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Up one levelINESC TEC researcher receives Full Scholarship
Ana Rita Ribeiro, a researcher at INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE), was selected to receive a ThorLabs Full Scholarship to participate in the 6th International Graduate Summer School – Biophotonics '13, which will take place between 8 and 15 June in Sweden. Of 70 registrations accepted, the Portuguese researcher was the only one to receive the scholarship that will cover registration and accommodation costs.
New technology will minimise negative impact of coal waste piles
INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) has recently started working on a European project where the aim is to install optical fibre sensors in coal piles in self-combustion resulting from mining. The goal is to remotely monitor the evolution of scenarios associated to combustion processes.
Optical fibre technology minimises impact of coal waste piles
The region of São Pedro da Cova, Gondomar (Portugal), will be testing an innovative optical fibre technology that, combined with appropriate geological models, can continuously monitor hazardous coal wastes in the region’s old mines. As a result, it will be possible to prevent possible spontaneous combustion situations.
Best physics dissertation in Portugal authored by INESC TEC researcher
Orlando Frazão, researcher at INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE), received the Fernando Bragança Gil 2012 Award for the best PhD thesis in Physics written in Portugal between 2009 and 2010. This award is given by the Portuguese Physics Society.
INESC TEC organises international event in the Photonics area
From 27 to 29 June, the Faculty of Science of University of Porto (FCUP) hosted the 10th edition of the Symposium on Enabling Optical Networks and sensors (SEONs), which was organised by INESC TEC. As part of this symposium, the Portuguese Society for Research and Development in Optics and Photonics (SPOF) organised, in collaboration with INESC TEC and the IT-Aveiro, the first Summer School on Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics.
INESC TEC co-organises events on Optics and Photonics
The Portuguese Society for Research and Development in Optics and Photonics is organising, in collaboration with INESC TEC and IT-Aveiro, the first Summer School on Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics, to be held between 27 and 29 June at the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP). As part of this event, INESC TEC is also organising the 10th edition of the Symposium on Enabling Optical Networks and Sensors (SEONS), which takes place on 27 June.
INESC TEC sensors identify DNA in wines
INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) has recently started an innovative project in the biosensors area , in collaboration with the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), the National Institute of Biological Resources (INRB) and SOGRAPE, LDA (Sociedade Agrícola S. Mateus), where the aim is to develop an optical biosensor to detect DNA hybridisation processes which can be used in wine traceability.
Summer School on Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics
27-29 June at the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto
The little world of bacteria
Cláudia Ferreirinha wins the Gulbenkian Promoting Research Award with an innovative project.
Nine researchers win awards
Nine Portuguese researchers have won awards from the Gulbenkian Science Foundation as part of the Programmes to Encourage Research and the Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Portugal.
INESC TEC develops wireless swimming costume to monitor swimmers
INESC TEC, in partnership with the University of Minho and the Faculty of Sports of the University of Porto, have developed training equipment that allows competitive coaches and swimmers to measure their biometric parameters and performance to improve their knowledge and gain better results.
UMinho: wireless swimming costume to monitor swimmers
The Department of Textile Engineering at the University of Minho is coordinating the design of training devices to help swimming coaches evaluate the diverse biometric parameters and performance of competition swimmers to develop the area and improve results.
INESC TEC researcher wins Gulbenkian Prize
Cláudia Ferreirinha from the Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) at INESC TEC was one of the researchers awarded the Prize for Encouraging Research from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
INESC Porto helps organise conference on the “Applications of Optics and Photonics”
The Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) at INESC Porto was involved in organising the first international conference on the applications of optics and photonics, that took place in Braga between 3rd and 7th May.
Gulbenkian acknowledges the work of eight Portuguese researchers
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation commended eight Portuguese researchers for their work in distinct areas including Differential Geometry and the Earth Sciences. The aim of this programme is to promote research by awarding successful candidates with grants worth 2,500 Euros.
INESC Porto Researcher presented with award by the International Society for Optics and Photonics
Luís Fernandes, a researcher from the Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) and Doctorate student at the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP), was awarded three thousand dollars by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
INESC Porto Researchers edit special issue of SENSORS magazine
Researchers Orlando Frazão and Pedro Jorge from the Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) have been invited to edit a special issue of the magazine SENSORS by MDPI - Molecular Diversity Preservation International. The issue will be dedicated to Portugal and will be launched in 2011.
INESC Porto develops project to detect harmful agents on the environment
The Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) is working on a new exchange project between Portugal and Brazil – AMBISENSE, which will make it possible to timely detect the existence of harmful agents on the environment.
INESC Porto develops environmental monitoring system for the Amazon region
The Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) is currently developing a prototype to sense chemical parameters within the project “Study and Development of Optical Sensors to Monitor Environmental Parameters Remotely”. The project will be applied in the Amazon region, more specifically in the city of Belém, in Pará, where the rivers Guamá and Igarapé Sapocajuba present concerning pollution levels.
Satellites: fighting global warming from afar
Since 2006, INSEC Porto (the Porto Information Systems Institute) has been working with the European Space Agency (ESA) to find technology that can measure atmospheric greenhouse gas levels from space. A system of laser pulses calculates levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), ozone (O3), and nitrous oxide (N2O) based on velocity and absorption time. On board a satellite, such technology can be used to precisely analyse atmospheric gas levels, humidity, pressure and temperature at between 400 and 1,000 metres.
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