Friday, 3/31/2017
José António Covas, Full
Professor from the Department of Polymer Engineering (DEP) of the EEUM, took
office as the new Director of the DEP of the EEUM on 13th March
2017.
José António Covas, Full Professor from the Department of Polymer
Engineering (DEP) of the EEUM, was recently elected director of the department
for the period 2017-2019. The management team also comprises João Pedro Nunes,
Assistant Professor from DEP, as assistant director.
In his acceptance speech, the new director highlighted the confidence given
by his colleagues upon his election: “I will give my best to solve the problems
that DEP will have to face, in order to fulfill the wishes of the team and the objectives
of the department. I am sure that I will always count on the support of the
School’s Presidency”, José António Covas underlined.
José António Covas completed his bachelor degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 1979 at Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica,
in Lisbon, and his PhD in Polymer Engineering in 1985 at Loughborough
University, in U.K. He is a researcher of IPC/i3n in the areas of rheology, polymer
processing and compounding.
He
was Vice-Dean of the EEUM between 1999 and 2000 and member of the School
Council between 2013 and 2015. From 2009 to 2015 he coordinated the European
Master EURHEO – European Master in Engineering Rheology. He was the first
general manager of Innovation and Polymer Engineering (PIEP), between 2001 and
2005, of which he is currently a member of the board. José António Covas is a
member of various foreign scientific evaluation panels and of the European
Research Council. He is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal International Polymer Processing and
member of the Executive Committee of the Polymer Processing Society.
The DEP has renowned competences in the Science and Engineering of
Polymers and Composites. The staff are members of the research centres IPC/i3n
and 3B’s, which develop research in their scientific areas of expertise as well
as doctoral programmes such as Science and Engineering of Polymers and
Composites; Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells; and Biomedical
Engineering. The cooperation with industry is intense and generally made via
PIEP.
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