Monday, 7/31/2017
The connection to business
sector is one of the EEUM’s strongest identity brands. The School of
Engineering gives high priority to these activities, which allow it to
understand the changing needs of the industry, the integration of its graduates
into the business sector and select relevant research topics that enhance
national development.
The Presidency of the EEUM has carried out several institutional visits and
received companies’ delegations from various sectors for work meetings and
visits to the facilities of the School of Engineering. On the 3rd
July 2017, a meeting with a delegation from Efacec company was held, with the
aim of discussing opportunities to enhance existing collaborations with this
company in areas such as education, employability, research and technology.
This meeting counted on the presence of the directors of the Department of
Industrial Electronics (DEI), Department of Informatics (DI), Department of
Information Systems (DSI), as well as the ALGORTIMI Research Centre and the
High Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab).
The DVM Group company visited the School of Engineering on the 7th
July, seeking to follow up the collaboration agreement signed with the
University of Minho (UMinho) by the end of 2016. The main objective was to
acquire a more detailed knowledge on the research, development and innovation skills
of the EEUM and to look for concrete opportunities for collaboration. The
programme included visits to the Centre for Mechanical and Materials Technology
(CT2M), the Institute for Polymers and Composites (IPC) and the DoneLab –
laboratory for the advanced additive manufacture of prototypes and tools. This
laboratory is based at the Campus of Azurém and aims to support several
projects that are taking place under the partnership between UMinho and Bosch
Car Multimédia Portugal. The delegation also had the opportunity to visit some
of the UMinho’s interface units, namely the Pole for Innovation in Polymer
Engineering (PIEP) and the Centre for Waste Valorisation (CVR).
On the 20th July 2017, a working meeting with Sonicarla – a
company specialised in technical textiles – was held. The visit aimed the
discuss a collaborative strategy for projects under the topic “Industry 4.0”. On
the 27th July, as a follow-up, meetings were held at the company’s
facilities, identifying specific cooperation areas and future projects.
“Lately, we have had an
intense calendar of visits. One of the objectives is to identify areas of
collaboration in order to strengthen our approach to companies. The interaction
with society is one of the strategic vectors and a priority of this Presidency
of the EEUM”, Paulo Sampaio, Vice-Dean of the EEUM and responsible for
Interaction with Society related activities, ensured.
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