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2017 Call for Exploratory Proposals - MIT Portugal Program

Painel de Avaliação - Concurso para Financiamento de Projetos de Investigação Exploratória no âmbito do Programa MIT Portugal - 2017

Coordination

César Dopazo
University of Zaragoza, Spain

Evaluation

Carlo Alberto Nucci
Università di Bologna, Italy
Joaquim R. R. A. Martins
University of Michigan, United States
Manuel Desco
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Volker Lohweg
Institute Industrial IT, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Werner Rothengatter
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Projects assigned

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0012/2017

New low-cost approach for solar-cells based on magnetoplasmonic nanostructures
Célia Tavares de Sousa
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0023/2017

ISY-AIR: An integrated system for urban scale air quality assessment and forescast


Oxana Tchepel
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0025/2017

WATTINFRA - Energy Harvesting Systems for Use in Transport Infrastructures
Adelino Jorge Lopes Ferreira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0039/2017

Metagenomics analysis in Azores Extreme environments for the Discovery of Novel Enzymes and Pathways
Isabel Rocha
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0042/2017

Renewable energy in the Azores in future climate
Pedro Nunes
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0051/2017

MicroTEgravity - Micro Tissue Engineered models for assessing (simulated) microgravity effect on musculoskeletal disorders
Maria Manuela Estima Gomes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0070/2017

Towards deep sea soundscaping
Marcos Martins
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0077/2017

Ferrofluidic Extensional Rheological Response for Ocean CLEAN-up
Laura Campo Deaño
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0114/2017

Exploring the cooperation of smart grid mechanisms for future microgrids
Diana Neves
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0138/2017

BIOISLA- BIOresource promotion toward an ISLAnded sustainable energy system
Carlos Augusto Santos Silva
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0140/2017

Innovative High Altitude Balloon for Atlantic Observation: Fostering the Development of a Collaborative Platform for Integrated Aerial and Oceanic Research
José Raul Carreira Azinheira
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0141/2017

EASE: An Ecological Approach to understanding SEasickness
Jorge Manuel Ferreira de Almeida Santos
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0142/2017

enAbLIng human settlemENts on mars through microgrids (ALIEN)
FILIPE JOEL NUNES SOARES
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0144/2017

Foundation for offshore wind farms at intermediate depths
Luis Reis
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0151/2017

Energy Storage Potential and Optimization for Island Grids - Application in the Azores
Luís Miguel Pires Neves
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra (INESC Coimbra)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0155/2017

MagnetoHydroDynamics / ElectroHydroDynamics CubeSat Experiment (MECSE)
Anna Guerman
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

MIT-EXPL/IRA/0160/2017

Intelligent Methods to enhance Geological Resources Prospection at Seabed
João Ricardo Silva Carvalho
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0013/2017

Streamlined environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits: a decision-supporting tool
FAUSTO MIGUEL CEREJA SEIXAS FREIRE
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0015/2017

FIRST: Mapping flexibility of urban energy systems
Daniel Aelenei
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0020/2017

Evaluation of strategic metal flows in end-of life products envisaging the sustainable management: the cases of lithium and rare-earths
Fernanda Maria Ramos da Cruz Margarido
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0122/2017

Food on Top - Assessment of the impacts of a hydroponic rooftop greenhouse in an urban market in Lisbon
Samuel Pedro Oliveira Niza
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0129/2017

Sensing Pressure Effects in Cities with TouRism Events
Duarte Nuno Jardim Nunes
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0132/2017

WSMART ROUTE – Waste Collection based on a Real Time Route Planning System
Tânia Rodrigues Pereira Ramos
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0137/2017

A smart way to finance smart cities
ANABELA BOTELHO VELOSO
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0148/2017

UrBIA: Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts – Validating a simulation-based decision support workflow
Cristina Cruz
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0006/2017

Additive Manufacturing of Innovative and Multifunctional Ceramic Products for Architectural Systems
Paulo Jorge de Sousa Cruz
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0021/2017

Rational design of a thermostable esterase for the production of high-value bioplastics for biomedical applications
Alexandra Teresa Pires Carvalho
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0053/2017

Pushing transformational change in search for organizational agility in the industry 4.0 and big data business environments
Paulo Sampaio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0072/2017

Exploring systems and synthetic biology approaches to implement yeast-based production of the itaconic acid derivatives methyl acrylic acid and meta methylacrylic acid
Nuno Gonçalo Pereira Mira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0084/2017

Development of new numerical tools and constitutive models to simulate the fused filament fabrication – a low-cost additive manufacturing process
Jorge Belinha
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0115/2017

Marine oil spills: Green biological Emulsifiers agents production and autonomous Robotic tools for response optimization
Frederico Ferreira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0133/2017

ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY SYSTEMS
Edgar Caetano Fernandes
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0139/2017

Rational design and plasma treatment of Self-Assembling NETworks for Transparent ELectrode applications
Marta Ramos
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/ISF/0158/2017

Optimized Human Motion for Industry 4.0
Miguel Ângelo Fernandes Carvalho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0008/2017

BIOmedical DEVICE development based on pre-miRNA G-quadruplex
Carla Patrícia Alves Freire Madeira Cruz
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0027/2017

Tuberculosis meets fuel cells. An innovative vision to passive DMFC: electrochemical biosensors.

Lúcia Raquel Brandão Moreira
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0031/2017

A Rapid Prototyping Environment for Human-Centered Medical Robotics Systems
Paolo Manuel Masci
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0033/2017

2ndSKIN - A Variable Impedance Soft Exoskeleton for the Ankle Joint
Jorge Manuel Mateus Martins
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0041/2017

Ureteral stents as chemotherapy delivery systems for urological tumors
Alexandre Barros
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0055/2017

PDMS µ-lens for empowering µ-LED optrodes
João Filipe Rodrigues Ribeiro
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0060/2017

Mimicking the double scale wrinkles of 2D sufaces in 3D printing: implication in neuron regeneration
Ana Paula Piedade
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0068/2017

Liposomal Dry Powder Formulations towards Inflammaging Intervention

Ana Aguiar Ricardo
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0073/2017

ProTeAN - Production and TEsting of humAn derived Neurons and organoids: advanced model probing in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders
João Peça
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0075/2017

Combined neural bypass and neural graft for neurorehabilitation
MIGUEL SANTOS PAIS VIEIRA
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0085/2017

Real Time Liver-on-a-chip platform to perform preclinical tests on drug delivery graphene-based magnetic nanoparticles (GBMNPs) designed for cancer theranostics
Graça Maria Henriques Minas
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0088/2017

A step towards Wearable Sweat biosensors based on Microfluidics and Electronics
João Miguel Amorim Novais da Costa Nóbrega
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0089/2017

Multifunctional marine-inspired bioadhesives as medical devices for gastrointestinal anastomosis repair
Natália Maria de Araújo Alves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0096/2017

Modulation of dynamic brain networks in high-resolution fMRI
Patrícia Figueiredo
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0097/2017

Engineering biosensors for human cell type and state diagnosis using synthetic digital computation
Alisson Marques de Miranda Cabral Gontijo
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0105/2017

PACEMAKER: A biological pacemaker for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction
Diana Esperança dos Santos Nascimento André
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica - INEB Univ. Porto (INEB Porto)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0124/2017

Design and Development of a Work Garment with Active Elements for Repetitive Strain Injury Protection
ALEXANDRE MANUEL TEIXEIRA DE BARROS FERREIRA DA SILVA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0131/2017

BBBmodel: A biodevice to study protective drugs against the blood brain barrier
Susana Carvalho Rosa
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0146/2017

Biomedical Electrodes for electromyography Sensing and muscle Stimulation.
José Filipe Vilela Vaz
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/BIO/0165/2017

Models and algorithms based on heart rate data to prevent health hazards
João Manuel Pereira Barroso
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0045/2017

NEXTGEN BUSLINE - Big Data Analysis and Optimization of the Performance of Bus Lines
António José Pais Antunes
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0049/2017

Integration of environmental criteria in the design of urban mobility policies
Tânia Daniela Lopes da Rocha Fontes
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0061/2017

Mobility planning in urban environment based on users’ preferences
Patrícia de Carvalho Baptista
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0065/2017

MOBI-AGE - Promoting urban mobility in ageing populations
Anabela Salgueiro Narciso Ribeiro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0069/2017

UMove - Understanding User’s Needs, Preferences and Social Interactions
for the Design of Future Mobility Services

Carlos Manuel Robalo Lisboa Bento
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0093/2017

Intelligent and dynamic Demand Estimation Algorithm for flexible urban electromobility: the case of electric vehicles taxis in Lisbon
Filipe Manuel Mercier Vilaça e Moura
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0094/2017

E-NAU: SEM architecture for an autonomously-driven smart-grid aware electric vehicle
Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (INESC-ID/INESC/IST/ULisboa)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0103/2017

A NEW GENERATION OF UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS FOR CONNECTED VEHICLES
ANA MARIA CÉSAR BASTOS SILVA
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0107/2017

COllaborative Transportation Information Systems across (X) Cities for Sustainable Mobility (COX)
Elisabete Maria Mourinho ARSENIO Guterres De Almeida
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0113/2017

Older adults’ mobility, the role of autonomous vehicles.
Nélson Bruno Martins Marques da Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0119/2017

URBANITE- Using Information feedback to change mobility patterns
João de Abreu e Silva
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0125/2017

AWAREE – A data driven toWARds drivEr attEntion
Sara Ferreira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

MIT-EXPL/STS/0154/2017

Enhancing transport interfaces and inter-modality
Jorge Manuel Pinho de Sousa
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)