Ongoing Projects

Portuguese projects

- Portugal 2020 – AVISO Nº 10/SI/2016 – Programa Mobilizador - On-Surf - Mobilizar Competências Tecnológicas em Engenharia de Superfície

Coordinator for UMINHO: Prof. Sandra Carvalho
Approved financial support for UMINHO: 461,146.00 €
Project leader company: TEandM - TECNOLOGIA, ENGENHARIA E MATERIAIS S.A.
Total project funds: 5'445,467.43 €
Partners: PMM - Projectos, Moldes, Manufactura, LDA., PRIREV - Surface Engineering, Palbit - Hardmetal tools solutions, MoldIT, DURIT, LURGA, InovaTools, DT2 New Concept - The Rapid Manufacturing Center, TJMoldes, Leica, Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Belo Inox, IPN - Instituto Pedro Nunes, Universidade de Coimbra, FCT - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidade de Aveiro, IPB - Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, CENTINFE - Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes, Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos.

Objective: The On-Surf project is a mobilising project that involves national companies from different sectors and entities in a broad consortium, around the priority axis of the international agenda, Surface Engineering.

- Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, PTDC/CTM-NAN/4242/2014 - Bimetallic clusters for controlled antimicrobial activity on stents

Project leader for UMINHO: Prof. Sandra Carvalho
Total project funds: 175,000.00 €
Partners: Universidade de Coimbra.

Objective: Develop thin films applied to improve the performance of uretheral stents.

- Doctoral Program on Surface and Protection Engineering, NORTE-08-5369-FSE-000047

Project leader for UMINHO: Prof. Sandra Carvalho
Total project funds: 371,250.00 €
Partners: Universidade de Coimbra and Universidade de Aveiro.

Objective: Create inside enterprise skills and competences for improving knowledge in the field of surface engineering.

- Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030708 - HEALTHYDENT - Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implants

Project leader: Prof. Sandra Carvalho
Total project funds: 202,170.63 €
Partners: International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) and Dental Verde - Clínica Médica e Dentária, LDA.

Objective: Develop a new concept of dental implants.

- Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-30789 - NANOXYPACK - Nano-sized oxygen scavenger for new active food packaging

Project leader: Ph.D. Sebastian Calderon
Project leader for UMINHO: Prof. Sandra Carvalho
Total project funds: 235,008.16 €
Partner: International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL).

Objective: Reduce the impact of food-packaging on the environment.

- Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030446 - ATRITO - 0 - "A sinergia entre texturização e revestimentos auto-lubrificantes para contactos mecânicos energeticamente mais eficientes e mais amigos do ambiente"

Project leader: Prof. Albano Cavaleiro
Project leader for UMINHO: Prof. Sandra Carvalho (until february 2021)
Total project funds: 75,206.25 € (Coordinated by Universidade de Coimbra)
Partners: Universidade de Coimbra, IPN - Instituto Pedro Nunes and MAHLE - Componentes de motores S.A.

Objective: Reduce the friction in lubricated mechanical contacts through the synergy between adaptive self-lubricant coatings.

- MIT PORTUGAL - MITEXPL/ISF/0006/2017 - KERAMOS - "Fabricação Aditiva de Produtos Cerâmicos Inovadores e Multifuncionais para Sistemas Arquitetónicos"

Total project funds: 99,915.00 €
Partner: IDEGUI - Instituto de Design de Guimarães

Objective: Integrate Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques to obtain hybrid architectural components.

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Approved Projects

- Sistema de Incentivos á investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico (SI I&DT) - AVISO Nº 31/SI/2017, ORAiDEA - Desenvolvimento de implantes dentários multifuncionais - Coordinator for UMINHO: Prof. Sandra Carvalho; Approved financial support: 149,918.78 €