited MIT to obtain the necessary tools to develop a new methodology. How did you learn about MIT Portugal and what motivated you to apply for the LTI PhD of the MIT Portugal Program? | | Read more... |
Biomedical Devices and Technologies Course Module - 4th Edition |
| Wednesday, 02 February 2011 | The Biomedical Devices and Technologies Course Module will be held in Instituto Superior Técnico (Building of Mecânica II, AM Auditorium), Lisbon, from 31th of January to 11th of February 2011.This is an elective course that unfolds under the key area of Bioengineering Systems of the MIT-Portugal Program (MPP). The course will bring together experts from Academia, Medicine and Industry with the objective of providing an integrated and comprehensive perspective of the addressed topics. All sessions are public except those that correspond to educational labs, which are only available for BioEng MPP PhD Students that formally enrolled in the course. Please visit the webpage of the course for detailed information on the Schedule and Lecturers. | | Read more... |
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