Summer school for innovation in biomedical products

The summer course Product development: from the idea and conception to the prototype of biomedical products (DPBio) ended this Friday the training component, taking place simultaneously at Técnico Lisboa and at Universidade do Minho, with presential and distance classes.

Passive energy consumption of buildings and sustainable cities

Professor Paulo Ferrão is studying the passive energy consumption of buildings in order to develop methods and proposals that allow optimizing the energy expenditure of cities and make them more sustainable. Listen to his testimony to the program 90 Seconds of Science [portuguese].

Applications are open for MEGIE

From July 27th until August 14th, applications are open for MEGIE - Master in Engineering and Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the newest master's degree from Técnico Lisboa

Portugal AutoCluster for the Future

Last 1st of July 2020 was launched the Portugal AutoCluster for the Future, an R&D project of MOBINOV - the Portuguese Automobile Cluster. The project aims to position the national automobile cluster in the global value chains of the car of the future and gathers 21 institutions, among companies, universities and research centers.

A ciência das gotas e a sua importância em época de pandemia

[PT] Por Ana Moita

Quando olhamos para as gotas que batem na nossa janela num dia chuvoso, a nossa mente poderá ser acercada de inúmeros pensamentos e memórias, mas poucos pensarão nos complexos processos físicos envolvidos no aparentemente simples fenómeno do impacto das gotas no vidro da nossa janela.

CARAVELA - Development and demonstration of building blocks for microlaunchers

Last 9th of July, took place the kick-off of the project CARAVELA - Development and demonstration of building blocks for microlaunchers. This project is supported by ANI (Portugal 2020), whose consortium (4 companies and 6 national R&D centers) and is led by Tekever SPACE. IST/IN+ one of the co-promotors, under coordination of Prof. Edgar Fernandes.

The impact of closing multinational companies subsidiaries in Portugal

Miguel Torres Preto, associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and researcher at IN+, assessed the impact of the closure of subsidiaries of multinational companies on the local economy.

Pedro Faria is Full Professor at the University of Groningen

Professor Pedro Faria is a former researcher at IN+ in the area of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and was recently appointed Full Professor at the University of Groningen, where he teaches since 2009. 

Covid-19: measures and recommendations at IN+

Updated IN+ measures and recommendations regarding the new corona virus outbreak.

Call for research students (Master and PhD)

IN+/IST in collaboration with ADENE are seeking Master and PhD students in various areas of Engineering and related interdisciplinary fields, to develop research into the study and analysis of innovation incentives and policies for sustainable building, energy rehabilitation of buildings and promotion of energy efficiency.