Congratulations to our new PhDs: Patrícia Baptista, Eunice Costa, Helena Fernandez, Daniela Coutinho and Ana Platzgummer |
| Monday, 19 December 2011 | Five new PhDs, under the MIT Portugal, have graduated in the fields of Sustainable Energy Systems (Patrícia Baptista), Bioengineering (Eunice Costa, Daniela Coutinho and Ana Platzgummer) and Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (Helena Fernandez). November couldn’t have started in a better way for Patrícia Baptista and MIT Portugal. On November 4th, Patrícia successfully discussed her thesis in Sustainable Energy Systems: Evaluation of the impact of new vehicle and fuel technologies in the Portuguese road transportation sector. Patrícia Baptista studied the environmental impacts that may result from a large scale deployment of electric vehicles and was supervised by Prof. Tiago Farias (IST) and co-Supervised by Dr. Carla Silva (IST) and Prof. John Heywood (MIT). | | Read more... |
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Press Release: Cell2B wins the life sciences track at “BES Inovação” with the project ImmuneSafe |
| Friday, 09 December 2011 | Cell2B, a biotechnology-based start-up founded by students from the MIT Portugal Program, is the 2011 winner of BES National Innovation Contest at Health Technology and Biotechnology track. Cell2B received the award for their project ImmuneSafe, the first product that Cell2B intends to launch to the market. “ImmuneSafe is a cell therapy designed for patients who have shown signs of rejection after bone marrow transplantation and allows the modeling of the immune system in cases of acute rejection" explains David Malta, CEO of Cell2B. | | Read more... |
Press Release: 3rd place for MIT Portugal student at international workshop promoted by NASA and C3P |
| Wednesday, 30 November 2011 | André Pina's presentation - "Designing the transition to sustainable energy systems: The Green Islands Project in the Azores" - was awarded with the third place for "Best Presentation" in the recent 9th Technical Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy. The workshop was promoted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Center for Pollution Prevention (C3P) and was held at the European Space Agency (ESA) between 15-18 November in Noordwijk – Holland. André Pina is a PhD student at Instituto Superior Técnico under the MIT Portugal Program. | | Read more... |
Cell2B and Watt-IS representing the Portuguese entrepreneurship at the Global Entrepreneurship Week |
| Thursday, 17 November 2011 |  Cell2B and Watt-IS, both young start-ups founded by students and faculty from MIT Portugal Program, are going to be present at the event Silicon Valley Comes to Lisbon, held in Lisbon on November 17-18, the anchor event of the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Portugal. Across 115 countries, the Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrates the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.
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The President of the United States and the President of Portugal support the partnerships between Portuguese and American universities. |
| Friday, 11 November 2011 | In joint statement release by the White House on November 9th 2011, the President of the United States and the President of Portugal support the partnerships between Portuguese and American universities. According to the release Barack Obama and Aníbal Cavaco Silva said that “We also noted that in recent years, partnerships between Portuguese and American universities are developing state of the art research in areas such as engineering, information technology, and medicine, and we committed to fostering these relationships in the future” Read the full joint statement here.
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