Press Release: DACHOR's research distinguished by the non-profit organization Associação Salvador |
| Thursday, 12 January 2012 | DACHOR was awarded with the 1st place at "Ser Capaz" - Investigation and Technology Annual grant promoted by the non-profit organization Associação Salvador. Aware of the important role technologies play in the quality of life of the disabled, Associação Salvador supports the investigation in different study fields related to reduce mobility trough the annual “Ser Capaz" - Investigation and Technology Annual grant. This year the association awarded the DACHOR project with the 1st place. The DACHOR, a research project promoted by MIT Portugal Program, aims for the development of an innovative powered Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO) with hybrid actuation to aid individuals with reduced mobility and neuromuscular disabilities. The public ceremony for the award and honorable mentions will be held Jan. 16 (6:30 pm) at BES Arte & Finança centre. | | Read more... |
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Press Release: MIT Portugal Energy Club |
| Monday, 09 January 2012 | MIT Portugal Energy Club: A new organization initiated by MIT Portugal current students and alumni The MIT Portugal Energy Club is a new organization that aims to bring together multiple actors of the energy sector (academic community, business sector and civil society) at the national level. We want to increase the interaction between research groups and the Portuguese national companies in the sector , said Gonçalo Mendes, one of the co-founders of the organization, stressing the importance of the communication between the two sectors. Break down the boundaries between researchers, students, companies and capital in the energy sector is one of the main motivations of the MIT Energy Club Portugal. Our goal is to create a forum for discussion and knowledge transference , said Antonio Lorena, also co-founder of the MIT Energy Club Portugal. | | Read more... |
Season’s Greetings from MIT Portugal Program |
| Wednesday, 21 December 2011 | Season's greetings from MIT Portugal Program with wishes of prosperity throughout the coming year.
Our e-card was designed by Mariana Pereira, MIT Portugal Program PhD student. Mariana is developing her thesis on Sustainable Energy Systems at FEUP (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto), supervised by Professor Eduardo Oliveira Fernandes. Her work concerns the study of Urban Sustainability, Morphology and Energy in Architecture. Learn more about this project through Mariana own words: “Buildings are among the most ‘energivorous’ economic sectors. The built environment represents an energy problem but can also be part of the solution for the reduction of the CO2 emissions. Climates such as the one in Portugal offer enormous opportunities to reduce significantly the commercial energy needs for thermal comfort and others. One of the main motivations behind the thesis is the fact that, in general, the principles of the Buildings Physics are only used in a qualitative way in the widespread Architecture practice in Portugal. In this sense, the use of design guidelines is an opportunity to score the Architecture design with stricter lines through quantification. The expected outcome is the development of a methodology based on an order of merit with the parameters that influence the thermal behavior towards low energy, comfortable and healthy residential buildings for Portugal. This roadmap will be based on graphical tools for easy application by architects not familiar with Physics and Thermal concepts and principles.” |
MIT Portugal Program - December Newsletter |
| Tuesday, 20 December 2011 | The new edition of our newsletter is now published. Don't forget to read it here: MIT Portugal Program - December Newsletter. |
Student Profile : Leonardo Rosado, Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) |
| Monday, 19 December 2011 |  Leonardo Rosado is a PhD student from the MPP Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems (SES). Leonardo entered the program in 2007 and he is conducting his research under the theme Urban Metabolism: Contributions to establish standard methods to analyze Urban Material Flows. Supervised by Paulo Ferrão (IST) and co-supervised by John Fernandez (MIT) and Samuel Niza (IST). Leonardo aims to contribute towards the field of Urban Metabolism. Urban areas have become one of the main focal points in order to tackle sustainability problems. The urban metabolism of a city depends on anthropogenic and natural physical flows of energy and materials, what might be studied by Material Flow Analysis (MFA). Therefore, Leonardo took it upon himself to develop a standard method to measure the MFA that can be applied to different Urban areas, namely in European Countries. During his PhD, Leonardo spent a month at MIT. He has published at the Journal of Industrial Ecology, presented his work at several conferences related with Industrial Ecology and Material Flow Accounting, created a standard model to describe Metropolitan Areas flows of materials, within the Urban Metabolism concept and has contributed to the development of two FCT projects – iTeam and Resist. Besides his demanding academic work, Leonardo Rosado is also a successful musician (access his latest work Mute Words here) and owner of his own record label the FeedbackLoop Label.
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