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Management DIRECTOR António Pereira SUBDIRECTOR –Industrial Cooperation António Completo
SUBDIRECTOR – New Areas of Specialization Paula Marques
TEMA is a multidisciplinary research unit and research infrastructure of excellence. It follows the natural evolution of the engineering for the future, combining classical and new areas, with a focus on fundamental and applied research at different areas of intervention.
SUBDIRECTOR – Commercial and Communication Fernando Neto
Our mission is to develop and provide research competencies that can be applied to the technological needs of the society.
SUBDIRECTOR – Science and Technology Management Margarida Coelho
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Highlights With the launch of the 2nd newsletter of TEMA, the board of the research unit intends to continue to deepen communication between its members and with the community in general. In a world of constant change, the capacity of adjustment is essential. TEMA is highly aware of this factor and fully comprehends the relevance of the R&D conducted in the research unit and its impact on society (academic, industrial/business and civil) and is experiencing a crucial transition period of structural adaptation to ensure the continued pursuit of scientific excellence with a contextualized translation in(to) innovation, competitiveness and citizenship of the community. This transition aims to ensure the essence of TEMA and to capitalize the background of expertise of its members that is enriched by the diversity of scientific fields, distributed in six main areas of knowledge: applied mechanics; applied energy; biomechanics; modelling & simulation; nanoengineering and transportation technologies. Based on its Human Capital and Capacities, the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) embraces a mission aiming to contribute to a sustainable industry, with specially focus on the surrounding SMEs, and to the wellbeing of society. This is pursued by the development of excellence, cutting-edge and high impact research and innovation in engineering and technology, a mission made possible by the Researchers that compose TEMA, together with a responsible and effective fulfillment of the strategic mobilizing projects. TEMA is focused on current societal challenges and upcoming global requirements, translated into three main mobilizing projects (MP): Mobilizing Project 1 – Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions; Mobilizing Project 2 - Technologies for the Wellbeing; and Mobilizing Project 3 - Research Infrastructure, involving TEMA’s members as one coherent group. MP1 is focused on the development and innovation on manufacturing engineering and technologies, with subsequent industrial applications. It is intended to increase productivity, improve products'quality and reduce waste in production processes. The strategy of the MP2 aims to increase the quality of life of society by means of engineering systems, focusing on people and their needs. MP3 aims at a rational and efficient management of TEMA’s material and human resources (including its 14 laboratories), its vast array of scientific equipment in a large diversity of areas available to society, making the research infrastructure an "open facility" for a number of (academic, research and industry) end-users. Taking into account the first two thematic MP, a number of areas for today and future development that can directly benefit from the expertise and competencies of TEMA are: MP1 - Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions 1. Manufacturing Processes and Simulation Develop research and innovation on key enabling technologies, namely Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, including innovative forms of transforming raw materials or components into new products, either applying conventional manufacturing processes or making use of the most recent and cutting-edge science breakthroughs. This will be accomplished by the promotion of developments on the use of physical and virtual manufacturing tools within product design and manufacturing cycles. This engagement can strategically
Highlights have impact in a number of processes, namely: -Digital manufacturing; -Additive manufacturing (3D printing of metals and polymers/composites); -Novel 3D printing processes and equipment development -Joining techniques (FSW, LASER, etc.) for a sustainable and reliable adoption of multi-material structures; -Multifunctional and cellular materials manufacturing; -Advanced injection molding processes and tools for fast manufacture; -Increase the innovation level of SME’s traditional manufacturing processes; -Automation and robotic systems applied to production processes. 2. Nanoengineering and bio-inspired manufacturing Take advantage of the immense possibilities opened by nanoengineering and bio-inspired manufacture. Using biomanufacturing (or bio-inspired) technologies, it is intended to develop research along two paths: (i) biomanufacturing processes themselves, i.e., to perform research and innovation on the fabrication processes with biological material; and (ii) apply concepts of bio-inspired engineering to create efficient and optimized products along two areas, for instance: -Nanofabrication processes; -Nanomodular materials and systems by design: to characterize and build nanomaterials, devices and systems with a suitable composition of various nanostructures. 3. Manufacturing for Circular Economy
Create a sustainable growth by ensuring coherence between industrial, environmental, climate and energy interests. To support this, the transformation of the economy into a circular one is crucial, where the value of products and materials is maintained for as long as possible, bringing major economic and environmental benefits. The latter is attained by: -New energy sources and technologies with low environmental impact (exploitation of novel materials for electrical generation, energy storage, etc.); -Systems engineering for clean and renewable energy manufacturing; -Develop and apply new engineered recyclable materials; -Process management optimization, including fabrication and transportation processes. MP2 - Technologies for the Wellbeing 1. Multiscale technologies and devices for medicine, environment and energy Creation of wellbeing in society by the development of materials and technologies for key areas such as medicine, environment and energy, namely by the promotion of: -The development of novel sustainable and renewable nanocomposite materials for water remediation; -Development of functional nanocomposites based on natural or synthetic polymers, graphenes, nanowires and inorganic nanoparticles with synergistic properties; -Nanofluids for energy and heat transfer applications;
Highlights -Personalized biomaterials manufacturing: to develop scaffolds with the right cues for cell integration; -Automated biomanufacturing of tissue and implant constructs; -Define the future guidelines for the use of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies by promoting the research and implementation of effectiveness indexes, bridging the gap between the fundamental research and industrial true application of nanonengineering; -Always stablish the procedures for safety handling and application of nano-based products. 2. Innovative technologies for the smart cities Future life quality will be assisted by the introduction of intelligent technologies in the daily life of people, contributing therefore to the smart city construction by: -Innovations related to intelligent transportation systems, sustainable transportation and transportation safety, namely on: assessing the impact of the penetration of connected and/or driverless cars on traffic performance, emissions and road safety; Big Data analysis; Life Cycle Assessment of alternative materials, fuels and propulsion modes for transportation; non-motorized modes (namely, cycling mobility); -Energy efficiency; -Smart water management and control systems; -Automation systems for wellbeing. TEMA’s main scientific tools used in the development of the indicated lines are: -Multidisciplinary team of mechanical engineering, materials, physicians and chemistry professors and researchers; -A complete equipment park dedicated to characterization of materials going from the macro to the nanoscale, ranging from SEM and XPS to mechanical characterization machines; -Experimental and modelling/numerical simulation; -Constitutive modelling, based on (and validated by) experimental setups; -Developing and applying generative engineering (generative design); -Product development; -The competencies, dynamics and responsible research carried out by the unit members. TEMA intends to maximize its national and international impact in terms of scientific productivity and its transfer to society by tackling the relevant challenges of our time. Companies must provide new solutions and products at an ever-increasing rate, being flexible to meet changing market conditions as fast as possible. They must also maximize their productivity by reducing waste and optimizing existing physical assets and human resources. TEMA is aware of the major challenges of our days, not only confined to scientific issues but also the societal ones, at the same time placing an effort to have its research disseminated, in high impact journals to the international scientific community. Keeping the focus on classical mechanical engineering research as well as cutting-edge development areas, the strategic scientific plan is grounded in 9 major goals: -A strong focus on pursuing funding by means of European projects, also in order to enforce the internationalization of the research unit and foster strong international networks;
Highlights -Responsible and active participation of TEMA members in pursuing the indicators and objectives defined in the mission and strategy of the research unit; -Development, dissemination and communication of excellent science; -Improvement of research through grants and contracts, enhancing the range of income sources; -To tackle critical societal challenges and issues by means of fundamental and applied research that requires cross inter- and multi-disciplinary cooperation; -Continuous professional development with effective connection to society, at the national and international levels, as part of a strategy aiming to boost growth and competitiveness; -Stimulate entrepreneurial mindsets among researchers in order to contribute to the growth of the knowledge economy and societal issues' awareness; -Alignment of TEMA's expertise areas with the European Research and Innovation agenda; -To promote outreach activities that effectively integrates the society in TEMA's research and goals. TEMA aims to achieve the following benefits/results: -To contribute to sustainability in its broad sense through new products, technologies and techniques, being able to respond to new challenges for Portugal and Europe and assisting product market entrance; -To be an institution of reference not only for young engineers and scientists, but also for senior worldwide recognized professionals; -To engage in strategic international collaborations around areas in which knowledge and competencies are crucial to the development of TEMA; -To contribute to the development of competitive as well as responsive research. The 2nd International Conference of TEMA took place in University of Aveiro the 11th and 12th of July 2019 with 45 speakers, amongst them master’s students, young and senior investigators, presenting works under the scope of the two mobilizing projects: Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions and Technologies for the Well-Being. These are the main pillars for the research carried out in TEMA and the broad attendance, with a total of 80 participants, shows the growth of this event and reinforces the role of TEMA as a place where excellent science is developed. TEMA acts as a sponsor for the importance of sharing scientific knowledge as a way of allowing network experience many times required for new ideas and breakthroughs to happen in the scientific world. The Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) has the first certified laboratory by the NP EN ISO 9001: 2015 of the University of Aveiro, with the purpose of performing mechanical tests for tensile, compression and bending. In the pursuit of excellence, certification requires greater organization and rigor, induction points for better service, which may increase the number of clients/stakeholders and a higher credibility and quality of customer service, whether they are students, researchers or society in general. In addition, NP EN ISO 9001 is a way of documenting the culture of the organization, allowing to increase the quality of services provided. Taking into consideration the advantages of a certification, TEMA decided
Highlights to proceed with the certification of the Mechanical Testing Laboratory (LEM), in which it was necessary to implement a system that complied with the requirements of the referred standard. Following the first and second-party audits, the decision by the certifying company reached on 13th November 2019 with the following text: “After analysis of your process at the Decision Committee Meeting of 12 November, eiC has concluded that the conditions for issuing the Certificate of Conformity are met�. In order to the continuously improvement of the implemented system efficiency, and after obtaining the certification, TEMA remains committed to allocate resources, optimizing existing ones, ensuring the permanent adequacy of the policy, quality objectives and treatment of relevant system data, ensuring their review and (re)planning of the quality management system.
TEMA keywords: change, diversity, citizenship, mobilizer, society, impact, multidisciplinary research, manufacturing, wellbeing
Ongoing Projects
Research Infrastructure – Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation TEMA ID: CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-022083 Funding Entity: CENTRO 2020 FCT Principal Investigator (PI): António Pereira TEMA Team: António Pereira, António Completo, A. Gil Andrade-Campos, António Ramos, Cátia Pôncio, Fernando Neto, João Oliveira, Margarida Coelho, Paula Marques, Ricardo Sousa, Robertt Valente, Rui Moreira, Tânia Barbosa, Victor Neto Consortium: TEMA-UA Total Budget: 1 202 880,91 € TEMA Budget: 1 202 880,91 € Duration: From 2017 to 2020 Summary: The research infrastructure TEMA has its origin in the research unit with the same name, created in 1996. It supports a multidimensional structure embracing three strategic specialization vectors focused in research, innovation, technological development and technology transfer and consulting, training and services. TEMA has the goal of supporting research activities, both fundamental and applied. It considers the openness to the community - inner and outer as one of its pillars. Addressing the current technological and societal challenges, it offers a wide range of services, by accessing several laboratories that are grounded in a set of equipment in a single site, located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the
University of Aveiro. Advanced mechanical engineering, applied energy, biomechanics, nanoengineering, transport technologies and development of simulation software, are the six main areas of intervention in the mechanical engineering field. The multiplicity of equipment enriches the multidisciplinary essence of the Research Infrastructure allowing the development of complex and integrated projects, aligned with the challenges of society nowadays. TEMA is included in the “Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures of Strategic Relevance”, in alignment with the European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), having been classified by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia with the highest rating ("Category 1 those that have demonstrated high scientific potential and are considered to have high strategic regional and/or national relevance").
Ongoing Projects Life Cycle Thinking of Active Mobility – From the Concept to the Use, under a Mechanical Technology and Automation Perspective ID: TEMA Strategic Plan 2018-2022 - Mobilizing Project “Technologies for the wellbeing” Principal Investigator (PI): Margarida Coelho TEMA Team: Aliaksandr Shaula, António Completo, Carlos Relvas, Eloísa Macedo, Fábio Fernandes, Fernando Neto, Jorge Bandeira, José Paulo Santos, Nagui Rouphail , Paulo Fernandes, Pukazh Selvan Duration: From 2018 to 2022 Summary:The efficiency of the road transportation network is a matter of concern to governments and other sectors of society, whether for economic or environmental reasons. The externalities associated with this sector (namely, traffic congestion, safety, and emissions) are increasingly a source of global concern, with many cities implementing traffic restriction programs and emphasizing the use of alternative modes of mobility. As a consequence, active mobility is an increasingly attractive option, especially for short distances. Today there is a greater interest in walking, biking and other modes (such as e-scooters) and there is an attempt to introduce more attractive products on the market, including the use of new and more sustainable materials, with the aim to improve wellbeing avoiding other more polluting transportation means. However, it is important to understand the impact of the production of these new products. In addition, one of the arguments against bicycle or scooters (namely, electric ones) is the feeling of being unsafe in the road environment (both the cyclist or scooter user, but also from the pedestrian perspective). All these topics are research significant and their integration will, as an ultimate objective, increase the quality
of life and the mobility of the population inside the cities. Mechanical technology and automation related research can have an important role to increase awareness of decision makers and citizens as well as to provide information that can impact decision-making processes. The main objective of this proposal is to develop a complete life cycle thinking platform for active mobility, including: 1) the concept of innovative products to support walking, cycling and other active modes (e.g., scooters); 2) the manufacturing of these products namely, the raw materials and the processes used in the design and production of the different components); 3) the use of active modes in the cities, with the analysis of the user behavior, as well as his/her interaction with the remaining road traffic elements (including safety issues). The research topics to be addressed will be (but not limited to): To explore the needs of product development under this domain; To evaluate cycling and scooters ergonomics; To assess life cycle impacts of active mobility related products; To assess how conflicts and crashes between different road users (namely, pedestrians, cyclists and scooters’ users) can be mitigated; To quantify the impacts of the penetration of innovative products for active mobility on traffic congestion, global network emissions and energy consumption. To study the effectiveness of ICT in active mobility related products. This proposal includes the organization of a workshop/conference where the subject of active mobility in cities will be discussed and the developed methodology and methods will be presented. An important feature of this discussion will be the inclusion of transportation decision makers in the discussions, from National to regional and local representatives (transportation
Ongoing Projects institutes, authorities, agencies, municipalities and companies). The proposal builds on a continuing and productive work focused on different topics of active mobility developed by TEMA members over the past 10 years (including MSc. Dissertations, PhD Theses, research projects, cooperation with the local industry and participation in UA technological platforms) and will benefit from a collaboration and an effective integration of different domains.
Ongoing Projects
SGH – Smart Green Homes ID: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Coordinators: LD1 - Carlos Silva, Vitor Amaral; LD2 - Luís Tarelho; LD3 - Nelson Martins; LD4 - Filipe Oliveira; LD5 - Rui Aguiar; LD6 - Joaquim Ferreira TEMA Team: Vítor Costa, Victor Neto, Paula Marques, Mónica Oliveira, Nelson Martins, Fernando Neto, Jorge Ferreira, Tatiana Zhiltsova, Hugo Marques, João Dias, Francisco Lamas, Maryam Salimian, André Quintã, Ismael Ehtiwesh, Beatriz Fonseca, Bruno Pereira, Maryam Salimian, Yahya Sheikhnejad, Denise Machado Consortium: Bosch Termotecnologia S.A. (lead promoter), UA Total Budget: 18 832 858,07 € TEMA Budget: 1 471 244,13 € Duration: From 2016 to 2020 Summary: In recent decades there has been a growing awareness of the world population for the alarming shortage of resources associated with the sharp increase in energy consumption, due to the associated effects to the community, namely pollution, global warming, increase of fuel costs. As a result, profound changes have been identified in the community behaviour, resulting in new consumer trends and market offerings. SGH project was created to respond to these problems, aiming at the development of innovative solutions for domestic environment, with a perception of
improved comfort, associated with greater sustainability and less environmental impact. For this purpose, it is intended to take advantage of the continuous developments in the science of materials, in conjunction with innovative strategies of integration of technologies, process control and automation to develop new and innovative products. Potential synergies with the different appliances that integrate the domestic environment will also be explored, with the purpose of improving the ease of use, promoting the benefits of operation thereof, synchronising and complementing their various functions. The realization of this project focuses essentially on six lines of development (LDs) of products and services, focused on: LD1) Heat Pumps & Air conditioning and air treatment systems; LD2) Water Heating by gas combustion; LD3) Electric Water Heating; LD4) Water Treatment; LD5) Interfaces and communication for comfort equipment; LD6) Integrated control of residential systems. These lines are associated with four main areas of research: materials, energy, environment and ICT (information and communication technologies). As a leading company in the supply of hot water heating solutions and manufacturer of a diversified range of products for residential environments, Bosch group is in a privileged position to contribute to the challenges identified in domestic equipment, which will be enhanced by the research of excellence developed by University of Aveiro.
Ongoing Projects
FAMASI – Sustainable and intelligent manufacturing by machining ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031556 Funding Entity: FCT- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Principal Investigator (PI): João Paulo Davim Tavares Silva TEMA Team: J. Paulo Davim, Ana Horovistiz, Carlos Lauro, Robson Pereira. Diego Carou, Sílvia Carvalho, A. J. Festas, Celestino Veiga, Francisco Lopes Consortium: TEMA-UA Total Budget: 208 777,33 € TEMA Budget: 208 777,33 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Intelligent and sustainable manufacturing presents a special role for the implementation of 4.0 industry. This project aims to develop an innovative methodology of sustainable and intelligent manufacturing. These technologies may turn out the manufacturing industry of XXI century cleaner, flexible and competitive by reducing wastes and costs.
TherMechChar-Xsteels – Toward virtual forming and design: thermomechanical characterization of high strength steels through full-field measurements and a single designed test ID: CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-029713 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): A. Gil Andrade-Campos TEMA Team: A. Gil Andrade-Campos, Robertt F. Valente, João Alexandre Oliveira, João P. Martins Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), CEMMPRE-UC Total Budget: 233 409,83 € TEMA Budget: 224 034,83 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Nowadays, the characterization of materials has received increasing attention due to the need of precise input data to computational analysis software. Simulation software uses complex material constitutive models and its success reproducing the real behaviour is inherently dependent on the quality of this material-model implemented and the related material parameters. The aim of this project is to develop an efficient and automatic methodology for determining the material parameters of thermo-mechanical models, from a novel dedicated test that involve non-homogeneous temperature and strain fields.
Ongoing Projects
MULBIOIMPLANT – Multifunctional and bio-inspired implant to improve bone integration ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032486 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): António Ramos TEMA Team: António Ramos, Marco Santos, Rui Moreira, Mónica Oliveira, Susana Olhero (CICECOUA), Paula Torres (CICECO-UA) Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), CICECOUA, University of Évora Total Budget: 239 035,38 € TEMA Budget: 165 660, 38 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Analyzing the success rates in orthopedic records, it is observed that in the last decade the success of the implants has not increased. The proposed project aims to develop a new bio-inspired intramedullary implant based on the concept of bone structure. This implant will consist of biomaterials with variable density and multilayer, allowing it to have a multifunctional behavior.
SelfMED – The next-generation of biomechanical self-powering systems for multifunctional implantable medical devices ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031132 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Marco Santos TEMA Team: Marco Santos, Jorge Ferreira, António Ramos, José Simões. Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), CICECOUA Total Budget: 243 487,31 € TEMA Budget: 121 737,16 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Twenty per cent of failures of implantable bioelectronic medical devices are related to electrical power systems. The main goal of this project is to develop an autonomous generator of intelligent energy that integrates electromagnetic systems (based on magnetic levitation), peptide systems and triboelectric systems.
Ongoing Projects
BrightCD – Carbon nanodots: who is the brightest of them all? ID: PTDC/NAN-MAT/29317/2017 Funding Entity: CENTRO 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Ermelinda Maçôas TEMA Team: Paula Marques Consortium: IST (lead promoter), TEMA-UA Total Budget: 239 878,67 € TEMA Budget: 37 850,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The goal is to produce carbon dots (Cdots) with high two-photon brightness tailored for imaging in biological media. To meet the challenge we will search for the missing link between the structure and the nonlinear emission of C-dots enabling the controlled synthesis and engineering of such material. We propose a systematic approach that combines novel synthetic methods with sophisticated structural characterization and advanced spectroscopic techniques.
ANOD – Optimization of the anodizing process and surface self-regeneration of aluminum profiles ID: Project no. 033912 Funding Entity: FEDER Principal Investigator (PI): António Pereira TEMA Team: António Pereira, Paula Marques, Duncan Fagg, António Completo, Gabriela Vincze, Alfredo Morais, Nélia Silva (DMAT-UA) Consortium: Bi-silque - Produtos de Comunicação Visual, S.A. (lead promoter), TEMA-UA Total Budget: 873 117,00 € TEMA Budget: 261 900,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The ANOD project focuses on the economic optimization of aluminum profiles currently available in the market, reducing energy consumption during anodizing processes. It also study and validate the ability of the profile coating to self-repair, offering the final consumer an intelligent product with superior features.
Ongoing Projects
GHISALLO – Research and development of a new urban mobility modular solution, based on a new next-generation electric vehicle concept ID: project no. 033769 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): António Completo TEMA Team: António Completo, José Santos Consortium: SONAE (lead promoter), VR Motors (VRM), CEiiA, Manuel Soares Gonçalves (MSG), TEMA-UA Total Budget: 819 614,00 € TEMA Budget: 117 963,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2020 Summary: Development of a new urban switching solution based on a new next-generation electric vehicle concept that ensures a safe, comfortable, fast, healthy, eco-sustainable, intelligent and multimodal journey.
MobiWise – From mobile sensing to mobility advising ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016426 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Susana Sargento TEMA Team: Margarida Coelho, Fernando Neto, Paulo Fernandes, Jorge Bandeira, José Paulo Santos Consortium: IT-Aveiro (lead promoter), IT-Porto, TEMA-UA, CISUC-UC, CMUC-UC Total Budget: 2 370 571,24 € TEMA Budget: 456 904,81 € Duration: From 2017 to 2020 Summary: MobiWise will build a 5G platform that encompasses the access infrastructure filled with sensors, people and vehicles, to improve mobility in the cities, both for commuters and for tourists. The project will connect any sensor, person and vehicle, and will use all possible information to improve the user mobility.
Ongoing Projects
GAP – New generation of anhydrous proton conductors for operation at intermediate temperatures between 300 - 600oC ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032241 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Duncan Fagg TEMA Team: Duncan Fagg, Pukazh Selvan Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), IPCP Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics (Russia), ICV-CSIC - Institute for Ceramic and Glass (Spain), FHI-Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (Germany) Total Budget: 238 154,53 € TEMA Budget: 238 154,53 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The development of anhydrous ceramic proton conducting electrolytes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) to work in the temperature range 250-400oC, where distinct operational advantages can be gained but where suitable materials solutions are currently unavailable.
SMART COVER POOL & DECK – Innovative solutions for intelligent, safe and sustainable pools ID: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017656 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Rui Moreira TEMA Team: Rui Moreira, Mónica Oliveira, António Ramos Consortium: Soprefa (lead promoter), TEMA-UA, University of Minho, CTCP Total Budget: 638 817,00 € TEMA Budget: 99 051,00 € Duration: From 2016 to 2019 Summary: Economic development combined with a growing appreciation of life quality has led to the proliferation of single-family homes construction, or closed condominiums, which privilege the enjoyment of outdoor leisure spaces. Thus, outdoor furniture, gardening equipment, grills and pools, among others, have become part of products produced on a large scale, for a progressively increasing and demanding market. Safety, simple maintenance and comfort, are thus essentials. In this project will be studied and developed three products, to contribute to solve safety aspects and efficiency in the use of swimming pools, namely: (i) rigid cover for periods of non-use; (ii) deck to be used in the space surrounding it; and (iii) deck substructure.
Ongoing Projects
NanosFLiD - Formability of Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032466 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Marilena Carmen Butuc TEMA Team: António Manuel de Bastos Pereira (Co-PI), Gabriela Tamara Vincze , Augusto Luís Barros Lopes, Catalin Picu, Frederic Barlat, Abel Dias dos Santos, José Manuel de Almeida Cesar de Sá, José Manuel Ferreira Duarte Consortium: TEMA-UA, Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Porto Total Budget: 238 851,03 € TEMA Budget: 238 851,03 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The project focuses on the formability of the third generation advanced high strength steels with emphasis on the development of a general theoretical framework, experimental procedures and computational modeling promoting their use and optimization of manufacturing processes of automotive industry.
NeuroStimSpinal - A STEP FORWARD TO SPINAL CORD INJURY REPAIR USING INNOVATIVE STIMULATED NANOENGINEERED SCAFFOLDS ID: 829060 - FETOPEN-RIA-2018 Funding Entity: European Commission Principal Investigator (PI): Paula Alexandrina de Aguiar Pereira Marques TEMA Team: António Completo, Gonzalo Irurueta, Nathalie Barroca, Joana Sousa Consortium: UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO, PT; FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, ES; UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID, ES; STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT, NL; FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, EL; GRAPHENEST S.A., PT; Stemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA, PT Total Budget: 3 503 922,5 € TEMA Budget: 1 075 260 € Duration: From 2019 to 2023 Summary: This project proposes to develop a neural tissue engineered scaffold capable of not only combining fibrous and porous topographic cues in order to mimic the morphology of the native spinal cord, but also potentiating the properties of graphene related materials supported in a protein-rich decellularized matrix.
Ongoing Projects
H2OValue - Graphene based materials and water remediation: a sustainable solution for a real problem?
PRIMAAS – Prioritizing low carbon mobility services for improving accessibility of citizens
ID: PTDC/NAN-MAT/30513/2017 Funding Entity: CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-030513 suportado pelos orçamentos do Programa Operacional Regional do Centro e por fundos nacionais, na sua componente FEDER, e da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, na sua componente de Orçamento de Estado, PTDC/NANMAT/30513/2017 Principal Investigator (PI): Paula Alexandrina de Aguiar Pereira Marques TEMA Team: Gil Gonçalves, Gonzalo Irurueta, Eddy Domingues Consortium: UAVR Total Budget: 234 943,9 € TEMA Budget: 234 943,9 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The goal is to demystify the real efficiency of using graphene-based materials (GBM) for water remediation. Dedicated research to determine if the GBM used to improve the environment may be harmful, and a clear understanding of their potential toxicity is still missing. Also, a clear comparison with alternative methods that constitute the current state of the art in terms of efficiency and cost needs to be done to turn GBM in real marketable products.
ID: PGI05830 Funding Entity: INTERREG EUROPE ERDF Principal Investigator (PI): Jorge Bandeira TEMA Team: Jorge Bandeira, Margarida Coelho, José Paulo Santos, António Bastos, Fernando Neto, João Paulo Teixeira Consortium: University of Aveiro, CIM Coimbra, TTS Italia, ITS-Romenia, TU Erfurt, Timissoara Municipality, Liguria Region, eGovlab Stockholm University, Council of Tampere Region, SEStran (Edinburgh) Total Budget: 1 563 660 € TEMA Budget: 395 224 € Duration: From 2019 to 2023 Summary: The main vision of PriMaaS is to promote the integration of traditional collective transport modes with personal and innovative ones by creating equitable mobility services truly focused on citizens' needs. Regional and national policy instruments should be adapted to promote a fully integrated intermodal approach between all transport services, namely by using data provided and gathered in real time about both travel demand and travel supply. At the same time, multiscale policy instruments should ensure that the more comfortable and affordable travel options for any individual to get from A to B has also minimum carbon levels.
Ongoing Projects
InFLOWence – Optimizing the influence of connected and autonomous vehicles on the environmental efficiency of road traffic flows ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029769 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Jorge Bandeira TEMA Team: Jorge Bandeira, Margarida Coelho, Paulo Fernandes, Eloísa Macedo Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), CESAMUA Total Budget: 228 803,66 € TEMA Budget: 189 000,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The main vision of InFLOWence is to take advantage of the predictable market penetration of CAVs to influence in a positive way the performance of the road traffic flows, in terms of congestion, energy use and pollutant emissions. This will be achieved through the development of a digital mapping platform to support advanced eco driving commands for CAVs.
CISMOB – Cooperative information platform for low carbon and sustainable mobility ID: PGI01611 Funding Entity: Interreg Europe Principal Investigator (PI): Jorge Bandeira TEMA Team: Jorge Bandeira, Margarida Coelho, José Paulo Santos, Eloísa Macedo, Carlos Sampaio Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), Stockholm University (SU), City of Águeda (CA), Intelligent Transport Systems Romania (ITS-R), Bucharest Metropolitan Transport Authority (BMTA), Extremadura Energy Agency (AGENEX) Total Budget: 1 044 777,00 € TEMA Budget: 384 000,00 € Duration: From 2016 to 2020 Summary: CISMOB main vision is to promote innovative ways to reduce carbon footprint and increase the sustainability of urban areas, by improving the efficiency in the use of urban transport infrastructure through ICT. CISMOB will focus on improving the implementation of regional policies and local mobility programmers.
Ongoing Projects
BRICKITSMART – BRICKITSMART - IDT Copromoção ID: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033325 Funding Entity: Compete 2020, Portugal 2020 e União Europeia, Fundos Europeus Estruturais e de Investimento Principal Investigator (PI): Carlos Relvas TEMA Team: Carlos Relvas; António Ramos; Jorge Ferreira; Mónica Oliveira; Nelson Martins Consortium: Universidade de Aveiro, DreamDomus Total Budget: 531 153,84 € TEMA Budget: 137 232,62 € Duration: From 2018 to 2020 Summary: The BRICKITSMART project aims the develop an innovative habitable module that are easy to manufacture, transport and install, offering the end user the possibility of building their own solution according to a "do it yourself" concept. Using as a starting point a basic and multifunctional construction element (PATENT: PCT/IB2017/052338), this module is intended for the use of sustainable materials and the application of technologies that contribute to the reduction of energy consumption, while ensuring thermal and acoustic comfort.
DICA-VE – Driving information in a connected and autonomous vehicle environment: impacts on safety and emissions ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029463 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Margarida Coelho TEMA Team: Margarida Coelho, Fernando Neto, Paulo Fernandes, Jorge Bandeira, Eloísa Macedo, Nagui Rouphail Consortium: TEMA-UA Total Budget: 193 800,83 € TEMA Budget: 193 800,83 € Duration: From 2019 to 2021 Summary: The main objective of DICA-VE is to develop an integrated research focused on advanced algorithms, to reduce driving behavior volatility through safety warnings and emissions reductions in a connected vehicle environment. A particular attention will be given to the interaction of motor vehicles with vulnerable road users.
Ongoing Projects
Watch4ming – Monitoring the stamping of advanced high strength steels ID: PTDC/EMS-TEC/6400/2014 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Luís Menezes (1/2 time), Marta Cristina Cardoso de Oliveira (now) TEMA Team: A.Gil Andrade-Campos (Co-PI), João P. Martins, José Aquino Consortium: CEMMPRE-FCTUC (lead promoter), TEMA-UA, INEGI, MEMS-UM Total Budget: 194 017,00 € TEMA Budget: 49 382,00 € Duration: From 2016 to 2019 Summary: The goal is to understand the role of AHSS forming conditions on the deformation induced heating and the contact conditions, in order to be able to supply guidelines for improving their forming and tool virtual try-out.
CARTIL@FACTORY – Development and construction of a large - scale engineered cartilage - like manufacturing - system combining electrospinning of chondrocyte - laden 3d scaffolds with direct 3d cell expansion and mechanical stimulus on bioreactor ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028424 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): António Completo TEMA Team: António Completo, Paula Marques (Co-PI), Fernando Fonseca Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), University of Minho, University of Coimbra Total Budget: 237 469,00 € TEMA Budget: 126 211,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Development and construction of an innovative automated manufacturing-system for large-scale engineered cartilage-like production, starting from isolated chondrocytes, combining electrospinning of cell-laden 3D scaffolds and direct cell expansion on 3D scaffold tailed of mechanical stimulation on a bioreactor, increasing tissue properties reproducibility, safety and costeffectiveness.
Ongoing Projects
Leucine dipeptide PNTs Alanine-Isoleucine dipeptide PNTs
Diphenylalanine PNTs
UFA+EE – Research and Development of Autonomous and Energetically Efficient Cold Units
Growth, Properties and modeling of piezoeletric micro and nanostructures for energy harvesting systems
ID: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033755 Funding Entity: FEDER Principal Investigator (PI): Fernando Neto (DEM) TEMA Team: Nelson Martins (DEM), Jorge Ferreira (DEM), António Ramos (DEM) Consortium: TENSAI INDÚSTRIA, S.A. , Universidade de Aveiro (DEM, DEMAC, DFIS) Total Budget: 832 169,27 € TEMA Budget: 383 625,01 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Project UFA+EE intends to develop energetically sustainable cold storage units, capable of operation independently from the electric grid, with extended autonomy and which will be aimed both at mature markets equipped with smart grids and at developing markets with unreliable electric supply.
ID: IF005822015 Funding Entity: FCT Principal Investigator (PI): Igor Bdikin TEMA Team: Igor Bdikin, Budhendra Kumar Singh Consortium: TEMA Total Budget: 50 000,00 € TEMA Budget: 50 000,00 € Duration: From 2016 to 2021 Summary: Piezoelectricity is the ability of noncentrosymmetric crystals to produce mechanical stress/strain under electric field or charge under mechanical stress. This fundamental property has long been used in numerous devices microelectromechanical systems (MEMS): such as acoustic transducers, sensors and actuators, piezoelectric motors, rf resonators, SAW filters, micro energy generators (energy harvesting. In fact, piezoelectric has become a backbone of the multibillion dollar industry with major production areas in microelectronics, transport, space and military (e.g. sonars) applications. To date, one of the most popular energy harvesting or piezoelectric sensor materials is lead zirconium titanate (PZT) because of its high piezoelectric constant and electromechanical coupling factor. However, the critical issues currently limiting its wide applications lie in its fragility and environmental hazardous element (lead). To address these problems, much effort has been expended on the piezoelectric organic compounds and their composites. .
Ongoing Projects
Driving2Driverless – Urban and regional transport management under a scenario of shared electric fully automated mobility ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031923 Funding Entity: FEDER Principal Investigator (PI): Gonçalo Correia TEMA Team: Margarida Coelho (Co-PI), Paulo Fernandes, Jorge Bandeira Consortium: CITTA-UC (lead promoter), TEMA-UA Total Budget: 235 301,18 € TEMA Budget: 59 686,46 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: This project addresses the system management challenges of a future mobility with shared electric automated vehicles. The project will pursue the creation of methods that allow managing the mobility system at an urban and interurban scale using automated vehicles, which are shared and are powered by electricity.
Ongoing Projects Hybrid fabrication; Intelligent tools /systems; Tools for higher efficiency fabrication of multimaterial products; Multi-process tools; Industry digitalization; Production chains “zero defects” and sustainable; and Management and dissemination. Each large area of work is divided into activities, which in turn are translated into specific tasks to be achieved by the involved entities.
TOOLING4G – Advanced Tools for Smart Manufacturing ID: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024516 Funding Entity: ANI - National Innovation Agency Principal Investigator (PI): Victor Neto TEMA Team: Victor Neto, Mónica Oliveira, Jorge Ferreira, Mylene Cadete Consortium: Aníbal H. Abrantes - Indústrias De Moldes E Plásticos S.A.; Centimfe; Universidade Do Minho; Instituto Superior Técnico; Instituto Politécnico De Leiria; Inegi; Instituto Pedro Nunes; Piep Associação; Centitvc; Universidade De Aveiro; Universidade De Coimbra ; Mp Tool; Distrim; Distrim 2; Vidrimolde; Toolpresse; Glnmolds, S.A., Glnplast, S.A.; Tecnimoplas; Geco; Moldes Rp; Moldit; Setsa; Edilásio Carreira Da Silva Lda; IberOleff; P.M.M.; Planimolde; Erofio ; Incentea Total Budget: 7 021 739,20 € TEMA Budget: 113 606,11 € Duration: From 2017 to 2020 Summary: TOOLING4G main objective is taking the Portuguese tooling sector into the fourth industrial age. This implies the integration of multiple paradigmatic groups of technologies, associated with the digitalization of the industry, new materials and processes, in a highly competitive sector. This also means that the process reliability, speed and part quality must be guaranteed, as well as the sustainability of the solutions that result from the project. The project is organized within 7 main activities:
Ongoing Projects SambucusValor – Integrated valorisation of the elder as a function of healthy consumption standards: from the plant to the creation of new added value food products ID: PDR2020-101-031117 Funding Entity: PDR 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Sílvia Rocha UA Team: Sílvia Rocha (DQ-UA), Manuel Coimbra (DQ-UA), Vítor Costa (TEMA-UA), Fernando Neto (TEMA-UA), Jorge Ferreira (TEMA-UA), Armando Silvestre (CICECO-UA) Consortium: INOVTERRA (lead promoter), UA, Alberto Luís Branco Miranda de Carvalho Neto, Inovfood, iniav, Oldland Unipessoal Lda, Publindústria Total Budget: 460 000,00 € TEMA Budget (estimated): 53 000,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2022 Summary: Development of added value food products from the elder, to increase their market penetration. The management and enhancement of elder culture, based on the creation of quality indicators and production strategies and sustainable transformations, namely by integrating competences and resources from partner, should lead to the creation of a pilot centre enhancer of this development. This centre should be a nucleus of knowledge sharing and innovation throughout the elder's value chain. The holistic view of this GO will tend to promote the innovation in the production of new healthy and natural products of the process, by combining in a differentiating way, conventional processes and communication and marketing, focused on a stronger relationship building with the consumer, based on the knowledge of the origin, production cycle and nutritional value.
THERMACORE – Performance of a wall or slab with a thermally active core in Portugal buildings ID: FCT/PAS20/030364 Funding Entity: FCT, COMPETE 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): António Samagaio UA Team: António Samagaio (DAO-UA), Teresa Nunes (DAO-UA), Fernanda Rodrigues (DECivilUA), Ana Velosa (DECivil-UA), Romeu Vicente (DECivil-UA), João Labrincha (DEMaC-UA), Vítor Costa (TEMA-UA) Consortium: DAO-UA (lead promoter), TEMA-UA, DECivil-UA, DEMaC-UA Total Budget: 230 515,95 € TEMA Budget (estimated): 57 000,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The THERMACORE project aims to contribute the improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings (new or to be rehabilitate), through the use of composite materials with PCMs in walls or slabs with a 'thermally active core’.
Ongoing Projects WF-NB-IOT - Wall Fit – Narrowband Internet of Things ID: WF-NB-IOT – P2020 – 39396 Funding Entity: ANI (Agência Nacional de Inovação) Principal Investigator (PI): Vítor Costa TEMA Team: Vítor Costa Consortium: OLI - Sistemas Sanitários, S.A, Iberfibran, WITHUS - Inovação e Tecnologia, Lda, Poliversal, Universidade de Aveiro, PIEP Associação - Pólo de Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros Total Budget: 1 496 644,07 € TEMA Budget: 91 000,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Conception, technical development, prototyping, final validation and analysis from the lifecycle’s point of view of an innovative solution for a WC construction, using light and easy to install modular walls, and NB technology application to monitor toilet flush IOT and air quality.
RDFORMING – Robust design of sheet metal Forming processes to reduce productivity losses ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031243 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): José Valdemar Bidarra Fernandes TEMA Team: A. Gil Andrade-Campos (Co-PI), João A. Oliveira Consortium: FCTUC-CEMMPRE (lead promoter), TEMA-UA, INEGI Total Budget: 225 222,66 € TEMA Budget: 7 991,87 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: This proposal seeks to establish an efficient and accurate robust approach for measuring and modelling the influence of the different sources of scatter, in order to enable robust design of sheet metal forming processes. The main objective of this work is to build a numerical tool able to perform robustness analysis of sheet metal forming processes, for predicting and avoiding the most common forming problems, such as flow localization and fracture, in order to increase the overall productivity.
Ongoing Projects EMAPETS – Enhanced Manufacturing of Aluminium Alloys Products for Environmentally Transportation Sector ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032362 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 - Operational Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization, in its FEDER/FNR component and the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT), in its State Budget componente (OE) Principal Investigator (PI): Gabriela Vincze TEMA Team: Gabriela Vincze, António Bastos, Carmen Butuc, Catalin Picu, Frederic Barlat, Ricardo Sousa Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), CICECOUA Total Budget: 237 540,35 € TEMA Budget: 237 540,35 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: The objective of this project is to improve the features of aluminium alloys used in the automotive and aerospace industries through the combination of experimental work and numerical simulation at various scales, as well as the optimization of the manufacturing processes used for these alloys.
ifDAMAGElse – Modelling and numerical simulation of damage in metallic sheets: anisotropic behaviour and tension compression asymmetry coupled approach for formability prediction ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030592 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Marta Cristina Cardoso de Oliveira TEMA Team: A. Gil Andrade-Campos (Co-PI), Robertt Valente Consortium: CEMMPRE-FCTUC (lead promoter), TEMA-UA, INEGI, MEMS-UM Total Budget: 235 605,78 € TEMA Budget: 15 125,00 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: Experimental monotonic strain-path tests and it is known to present significant strainpath dependency. This proposal aims to develop a new framework for plasticity-damage coupling, with the goal of eliminating the need of the expensive FLD experimental determination, while enabling the detection of formability problems early in the design process.
Ongoing Projects TAMAZ3D – Development of a decision support tool for additive manufacturing of alumina-zirconia 3-D structures
Diamond Coating Service – Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond Coatings – Training and Service
ID: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030493 Funding Entity: POCI 2020 Principal Investigator (PI): Joaquim Cruz TEMA Team: : Joaquim Cruz, Pedro Antunes, João Oliveira Consortium: TEMA-UA (lead promoter), CICECOUA, CIDMA-UA Total Budget: 237 988,87 € TEMA Budget: 237 988,87 € Duration: From 2018 to 2021 Summary: TAMAZ3D aims to present a new support tool for additive manufacturing of alumina-zirconia 3-D structures, enabling to assess the thermomechanical behavior of DWA technical ceramics, and the availability of a design tool that contributes to a business production system with well-defined specifications, minimizing time and production costs.
ID: Project in cooperation with society Funding Entity: Sciencentris Principal Investigator (PI): Victor Neto TEMA Team: Victor Neto, Gonzalo Otero Consortium: Sciencentris, Fibrenamics, Universidade de Aveiro Total Budget: 1735,00 € TEMA Budget: 1735,00 € Duration: From May 2019 to January 2020 Summary: Training and coating service of chemical vapor deposited diamond thin film on tungsten carbide – cobalt (WC-Co) pieces on the Hot Filament CVD Criolab Reactor.
Ongoing Projects OPTIFILL ID: Project in cooperation with the society Funding Entity: OLI Sistemas Sanitários Principal Investigator (PI): Vítor Costa TEMA Team: Vítor Costa Consortium: OLISistemas Sanitários, Universidade de Aveiro Total Budget: 25 000,00 € TEMA Budget: 25 000,00 € Duration: From 2019 to 2020 Summary: Solutions development and problems resolution concerning toilet cisterns’ filling valves, involving noise emission reduction and self cleaning closing system when operating with water containing fine sands, and optimization of the devices’ operation.
PINHA - Grease Separator Box - Analysis and Optimization of Restaurant Grease Separator Box ID: Project in cooperation with society Funding Entity: PNH-BYPINHA Principal Investigator (PI): Victor Neto TEMA Team: Victor Neto, Vítor Costa, António Bastos, Diana Fidalgo Consortium: PNH-BYPINHA, Universidade de Aveiro Total Budget: 1 800,00 € TEMA Budget: 1 800,00 € Duration: From June 2019 to December 2019 Summary: Analysis of the PNH-BYPINHA grease separator boxes, in accordance with the European Standard 1825-1:2004 and 1825-2:2004. Grease separator boxes optimization proposal and dimensioning assistant tool development.
Ongoing Projects Smart Plastics – From waste to intelligent products Principal Investigator (PI): Victor Neto TEMA Team: João Oliveira, Tiago Gomes, Mylene Cadete Duration: From 2018 Summary: Project that aims to contribute to the development of recycled polymer-based products, such as filament for fused filament fabrication, products produced by injection molding, compression molding or extrusion, with enhanced properties due to the incorporation of nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes, graphene or metal oxides. The development of customized printing techniques that allow, for example, to obtain objects capable of changing their shape after printing (4D printing) are also being investigated. The project runs in the Smart Plastics Lab of the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Center for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) – University of Aveiro (Portugal). Several MSc dissertations and other indicators were already developed within this project.
TORUS - Towards Material Virtual Design ID: Entrepreneurship Project Coordinator: Tiago Silva TEMA Team: João Oliveira, Miguel Oliveira, Bernardete Coelho, A. Gil Campos Summary: Focused in the main areas of computational and continuum mechanics, TORUS is a product being developed by a group of researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro. TORUS is presented as a solution for a current problem in numerical simulation tools that are used in the development of new products. Such simulation tools allow to evaluate the performance of a material under different conditions, as well as to reduce costs and the development time. However, these tools lack of complete and credible entry data, namely material's behaviour data, to perform accurate simulations of the real behaviour of a part or material. Some data is available through databases, but the available data for highperformance materials is limited. TORUS offers a set of credible and validated data of calibrated models able to reproduce the real behaviour of a material, being a flexible and robust tool capable of calibrating the most complex models that can be developed for any type of material. The technology behind this tool is robust enough so that either classical or last generation materials can be analysed.
Running PhD Thesis
Decarbonizing Portugal: Impact of climate change on renewable energy resources
Tailoring proton conductors electrochemical ammonia synthesis
Author: Michael Russo Supervisor: Alexandra Monteiro (DAO), Nelson Martins (DEM), David Carvalho (DFIS) Start Date: 2019 Summary: Increasing renewable energy production is one of the most effective answers to decarbonisation. In the context of future energy targets and a step towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, the EU aims to achieve a renewable energy share between 80% and 95% by 2050. However, renewable energy projections are hampered in part by our lack of knowledge regarding the impacts of climate change on renewable resource availability. This thesis aims to fill the knowledge gap regarding the technical impacts and costs of climate change on renewable energy resource variability. The main objective of this work is to quantify these impacts using high-resolution weather prediction modelling at a national scale in Portugal. A multicriteria decision analysis will be applied to choose the optimal balance between energy supply decarbonisation and costs. This work will support the decision-making process and achieve national and EU energy goals.
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Supervisor: Dr. Duncan Fagg (TEMA-DEM) Start Date: 2018 Summary: A principal aim of the Horizon 2020 program is reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by the development of new technologies for industries and their processes. Ammonia is the second most produced chemical in the world, with high societal impact due to extensive application in agriculture and pharmacy. Nonetheless, its current production from natural gas accounts for ~5% of global CH4 consumption, with associated high levels of CO2 emission. Work focuses on development of active materials for the disruptive technology of carbon-free, electrochemical synthesis of ammonia at ambient pressure, using a protonic ceramic membrane with nitrogen and steam as primary reactants.
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Modelling, simulation and control of tankless gas water heaters: a hardwarein-the-loop approach Author: André Quintã Supervisor: Jorge Ferreira (TEMA-DEM), Nelson Martins (TEMA-DEM) Start Date: 2017 Summary: There is a growing concern about to the scarceness of natural resources and the emissions problematic. Water heating is a relevant part of a household’s energy use, and tankless gas water heaters are widely used. There are design and engineering challenges to develop more efficient devices, with lower emissions of pollutant gases, reduced water waste, and providing comfort improvements from the user point of view. The overall purpose of this PhD project is to study and develop tools and methodologies to implement and evaluate advanced control strategies that improve TGWH environmental and comfort indices. The PhD student will develop mathematical models of individual components, parametrized with experimental data. Based on these models, research on advanced predictive and adaptive control strategies will be carried out for embedded applications. A virtual-test-bench platform will be developed based on hardware-in-the-loopsimulation methodologies, for evaluation on different TGWH configurations and control strategies performances.
Ultralow-GWP refrigerant heat pumps for space and water heating Author: Francisco Lamas Supervisor: Vítor Costa (TEMA-DEM) Start Date: 2017 Summary: Vapor compression cycle used in heat pumps for space and water heating (HPSWH) is a well-established technology. In particular, electrical-driven HPSWH have reached an unparalleled state of technological development and energy performance, unreachable for similar equipment based on other technologies. However, the use of alternative fluids to the conventional synthetic refrigerants, mainly due to recent environmental restrictions, resulted in a significant setback. Indeed, equipment using natural and synthetic ultralow global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants detain some still unsolved safety and energy efficiency issues. This work aims at developing simulation, parameterization and optimization tools for designing safe and high performant HPSWH using natural and synthetic ultralow-GWP refrigerants (CO2, propane and R1234yf/ze(E)). Experimental validation will be performed using prototypes built according to prior specifications (low refrigerant charge, highenergy efficiency). Numerical evaluation and optimization for modified components and different systems’ configurations will define fundamental design parameters, contributing for the improvement of these systems.
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Author: António Festas Supervisor: João Davim (TEMA-UA), António Ramos (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2017 Summary: The evolution of production processes, especially the additive manufacturing methods applied to the devices manufacture for medical application has constantly changed the design and manufacturing paradigms of these, with a positive economic and especially social level impact. The use of a hybrid production system in which an additive process is used at an initial stage to obtain the shape, followed by a subtractive process to ensure the functionality, is a solution to high geometric complexity components production.
Author: Sílvia Daniela Ribeiro Carvalho Supervisor: João Paulo Davim (TEMA-UA), Ana Lúcia Horovistiz (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2018 Summary: The research topic is related with a problem, which is the difficulty of integrating intelligent technologies and methodologies in fabrication by machining. The dissertation aim is to develop intelligent machining methodologies for two biomedical titanium alloys, namely Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al7Nb in order to create tools and strategies to assist the activities of the factory of the future. The selected materials, Titanium alloys are difficult to cut materials that are used in high value products, so the development of intelligent strategies presents even higher benefits from the social, economic and sustainable point of view. To achieve the dissertation goals hybrid solutions based on experimental trials and computational methods such as finite element analysis, digital image processing, artificial intelligence algorithms will be explored to analyse the response variables during real machining processes (which are the cutting forces, temperature gradient, tool wear, metal chip morphology, surface integrity), to develop material and processes models, to optimize the cutting processes and introduce intelligent features into the machining process.
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Author: André F. Girão Supervisor: Paula Alexandrina de Aguiar Pereira Marques (TEMA-UA), María Concepción Serrano López-Terradas (ICMM-CSIC), Manuel Godinho Completo (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2018 Summary: Spinal cord injury is a devastating pathology that affects thousands of people worldwide with dramatic lifetime consequences. In fact, there is currently no available clinical treatments capable of efficiently counterbalancing the very limited regeneration ability of the central nervous system towards the renewal of the lost autonomous, motor and/or sensory functions. Taking this into account, in this project we purpose a neural tissue engineering scaffold able to provide two complementary porous and fibrous systems with the final purpose of recreating in vitro the topographical features of the grey and white matters of the spinal cord, respectively. Additionally, by potentiating the properties of graphene-based materials, the suggested 3D biomimetic microenvironment should present chemical, electrical, mechanical and morphological properties capable of not only preserving neural cell viability, but also enhancing the differentiation process of neural progenitor cells to neuronal and glial cell lines.
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Toward virtual forming and design: the challenges of thermo-mechanical characterization and parameter identification of high strength steels Author: João Miguel Peixoto Martins Supervisor: António Andrade-Campos (UA) and Sandrine Thuillier (UBS) Start Date: 2016 Summary: The mechanical design of forming processes and metallic structures must become more and more virtual, in order to limit the number of prototypes and decrease the time to industrialization of a new product. Therefore, numerical simulation tools must become more reliable and efficient in predicting the events and phenomena that materials undergone. Nowadays, one of the real challenges concerns the determination of material parameters which are used as input data for numerical simulation tools. The aim of this project is to develop an efficient methodology to determine the material parameters of thermo-mechanical models from dedicated tests involving non-homogeneous temperature and strain fields. This strategy will rely on two inverse methods, the Virtual Fields Method and Finite Element Model Updating, two methods that fully exploit the information given by full-field measurement systems. Given the increasing interest of the industry, the focus will be on advanced high strength steels.
Running PhD Thesis
Arcade-like Collagen Structure in Engineered Cartilage: A Joined Approach of Anisotropic Scaffolds and Mechanical Stimulus Author: Ângela Manuela Lopes Semitela Supervisor: António Completo (TEMA-UA) Paula A. A. P. Marques (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2018 Summary: Tissue engineering (TE) strategies for repairing and regenerating articular cartilage face critical challenges to approximate the biochemical and biomechanical microenvironment of native tissues. The major challenge of TE cartilage is the difficulty to mimic their mechanical properties to the native ones. The importance of the arcade-like collagen structure for the load-bearing properties of native cartilage is well emphasized in literature. However, despite extensive cartilage TE research, few studies have assessed the importance of collagen fibril depth-orientation on the mechanical properties of engineered-cartilage. Thus, a new strategy to be explored is the investigation with numerical modelling and experiments in the development of depth-dependent fibrous/porous electrospun scaffolds combined with depthvarying mechanical stimulus protocols on a bioreactor environment, to mimic the native arcade-like collagen organization, reducing the risk of failure of this promise method for osteoarthritis treatment.
Adsorption heat pumps for space and water heating Author: João Miguel Serras Dias Supervisor: Vítor António Ferreira da Costa Start Date: 2017 Summary: Given their low environmental impact, adsorption heat pumps (AHPs) have gathered academic and industrial attention. AHPs can improve household’s energy efficiency by extracting heat from free energy sources. Furthermore, AHPs work with zero global warming potential (GWP) substances and can be driven by waste heat and renewable energy sources. The proposed work intends to develop an AHP system suitable for central and domestic water heating applications. First, physical models will be developed and implemented, allowing the dynamic simulation and performance evaluation of AHP systems. Resorting to the results obtained by simulation, an AHP system will be optimized and designed. Lastly, the prototype of the best solution will be built and tests carried out, evaluating the AHP’s performance and validating the dynamic model. This study will output a dynamic model capable of describing an AHP system that is still unavailable and will be a powerful tool for better performance achievement. In this context, this work will enrich the knowledge in this field by providing answers for the following main questions: How to develop and implement a physical model for an entire AHP system? How to improve the AHP systems’ performance?
Running PhD Thesis
Computational Design Search
Additive Manufacturing
AMOpt – Methodologies for optimum thermomechanical design of aerospace structures obtained from additive manufacturing Author: Bruno Barroqueiro Supervisor: António Andrade Campos (TEMA-UA), Robertt Valente (co-supervisor) (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2017 Summary: Additive Manufacturing (AM)is growing more rapidly than ever and has the potential to revolutionize the way products are designed and manufactured. However, there are significant hurdles to its widespread adoption, particularly in the Aerospace industry. The thermomechanical behaviour of the parts obtained by AM, including its microstructural material properties, is not yet fully characterized and there is no robust optimum design methodologies for aerospace parts manufactured by AM. Therefore, the main goal of this PhD proposal is the development of a robust methodology for the thermomechanical optimum design of metallic aerospace structures obtained from additive manufacturing. The impact of this PhD includes a significantly improvement of product development processes, increasing the confidence of using AM-parts in the spaceindustry; the microstructural characterization of AM-produced material and its behaviour, achieving efficient structural solutions with lower costs and the extension of the existent Topology Optimization methodologies to obtain realistic and appropriate aerospace designs.
Exploring the limits of product design in polymeric materials in heat exchange processes Author: Hugo Marques Supervisor: MĂłnica Oliveira (TEMA-UA); Nelson Martins (co-supervisor) (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2017 Summary: Today, heat recovery systems are mostly made of metallic materials, namely aluminium alloys, since they guarantee an efficient heat exchange. However, the cost and weight of metals are disadvantages evidenced by these materials.This doctoral program aims to contribute to the growth of a sustainable economy through the development of an air-to-air heat exchanger in polymeric material. An alternative concept based on a multi-functional modular design is proposed. The modularity of the design is exploited to allow the integration of modules within the system to attain the desired functionalities, such as the elimination of pollutants and odours. Also, the variation of the power range presents greater flexibility. Inherent in product development is assessment of the applicability limits of polymeric materials. These limits are dependent on the thermo-hydraulic performance achieved taking into account the thermal properties of these materials, the constraints associated with the manufacturing processes and the unit cost of production and the constraints associated with their end-of-life cycle.
Running PhD Thesis Impact of motor vehicles-bicycles interaction on route selection, traffic performance, emissions and safety Author: Behnam Bahmankhah Supervisor: Margarida Coelho (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2014 Summary: The main goal of this thesis is to quantify and assess the impact of the interaction motor vehicle-bicycle on traffic performance, road safety and emissions to define a multi-objective analysis model of the impacts regarding the use of motor vehicle and/or bicycle. The thesis was focused on three main topics developed based on the evaluation of traffic performance, safety and emissions at urban areas : (i) to perform a multiobjective analysis in an integrated manner of the traffic performance, pollutant emissions and road conflicts between bicycles and MVs at a signalized intersection; (ii) to assess the driving volatility in MV-bicycle interactions at two-lane roundabouts and its impacts on safety, pollutant emissions and traffic performance; and (iii) to analyze the impacts of the overtaking lateral distance between a bicycle and a MV on road safety and energy consumption at two-lane urban roads. Second-bysecond bicycle and vehicle dynamic data were collected using GPS travel recorders. The methodology developed in this thesis was applied based on real world case studies at different urban road types in the city of Aveiro, Portugal.
Heat Transfer and Energy Storage in Phase Change Materials: a CFD approach Author: Bruno Daniel Cordeiro Pereira Supervisor: Fernando Neto (TEMA-UA) Start Date: 2018 Summary: The use of renewable energy has been rising over the years, with efforts to reduce emissions reinforcing this trend. However, renewable energy production is intermittent and a bridge over production/demand gap is required, with energy storage becoming increasingly needed. For thermal energy storage (TES), Phase Change Materials(PCM) represent a safe and inexpensive technique to match solar or residual heat availability to thermal requirements. To design and operate latent heat-based TES, adequate tools must be developed and tested. The objective of this work is to develop tools that enable an improved usability of PCMs in TES applications. CFD methods are used to study the performance of PCM based TES systems (heat availability, heat requirements, material and geometric characteristics) while maximizing thermal storage capabilities, with the goal of creating a tool for the analysis of the applicability of those systems in several case studies.
Running PhD Thesis Electrochemical N2O and NOx removal Author: Laura Isabel Vilas Holz Supervisor: Dr. Duncan Fagg , Prof. Dr. AdĂŠlio Mendes (FEUP) (co-supervisor), Diogo Mendes (Bondalti) (co-supervisor) Start Date: 2018 Summary: The chemical industry is one of the major economic sectors responsible for the emission of NOx and N2O (comprising more than 25 % of the non-CO2 industrial related greenhouse gas emissions). The main anthropogenic source of these pollutants is the production of nitric acid, one of the largest chemical commodities at the global scale, which contributes to an annual global emission of N2O of approximately 400 kt. Current European Union directives aim for a reduction in the emissions of these gases by 42 % by 2030, leading to an urgent need to develop an innovative and disruptive technology that can potentially overcome the limitations of traditional catalytic reactor for the abatement of N2O and NOx.
Upcoming Events Mobilizing Projects and Conferences Following the strategy defined by the board of TEMA of deepening the dissemination of the R&D conducted by the members of the Research Unit and the cooperation between them events will occur during the next academic year, related to the Mobilizing Projects: ▪ 3rd International Conference of TEMA – TECHMA 2020 – taking place in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Aveiro Date: 23rd January 2020 Venue: TEMA-UA Organizing Committee: Description: The Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) of the University of Aveiro will promote, 23rd of January 2020, “TEchMA2020 – 3rd International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions”. The purpose of this conference is to be a space for sharing scientific knowledge, seeking to strengthen contacts between researchers not only from TEMA but also from the University of Aveiro and external research entities, thus contributing to its excellence. Conference Site: http://techma2020.web.ua.pt/ ▪ 17th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials Date: 15th to 17th July 2020 Venue: University of Aveiro Organizing Committee: Dr. Yang Tao (TEMA-UA) Description: ANM is a conference series on Advanced Nano Materials held annually at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. 17th Edition ANM2020 (www.advanced-nanomaterialsconference.com) will be held from July 15-17 July 2020 focusing on the following events: 17th International conference on Advanced
nanomaterials; 10th International conference on Advanced Graphene Materials; 9th International conference on Hydrogen Energy; 6th International conference on Advanced Magnetic and Spintronics Materials; 4th International conference on Advanced Polymer Materials and Nanocomposites; 3rd International conference on Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) and Special session of Solar Energy Materials Conference Site: https://www.advancednanomaterials-conference.com/anm-home/ ▪ Intermobility and Decarbonization Conference Date: 16th January 2020 Venue: CIM Coimbra Organizing Committee: Intermunicipal Community of Coimbra Region Description: The main objective of the PriMaaS project is to promote the integration of traditional collective transport modes with innovative and personal ways of transport, thus creating equitable mobility services truly focused on citizens needs. Regional and national political instruments should be adapted in order to promote an intermodal approach, fully integrating all transport services, namely by using data about mobility supply and demand which is collected and made available in real time. Site: https://www.interregeurope.eu/primaas/
Title Centre for mechanical technology and automation – the newsletter
Editors António Bastos António Completo Ana Videira Diana Fidalgo Fernando Neto Katia Silva Margarida Coelho Maria Relvas Paula Marques Raúl Simões
Publisher UA Editora Universidade de Aveiro
2nd edition – January 2020
With the support of: UID/EMS/00481/2019-FCT CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-022083