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R&D Projects

Call for Funding of Research and Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2008

Painel de Avaliação de Engenharia Mecânica - 2008

Coordination

Andre Preumont
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Evaluation

A. G. Atkins
University of Reading, United Kingdom
Alain Bernard
Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Alain Combescure
INSA, France
Cezar Dopazo
Universidade de Zaragoza, Spain
Fabio Gori
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
Steen Krenk
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Projects assigned

PTDC/EME-PME/098312/2008

Development of micro wind turbines
Joao Manuel Milheiro Caldas Paiva Monteiro
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-PME/098357/2008

3D Hybrid composite materials: Modelling, structural design and tribological behaviour
Jose Manuel Ramos Gomes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/098498/2008

Sandwich viscoelastic laminated adaptive structures: Modelling, Optimal design, Testing and Identification
Carlos Mota Soares
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/098530/2008

Adaptive Control of Piezo-Visco-Elastic Damping Technologies in Varying Operation Conditions
César Miguel de Almeida Vasques
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/098571/2008

Adhesively bonded functionally graded joints
Lucas da Silva
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/098605/2008

DeMoWeld- Development of modelling techniques to analyse the effect of emerging welding processes residual stresses on the fatigue behaviour of components
Artur Antonio de Almeida Portela
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/098687/2008

MSD-DBEM - Dual Boundary Element Analysis of Multiple-Site Damage in Ageing Aircrafts - The Effect of Multiple-Crack Interactions on the Residual Strength and Fatigue Life.
Artur Antonio de Almeida Portela
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/098898/2008

Non-conventional laminates for damage tolerant composite aeronautical structures.
Pedro Manuel Ponces Rodrigues Castro Camanho
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/098967/2008

Vibrations of variable stiffness composite laminated panels
Pedro Manuel Leal Ribeiro
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/099029/2008

Delamination detection with non-linear dynamics
Pedro Manuel Leal Ribeiro
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/099103/2008

Intelligent System for Ship Emergency Response Damage Assessment
Yordan Garbatov
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/099159/2008

Study of Vascular Biomechanics
Lúcia Maria de Jesus Simas Dinis
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/099340/2008

Novel techniques for residual stress measurements
João Eduardo Pinto Castro Ribeiro
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/099597/2008

Development of advanced parts for crashworthiness using tailor welded blanks
Nuno Ricardo Maia Peixinho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/099971/2008

PROSTEM - Design and Development of an Intramedullar Stem for Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision
António Completo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/100057/2008

ECO-DTOOL - Development of a Innovative EcoDesign Based Framework for Machine Tool Design / Redesign
Ana Rosanete Lourenço Reis
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/100106/2008

VIBATRACK - Vibration Attenuation in High Speed Railway Tracks
Nuno Manuel Mendes Maia
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/100204/2008

Railways - rolling contact fatigue
Paulo Manuel Salgado Tavares de Castro
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/100311/2008

Biaxial tests for laminated composites
Alfredo Manuel Balacó de Morais
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/100545/2008

CPM3D - 3D Crack Propagation Modelling
Fernando Ventura Antunes
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/100637/2008

Fatigue behaviour of luminium brazing sheet - influences of manufacturing parameters and service conditions
JOSE DOMINGOS MOREIRA DA COSTA
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/100763/2008

WEARWHEEL - Wear of Railway Vehicles Steel Wheels
João Pombo
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/100865/2008

Biomechanical study of female fecal incontinence
Marco Paulo Lages Parente
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/100893/2008

Research of mechanical behavior and failure of wood under high strain rate loads
Rui Jorge Sousa Costa de Miranda Guedes
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/101405/2008

Computational analysis and design of extruded integrally stiffened panels for aeronautic applications: enhanced finite elements, friction stir welding characterization, elasto-plastic buckling behaviour and resistance to improvised explosive devices
ROBERTT ÂNGELO FONTES VALENTE
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/101419/2008

SMARTRACK - SysteM dynamics Assessment of Railway TRACKs: a vehicle-infrastructure integrated approach
Jorge Ambrosio
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/101573/2008

A biomechanical approach to Bruxism
Renato Manuel Natal Jorge
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/101689/2008

TOUCHTEXTILE - Study of the contact interactions between the skin and textiles
Amílcar Lopes Ramalho
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/102235/2008

NEWRIST- Design and Development of a Total Wrist Prosthesis
António Completo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/102357/2008

Evolutionary algorithms for multidisciplinary and multiobjective optimization in mechanics
José Firmino Aguilar Madeira
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/102422/2008

Mechanical Performance Modeling during Degradation for Biodegradable Product Development
Rui Jorge Sousa Costa de Miranda Guedes
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/102438/2008

ReCMeD - Development of a New Standing Frame for Rehabilitation of Children with Mental Deficiency
José Machado
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/102720/2008

MultKneeOrth - Design and development of a multifunction knee-ankle-foot orthosis based on the multibody formulation
EURICO AUGUSTO RODRIGUES DE SEABRA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/102736/2008

Blade Condition Monitoring and Early Fault Detection on wind turbine generators
Mário Augusto Pires Vaz
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/102772/2008

SenseCAD - Sensorial based modelling system to support 3D shape recovery
NUNO MANUEL FERNANDES ALVES
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-PME/102860/2008

Deformation and fatigue life evaluation by a new biaxial testing system
Ricardo António Lamberto Duarte Cláudio
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPSetúbal)

PTDC/EME-PME/102867/2008

BioFOOT - Development of a Complete Biomechanical Model of the Foot as a Laboratory to Design Customer-Oriented Products, Study Pathologies and Optimize Prostheses
José Luis de Carvalho Martins Alves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/102903/2008

Multiscale analysis of nanocomposites for biomedical applications
José Joaquim Almeida Grácio
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/103064/2008

Reverse problem solving to produce optimized scaffolds through stereolithography
Ana Cristina Soares de Lemos
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-PME/103340/2008

Mechanical modeling and assessment of common fabrication details in plate/shell construction
Nuno Ferreira Rilo
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/103341/2008

Monitorização da Integridade Estrutural e Prognostico de Vida em Estruturas Compósitas
Afzal Suleman
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/103410/2008

MECHANICAL STUDY OF ORTHODONTIC WIRE DEVICES BY NUMERICAL METHODS
Nuno Ferreira Rilo
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/103503/2008

Advanced methods to analyze and reduce multi-modal vibro-impact systems
Jose Antunes
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/EME-PME/103533/2008

CRASH -Crashworthiness of composite sandwich materials for land transportation vehicle applications
Antonio Fernandes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/103663/2008

Size Effect in Wood
Nuno Miguel Magalhães Dourado
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EME-PME/103750/2008

IMPROVED STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL NOVEL ELBOW PROSTHESIS FOR SIGNIFICANT BONE LOSS
Carlos Alberto Moura Relvas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/103994/2008

Development of high performance sandwich composite incorporating cork core
Paulo Nobre Balbis Reis
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-PME/104149/2008

The structural behaviour of buried flexible pipes
Elza Maria Morais Fonseca
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/EME-PME/104315/2008

Nonlinear Mechanical Behaviour of Dowel-Type Timber Connections
Abilio de Jesus
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/104404/2008

Crack Initiation and Small Crack Growth under Different Multiaxial Fatigue Loading Effects
Luis Reis
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/104498/2008

Development of Scaffolds with Controlled Microstructure for Bone Tissue Engineering
Paulo Rui Fernandes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/104754/2008

Solution of Sequences of Linear Systems in Computational Mechanics
José Leonel Monteiro Fernandes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/104766/2008

SHOULDERCONCEPT - Development of a biomechanical based pre-clinical diagnostic test for the assessment of shoulder prosthesis performance
António Manuel Amaral Monteiro Ramos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/104771/2008

Increase of mechanical performance of composite materials, considering the inclusion of nanocomposites as reinforcement, under low velocity impact.
Ana Paula Betencourt Martins Amaro
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/104833/2008

Wind turbine incorporating cork agglomerate (CorkBlade)
Maria Augusta Neto
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/104839/2008

Biomechanical Study of the Femoro-Acetabular Impingement of the Cam Type and Characterization of the Femoral Cartilage
Fernando Manuel Fernandes Simões
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/104932/2008

ReStLMD- Modeling and measurement of residual stress in laser material deposition processes.
Augusto Manuel Moura Moita de Deus
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/105067/2008

Optimal Air Collision Avoidance in the Free-flight Framework
Kouamana Bousson
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-PME/105194/2008

Design of Polymeric Implants for Veterinary Use: bone remodelling and fracture healing
Eduardo António Corregedor Borges Pires
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/105576/2008

Damage Identification in Composite Laminated Plates by means of Modal Analysis and Metaheuristics Techniques
LUIS ROSEIRO
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/108104/2008

Development of an experimental and computational mixed module for testing structures with dimensions in the mesoscale range (0.1-20mm)
José Eugénio Semedo Garção
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EME-PME/108289/2008

Development of optical tools for structural integrity evaluation
Pedro Miguel Guimarães Pires Moreira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/108305/2008

Optimization of ambient vibrational energy harvesting for micro/nano devices
Jayachandran Peethambaran
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/108455/2008

Application of impact mechanics in the design of implants for bone replacement
Nuno Ricardo Maia Peixinho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/108625/2008

BARMETALROD - TRAFFIC METALLIC BARRIERS, AN HYBRID APPROACH TO RESTRAINING PERFORMANCE
José Carlos Pimenta Claro
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/108638/2008

Ilizarov fixator apparatus development
CARLOS ALEXANDRE BENTO CAPELA
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-PME/108845/2008

Design of Functionally Graded Materials for Structural Applications Obtained by an Induction Assisted Centrifugal Casting Technique
FILIPE SAMUEL CORREIA PEREIRA DA SILVA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/108988/2008

Increasing the Moving Abilities of Parallel Manipulators by Suitable Handling of Singular Zones
Antonio Mendes Lopes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/109064/2008

TMJconcept - Concept and Development a TMJ implant
António Manuel Amaral Monteiro Ramos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/109080/2008

Composite materials and structures with improved fire behaviour for application in passenger transportion
João Pedro Lourenço Gil Nunes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/098081/2008

Experimental and Numerical Study on Ash Deposit Formation During the Co-Combustion of Coal with Biomass
Mário Costa
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/098153/2008

TURBMAG - Computational Analysis and Design of MHD Turbines and Thrusters
José Carlos Páscoa Marques
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/098738/2008

Accurate measurements of µflows in a wide pressure range
Orlando Manuel Neves Duarte Teodoro
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/EME-MFE/098941/2008

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Exhaust After Treatment Systems for Automotive Vehicles
Mário Costa
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099040/2008

Fundamental Studies on MUltijet Spray Technology - MUST
Miguel Rosa Oliveira Panão
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099225/2008

Control of Wave Energy Converters
Duarte Pedro Mata de Oliveira Valério
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099297/2008

High rate sputtering deposition of ZnO based back reflectors for thin film solar cell applications
Qi Hua Fan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099636/2008

Turbulent entrainment: physics and large-eddy simulation (LES)
Carlos Frederico Neves Bettencourt da Silva
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099696/2008

Systemic optimization of a rotating microlaboratory, Lab-on-a-CD, with recourse to micro-PIV, micro-visualization and CFD
Viriato Sérgio de Almeida Semião
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099749/2008

MICRA - Transport Phenomena in Micro-Channels
Antonio Luis Nobre Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/100285/2008

Performance assessment of wave energy converter arrays for the offshore Portuguese continental coast
Paulo Alexandre Pelote da Silva Justino
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/100404/2008

Development of Variable Geometry Ejector for Solar Air Conditioning Applications
Szabolcs Varga
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/100970/2008

Thermshift : Optimization of a new heat storage technique for low-energy cooling of buildings
Pierre Hollmuller
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/101142/2008

Modeling wind erosion and deformation of stockpiles
Almerindo Ferreira
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/101448/2008

Cryogenic Temperature Stabilizers
Grégoire Bonfait
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/EME-MFE/101623/2008

Experimental and Numerical Study of Sprays Interaction in Subsonic Crossflows
Isabel Maria Baltazar Simões de Carvalho da Fonseca
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/101672/2008

SEREG - Stirling Engine Regenerators
Francisco Miguel Ribeiro Proença Brójo
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102004/2008

Development and Optimization of a New Grate for Small-scale Wood Pellet Boilers
Manuel Eduardo Cardoso Ferreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102070/2008

OPTIMANIFOLD - Solar thermal collector manifold optimization for good flow distribution
Jorge Facao
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102115/2008

Wind Turbine Noise
Fernando José Parracho Lau
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102261/2008

A physical insight of aeroacoustic instabilities in heat exchangers
Miguel Ângelo Pereira Bento Moreira
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPSetúbal)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102283/2008

Mixing system with water saving function
Vítor António Ferreira da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102405/2008

Numerical study of the coupling between thermal radiation and combustion for large eddy simulation of radiating turbulent diffusion flames
Pedro Jorge Martins Coelho
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102895/2008

Development of desks equipped with HVAC located systems
Eusebio Conceição
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102965/2008

FIBERFORM - Virtual Forming of Advanced Thermoplastic Matrix Composites
Nuno André Curado Mateus Correia
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102997/2008

Advanced Numerical and Experimental Techniques for Analysis of Flameless Oxidation Phenomena
Pedro Jorge Martins Coelho
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103025/2008

Control of environmental tobacco smoke by local ventilation strategies (CETS)
António Manuel Gameiro Lopes
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103040/2008

EnergIA - Operational forecasting system for Indoor Air quality and Energy consumption in natural ventilated buildings
Ana Margarida Lobo Lourenco da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103043/2008

MICROMETHANOL - Miniaturized Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: design, experimental and modelling studies
Alexandra Ferreira Rodrigues Pinto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103109/2008

FireSky - Integrated modelling of fire and atmosphere interactions for the mitigation of forest fires impacts
Jorge Humberto Melo Rosa Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103207/2008

UQ-Uncertainty Quantificatiuon in physical processes
José Manuel da Silva Chaves Ribeiro Pereira
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103217/2008

“U” Type Stabilization Tanks for Mitigation of Ship Parametric Rolling in Waves
SÉRGIO BRUNO NOGUEIRA RIBEIRO E SILVA
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103524/2008

Design of mooring systems for floating wave energy converters
Nuno Miguel Magalhães Duque da Fonseca
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103640/2008

Optimization of single- and two-phase micro-flows in extracorporeal medical devices for powder inhalation (OPTIMED)
João Manuel Melo de Sousa
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103643/2008

Aeroacoustic sources and propagation in corrugated pipe: remote identification and modelling
Debut Vincent
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104005/2008

Projecto Integrado de Sistemas Avançados de Arrefecimento a Liquido
Antonio Luis Nobre Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104089/2008

Integrated Computational Methodology for Energy Savings in Polymer Processing
António Gaspar Lopes da Cunha
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104101/2008

Moisture Transport in Wood
AMADEU DUARTE DA SILVA BORGES
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104148/2008

Experimental characterization and numerical modeling of grate firing
João Luis Toste de Azevedo
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104171/2008

Native species bioenergy - a Portuguese alternative
Joao Luis Monney de Sa Paiva
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104327/2008

Optimized Drying Control
Fernando José Neto da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104450/2008

Combustion of hydrocarbons in fluidized beds
Leonardo Ribeiro
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104595/2008

Simulation of thermo-hygrometric phenomena in clothing (SITHYCLO)
ADÉLIO MANUEL RODRIGUES GASPAR
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104701/2008

Estudo de transferência de calor de nanofluidos em conevcção forçada
Abel Rouboa
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104734/2008

Conversion of the tar present in syngas by combustion in porous media
Mário Costa
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104881/2008

PITEC - Performance Improvement and Thermal Efficiency of Display Cabinets
Luís Carlos Carrilho Gonçalves
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/104917/2008

Sound propagation in lined ducts with flow
João Manuel Gonçalves de Sousa Oliveira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105006/2008

Hydrodynamic analysis of wave energy converters with different motion characteristics
JOYDIP BHATTACHARJEE
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105197/2008

Micro Renewable Energy Storage with Redox Flow Batteries in Houses
RUI PEDRO DA COSTA NETO
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105330/2008

Linear and non-linear numerical simulation of wave energy converters and floating offshore wind turbines dynamics - SWECOT
António José Nunes de Almeida Sarmento
Offshore e Renewables, Centro de Energia Offshore (WAVEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105377/2008

Virtual simulation environment for the design of wave energy converters
Jorge Augusto Fernandes Ferreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105460/2008

AutoDie - Automatic Extrusion Die Design for Complex Profiles
João Miguel Amorim Novais da Costa Nóbrega
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105485/2008

CONSTRUctal modeling and design of fluidic MIXers for particle flows (CONSTRUMIX)
Antonio Alberto Ferreira Miguel
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105715/2008

Plasma Layer - Towards an understanding of the plasma layer formation in microfluidic devices
Rui Lima
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108324/2008

Human thermal comfort in cloth design: numerical, objective and subjective evaluations
SENHORINHA DE FÁTIMA CAPELA FORTUNAS TEIXEIRA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108370/2008

Development and Integration of trigeneration system in Solid Oxid fuel cells
Jose Luis Alexandre
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108382/2008

Energy sustainability in food cold stores through efficiency
Luís Carlos Carrilho Gonçalves
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108457/2008

RTMVIEW - Computer vision control for resin transfer moulding
Nuno André Curado Mateus Correia
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108719/2008

Strategic evaluation of the energy impact of Mechanical Ventilation for residential buildings in Portugal
Vítor Manuel da Silva Leal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108735/2008

Energy recovery from glycerol as a by product of biodiesel production
Manuel Eduardo Cardoso Ferreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108875/2008

CSP-Thermocline, Multi-difusion process modelling applied to a thermocline heat storage system for concentrated solar power
Margarida Lima
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/EME-TME/098050/2008

Study of Hydroformed Sandwich Shells with Metallic Foam Cores
Renato Manuel Natal Jorge
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/098084/2008

NUMERICAL MODELING OF IMPACT FAILURE IN COMPOSITE SHELL STRUCTURES
Francisco Andrade Pires
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/098236/2008

Improvement of helmet' safety and design using natural cellular materials and advanced numerical models.
Ricardo Alves de Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/098384/2008

Identification of mechanical properties of wood at the growth rings scale: spatial variability
José Xavier
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EME-TME/098432/2008

LUBRICOAT - Self-lubricant nanocomposite coatings.
Manuel António Peralta Evaristo
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/098449/2008

High Speed Testing and Manufacturing
Maria Leopoldina Mendes Ribeiro de Sousa Alves
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/098523/2008

OptFSW- Optimization of Friction Stir Welding parameters using the Taguchi method
Pedro Miguel Guimarães Pires Moreira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/098575/2008

Detonation synthesis of nanostructurated metal oxide powders
Ricardo Mendes
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-TME/098728/2008

Single Point Incremental Forming of Polymers
Paulo António Firme Martins
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/098752/2008

Improved toughness of adhesives filled with cork micro particles
Lucas da Silva
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/098826/2008

ThermoStir - Thermomechanical conditions in friction stir welding
Dulce Maria Esteves Rodrigues
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/099190/2008

FlowStir - Viscoplastic Flow in Friction Stir Welding
Altino de Jesus Roque Loureiro
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/099405/2008

Micro Forming of Polymers
Luís Manuel Mendonça Alves
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/099470/2008

SUIT2 - Security and use of innovative cellular and porous material technologies against terrorism
Filipe Miguel Horta e Vale Teixeira-Dias
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/099542/2008

Development of numerical methodologies for shape optimization and parameter identification in metal forming
António Gil Andrade-Campos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/099665/2008

TICAST - A numerical based optimisation of titanium investment casting
Ana Rosanete Lourenço Reis
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/099692/2008

Use of fibre Bragg sensors in welding: reduction of fabrication residual stress, and subsequent structural monitoring - "WELSTRESS".
Paulo Manuel Salgado Tavares de Castro
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/099941/2008

Mechanical properties of nanocomposite biomimetic surfaces: Experimental, in vitro and in silico studies
Ana Paula Piedade
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/100297/2008

MEMIFORM: Design and development of meso/micro deep drawing
Padmanabhan Raghupathy
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/100319/2008

TITANCAST - Development of a die casting technique of titanium alloys for the automotive industry
José Joaquim Carneiro Barbosa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/100377/2008

Innovative solutions for structural connections
Pedro Miguel Guimarães Pires Moreira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/100563/2008

ModTOP - Numerical Modelling of the Tow Placement Process
António Torres Marques
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/100617/2008

Experimental Analysis of the Structural Behaviour of Materials subjected to High Strain Rates
Francisco Jose Malheiro Queiros de Melo Malheiro Queiros de Melo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/100990/2008

Joining micro to small scale systems in shape memory alloys using last generation infrared lasers
Rosa Maria Mendes Miranda
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/EME-TME/101504/2008

Optimization of the explosive compaction process using inverse analysis and real-coded genetic algorithms
José Manuel Baranda Moreira da Silva Ribeiro
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-TME/101750/2008

MEFOTemp: SHEET METAL FORMING PROCESSES AT WARM TEMPERATURES
Luis Filipe Martins de Menezes
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/101901/2008

ModPUL - Numerical Modelling of the Pultrusion Process using the Finite Element Method
António Torres Marques
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/101997/2008

Innovative ceramic block molding foundry process to cast complex titanium parts
Teresa Duarte
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/102100/2008

Modelling and numerical simulation of the mechanical behaviour of carbon nanotubes
José Valdemar Bidarra Fernandes
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/102473/2008

ENDTECH - Development of Non-Destructive Testing Techniques for New Production Technologies Applied to Advanced Engineering Materials
Pedro Miguel dos Santos Vilaca da Silva
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/102793/2008

ModCut - Modelling and Simulation of the High Speed Chisel-Cutting Process
EURICO AUGUSTO RODRIGUES DE SEABRA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/103072/2008

PREDMECH-PREDICTION OF MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF ADVANCED MATERIALS FROM DAMAGE ANALYSIS AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING
Luís Miguel Pereira Durão
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-TME/103145/2008

Strain gradient plasticity towards prediction of mechanical properties of coated interlayer systems by nanoindentation
Jorge Antunes
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/103149/2008

Wear Mechanisms in Mono and Multilayered PVD Coatings for Fibre Reinforced Plastics Injection Moulds
Francisco José Gomes da Silva
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/103184/2008

TiB2 and B4C coatings characterization and wear modelization
Francisco José Gomes da Silva
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-TME/103234/2008

Meso and micromanufacturing of parts for advanced industry
João Paulo Davim Tavares da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/103375/2008

Scaffold fabrication with growth factors for bone tissue regeneration using 3D printing
Inês da Fonseca Pestana Ascenso Pires
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/103421/2008

Fracture behaviour of advanced towpreg based composites
João Silva
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-TME/103487/2008

High performance transition joints in lightweight functionally graded sheets
Anibal Guedes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/103543/2008

Technology developments of Friction stir processing to produce functionally graded materials and improve surfaces for advanced engineering applications - FRISURF
Rosa Maria Mendes Miranda
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/103626/2008

Coupled experimental and numerical investigation on plastic deformation behaviour of metallic oligocrystals
Nataliya Sakharova
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/103731/2008

µIMIM - Micro In-Mould Insert Moulding development and analysis
MÓNICA SANDRA ABRANTES DE OLIVEIRA CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/103757/2008

BESTir - Development of Mechanical Performance of Friction Stir Welded Aeronautic Structures Treated by Improvement Techniques
Virgínia Isabel Monteiro Nabais Infante
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-TME/103962/2008

BIOPUL - Processing of low viscous and reactive thermoplastic composites reinforced with long bio-sourced fibers
Celeste Margarida Correia Pereira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/104081/2008

Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Films for Bio-MEMS and Biosensor Applications
Manoj Kumar Singh
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/104488/2008

BioSMP(CNT) - Cabon nanotubes reinforcement of shape memory polymer for biomedical applications
Maria Alexandra Lopes da Fonseca
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/104594/2008

INTRINSIC AND PROCESSING PROPERTIES EVALUATION OF MATERIALS TO OBTAIN MICRO OR NANO COMPOSITES OF POLYMERIC MATRIX
Vítor António Ferreira da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/104770/2008

Influence of the machining conditions on edge quality of environmentally compatible particleboard
Luísa Maria Hora de Carvalho
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/104853/2008

SABS - Structural Adhesive Bonding in Shipbuilding
Leigh Stuart Sutherland
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-TME/104958/2008

Fast consolidation of hard and super-hard powders coated with metal and metal alloys
Ana Maria Oliveira Rocha Senos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/105399/2008

IMPRESS - Improving drilling procedures and residual stresses control in order to increase composite systems performance
João Paulo da Silva Gil Nobre
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/108066/2008

ALtreat - Residual stress and deformation of heat treated aluminum alloy parts for aerospace applications
Virgínia Isabel Monteiro Nabais Infante
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-TME/108193/2008

Nanocrystalline Diamond Coatings for Tribological Applications
José Joaquim Almeida Grácio
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/108268/2008

EVOELASTIC: A framework to evaluate and model the elastic properties evolution with the plastic work for metallic materials
Padmanabhan Raghupathy
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/108281/2008

NanoCorkDamp - Electro-rheological nano-fluids contained on cellular compounds for structural active damping control
Rui António da Silva Moreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/108396/2008

Metal Powder Embossing: a new micro-manufacturing technology for metallic materials (MePE)
Maria Teresa Freire Vieira
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/108443/2008

CorkStamp - Damped cork compound sandwich panels for sheet stamped structural applications: feasibility analysis, simulation and experimental assessment
Rui António da Silva Moreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/108538/2008

Micro-drilling by non-conventional technologies
PEDRO ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES CARVALHO ROSA
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/108560/2008

GREENWELD - Reduction of health risks in manufacturing using welding
Maria Luisa Coutinho Gomes Almeida Quintino
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/108653/2008

Moving forward in the applicability and reliability of models for failure prediction of metallic parts in forming operations: anisotropy, experimental calibration and assessment.
Jose Cesar de Sa
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/109099/2008

“Diamond MicroMoulds” - Evaluation of the surface characteristic of mould moulding block coated with nanocrystalline diamond films for micro-injection of high abrasive thermoplastics
VICTOR FERNANDO SANTOS NETO
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-CRO/099333/2008

HipRob - Robot-Assisted and Ultrasound-Guided Navigation for Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty
Jorge Manuel Mateus Martins
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-CRO/102434/2008

SCoRTiS - Safety Controllers for Real-Time Systems
José Machado
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-CRO/102445/2008

HyC4HyV - Development of Hybrid Controllers for Hybrid Vehicle Internal Combustion Engines
José Machado
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-CRO/104709/2008

Collision Avoidance System for Autonomous Surface Vessels in Coastal Water
Lúcia Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-CRO/105160/2008

DigitAir - Servopneumatics Using Delta-Sigma Modulation
Fernando Gomes de Almeida
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-CRO/105615/2008

Computer controled TMJ simulator
João Carlos Pinho
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-CRO/108497/2008

High-level programming for industrial robotics cells
Joaquim Norberto Cardoso Pires da Silva
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/EME-GIN/098810/2008

CIsea - Development of a system for efficiency assessment and identification of best practices for the construction industry
Ana Camanho
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-GIN/099265/2008

RaLoRes: Rationalization of logistics for selective collection of Municipal Solid Waste
José António Vasconcelos Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/100180/2008

Refinement and Extension of the FAST ERGO_X Occupational Risk Assessment Tool
Isabel Maria do Nascimento Lopes Nunes
Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias (UNINOVA)

PTDC/EME-GIN/101922/2008

LEAN DESIGN IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Antonio Fernandes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102328/2008

Cyberinfrastructure for Scheduling Problems
Pedro Miguel Gil de Castro
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102351/2008

SmartISS - Smart and Adaptive DSS for Intelligent Scheduling under Uncertainties
Ana Maria Dias Madureira Pereira
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102525/2008

Production Management: Interaction between Processes, Production Organization and Human Factors
Rui Manuel de Sá Pereira de Lima
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102595/2008

LSx - Industrial Extensions for Lotsizing and Scheduling: new models and solution approaches
Bernardo Sobrinho Simões Almada-Lobo
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102734/2008

MEASURING AND EVALUATING INVESTMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE IN ORGANIZATIONS AND INTELECTUAL CAPITAL IN COUNTRIES, AND THEIR IMPACTS: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS WITH AN EMPIRICAL APPLICATION WITH USING A CONSTRUCTED WEBTOOL.
Eduardo Luís de Campos Soares Tomé
Fundação Minerva - Cultura - Ensino e Investigação Científica (FMinerva)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102752/2008

MO-MDO: Multi-Objective Multidisciplinary Design Optimization System
António Gaspar Lopes da Cunha
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102811/2008

AdaptCollViS - Adaptive Collaboration in Virtual Scheduling Decisions
Ana Maria Neves de Almeida Baptista Figueiredo
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-GIN/103673/2008

Resources System Selection Model for the Distributed/Agile/Virtual Enterprises
Paulo António da Silva Ávila
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-GIN/104150/2008

RobSPIM - Robust Setting of Plastic Injection Moulding Parameters
Paulo Peças
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-GIN/104485/2008

Development of an interactive tool to assist the application of TRIZ methodology to human factors problems in SMEs
Denis Alves Coelho
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-GIN/104572/2008

CutPackTools - The next generation of research support tools for cutting and packing problems
Jose Fernando da Costa Oliveira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-GIN/104633/2008

Performance assessment of Portuguese wind power plants
Maria Clara Rodrigues Bento Vaz Fernandes
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/EME-GIN/105097/2008

Usability Improvement of CUSUM and EWMA Charts
José Requeijo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/EME-GIN/105301/2008

CoRes - Optimization Tools and Economical Issues in the Design of a Residential Cogeneration System
Ângela Maria Esteves da Silva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/105341/2008

PUSH - Pushing cutting and packing towards real-world needs
Jose Fernando da Costa Oliveira
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-GIN/108912/2008

Lean Enterprise Interoperability for Value Stream Innovation
Antonio Carlos Bárbara Grilo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/EME-PME/098037/2008

Multimaterial microstereo-thermal-lithography (μSTLG)
Paulo Jorge Silva Bartolo
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-PME/099764/2008

BIOJOINTS - Development of advanced biological joint models for human locomotion biomechanics
João Paulo Flores Fernandes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/100808/2008

High efficiency gears and lubricants for wind mill planetary gearboxes
Ramiro Carneiro Martins
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/102095/2008

DamComposite - Development of a tool of general application for the global damage characterization in laminated composite materials
Hernani Miguel Reis Lopes
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/102806/2008

SensEFil - Monitoring of Filament Wound Vessels Using Optical Sensors Embedded in the Composite Reinforcement
António Torres Marques
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/102837/2008

New production technology for La9.33(Si/GeO4)6O2 electrolytes for IT-SOFCs
Bruno Miguel Quelhas de Sacadura Cabral Trindade
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/103578/2008

BIORSTIMUL- DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BIOREACTOR CONCEPT TO BIOMECHANICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CARACTERIZATION OF ENGINEERED TISSUE CARTILAGE
António Completo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/103622/2008

EMEPNANOC - ENHACEMENT OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON SPECIAL MODIFIED NANOCLAYED COMPOSITES
José Martins Ferreira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/105465/2008

PHYSIOLOGIC SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR IN VIVO EVALUATION OF BONE IMPLANTS BEHAVIOR
Jorge Augusto Fernandes Ferreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/108188/2008

OptimalMould - Optimal design of injection mould tools
NUNO MANUEL FERNANDES ALVES
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-PME/108308/2008

SMARTCOAT - Utilization of host materials properties to enhance particular sensing capabilities of embedded fibre Bragg grating sensors
Rui Fernando da Costa Oliveira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/108321/2008

Long term properties of adaptive composite with embedded shape memory alloy wires
Rui Fernando da Costa Oliveira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/108751/2008

Crack initiation and non-smooth dissipative propagation in shells undergoing large strains.
Pedro Areias
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EME-PME/108859/2008

Computational Multiscale Framework for Modelling Polymer Based Materials
Ricardo João Ferreira Simões
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/109116/2008

Improvement of the meshless radial basis functions method with applications to composite materials
Carla Roque
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/098558/2008

Compressible Viscoelastic Flows
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Pimentel de Oliveira
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/099109/2008

ANEURYSM - Hemodynamic Study in Cerebral Aneurysms
Mónica Sofia Neves de Freitas Oliveira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/100178/2008

Calculation of reactive flows in porous media using the immersed boundary method
Isabel Maria Pereira Bastos Malico
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102190/2008

Turbulent Structure of the Impact Zone of a Ground Vortex Flow
Jorge Manuel Martins Barata
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102729/2008

OPTIMCOOL - Optimization of the cooling/calibration stage of thermoplastic profiles during extrusion
Olga Machado de Sousa Carneiro
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/102974/2008

Numerical and experimental studies of blood flow inside coronary artery stents
João Bernardo Lares Moreira de Campos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/103051/2008

Graphene-Zeolite nanocomposite for hydrogen storage: The role of catalyst in spillover mechanism
Elby Titus
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/105031/2008

Hydrodynamic control and distribution of nanofluids in micro-channels and porous media
Antonio Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/108892/2008

OsteoGraphy - 3D patterned co-culture system to develop vascularized engineered bone
Nuno Neves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/098845/2008

Innovative Techniques and Efficient Strategies For Numerical Modelling and Experimental Analysis of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Incremental Sheet Forming Processes
Ricardo Alves de Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/100689/2008

Tribosystems based on multilayered micro/nanocrystalline CVD diamond coatings - MULTIDIACOAT
Rui Ramos Ferreira e Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/100895/2008

Advanced material modelling through the use of an innovative polycrystal plasticity framework: Application to metal forming
Said Ahzi
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/103350/2008

N2C: Nagata patch descritization toward continuous treatment of contact with friction
Marta Cardoso Oliveira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/103845/2008

STRESSCLAD - Effect of heat treatment on residual stress fields and corrosion behaviour of weld cladded walls
MARIA JOSÉ FERNANDES VAZ LOURENÇO MARQUES
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/104178/2008

RapidPRE-Rapid Prototyping by Reactive Extrusion: A New concept for rapid manufacturing process
Ian Gibson
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-TME/104730/2008

Bio-PU:Effective and reliable routes to the fabrication of devices for medical applications through reaction manufacturing processes
Geoffrey Robert Mitchell
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-TME/105237/2008

Meshless methods for shells and their coupling/enrichment with FEM
RUI PEDRO RAMOS CARDOSO
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/105688/2008

Multi-scale modeling of Hexagonal Closed Pack (HCP) materials with spring-back prediction
RUI PEDRO RAMOS CARDOSO
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/109119/2008

A Novel Approach to Predict Anisotropic Material Properties from Circular Cup Drawing and its Application to Earing Control
Jeong-Whan Yoon
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-GIN/102143/2008

Ubiquitous oriented embedded systems for globally distributed factories of manufacturing enterprises
Goran Putnik
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/105163/2008

EaGLeNest - An Efficient Geometric Library for Nesting Problems
António Miguel da Fonseca Fernandes Gomes
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)