Upcoming events

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3rd SPM Thematic Seminar | Industry & Surface Engineering
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MATERIAIS 2019 will take place in Faculty of Science of New University of Lisbon, Portugal, from 14 to 17 April, 2019.
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EUROMAT 2019 will take place in Stockholom, Sweden, from 1 to 9 September, 2019

Highlights

A new generation of food packaging is being developed by Sandra Carvalho, Professor in the Physics Department at the University of Minho. The aim is to give food packaging a greater ability to capture oxygen from the outside environment and improve the quality of life of food products during their shelf-life. Video produced with the support of the U. Norte Inova project (NORTE 2020).Paragraph.
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Congratulations to Sebastian Calderon (University of Minho and International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL) and Filipe Fernandes (University of Minho and University of Coimbra) for PSE Early Career Award 2018, with Keynote lectures "Magnetron Sputtering as a Tool for Producing Metallic and Bimetallic Multifunctional Nanoparticles: The Case of Zn-Fe" and "The wrinkling concept applied to plasma polymer films: a novel route for controlling their nano-architecture", respectively.
A solution based on tantalum for application in dental implants was developed by Sandra Carvalho.
Video produced with the support of the Restartup project (NORTE 2020) - TecMinho
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Congratulations to Simone on her latest published paper which won the bronze ICMCTF Graduate Student Awards at the 45th ICMCTF, in San Diego, USA.
Congratulations to Bianca Caratão on her award: 1st Honourable Mention SPM at Dia Mundial dos Materiais 2015 in Lisbon, PT
Revestimento multifuncional para próteses
SIC Notícias | The Next Big Idea

Sandra Carvalho's idea was to develop a coating for orthopedic prostheses , in order to double the lifetime of a prosthesis.
Reviews of Sandra Carvalho, SMF group coordinator.
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Sebastián Calderón, was interviewed by Porto Canal about his award and research.
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Sebastián Calderón, was honored with “The Graduate Student Awards”, at the 42nd ICMCTF in San Diego, CA, USA.
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Prof. Sandra Carvalho from the University of Minho was selected as the winner of "The Next Big Idea - Santander Universidades" to represent Portugal in the event RedEmpredia SPIN2014 in Mexico.
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The Ordem dos Engenheiros awarded Cristiana Alves for her work in dental implantology.

Job Opportunities

  • Research fellowship for Masters in Materials, Mechanical,  Physics, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent qualifications, under "Atrito-0 -Synergy of surface texturing and self lubricating coatings for greener and more energy efficient sliding contacts
    " Project.  
  • For more information, please click the link below:
  • www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=103824&lang=pt