EDAM MIT Portugal

EDAM

The Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing Scientific Domain of the MIT Portugal Program

Education and Research Highlights from Three Years of Continuous Improvement

DECEMBER 2010

SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN LEADERS

SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN ADMINISTRATIVE FACULTY

Olga Carneiro

Eduardo Beira1

1

Joel Clark2

Mihail Fontul3

Manuel Freitas3

Jeremy Gregory2

Chris Magee2

Jean Pol Piquard4

José M. Mendonça4

Francisco Pires4

António Torres Marques4

Luís Rocha1

1 School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal | 2 Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | 3 Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | 4 Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

Jointly offered by: Universidade do Minho, Universidade do Porto, and Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa

in collaboration with:

Engineering Systems Division

www.mitportugal.org

1. Highlights of the EDAM Scientific Domain The mission statement of the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (EDAM) Scientific Domain of the MIT

and Technologies, and Leadership.

3.

Tight coupling of research activities at Portuguese and

Portugal Program (MPP) is the guiding principle behind its ef-

other European Industrial Affiliates and educational ef-

forts.

forts. The LTI doctoral degree program includes an indus-

“The mission of EDAM is to develop a new paradigm in Europe for engineering research and education based on an application-driven approach and to promote knowledge-based manufacturing and competitive product development.”

trial internship, which we believe may be the only one of its kind globally, and the TME program includes a thesis that is related to the students’ work at a Portuguese or international company.

4.

The implementation of new and novel educational de-

EDAM’s strategy is based on an engineering systems ap-

livery mechanisms and the evaluation of those mecha-

proach, integrating engineering, management, design, and

nisms. These include the rotation of faculty and students

manufacturing. The new education and research program

to the three Portuguese universities in the scientific do-

combines lectures and case studies, internships in industrial

main along with close participation of MIT faculty and

technological firms and international research laboratories,

the delivery of course content in an intensive two-week

and applied research to achieve and disseminate sound knowl-

modular format. MIT and Portuguese faculty have collabo-

edge in the relevant areas of the program.

rated to evaluate the effectiveness of the EDAM teaching

The objective of this white paper is to highlight some of the

format in comparison with a more traditional semester-

key accomplishments of the scientific domain over the past

length format and have found that EDAM format has a positive impact on the students*.

three years since its inception and to outline key actions that need to be taken to ensure the sustainability of the program in

5.

Restructuring of the LTI and TME curricula after two

the future. The paper will demonstrate the ways in which the

years of the program based on feedback from students

scientific domain is accomplishing its mission.

and faculty. The new curricula have more emphasis on engineering systems and more tightly integrate LTI and TME students.

1.1 EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS

6.

Matriculation of students from across the world. In addition to Portugal, students have come from Belarus, Brazil,

The most important objectives of EDAM on the educational

Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Spain, Turkey

side from the beginning of the scientific domain were to estab-

and Venezuela. The number of international applicants has increased every year.

lish doctoral and professional degree programs that would attract high quality Portuguese and international students. The

7.

Collaborative cross-cutting teaching efforts with other

following achievements have been accomplished in the first

scientific domains. These efforts included inviting stu-

three years of the program.

dents from other scientific domains to participate in

1.

Launch of two new degree programs: a doctoral program

EDAM’s new course on leadership, EDAM and Bioengineer-

named Leaders for Technical Industries (LTI) and an ad-

ing Systems faculty collaborating on the development of

vanced studies program named Technology Management

the Innovation Management Course, and EDAM faculty

Enterprise (TME). Both of these were successfully de-

teaching in a Bioengineering Systems module.

2.

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signed to achieve the overall mission and objective.

EDAM’s educational programs have had significant im-

Development of new courses based on the principles of

pact. Students report that EDAM classes and research have

engineering systems: Integrating Technology and Man-

changed their perspectives on their careers and their lives.

agement, Technology Evaluation and Selection, Engineer-

The academic schedule format is extremely popular with stu-

ing Systems Research Methods, Engineering and Manu-

dents because the two-week periods engender intense work

facturing Systems, Innovation Management, Companies

environments and interpersonal relationships among the co*Y.J. Dori, “Assessing the Product Development & Design Courses within the MIT-Portugal Program”, Second International Symposium on Engineering Systems MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 15-17, 2009.

hort of students. They also say that they will use what they

Industrial Affiliates have also benefitted from collaborat-

have learned in the program in their careers. We believe that

ing with EDAM researchers. Teofilo Leite, the CEO of Casa de

the structure and content of the EDAM degree programs are

Saude de Guimarães / Hospital Privado Guimarães, which is a

a model for other programs around the world, and the classes

hospital partnering with EDAM researchers studying wireless

are a model for other MPP scientific domains as well as other

communication sensor networks for remote health monitor-

Portuguese and MIT classes.

ing, say this about his collaboration with EDAM:

The impact of the program on students is clear from this comment made by Pedro Portela, a student in the first TME class (2007/2008):

“…I believe [the Engineering and Manufacturing Systems] course together with the course on Innovation Management taught by Luis PerezBreva were the perfect closing for the program. Only now have I clearly seen the ‘Big Picture’ and what was intended with the whole program. ‘Engineering Systems’ is starting to make sense for me and I’m starting to find it a fascinating topic.

“The complexity of a leadership role and making ‘good’ decisions is becoming clearer now as is the fact that, indeed, Portugal desperately needs these kind of leaders. In fact, I am so overwhelmed by this new perspective that I am already considering a career change. During the program, I learned also a lot about myself. My ability to work under tight timings, to work in team, I learned that I love doing presentations and gained a lot of confidence doing them, I learned that sometimes you just have to do the job you are assigned to and put all your energies into it...whether you like it or not.”

“The project for wireless monitoring of remote patients is now in the field testing phase. This has been a major opportunity for Casa de Saude de Guimarães, a private hospital company, to pursue its policy of continuous innovation and improvement of the quality of care provided to our patients.

“Cooperation with the MIT Portugal Program and EDAM researchers has been excellent and it has generated additional value. We expect to be able to expand this cooperation in the future and open new areas of cooperation (especially in medical robotics: we are now considering installing a DaVinci surgery robot, as well as a new Radiotherapy Unit, with access to “cyberknife” technology).

“Cooperation with EDAM had an important leverage effect to design and to implement new productivity enhancement technologies for patient care - and we are very much interested to continue and to improve this cooperation.”

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Isabel Furtado leads TMG group, an important group of companies, based in Northern Portugal, with operations from technical textiles, to helicopter services, and to advanced energy technologies. This is her statement:

“As part of its R+D Policy, TMG Automotive privileges the scientifical/technological interface.

A recent example of this is the MIT Portugal program, in particular the EDAM area – Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing, that due to its adequate duration and perfect combination of class periods, made it possible for a top level engineer to participate profitably and still follow-up company activities.

For both TMG’s participants, mainly explorative R&D projects were selected, and our engineers work on these at TMG, but also with the University teams involved.

Subjects like “Smart Flooring” or “Biopolymers” for use in automotive interior trim are being studied.

The selection of these types of explorative projects, due to their long-term nature and high level of innovation content, seemed to be most adequate to be carried out at a University-context environment, under the MIT Portugal logo, since they are complementary to the short-term, highly-sales-focused, R&D projects done inside TMG. A very positive feedback from our Engineers was given relatively to the teachers’ quality, class methodology, as well as for the modern and forefront contents chosen. An immediate outcome was the establishment of experience-sharing sessions between the different groups present: companies from a variety of markets, and several Faculty members from different Universities and countries.

The true horizon reached with TME program goes beyond the product R&D itself.

To TMG’s participants it brought a more broad “Engineering Systems” approach to daily life, looking at each problem and new challenge in a more integrated an complex way, having shown them the most advanced tools on this field of knowledge.

The split of classes into two intense class weeks and team work followed by intervals of no classes with due assignments was also referred as being optimal for maximizing outcome. A comforting feeling of control and quality concern was transmitted at the end of each module, when feedback and faculty evaluation were immediately requested, and results used for improving course topics.

As a part of TMG’s regular activity we try to actively participate in Forums and debates organized by the MIT Portugal program, following closely the R&D activities.

This interaction between the University and the Company is vital for the growth of TMG’s R&D, as for the establishment of partnerships with strategic goals.

It is for us strategical to maintain this connection to the Academia, as a privileged source of new ideas.

MIT Portugal program has an essential role both in training Company participants in the latest engineering state-of-the-art tools, as well as in establishing the connections and cooperation mechanisms between Industry and Academia.”

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The commitment of Industrial Affiliates to the future of the program is evidenced by the comments of Antonio Cardoso Pinto, the CEO of Adira, a manufacturing equipment production company:

“TME is a good program that complements very well the technical expertise of our people. This is an evaluation based on our experience of two TMEs in two different years. I expect to continue to benefit from this program and to send one new candidate per year.”

1.2 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS EDAM research projects provide fundamental knowledge related to engineering design and advanced manufacturing in industries fundamental to Portugal’s future. EDAM’s research strategy has been to develop an educationally-coupled research program, requiring that the research have strong industry interaction with firms that have experience in product development, design and other aspects of R&D. LTI students are at the core of all EDAM research activities because their research is the pillar of their theses. They are the hubs of research projects that include industrial partners, Portuguese faculty, MIT faculty (some of whom are actively involved in research and others who are in advisory capacities on doctoral committees), and MIT students.

EDAM’s research is based on targeted areas and strong indus-

A further example of the attraction of the EDAM program for

try-university relationships with the potential to develop com-

Portuguese Industrial Affiliates was evident on the 12th of De-

petitive advantages for Portugal in design and manufacturing.

cember 2009 in Lisbon at an event organized by the ALSTOM

The primary Targeted Application Area for EDAM’s research

Transport – High Speed Train Interiors team. Of the fifteen

within MPP is Materials and Design Inspired Products. EDAM’s

companies that made presentations, five were EDAM Indus-

research seeks to develop competitive solutions for niche

trial Affiliates (TMG, SUNVIAUTO, IberOleff, INAPAL, SIMOL-

markets in the mobility industries (Systems and Components

DES) and each of them made references to their participation

for Electric Vehicles) and the health sector (Medical Devices)

in EDAM projects as a demonstration of their commitment and

through industry partnerships and state-of-the-art analytical,

capability in research and innovation.

experimental, and qualitative methodologies that integrate science and technology. The outcomes of the research are expected to grow beyond the program due to the entrepreneurial skills of its graduates.

EDAM is currently funding several research projects that have both Portuguese and MIT graduate student research assistants working on them and is supporting other research projects that are serving as the basis for LTI theses. EDAM research

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projects are mainly on topics related to design and advanced

for other research projects of how multiple partners with

manufacturing in the automotive, aerospace, and medical de-

unique capabilities can collaborate to deliver high-quality

vice sectors and many also include novel research on the product development process. Some of EDAM’s research projects

outcomes.

3.

Emphasis on educationally-coupled research. Education

intersect and complement MPP’s Targeted Application Areas

and research are intimately tied for EDAM students. For

and Projects, but the majority of projects are on other topics

LTI students, there is a reinforcement of the industry and

related to engineering design and advanced manufacturing

innovation knowledge gained from courses during their

due to the importance of developing projects of relevance to a

internship and research experience. Furthermore, the

wide range of industrial affiliates.

students’ experiences at MIT and in their internships re-

Specific details on several EDAM research projects will be pre-

inforce the understanding of the entire innovation value-

sented in the following section, but broad highlights of EDAM’s

chain that is taught as part of the engineering systems-

research activities are listed here:

oriented courses in EDAM. These issues are also true for

1.

A focus on product development research as an enabler

Portuguese faculty: they are learning more about engi-

of developing Portugal’s knowledge capabilities in this

neering systems and the innovation value chain through

area. Becoming proficient in product development is likely

their participation in teaching and supervising theses and

critical to Portugal’s economic future as it moves toward a

internships.

technologically-based economy.

2.

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4.

Involvement of European companies in EDAM research

Introduction of a collaborative mechanism for conducting

activities. We have been moderately successful in attract-

research. EDAM’s research has brought together teams of

ing companies for our students to work with and expect to

people from multiple universities and industrial partners

continue to attract additional firms involved in EDAM’s ac-

who have not worked together in the past. This was first

tivities as the global economy improves. We currently have

demonstrated in a pilot project on lightweight materials in

three international industrial affiliates (Rolls Royce, Conti-

automotive body components that included students and

nental Mabor, and General Motors) and twelve Portuguese

faculty from multiple Portuguese universities, students

sponsors. Rolls Royce was the first international industrial

and faculty from MIT, and employees of AutoEuropa, an

affiliate and they have offered their first LTI intern a per-

important industrial affiliate. The project became a model

manent job and have asked for another LTI intern to work

2. Research Outcomes of Selected EDAM Research Projects Key outcomes from selected EDAM research projects are outlined in this section.

2.1 LEAN DESIGN IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

with them. The financial support of affiliates will enable a

5.

6.

EDAM researchers from Portugal and MIT are working with a large European company to improve its product development capabilities. This effort demonstrates EDAM’s collaboration with industrial partners and its cultivation of product development capabilities within Portugal and applied internationally.

second phase of the educational and research programs

Research Partners: Carla Pepe (IST); Prof. Elsa Henriques

in a sustainable structure.

(IST); Dr. Daniel Whitney (MIT); Rolls-Royce

Participation of Industrial Affiliates in developing re-

Research Objectives: The main goal of the research is to devel-

search project ideas and recruiting students to work

op a systematic method to analyze the development of complex

on the projects. EDAM has held “Jobshops” the past two

products in order to identify inefficiencies in the development

years that involve Industrial Affiliates presenting chal-

process and find opportunities for possible improvements.

lenges that they face as potential thesis topics for LTI stu-

Key Accomplishments:

dents. EDAM Industrial Liaison professors work with the

• The development of the systematic method to analyze the

Industrial Affiliates to develop project ideas and then the

development of complex products in order to identify inef-

companies present these ideas directly to students at the

ficiencies in the development process and find opportuni-

Jobshop event. This direct interaction between companies

ties for possible improvements. The method is composed

and students in the early phases of concept generation is

of seven top-level steps starting with the design process

a unique element of EDAM’s education programs.

understanding and Value Stream Mapping, identification

Developing engineering systems research capabilities

of critical areas, and finishing with the improvements

among Portuguese faculty. EDAM has conducted three

analyses and implementation.

meetings with the entire EDAM faculty on ways to incor-

• The systematic method was applied to a Rolls-Royce High

porate engineering systems into EDAM research. The

Pressure Turbine Blade detailed design process. The

second meeting included a review of all EDAM research

results show the benefits of the preliminary proposed

projects by evaluators from MIT and Portugal and a spe-

framework in promoting communication among the dif-

cific assessment of engineering systems content in each

ferent persons involved in the design process, in discover-

project. These research activities combined with faculty

ing the process inefficiencies and in finding opportunities

teaching activities and visits to MIT are essential compo-

for possible improvements. The pictorial representation

nents of developing engineering systems knowledge with-

of the design process together with quantitative perfor-

in Portugal’s engineering experts.

mance data allow the improvement focus on critical design areas (high content of non-value effort) and contribute to the definition of guidelines to transform an “as is” into a “should be” process.

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Expected Outcomes in the Future: Further development of this method will be finished by the end of 2010. This development is focused on the application of this methodology to a system level. The subject of the case study is Rolls-Royce’s high pressure turbine disc and its main interfaces. The high pressure turbine disc is one of the most complex and demanding systems of a jet engine and its life and performance influence almost all the engine subsystems (turbine, compressor, air system…).

Impact of the research on society, academia, and industry: Considering that it is during the product development phase that 80% of the costs and risks of the products are defined, the importance of using adequate tools and processes to support the design phase is obvious. Industries often face difficulties to have time to finish their design activities due to cost or manufacturing constraints. Therefore, it is really important to

2.2 DESIGN FOR TRAVEL EXPERIENCE EDAM researchers have brought together several members of a value chain that do not normally interact in order to develop methodologies for incorporating customer experience factors into product and service design. The project includes the use of multidisciplinary engineering systems research methods that are not commonly used in traditional engineering research.

Research Partners: Rui Carreira (FEUP), Prof. Lia Patrício (FEUP), Prof. Renato Natal (FEUP), Prof. Chris Magee (MIT), Prof. Arlindo Silva (IST), Douro Azul, Transdev and CaetanoBus. Research Objectives: The research objectives are: 1.

most important experience factors influencing customer

conduct the design phase in the most efficient way. The systematic process that is being developed along this research can be used in all industries that have development activities, and be used to improve their efficiencies, thereby streamlining the design process without damaging the innovation potential.

Selected Publications: • Pepe, C. Henriques, E., Whitney, D., Engineering Process Improvement Using Value Stream Mapping and Design Structure Matrix Tools, RPD 2008, Oliveira de Azeméis, October 2008.

• Pepe, C. Henriques, E., Whitney, D., Farndon, R., Engineering Process Improvement Using Value Stream Mapping and Design Structure Matrix Tools, MMEP 2010, Cambridge, July 2010.

better understand travel experiences by identifying the satisfaction with bus transport services,

2.

develop new services and bus interior concepts for enhancing the customer experience, and

3.

develop a novel methodology for incorporating customer experience factors into product and service design.

The Research project comprises three main stages: the first stage aims at obtaining the overall process of customer usage of the bus transportation provider’s services, with a focus on the bus interior for medium/long distance travel services, identifying the most important experience requirements during this process and their impact on customer satisfaction. Based upon study results, the second stage will involve the translation of user experience requirements (UER) into target specifications (TS) for new transportation services and bus interior concepts. In the third stage, new bus interior concepts will be selected based on UER and TS. A selected concept will be prototyped by the bus manufacturer with active participation of other partners. This prototype will be tested with a battery of users in an iterative process, to evaluate how travel experience requirements match the new service and bus interior design.

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Key Accomplishments:

of technical specifications will be critical as inputs for the

The qualitative and quantitative analysis of Douro Azul cus-

manufacturing of the prototype(s).

tomers’ needs as well as the qualitative phase (interviews) of

• Finally, it will be important to validate the prototype(s) with

the Transdev study have been completed. The data analysis

Transdev’s customers – this activity is both ambitious and

showed that the customers’ global experience ranged from

important, since it may be difficult to perform correctly in

the concrete to the more emotional needs and with an over-

case it will not be possible to have a fully working physical

all perspective (i.e. before and after the bus trips). The better

prototype of a bus’s interior, and is the only way of vali-

understanding of the tourism passengers’ experience require-

dating the project as a whole, from the bus users’ point

ments and their aggregation in significant dimensions is the

of view.

most relevant contribution of the Douro Azul study to the research project.

Impact of the research on society, academia, and industry:

Concerning the comparison of the qualitative studies per-

The consortium of companies involved in the research includes

formed with experience (Douro Azul) and non-experience

a bus manufacturer and two bus transportation providers,

(Transdev) centric services, the interviews and observations

among others. Therefore, the most important impact of the

allowed for the identification of a wide set of travel experience

research on society and industry is the connection with the

requirements, as well as the customer experience components

companies, and the ambition to produce new products and

(e.g. joy emotions) associated with the service. Moreover, the

services based on the customers’ needs that will potentially

comparison of the two services showed similarities and differ-

maximize their satisfaction. Without our project, these compa-

ences between them.

nies would not be discussing the experience of their users in

These exploratory studies indicate that the experience design

relation to bus design (and indeed would not even be working

needs to be specifically adapted to travel services and simulta-

together at all). Academically, the attempt to define experience

neously to permit the participation of the customers in co-cre-

requirements rigorously is state-of-the-art, even though many

ating their own experience, according to the purpose of their

have recognized the importance of going beyond products and

trip, either experientially based or not.

services to thinking about user experiences.

Expected Outcomes in the Future: • The customer experience requirements will be translated into technical specifications, namely the state-of-the-art design and engineering methods used in CaetanoBus’s bus interior development projects. This will require development of further new methods.

• The development of new bus interior concepts will involve the participation of CaetanoBus and other possible partners. This activity will serve to evaluate whether and how customer experience requirements are currently incorporated into new bus interior concepts.

• The production of prototype(s) will be conducted in close cooperation with CaetanoBus – the adequate translation

Selected Publications: • “An approach to analyze customer experiences”, July ’09, FEUP, the Symposium on PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, held In Conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure (IRF).

• “Customers’ requirements identification to improve customer experiences”, “Comfort Seat Module - First Class Comfort For All”, September ’09, FEUP, the International Conference on Integration of Design, Engineering and Management for innovation (IDEMI).

• Rui Carreira, Lia Patrício, Renato Natal, António Torres Marques, Chris Magee “Incorporating Customer Experience Requirements In New Product Development: Understanding Bus Travel Experiences ” , 17th “International Product Development and Management Conference (IPDMC)”, Universidad de Murcia, June 2010 • Rui Carreira, Lia Patrício, Renato Natal, António Torres Marques, Chris Magee “Identification of customers’ travel experience requirements: Understanding bus travel experiences”, 39th EMAC (European Marketing Academy) Conference, Copenhagen Business School, June 2010 • Rui Carreira, Ricardo Gonçalves, Eduardo Santos, Miguel Santos, Alexandre Silva “Comfort Seat Module - First Class Comfort For All”, “International Conference on Integration of Design, Engineering and Management for innovation (IDEMI)”, FEUP, September 2009

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2.3 NEW TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SMART CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL DEVICES This project illustrates the ways in which EDAM uses engineering systems principles to go above and beyond traditional engineering research. It includes basic research on cutting-edge technologies for use in medical devices and analysis of implementation of those technologies in society, which in this case are hospitals.

Research Partners: Isa Santos (FEUP), Alexandra Sepúlveda (Uminho), Prof. Luis Rocha (UMinho), Prof. Julio Viana (UMinho), Prof. António Pontes (UMinho), Prof. José M. da Silva (FEUP), Prof. Alexandra Costa (IST), prof. Brian Wardle (MIT), Hospital S. João.

Research Objectives: This project has three main goals: to develop a thin and flexible

ible PDMS membranes with embedded CNT’s carpets for

pressure sensor that is to be incorporated in a stent-graft, to

the electrical path. The molds for the PDMS films are produced in acrylic by CNC milling.

improve the currently used grafts by using novel biocompatible materials, and the improvement of current development

2.

Definition of the sensor specifications and sensor mod-

methodologies for medical devices. The goals are not disso-

el. The main specifications for the transduction element

ciated, since the final output aims the generation of a smart

(pressure sensor) have been defined. For aortic aneurysm

stent-graft that can be adopted by the medical community.

pressure measurement the sensor should have a dynamic

The multidisciplinary nature of the project is clearly an addi-

range between 20mmHg and 250mmHz, a 1mmHg resolu-

tional challenge and four complementary lines of research are

tion and an absolute accuracy below 5mmHg. Both analyt-

being used to tackle the problem. The four lines of research

ical and FEM models have been created as a tool to design the sensor on the technology being developed.

are: 3.

First prototype using COTS (components out of the shelf)

1.

Flexible sensor technology

2.

Stent graft modeling

to test the measurement wireless system approach. The

3.

Sensor design and evaluation

sensors and the external reader exchange information

4.

Telemetric circuit design and implementation

and energy by inductive-coupling. A distinctive difference between this work and previous systems is the measure-

Key Accomplishments:

ment method. While previous approaches are based in the

The project started on August 2009, and main accomplish-

measurement of the circuit’s impedance using a network

ments are:

analyzer, the current approach is based on the direct anal-

1.

Definition of the process flow for the new technology to

ysis of the LC resonant oscillation response. A first proto-

build the flexible pressure sensor. The fabrication process

type was already built and the measurements validate the

flow for the development of a flexible pressure sensor

proposed approach. A second prototype that uses an im-

has been defined and is currently under mechanical and

proved twin configuration for the elimination of harmon-

electrical characterization. The process is based on flex-

ics is being fabricated.

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Parameters like maximum distance, power consumption, and others will be experimentally characterized.

A new hemodynamic model of the aorta is now finished and will be used to study the best placement of the sensor(s). In the near future, a survey will be performed within the medical community and patients in order to identify the value proposition of the smart stent-graft for both doctors and patients.

In the medium term, the first prototypes of the sensor should be fabricated and evaluated.

Impact of the research on society, academia, and industry: It’s not the goal of the project to have a fully functional stentgraft at the end, but rather, prove that the infrastructure and knowhow to integrate sensors in stent-grafts at minimal costs is available in Portugal. The project also intends to validate new methodologies in the development of medical devices.

These methodologies can have impact on the medical device industry in Portugal, as long as the dissemination of the re4.

Definition of new methodology for the development of

sults is performed using the right channels. It is our conviction

medical devices. Concept selection is often the point of

that the collaboration of the key medical Portuguese doctors

no return in the design process. It is vital that the best

in the cardiovascular field and the existing support of the Por-

initial concepts are selected, as they determine the direc-

tuguese Health Cluster (HCP) will enable an effective dissemi-

tion of the design embodiment stage. It is often said in the

nation of the principal achievements.

literature that nearly 60 to 80% of the cost is committed

In addition, this project is developing novel technologies based

at this stage. After this stage has been passed, the design

on flexible polymers that can have applications beyond the

process will diverge towards a detailed solution, the sys-

scope of the project. Therefore, the involved partners will gain

tem-level design. We are proposing a process of concept

extensive knowhow on advanced technologies in an area of ap-

selection based on the medical device’s expected clinical

plication that is important for the future of these institutions.

and economical effectiveness. The assessment in such an early stage is not expected to be very accurate, but it can reduce product development cost and help reducing uncertainty regarding the success of the new product. It can also be beneficial in the sense that will integrate in the product development process users and will compel a reflection over existing solutions, both products and procedures.

Selected Publications: • I.Santos, A. Sepúlveda, L.A. Rocha and J. Tavares “A new endoprosthesis with sensing capability” accepted for AES ATEMA’ 2010 Int. Conference, Canada.

• A.Sepúlveda, I. Santos, F. Fachin, B. L. Wardle, J.C. Viana, A.J. Pontes and L.A. Rocha “Implantable Flexible Pressure Sensor Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotubes”, submitted to Eurosensors 2010, Austria.

• A. Moreira, J. Machado da Silva and L.A. Rocha “Endoleakage Monitoring Using Inductive-Coupling” submitted to DCIS 2010, Spain.

• I. Santos, R. Roncon de Albuquerque, S. Sampaio, L.A. Rocha and J. Tavares “A review on thoracic stent-grafts” submitted to Journal of Vascular Surgery.

Expected Outcomes in the Future: In the short term, the mechanical and electrical characterization of PDMS membranes with embedded CNTs will be available and the second prototype of the measurement system will enable a better characterization of the telemetry system.

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3. Expected Outcomes of Selected EDAM Research Projects Some research projects are in their early stages, but some noteworthy outcomes are expected in the near future. These expected outcomes are listed here for a few projects.

3.2 ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF PRODUCTION LINES The main objective of this project is to improve the capacity and flexibility of single production lines to respond to aggressive

3.1 ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

fluctuations in volume demand. To accomplish the objective an analysis of the system is being performed considering the improvement of the production mix sequences. Modeling and optimization methods will address volume and flexibility

The main objective of the project is to promote the

following the issue of sequencing the cars in the single line and

development of sustainable vehicles as part of a strategy to

the global line design. The industrial partner on the project is

accomplish the new paradigms of mobility. It includes a group

AutoEuropa.

of different tasks based on specific partnerships between

The production of different cars just-in-sequence in the same

industrial companies and research/technological centers that

line raises new problems, as regards balancing, sequencing,

are being developed under an integrated engineering approach

space allocation for feeding and work management, and

in terms of reference specifications and benchmarking, design

introduces more variability in the system. These issues can

philosophy, and manufacturing constrains.

be tackled using the right approaches for balancing and

Expected outcomes in the future include fully operational

sequencing complex and high variability work flows, together

prototype systems for electric vehicle incorporation such

with an appropriate design of the plant, with well placed

as control system for the powertrain, intelligent connection

buffers to help reaching the adequate throughput with a minor

vehicle-grid

increase in work-in-progress.

including

two-way

operation,

motor-in-

wheel, expertise on the use of natural fibers in automotive

The methods developed in this work to improve sequencing

components, efficient range-extender unit, manufacture of

of complex and high variability work flow can be applied to

a mule prototype incorporating the various developed sub-

other industries beyond the automotive industry that produce

systems, and the overall evaluation of the impact of use of

just-in-sequence in the same line, helping to improve the

electric mobility.

performance of the production system in terms of work-inprogress and demand.

Partners: UMInho, IST, FEUP, MIT Selected Publications: • Bernardo Ribeiro, Francisco Brito, Jorge Martins “A Survey on Electric/Hybrid Vehicles”, in ‘Transmission and Driveline 2010’, SAE International Publ., Warrendale, USA, ISBN 978-0-7680-3425-7, pg 133-146, 2010, http://books.sae.org/book-sp-2291 • Rui Chibante, Teresa Outeiro, Adriano Carvalho, Simulated Annealing as a method to support parameters identification for power electronics systems, Book Chapter Advances in Mathematics Research, Volume 11, Capítulo 1, pp. 1-27, Editor Albert R. Baswell, Nova Science Publishers, USA, ISBN: 978-1-60876-970-4 • P. Baptista, C. Rolim, C. Silva, Plug-in vehicle acceptance and probable utilization behavior, submitted to Transportation Research Part A, February 2010 (Submitted) • J. Ribau, C. Silva, T. Farias. Electric and hydrogen consumption analysis in plug-in road vehicles, International Journal of Energy and Environment, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010, pp.199-220 • Outeiro, M. T., Chibante, R., Carvalho, A. S. e Almeida, A. T. de, A New Parameter Extraction Method for Accurate Modeling of PEM fuel cells, International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 978-988, 2009, doi:10.1002/er.1525.

3.3 NEW DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR AERONAUTICAL APPLICATIONS BY FRICTION STIR WELDING This research topic is the study and the development of new design concepts for aeronautical applications using friction stir welding as joining process, creating leaner structural joints and discerning the implications in the change or replacement of one manufacturing process in this sector. The industrial partners on this project include OGMA, TAP Maintenance and Engineering, Embraer, GKSS Research Center, and Airbus.

The main research activities have been focused in the development of new design concepts for aeronautical primary structures, particularly for fuselage applications. The reinforced panels and T-joints of metallic primary structures

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Selected Publications: • S.M.O. Tavares, R. A. S. Castro, V. Richter-Trummer, P. Vilaça, P.M.G.P. Moreira and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Friction stir welding of T-joints with dissimilar aluminium alloys: mechanical joint characterisation’, Science and Technology of Welding & Joining, Volume 15, Number 4, May 2010 , pp. 312-318.

• P.M.G.P. Moreira, V. Richter-Trummer, S.M.O. Tavares and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Characterization of fatigue crack growth rate of AA6056 T651 and T6: Application to predict fatigue behavior of stiffened panels’, Materials Science Forum, 2010, Volumes 636 - 637, pp. 1511-1517.

• S.M.O. Tavares, V. Richter-Trummer, P.M.G.P. Moreira and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Fatigue crack growth modeling in stiffened panels considering residual stress effects’, Materials Science Forum, 2010, Volumes 636 - 637, pp.

1172-1177.

• S.M.O. Tavares and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Impact of Integral Structures in the Design for Manufacture and Assembly of Airframes’, Key Engineering Materials, 2011, Volume 450, pp. 279-282.

Patents: • S.M.O. Tavares, P.M.G.P. Moreira, F. Oliveira, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Soldadura por fricção linear - Soldaduras em T’, Patent n. PT 103867, Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial, Portugal.

• S.M.O. Tavares (FEUP), M. Pacchione, H. Ostersehlte (AIRBUS Operations GmbH), ‘Sliding backing bar’, Patent Application: 10 2010 027 291.4 - P020140 DE (Germany) (Patent Application)

3.4 REPAIR OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES UNDER FATIGUE LOADING This research topic is the study and development of new repair joined with this process are investigated, considering damage

concepts for aeronautical composite structures under fatigue

tolerance issues and NDT limitations. In addition, the possible

loading, leading to more economical, ecological, cost effective,

advantages and disadvantages of this joining solution for

and efficient repairs. The industrial partner on this project is

aeronautical structures have been quantified, benchmarking

TAP Maintenance and Engineering, but could also include in

with the other technologies and taking into account the

the near future EMBRAER, OGMA and Airbus.

relevant technological properties.

The research will provide design guidelines for repair of

Generic analysis for more effective ways of advanced

aeronautical structures under fatigue loading. This will

manufacturing processes replacement in aeronautics or other

make easier to choose the repair strategy since, as it will be

sectors can be developed starting from the work done until

supported in solid numerical simulation tools catering for

now. Considering technical requirements, impact in the final

different types of damage, it avoids experimental tests which

product, product redesign, cost analysis and life cycle analysis

are expensive and time consuming. Hence, more economical

can give more options for continuous improvement of the

and ecological cost effective and efficient repairs can be

process development and infusion.

implemented. It is expected to promote the research in the

The developments that have been achieved in this project can be used for other industries beyond the Portuguese aircraft industry. This joining process is a promising technology and has been used by different types of industries to improve the joint properties accompanied by cost and lead times reductions. Examples of industries where this research may be useful are the automotive, railways, vessels and the generic metal construction industry.

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aircraft manufacturers to exploit the potential of this research.

exoskeleton of crustaceans) forming is planned. If chitosan

The developments that can be achieved in this project can

can be successfully shaped into solid parts with arbitrary

also be used for other transportation industries such as the

geometry and with enough mechanical resistance, new

automotive, railways and naval industry, as well as for wind

avenues for biopolymer-based reabsorbable medical

energy industry.

devices will be available, and perhaps other unexpected applications of biopolymers can be developed. (Project #3.4)

Selected Publications: • M. F. S. F. de Moura, M. V. C. Fernandez, A. B. de Morais, R. D. S. G. Campilho, “Numerical Analysis of the Edge Crack Torsion Test for Mode III Interlaminar Fracture of Composite Laminates”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 76:469-478, 2009.

• M.V. Fernandez, M. F. S. F. de Moura, L. F. M. da Silva, A.T. Marques, “Composite Bonded Joints under Mode I Fatigue Loading”, accepted for publication in International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, October 2010.

• A partnership with a manufacturing equipment production company, Adira, is investigating new structural approaches to industrial laser cutting machines based on novel use and applications of materials. This work will facilitate new competitive approaches for a global player in industrial capital equipments based in Portugal. (Project #4.8) • Research is being conducted with Sunviauto on new

3.5 ADDITIONAL RESEARCH RECENTLY STARTED

TOPICS

• Research exploring whether microrobotics can successfully be used inside multimaterial injection molds and combined with laser welding technologies for plastic materials is underway. If successful, radical new opportunities will exist for complex injection molding of technical parts, especially optical parts. (Project #4.7, listed in the table in the Appendix) • Exploratory research on chitosan (a biomaterial found in the

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design concepts and structural approaches for the next generation seats for TGV high speed trains, thereby enhancing the position of a leading Portuguese supplier of seats technologies for train OEMs. (Project #1.8) • A partnership with Continental Mabor is exploring new approaches

for

automatic

quality

inspection

and

classification of tires. This will enable the Portuguese operations of a leading multinational brand of car tires to cultivate these technological advances in-house and then export them to other locations of the multinational company’s network of factories. (Project #4.10)

4. The Future of EDAM The sustainability of EDAM’s education and research efforts in the future can be secured through a few important actions.

1.

Continue to focus on product and manufacturing process development in education and research. As noted earlier, product development is likely critical to Portugal’s economic future. Thus, we consider it is essential that EDAM research continue to cover and concentrate on these topics using an engineering systems approach, including innovative applications like smart-and micro-devices for medical applications or systems and components for electric vehicles.

2.

Define for the second phase (i.e., a framework of 5 years) a SEISMIC (Systems Engineering Integrative, Structuring, Mobilizing, Innovative and Challenging) Project. This Project should integrate several research projects having different funding strategies.

3.

Promote EDAM at Industrial Design Schools and create a “Jobshop” for projects from those schools. This will enhance EDAM’s outreach.

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Appendix A: Complete List of all EDAM Research Projects EDAM RESEARCH PROJECTS Industrial Partners PT Faculty

MIT Faculty PT students

MIT Student

EDAM automotive 1.1 Multifunctional moulded autoparts with Fluidinova RIMCOP technology

J C Lopes, Ricardo Santos, Madalena Dias, Rich Roth, Ricardo Antonio Pontes Elsa Olivetti Torcato

1.2 Analysis and improvement of production VW Autoeuropa lines

V Carvalho, Ana Paula Povoa

Stanley Gershwin

Claudia Duarte Shi Chuan

1.3 Increasing flexibility and collaboration in Simoldes Plasticos Jorge Sousa the automotive supply chain

Richard de Neufville

Lia Oliveira

1.4 Flexible Information and Nonhierarchical Technologies for Complex Hierarchic Supply Chain Networks

David Ricardo Simchi-Levi Almeida

A Azevedo, Jose Crespo

1.5 Development of integrated systems for smart interiors

TMG, Fibersensing, Francisco Pires, Antonio Torres Marques, Qi Hommes Sunviauto, IberPedro Camanho, Higino Correia, JPP Oleff Carmo, PM Mendes, AF Silva, Mihail Fontul, FSRP Cunha, AMR Ribeiro

1.6 Assessment and development of integrated systems for electric vehicles

CEIIA

#1

Jorge Martins, Bernardo Ribeiro, João Luís Afonso, Júlio Viana, Luís Martins, Carla Silva, Gonçalo Gonçalves, João Bravo, Luís Reis, Luís Sousa, António Torres Marques, Adriano Carvalho, António Martins, Armando Araújo, José Esteves

Rich Roth, William Mitchell, Frank Field

Alexandre Silva, Jose Gaspar, Ioanis Malliaros Andre Dias, Hadi Zaklouta Helena Silva, Nuno Loureiro, Luis Reis, João Ferreira, Joao Pedro

John Kassakian 1.7 Lean, agile, resilient and green supply chain management

VW Autoeuropa, Delphi

Antonio Machado

1.8 New materials and solutions for next generation seats: from TGV to regional trains

Sunviauto

Francisco Pires, S. Ghosh

TAP

Paulo Castro, Pedro Vilaça

TAP

Marcelo Moura, Manuel Freitas

ESA

Paulo Gil, Pedro Oliveira

Ian Smith

EDAM aeronautics 2.1 New design concepts for aeronautical products welded by friction stir #2 2.3 Repair of aeronautical structures 2.3 Space Logistics

Thomas Eagar

Sergio Tavares Victoria Fernandez

Olivier de Weck

Ivo Ferreira

EDAM medical devices and micromanufacturing

#3

3.1 Wireless communication sensor networks for remote health monitoring

Casa de Saúde Ricardo Simões, José Afonso, Jose de Guimarães, Mendes, Higino Correia Hospital privado de Guimarães

Chris Magee Helena Fernandez

3.2 Micromoulding: cost model and technologic solutions

Celoplas

A J Pontes, Antonio Cunha, Paulo Pecas

Rich Roth, Miguel Queiros Elsa Olivetti

Luis Rocha, João Tavares, Julio Viana, Antonio Pontes, Jose Machado da Silva, Gabriel Mendes

Jeremy Gregory; Brian Wardle

3.3 New technological solutions for smart cardio vascular medical devices

3.4 Shaping a biodegradable dream: chitosan based parts

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Ceramed

Alexandra Rodrigues, S Ghosh

Isa Santos, Alexandra Sepulveda

David Broniatowski

EDAM RESEARCH PROJECTS Integrated cost and life cycle in EDAM

#4

Eduardo Santos

Katharine Chu

4.1 Eco-efficient EDAM: systems approach AMB3E to materials technology decision making

Paulo Ferrão

Randolph Kirchain, Jeremy Gregory

4.2 Lean design in product development

Rolls Royce

Elsa Henriques, Arlindo Silva, Augusto Fernandes, Renato Natal

Dan Whitney Carla Pepe

William Palm

4.3 Materials Selection Considering Technical Performance, Process Cost and Life Cycle Evaluation

Sodecia

Arlindo Silva, Elsa Henriques, Pedro Camanho

Randolph Kirchain, Rich Roth

Marco Leite

Nathan Fleming

4.4 Shifting the paradigm of plastic injection MCGraça, IberOleff Paulo Peças, Elsa Henriques, Antonio moulds: From Mould Design to Design Pontes the Mould’s Life Cycle

Rich Roth

Inês Riberio

Thomas Rand-Nash

4.5 Golf Ball Picker Robot: path generation in unstructured environments towards multiple targets

SAR

Fernando Ribeiro, Fernando Jorge Lino Alves

Dan Whitney Nino Pereira

4.6 Robustness of Lean Assembly Systems: The Effect of Variability

IberOleff

Elsa Henriques, Paulo Pecas, Guilherme Pereira

Stanley Gershwin

Raquel Folgado

David Wallace

Bruno Soares

4.7 Advances in mould laser technologies OLESA for high precision polymer based optical components

Antonio Pontes, Irene Dias

4.8 Improving the design and performance of industrial laser cutting machines through the use of new structural composite materials and hybrid solutions

ADIRA

Ferrie Van Hatum, Nuno Correia

4.9 Sheet metal machine design and markets under uncertain future environments: cost based tools

ADIRA

Madalena Araujo, Nuno Correia

Continental

Americo Azevedo, Paulo Costa, Fernando Ribeiro, Ana Povoa

MarKayaks

Luis Reis, Luis Sousa

4.10 Automatic Classification and Quality Control for Car Tires

Sustainable Solutions 5.1 ECODESIGN in Cork Applications for #5 Nautical Products

5.2 Renewable materials in electric vehicles SEDACOR - JPS - ReMEV Cork Group

Sungmin Kim

Arlindo Silva, Mihail Fontul, Ricardo Simoes, Lia Patricio

Social and human aspects in EDAM 6.1 Creativity in product development

MANO, Brisa

Arlindo Silva, Elsa Henriques, Augusto Fernandes

6.2 Designing the travel experience

Douro Azul, Caetano Bus

Lia Patricio, Renato Natal, Antonio Torres Chris Magee Rui Carreira Marques

#6

Chris Magee Pedro Marques

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Appendix B: List of Publications Resulting from EDAM Research JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Dori, Y. J., Silva, A.: “Assessing International Product Design & Development Graduate Courses: The MIT-Portugal Program.” Advances in Engineering Education (forthcoming), 2010.

2. C. L. Magee, J. D. Ringo and A. M Cunha “Engineering Design and Product Development: A focus of the MIT-Portugal Program” International Journal of Engineering Education (2008).

3. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, PVC Smart Sensing Foil for Advanced Strain Measurements, IEEE Sensors Journal [Accepted for Publication] 4. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, A Smart Skin PVC Foil Based on FBG Sensors for Monitoring Strain and Temperature, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics Journal [In Revision] 5. Gil, P. J. S., Ferreira, I. M. L.: “Complex systems design issues leveraging interaction visualization and knowledge management in a Concurrent Environment”, Journal of Mechanical Design (in preparation), 2010 6. Gil, P. J. S., Rosa, P., Ferreira, I. M. L.: “Modern approaches in the design of complex Aerospace systems”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and Applications (under review), 2009 7. Peças P, Ribeiro I., Folgado R., Henriques E. A Life Cycle Engineering Model for Technology Selection: a Case Study on Plastic Injection Moulds for Low Production Volumes. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 17 (9), pp. 846-856, 2009.

8. A review on thoracic stent-grafts, Isa C.T. Santos, Luís Rocha, S M Sampaio, R RonconAlbuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares. Submitted to Journal of Vascular Surgery, ISSN: 0741-5214, Society for Vascular Surgery, April 2010.

9. Santos, R. Roncon de Albuquerque, S. Sampaio, L.A. Rocha and J. Tavares, “A review on thoracic stent-grafts”, submitted to Journal of Vascular Surgery.

10. How creativity leads to innovation: an industrial case study. Pedro Marques, International Journal of Academic Research - 2 (1) 2010.

11. S.M.O. Tavares, R. A. S. Castro, V. Richter-Trummer, P. Vilaça, P.M.G.P. Moreira and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Friction stir welding of T-joints with dissimilar aluminium alloys: mechanical joint characterisation’, Science and Technology of Welding & Joining, Volume 15, Number 4, May 2010 , pp. 312-318.

12. S.M.O. Tavares, V. Richter-Trummer, P.M.G.P. Moreira and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Fatigue crack growth modeling in stiffened panels considering residual stress effects’, Materials Science Forum, 2010, Volumes 636 - 637, pp. 1172-1177.

13. P.M.G.P. Moreira, V. Richter-Trummer, S.M.O. Tavares and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Characterization of fatigue crack growth rate of AA6056 T651 and T6: Application to predict fatigue behavior of stiffened panels’, Materials Science Forum, 2010, Volumes 636 - 637, pp. 1511-1517.

14. Moreira, P.M.G.P.; Santos, T., Tavares, S.M.O.; Richter-Trummer, V.; Vilaça, P.; de Castro, P.M.S.T.; “Mechanical and metallurgical characterization of friction stir welding joints of AA6061-T6 with AA6082-T6”; Materials and Design; vol. 30 (1), pp. 180-187, 2009.

15. P. Peças, R. Folgado, L. Oliveira, E. Henriques. Application of discrete event simulation to assess the effect of operation variability in the performance of assembly lines and work cells. 3rd International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV 2009).

16. Richter-Trummer, V.; Tavares, S.M.O.; Moreira, P.M.G.P.; de Castro, P.M.S.T.; “Friction stir welding of aluminium alloys and damage tolerance of integral monolithic structures”; Mechanika; vol. 73 (5), pp. 18-22; 2009.

17. Chuan Shi and Stanley B. Gershwin, “An efficient buffer design algorithm for production line profit maximization,” International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 122, Issue 2, December 2009, Pages 725-740, doi:10.1016/j. ijpe.2009.06.040.

18. J.R. Gregory, M.C. Nadeau, R.E. Kirchain, “Evaluating the economic viability of a material recovery system: the case of cathode ray tube glass”, Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (24): 9245-9251, 2009.

19. J.R. Gregory, R.E. Kirchain, “A Framework for Evaluating the Economic Performance of Recycling Systems: A Case Study of North American Electronics Recycling Systems”, Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (18): 6800:6808, 2008.

20. G. Gaustad, R. Kirchain, Design for Recycling: Evaluation and Efficient Alloy Modification, Journal of Industrial Ecology, v 14, n 2, 286-308, Mar/Apr 2010.

21. S.M.O. Tavares and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Impact of Integral Structures in the Design for Manufacture and Assembly of Airframes’, Key Engineering Materials, 2011, Volume 450, pp. 279-282.

22. M. F. S. F. de Moura, M. V. C. Fernandez, A. B. de Morais, R. D. S. G. Campilho, “Numerical Analysis of the Edge Crack Torsion Test for Mode III Interlaminar Fracture of Composite Laminates”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 76:469-478, 2009.

23. M.V. Fernandez, M. F. S. F. de Moura, L. F. M. da Silva, A.T. Marques, “Composite Bonded Joints under Mode I Fatigue Loading”, aceite para publicação na revista International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives em Outubro de 2010.

24. P. Baptista, C. Rolim, C. Silva, Plug-in vehicle acceptance and probable utilization behavior, submitted to Transportation Research Part A, February 2010 (Submitted) 25. J. Ribau, C. Silva, T. Farias. Electric and hydrogen consumption analysis in plug-in road vehicles, International Journal of Energy and Environment, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010, pp.199-220 26. Outeiro, M. T., Chibante, R., Carvalho, A. S. e Almeida, A. T. de, A New Parameter Extraction Method for Accurate Modeling of PEM fuel cells, International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 978-988, 2009, doi:10.1002/er.1525.

27. Beira, E., “Inovação e concorrência em serviços de informação académicos: de Eugene Garfield ao Google Scholar”, Encontros Bibli: Revista Eletrônica de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação, Special edition “Research in information systems”, 2nd semester 2010 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & POSTERS 1. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, I. Dias, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, Fiber Bragg grating sensors embedded in polymeric foils, Proceedings of MME 2008, Aachen, Germany, pp. 327-330, September 28-30, 2008.

2. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, Optical Fiber Sensors Integrated in Polymeric Foils, Proceedings of Materiais2009, Lisbon, Portugal, April 5-8, 2009.

3. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, Smart

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Sensing Polymeric Foil with Integrated Optic Fiber Sensors, Proceedings of International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications - SensorComm 2009, Athens, Greece, June 18-23, 2009.

4. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, Inner Car Smart Flooring for Monitoring Chassis Deformation, Proceedings of The 9th IEEE Conference on Sensors – IEEE Sensors 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 25-28, 2009.

5. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, N. S. Dias, J. P. Carmo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, Manufacturing Technology for Flexible Optical Sensing Foils, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2009), Oporto, Portugal, November 3-5, 2009.

6. Pepe, C. Henriques, E., Whitney, D., Engineering Process Improvement Using Value Stream Mapping and Design Structure Matrix Tools, RPD 2008, Oliveira de Azeméis, October 2008.

7. Pepe, C. Henriques, E., Whitney, D., Farndon, R., Engineering Process Improvement Using Value Stream Mapping and Design Structure Matrix Tools, MMEP 2010, Cambridge, July 2010.

8. Eduardo Santos, Paulo Ferrão, (EF of CUP) Paulo Ribeiro and (Amb3E) Mónica Luízio and Susana Ferreira, “A comprehensive methodology to calculate WEEE recycling and recovery rates in Portugal”, Proceedings of ISIE 2009, June 21 – 24, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 9. Eduardo Santos, Fernanda Margarido, Paulo Ferrão, “Development of a tool for optimizing industrial ecology processes in WEEE treatment”, in Proceedings of ISIE 2009, June 21 – 24, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 10. H. F. López, J. A. Afonso, J. H. Correia, R. Simões, “HM4All: A Vital Signs Monitoring System based in Spatially Distributed ZigBee Networks”, in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2010), Munich, Germany, February 2010.

11. H. F. López, P. Macedo, J. A. Afonso, J. H. Correia, R. Simões, “Evaluation of the Impact of the Topology and Hidden Nodes in the Performance of a ZigBee Network”, in Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Imrich Chlamtac (Ed.), First International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software (S-Cube 2009), Pisa, Italy, September 2009.

12. H. F. López, P. Macedo, J.A. Afonso, J. H. Correia, R. Simões, “Performance Evaluation of a ZigBee-based Medical Sensor Network”, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Wireless Pervasive Healthcare (WiPH 2009) held in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2009), London, UK, March 2009.

13. H. F. López, J. A. Afonso, J. H. Correia, R. Simões, “Extended Health Visibility in the Hospital Environment”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (Biodevices 2009), pp. 422-425, Porto, Portugal, January 2009. ISBN: 978-989-8111-64-7.

14. Gil, P. J. S., Rosa, P., Ferreira, I. M. L. :”Towards a better design representation and manipulation of complex Systems”, 3rd International workshop on System & Concurrent Engineering for Space Applications - SECESA 2008 - Rome - October 2008.

15. Ribeiro I., Peças P., Henriques E. Environmental Impact of Plastic Injection Moulds.

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference PMI2008. Ghent, Belgium.

16. Peças P., Ribeiro I., Henriques E., Pouzada A, Pontes A. The importance of applying life-cycle approaches in the design decision of injection moulded plastics parts.

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference PMI2008. Ghent, Belgium.

17. Ribeiro I., Peças P., Henriques E. Life Cycle Engineering applied to design decisions, a case study. Proceedings of the 16th International CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering 2009. Cairo, Egipt.

18. Peças P., Ribeiro I., Henriques E. A Roadmap to the Implementation of Life Cycle Approach in the Design of Plastic Injection Moulds. Proceedings of the 16th International CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering 2009. Cairo, Egipt.

19. Ribeiro I., Pousa C., Folgado R., Peças P., Henriques E. LCC and LCA Simplified Models to Foster the Design of Sustainable Plastic Injection Moulds. Proceedings of the 16th International CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering 2009. Cairo, Egipt.

20. Inácio, C., Ribeiro, I., Peças, P., Henriques, E. Integration of Life Cycle Engineering and Multi-Attribute Analysis to Support Product Development: process design and material selection for a clothes peg. Proceedings of the 20th CIRP Design Conference, 2010. Nantes, France.

21. Ribeiro I., Peças P., Henriques E. The Importance of Using Life Cycle Approaches to Support the Decision Making Process: A Case Study of Mould Material Selection. Proceedings of the Rapid Product Development (RPD) Conference 2008, Oliveira de Azeméis.

22. Seeking for the ideal stent graft, Isa C.T. Santos, Luís Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares.

AES-ATEMA’2010 (Dolomites, Italy) Int. Convention, Brixen, Dolomites, Italy, July 19–23, 2010.

23. A new endoprosthesis with sensing capability, Isa C.T. Santos, Alexandra Sepúlveda, Luís Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares. AES ATEMA’ 2010 (Le Quebec, Canada) Int. Conference, Montreal & Quebec City, Canada, June 27 - July 03, 2010.

24. Structural analysis and optimization in the design of a smart stent graft, Isa Teixeira Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luis Rocha. 1st Annual MIT-Portugal Program Conference: Engineering for Better Jobs, Centro Cultural de Belèm (CCB), Lisboa, Portugal, July 7, 2009 25. L.A.S.B. Martins, J.M.O. Brito, A.M.D. Rocha and J.J.G. Martins, “Regenerative Braking Potential and Energy Simulations for a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle under Real Driving Conditions”, Proceedings of IMECE09: 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9906/1/ IMECE2009-13077%28PlugIn%29.pdf 26. Jorge MARTINS, Senhorinha TEIXEIRA and Stijn Coene, “Design of an Inlet Track of a Small I. C. Engine for Swirl Enhancement”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9909/3/ paper%20Fluent%20COBEM.PDF 27. Jorge Martins, Bernardo Ribeiro and Senhorinha Teixeira, “In-Cylinder Swirl Analysis of Different Strategies on Over-Expanded Cycles”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/ bitstream/1822/9907/1/COBEM2009%28Fluent-Cycles%29.pdf 28. Melo, Rodrigo, Monteiro, António A.C, Martins, Jorge J.G., Coene, Stijn, Puga, Helder F., Barbosa, José J.C., “Miniaturised Cylinder Head Production by Rapid Prototyping”,

Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/ bitstream/1822/9905/1/COBEM2009%28RapidProt%29.pdf 29. L.A.S.B. Martins, J.M.O. Brito, A.M.D. Rocha and J.J.G. Martins, “Regenerative Braking Potential and Energy Simulations for a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle under Real Driving Conditions”, Proceedings of IMECE09: 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9906/1/ IMECE2009-13077%28PlugIn%29.pdf 30. Jorge Martins, Senhorinha Teixeira and Stijn Coene, “Design of an Inlet Track of a Small I. C. Engine for Swirl Enhancement”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9909/3/paper%20Fluent%20 COBEM.PDF 31. Jorge Martins, Bernardo Ribeiro and Senhorinha teixeira, “In-Cylinder Swirl Analysis of Different Strategies on Over-Expanded Cycles”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9907/1/ COBEM2009%28Fluent-Cycles%29.pdf 32. Melo, Rodrigo, Monteiro, António A.C, Martins, Jorge J.G., Coene, Stijn, Puga, Helder F., Barbosa, José J.C., “Miniaturised Cylinder Head Production by Rapid Prototyping” , Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/ bitstream/1822/9905/1/COBEM2009%28RapidProt%29.pdf 33. L.A.S.B. Martins, J.M.O. Brito, A.M.D. Rocha and J.J.G. Martins, “Regenerative Braking Potential and Energy Simulations for a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle under Real Driving Conditions”, Proceedings of IMECE09: 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9906/1/ IMECE2009-13077%28PlugIn%29.pdf 34. Jorge Martins, Senhorinha Teixeira and Stijn Coene, “Design of an Inlet Track of a Small I. C. Engine for Swirl Enhancement”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9909/3/paper%20Fluent%20 COBEM.PDF 35. Jorge Martins, Bernardo Ribeiro and Senhorinha Teixeira, “In-Cylinder Swirl Analysis of Different Strategies on Over-Expanded Cycles”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9907/1/ COBEM2009%28Fluent-Cycles%29.pdf 36. Melo, Rodrigo, Monteiro, António A.C, Martins, Jorge J.G., Coene, Stijn, Puga, Helder F., Barbosa, José J.C., “Miniaturised Cylinder Head Production by Rapid Prototyping”, Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho. pt/bitstream/1822/9905/1/COBEM2009%28RapidProt%29.pdf37. I. Santos, A. Sepúlveda, L.A. Rocha and J. Tavares, “A new endoprosthesis with sensing capability”, accepted for AES ATEMA’2010 Int. Conference, Canada.

38. I. Santos, L.A. Rocha and J. Tavares, “Seeking for the ideal stent graft”, accepted for AES-ATEMA’2010 Int. Convention, Italty.

39. A. Sepúlveda, I. Santos, F. Fachin, B.L. Wardle, J.C. Viana, A.J. Pontes and L.A. Rocha, “Implantable Flexible Pressure Sensor Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotubes”, submitted to Eurosensors 2010, Austria.

40. A. Moreira, J. Machado da Silva and L.A. Rocha, “Endoleakage Monitoring Using Inductive-Coupling”, submitted to DCIS 2010, Spain.

41. M. Leite, A. Silva, E. Henriques, Materials selection in product design and development.

RPD 2008, October 29-30, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.

42. M. Leite, A. Silva, E. Henriques, Material and technology issues in the early phases of product design: an example from the automotive industry. IRF’2009, July 20-24, 2009, Porto, Portugal.

43. How creativity leads to innovation: an industrial case study, Pedro Marques, Elsa Henriques, António Gabriel, 2009, IRF2009, 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure: Challenges and Opportunities.

44. A comparison between two new creative methodologies in product development, Pedro Marques, Arlindo Silva, Elsa Henriques, 2008, Rapid Product Development.

45. Accepted paper: “Methodology for ETO non-hierarchical collaboration networks”, ICE 2010 - 16th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising - “Collaborative Environments for Sustainable Innovation”, Switzerland, June 2010 46. Proposed paper (waiting for acceptance): “An innovative framework supporting business networks for complex product manufacturing”, PRO-VE Conference, 11th IFIP Working Conference on VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES, Saint-Etienne, France, 11-13 October 2010 47. Proposed paper (waiting for acceptance): “Evaluating the success of ERP systems’ implementation: a study about Portugal”, CENTERIS 2010 - Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Viana do Castelo, October 2010, Portugal 48. Chuan Shi and Stanley B. Gershwin, “An Efficient Buffer Design Algorithm for Production Line Profit Maximization,” INCOM09, The 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, June 3 - 5, 2009, Moscow, Russia.

49. Chuan Shi and Stanley B. Gershwin, “An Efficient Buffer Design Algorithm for Production Line Profit Maximization,” SMMSO 2009, The Seventh Conference on “Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations, 2009,” June 6 - 11, 2009, Ostuni, Italy.

50. T. Montalbo, T.M. Lee, R. Roth, and R. Kirchain, “Selection of Lightweighting Strategies for Use Across an Automaker’s Vehicle Fleet,” ISSST Conference, Tempe, AZ, May 2009.

51. T. Montalbo, T.M. Lee, R. Roth, and R. Kirchain, “Technology selection for improving fuel economy across an automaker’s vehicle fleet,” ISIE Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2009.

52. Palm WJ, Whitney DE. Improving outcomes in outsourced product development: a joint consultant-client perspective. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Production and Operation Management Society, Vancouver, BC, May 2010.

53. Palm WJ, Whitney DE. Exploring the meaning of success in outsourced product development. Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Montreal, QC, August 2010.

54. Ferreira, I. M. L., Gil, P. J. S., Weck, O., Oliveira, P.: “Towards a better design of Space systems”, Poster at MPP 1st Annual Conference, Lisbon - July 2009.

55. P. Gil, P. Rosa, I. Ferreira, “Towards a better design representation and manipulation of complex Systems”, Poster at SECESA 2008 - Rome - October 2008.

56. R.Folgado. Poster with Thesis proposal in the 1st Annual MIT Portugal Program Conference - Engineering for Better Jobs (July 2009).

57. R. Torcato, E. Olivetti, R. Santos, R. Roth; “Competitiveness Evaluation of RIM Technology – The RIMcop Case Study”; Poster at Polyurethanes 2009 Technical Conference, Washington D. C., USA, 2009.

58. Isa C.T. Santos, Alexandra Sepúlveda, Luís Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares: A new endoprosthesis with sensing capability – AES ATEMA’ 2010 Fifth International Conference on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications (LE QUEBEC – 2010), Montréal & Québec City, Canada, 2010. Accepted.

59. Isa C.T. Santos, Alexandra Sepúlveda, Luís Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares: Seeking for the ideal stent graft – AES-ATEMA’ 2010 International Convention (DOLOMITI 2010), Brixen, Dolomites, Italy, 2010. Accepted.

60. Ferreira, I. M. L., Gil, P. J. S.: “Complex engineering systems design: from mapping requirements to system optimization”, ECCS’10 European Conference on Complex Systems – Budapest, 2010 (accepted) 61. N.C. Loureiro, J.L. Esteves, J.C. Viana, “Caracterização Mecânica de misturas de PLA/ PHA”, Encontro Nacional de Materiais e Estruturas Compósitas – ENMEC2010, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 2010. (Abstract accepted) 62. Grogan, P., Ferreira, I. M. L.: “Data Management, Model Integration, and Collaboration for Space Exploration Campaign Analysis”, AIAA Space 2010 Conference – Anaheim (USA) 2010 (under review) 63. Ferreira, I. M. L.: “A new integrated design process applied to complex engineering systems”, ECCS’10 European Conference on Complex Systems – Lisbon 2010 (under review) 64. A F. Silva, F. Goncalves, L.A. Ferreira, F. M. Araujo, P. M. Mendes, J.H. Correia, A Process for Embedding Fiber Bragg Gratings in Flexible Skin Foils, European Workshop of Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2010), Oporto, Portugal September 8-10, 2010 [Submitted] 65. A.T. Sepúlveda, I. Santos, Fabio Fachin, Brian Wardle, J.C. Viana, A.J. Pontes, L.A. Rocha: Implantable flexible pressure sensor based on aligned carbon nanotubes – EUROSENSORS XXIV, Linz, Austria, 20010. Submitted article.

66. B.M. Brown-West, J.R. Gregory, R.E. Kirchain, “Modeling the Economic Performance of Electronic Waste Recovery Systems Under Uncertainty”, in: Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Arlington, VA, May 17-19, 2010.

67. J.R. Gregory, M.C. Nadeau, R.E. Kirchain, “Supply and Demand in the Material Recovery System for Cathode Ray Tube Glass”, in: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Temp, AZ, May 18-20, 2009.

68. J.B. Dahmus, E.A. Olivetti, S.A. Fredholm, J.R. Gregory, R.E. Kirchain, “Modeling the Impact of Product Portfolio on the Economic and Environmental Performance of Recycling Systems”, in: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Temp, AZ, May 18-20, 2009.

69. J.R. Gregory, S.A. Fredholm, R.E. Kirchain, “A Methodology for Evaluating and Comparing Recycling Systems: A Case Study of Electronics Recycling Systems”, in: Proceedings of the 2008 Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS 2008), Cancun, Mexico, October 12-15, 2008.

70. S.A. Fredholm, J.R. Gregory, R.E. Kirchain, “Characterizing Architectural Options for Electronic Waste Recycling Systems”, in: Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, CA, May 19-21, 2008.

71. J.B. Dahmus, S.A. Fredholm, E.A. Olivetti, J.R. Gregory, R.E. Kirchain, “Modeling the Economic and Environmental Performance of Recycling Systems”, in: Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, CA, May 19-21, 2008.

72. Broniatowski, D. A. (2009, June 15). Decision-Making by Technical Expert Committees for Engineering Systems. Second International Symposium on Engineering Systems.

73. Broniatowski, D., Yang, M., Coughlin, J. F., & Magee, C. L. (2009). Bayesian Analysis of Decision Making in Technical Expert Committees (p. 10). Presented at the Conference of Systems Engineering Research, Loughborough, UK. 74. Broniatowski, D. A., Magee, C. L., Coughlin, J. F., & Yang, M. (2009). Quantitative Analysis of Group Decision Making for Complex Engineered Systems. Presented at the IEEE Systems Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

75. Broniatowski, D. A. (2009a). A Method for Generating Social Networks from Meeting Transcripts. In Workshop on Modeling Intercultural Collaboration and Negotiation (MICON). Presented at the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, Pasadena, CA: Springer-Verlag.

76. Broniatowski, D. A. (2009b). Generating Status Hierarchies from Meeting Transcripts using the Author-Topic Model. In Applications for Topic Models: Text and Beyond.

Presented at the Neural Information Processing Systems, Whistler, BC, Canada.

77. Broniatowski, D. A., Magee, C. L., Coughlin, J. F., & Yang, M. (2008). The Influence of Institutional Background on the Approval of Engineered Systems (pp. 1-11).

Presented at the CSER 2008, Redondo Beach, CA. 78. M. Carlo, W. Ham, C. Dede, D. Broniatowski, R. Leffert, J. Quattrochi. . (2008). Evaluating the Dynamics of Intellectual Collaboration in a Case-based Online Learning Environment. . Presented at the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Salt Lake City, UT. 79. Sungmin Kim and David R. Wallace, Flexural Property of Cork Composite In a Sandwich Panel, 9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, June 14, 2010.\ 80. M.V. Fernandez, M. F. S. F. de Moura, L. F. M. da Silva, A.T. Marques, “Composite Bonded Joints under Mode I Fatigue Loading”, Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting ACE-X 2010, Paris, 8/9 de Julho de 2010.

81. M. V. Fernandez, M. F. S. F. de Moura, L. F. M. da Silva, A. T. Marques, “Estudo de Juntas Coladas de Material Compósito Sujeitas a Esforços de Fadiga em Modo I”, Encontro Nacional de Materiais e Estruturas Compósitas (ENMEC2010), Porto, 6-8 de Setembro de 2010.

82. R. Carreira, “An approach to analyze customer experiences” , 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure (IRF), July 2009.

83. R. Carreira, “Customers’ requirements identification to improve customer experiences,” the International Conference on Integration of Design, Engineering and Management for innovation (IDEMI), September 2009.

84. R. Carreira, “Comfort Seat Module - First Class Comfort For All”, the International Conference on Integration of Design, Engineering and Management for innovation (IDEMI), September 2009.

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85. R. Carreira, “Incorporating customer experience requirements in new product development: understanding bus travel experiences”, 17th International Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), June 2010.

86. Alonso, E., F.R. Field, and R.E. Kirchain, /A Case Study of the Availability of Platinum Group Metals for Electronics Manufacturers/, in /International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment /2008, IEEE: San Francisco.

87. Alonso, E., F.R. Field, and R.E. Kirchain, /A dynamic simulation model for examining the implications of limited materials availability: The case of platinum/, in /International Precious Metals Institute 32nd Annual Conference/. 2008, IPMI: Phoenix, AZ. 88. Alonso, E., F.R. Field, and R.E. Kirchain, /Impact of recycling on materials availability: a case study of platinum/, in /TMS 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibition/. 2009: San Francisco, CA. 89. Alonso, E., et al., /Strategies to Address Risks of Platinum Scarcity for Supply Chain Downstream Firms/, in /International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology /2009, IEEE: Phoenix, Arizona.

90. Alonso, E., et al., /Motivating Sustainable Material Use through Industry-Level Simulation Modeling of Platinum Stocks and Flows/, in /TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition/. 2010: Seattle, WA. 91. G. Gaustad, E. Olivetti, R. Kirchain, Towards Sustainable Material Usage: Investigating Limits to Secondary Aluminum Sinks, Proceedings of the Sustainable Technologies Symposium, The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 2010.

92. G. Gaustad, E. Alonso, E. Olivetti, F. Field, R. Kirchain, Addressing Impurity Accumulation: A Simple Model of Limiting Recycled Fraction, Proceedings of the Resource Statistics, Material Flow Analysis, and Information Systems Symposium for the Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment, and Clean Technology (REWAS), Cancun, Mexico, October 2008.

93. G. Gaustad, E. Olivetti, R. Kirchain, Economic and Environmental Evaluation of Various Aluminum Scrap Upgrading Options using Chance Constrained Optimization Modeling, Proceedings of the Economic Evaluation of Waste Treatment Strategies Symposium for the Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment, and Clean Technology (REWAS), Cancun, Mexico, October 2008.

94. G. Gaustad, E. Chen, R. Kirchain, Economic and Environmental Evaluation of Aerospace Aluminum End-of-Life Options Using a Chance Constrained Optimization Model, Proceedings of the Aerospace Products Recycling Symposium for the Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment, and Clean Technology (REWAS), Cancun, Mexico, October 2008.

95. G. Gaustad, R. Peterson, R. Kirchain, Modeling Methods to Guide Recycling Friendly Alloy Design: The Impact of Compositional Data Structure, Proceedings of the 9th Global Innovations Symposium: Trends in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering for Materials Processing and Manufacturing for The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2008.

96. J. Evans, K. Katsikopoulos, C. Foster. C. L. Magee, “Coherence and Correspondence in Engineering Design Evaluation”; conference by the American Society of Engineering Education , 2009.

97. C Bjelkengren, T Lee, R Roth, R Kirchain, ”Impact of Mass Decompounding on Assessing the Value of Lightweighting”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of TMS: Light Metals Division, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.

98. R. Cirincione, R. Roth, F. Field, and R. Kirchain, “Characterizing the Automobile Materials Selection Decision Making Process”, TMS Conference on Materials Science and Technology (MS&T07), Detroit, Michigan, September 18, 2007.

99. T. Montalbo, T. Lee, T. Lee, A.N. Allen, A. Kar, R. Cirincione, R. Roth, and R. Kirchain, “Costs and Weight Savings of Lightweighting Vehicle Closure Subsystems”, TMS Conference on Materials Science and Technology (MS&T07), Detroit, Michigan, September 18, 2007.

100. Yingxia Yang, Richard Roth, Jorge Arinez, Stephan Biller, Randolph Kirchain, Cost modeling of flexible assembly systems, Annual ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, San Diego, Aug 30-Sept 2, 2009.

101. P.Baptista, C. Silva and T. Farias. Impacts in the Portuguese light-duty road transportation sector of increasing market electrification scenarios. Fisita 2010-Automobiles and Sustainable Mobility, 30 May – 4 June, Budapest.

102. V. Monteiro, J. Ferreira, J. Afonso, “iV2G Charging Platform”, 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2010.

103. D. Pedrosa, V. Monteiro, H. Gonçalves, J. Afonso, J. Martins, “Conversion of a Combustion Engine Car into an Electric Vehicle”, 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2010.

104. Chibante, R., Araújo, A. e Carvalho, A., Finite Element Modeling and OptimizationBased Parameter Extraction Algorithm for NPT-IGBTs, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 24, nº 5, May 2009, pp. 1417-1427.

105. Carlos Ramos, António P. Martins, Adriano Carvalho, “An Integrated Approach to Design High Performance Controllers for PWM VSC Converters” in POWERENG ´09, Lisbon, pp.31-36, 2009.

106. Outeiro, M. T., Chibante, R. e Carvalho, A. S., A soft-switching dc/dc converter applied to improve the efficiency of a PEM fuel cell system, 35st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON’09), 3-5 Nov, Porto, Portugal, pp. 27712778, 2009.

107. M.V. Fernandez, M.F.S.F. de Moura, A.B. de Morais, “New Data Reduction Scheme Applied to the ECT Test for Mode III Interlaminar Fracture Characterization of Composites”, Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting ACE-X 2009, Roma, 22/23 de Junho de 2009.

108. Rui Carreira, Lia Patrício, Renato Natal, António Torres Marques, Chris Magee

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“Identification of customers’ travel experience requirements: Understanding bus travel experiences”, 39th EMAC (European Marketing Academy) Conference, Copenhagen Business School, June 2010 109. S. M. O. Tavares, P. M. G. P. Moreira, S. D. Pastrama, P. M. S. T. de Castro, ‘Stress intensity factors by numerical evaluation in cracked structures’, 11th Portuguese Conference on Fracture, Lisbon (Caparica), February 13-15, 2008.

110. S. M. O. Tavares, P. M. G. P. Moreira, P. M. S. T. de Castro, ‘Friction stir welding of T-joints fabricated with three parts’, DFE2008 Design, Fabrication and Economy, Miskolc, Hungary, April 24-26, 2008.

111. V. Richter-Trummer, S. M. O. Tavares, P. M. G. P. Moreira, P. M. S. T. de Castro, ‘Friction stir welding of aluminium alloys and damage tolerance of integral monolithic structures’, 16th International Symposium EURNEX - ZEL 2008, June 4,5 2008, Zilina, Slovak Republic.

112. S. M. O. Tavares, P. C. M. Azevedo, B. Emílio, V. Richter-Trummer, M. A. V. de Figueiredo, P. Vilaça, P. M. S. T. de Castro, ‘Friction stir welding of T-joints in dissimilar aluminium alloys’, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 2-6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 113. S.M.O. Tavares, V. Richter-Trummer, P.M.G.P. Moreira, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Fatigue Crack Growth Modeling in Stiffened Panels Considering Residual Stress Effects’, Fifth International Materials Symposium (MATERIAiS 2009), April, 5-8, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

114. P.M.G.P. Moreira, V. Richter-Trummer, S.M.O. Tavares, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Characterization of fatigue crack growth rate of AA6056 T651 and T6: Application to prediction of fatigue behavior of stiffened panels’, Fifth International Materials Symposium (MATERIAiS 2009), April, 5-8, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

115. V. Richter-Trummer, S.O. Silva, O. Frazão, S.M.O. Tavares, P.M.G.P. Moreira, P.M.S.T. de Castro,‘A strain calibration of FGB sensors at constant temperature’, 5o Encontro Nacional do Colégio de Engenharia Mecânica da Ordem dos Engenheiros, February 13-14 2009, Guimarães, Portugal.

116. V. Richter-Trummer, S.M.O. Tavares, D.F.C. Peixoto, S.F. Silva, O. Frazão, P.M.G.P. Moreira, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Welding monitoring using FBG sensors’, AES - ATEMA’ 2009 Third International Conference on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications, July 06 -10, 2009, Montreal, Canada.

117. S.M.O. Tavares, V. Richter-Trummer, P.C.M. Azevedo, P.M.G.P. Moreira, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Integral Lightweight Structures: Fatigue and Damage Tolerance’, AES - ATEMA’ 2009 Third International Conference on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications, July 06 -10, 2009, Montreal, Canada.

118. S.M.O. Tavares, V. Richter-Trummer, P.C.M. Azevedo, P.M.G.P. Moreira, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Fatigue Behavior of Lightweight Integral Panels’, 7th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference, September 7-11, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

119. V. Richter-Trummer, S.M.O. Tavares, D.F.C. Peixoto, S.F. Silva, O. Frazão, P.M.G.P. Moreira, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Calibration of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensors and their use for Welding Monitoring’, 7th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference, September 7-11, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

120. S.M.O. Tavares, P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Advanced Manufacturing for Improved Engineering Design: The Case of Friction Stir Welding in Aeronautics’, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Integration of Design, Engineering and Management for innovation IDEMI09, September 14-15, 2009, Porto, Portugal.

121. S.M.O. Tavares and P.M.S.T. de Castro, ‘Stress Intensity Factor Calibration for a Longitudinal Crack in a Fuselage Barrel’; Iberian Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity; March 17-19, 2010, Porto, Portugal.

122. S.M.O. Tavares and P. M. S. T. de Castro; ‘Impact of Integral Structures in the Design for Manufacture and Assembly of Airframes’; 3rd International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacturing (ADM 2010); 8th -10th September 2010; Nottingham, U.K..

123. S.M.O. Tavares, M. Papadopoulos, M. Pacchione; ‘Mechanical Behaviour of Friction Stir Overlap Welds for Aeronautical Applications’; 1st EASN Association Workshop on Aerostructures; October 07-08, 2010; Sureness, France.

124. S.M.O.Tavares, A. Turon, P. Camanho, P. M. S. T. de Castro; ‘Structural Aircraft Materials Weight Assessment Based on the Fatigue Behaviour’; RAeS/CEAS 2nd Aircraft Structural Design Conference, 26-28 October 2010, London, U.K..

Books 1. Ribeiro I., Peças P., Henriques E. A Roadmap to the Implementation of Life Cycle Approaches in the Design of Plastic Injection Moulds. CENTIMFE – Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes, Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos. October 2008.

2. Bernardo RIBEIRO, Francisco BRITO, Jorge MARTINS, “A Survey on Electric/Hybrid Vehicles”, in ‘Transmission and Driveline 2010’, SAE International Publ., Warrendale, USA, ISBN 978-0-7680-3425-7, pg 133-146, 2010. http://books.sae.org/book-sp-2291 3. Bernardo RIBEIRO, Francisco BRITO, Jorge MARTINS, “A Survey on Electric/Hybrid Vehicles”, in ‘Transmission and Driveline 2010’, SAE International Publ., Warrendale, USA, ISBN 978-0-7680-3425-7, pg 133-146, 2010. http://books.sae.org/book-sp-2291 4. Book chapter: “The needed adaptability for ERP Systems”, IGI Global - Disseminator of Knowledge, “Enterprise Information Systems Design, Implementation and Management: Organizational Applications”, US 5. Beira, E. (ed. and translation), “Michael Polanyi: A dimensão tácita”, Inovatec (Portugal), ISBN 978-989-97134-0-6, 2010 6. Beira, E. (ed. and translation), “Michael Polanyi: O estudo do homem”, Inovatec (Portugal); ISBN 978-989-97134-2-0, 2010