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R&D Projects

Call for Proposals for Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2010

Painel de Avaliação da área de Engenharia Mecânica - 2010

Coordination

Andre Preumont
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Evaluation

Alain Bernard
Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
César Dopazo
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Fabio Gori
University of Rome, Italy
Gerard Lallement
Université de Franche-Comté, France
John Morton
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Peter Hagedorn
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Projects assigned

PTDC/EME-PME/116789/2010

SMART-PCF - Smart composite based on photonic crystal fiber.
Orlando José Reis Frazão
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/116820/2010

Novel ion-beam source for microanalysis and nanoscale surface modification of materials, and for field emission electric propulsion
Alexander Tolstoguzov
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/EME-PME/116906/2010

Joint strength optimisation and durability prediction of new generation automotive adhesive joints
Lucas da Silva
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/117162/2010

FatSHAFT - Fatigue testing machine for power shafts
Manuel Fonte
Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique (ENIDH/MCTES)

PTDC/EME-PME/117268/2010

Tribological behaviour of 3D hybrid composite materials
Jose Manuel Ramos Gomes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/117778/2010

Biomechanical study of the gynecologic oncology by using a multiscale approach
Renato Manuel Natal Jorge
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/117934/2010

Bone Tissue Multiscale Meshless Analysis - remodelling, fracture and regeneration.
Jorge Belinha
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/117935/2010

Innovation and creativity in engineering design
Arlindo José de Pinho Figueiredo e Silva
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/118254/2010

ON-PROBE.COM - Online diagnostic and prognosys benchmark of the evolution of damage in composites
Diogo Coelho de Carvalho Montalvão e Silva
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/118703/2010

Assessment of the Effect of Corrosion on Strength Degradation of Steel Marine Structures
Yordan Garbatov
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/118839/2010

ActKNEEOrtho - Design and development of a new active knee orthosis to help people with locomotion disabilities
EURICO AUGUSTO RODRIGUES DE SEABRA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/119160/2010

Hybrid specimens for characterising the compressive and shear properties of laminated composites
Alfredo Manuel Balacó de Morais
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/119385/2010

Innovative materials for passive vibration control based on the concept of the negative stiffness (IMONS)
Zuzana Dimitrovová
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/EME-PME/119413/2010

BIONANOCOMP - Novel sustainable flame retardant and durable bio-(nano)composites
Celeste Margarida Correia Pereira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/119429/2010

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

PTDC/EME-PME/119436/2010

Smart Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle
António Pedro Fernandes Costa
Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP)

PTDC/EME-PME/119746/2010

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

PTDC/EME-PME/119877/2010

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

PTDC/EME-PME/120362/2010

FLAME NANOCOMP - Development of advanced flame retardant composites based on non-halogenated nanomaterials
Celeste Margarida Correia Pereira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/120455/2010

Innovative product architectures for electrical vehicles using renewable materials
Ricardo João Ferreira Simões
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/120506/2010

SmarTool - DEVELOPMENT OF SMART DESIGN TOOL FOR IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES.
Carlos Alberto Moura Relvas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/120614/2010

M2SQ - Mechatronic System for Spasticity Quantification
José Machado
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/120630/2010

Optimal design and material synthesis of ambient vibrational energy harvester for micro/nano devices
José Arnaldo Pereira Leite Miranda Guedes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/120755/2010

Strain field characterization of core materials used in composite sandwich structures
Aurelio Lima Araujo
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/120814/2010

Missões Aéreas para Geração de Energia Renovável em Grande Escala
Maria Alexandra dos Santos Gonçalves de Aguiar Gomes
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/120821/2010

CoSuP - Development of compliant supports using Y springs
António Manuel Relógio Ribeiro
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/120830/2010

Optimal design of laminated thermo-piezo-viscoelastic composites
Carlos Mota Soares
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/121022/2010

Study of the Biomechanical Vascular Behaviour based on Image Processing
Lúcia Maria de Jesus Simas Dinis
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/121059/2010

ExtendLife - Fatigue life prediction using extended finite elements
Ricardo Miguel Gomes Simões Baptista
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPSetúbal)

PTDC/EME-PME/121179/2010

Interfailure - Study of functional loading micromechanics at interfaces in a cemented hip arthoplasty
António Manuel Amaral Monteiro Ramos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/121344/2010

Optimization of ply-layup to improve the impact strength on hybrid laminates using nano-reinforcements
Paulo Nobre Balbis Reis
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-PME/121401/2010

MODUAV - Development of a Computational Framework for the Optimum Design of Light Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Pedro Vieira Gamboa
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-PME/121414/2010

Evaluation of cohesive laws in wood
Nuno Miguel Magalhães Dourado
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EME-PME/121589/2010

Development of crash adaptive vehicle structures and components
Nuno Ricardo Maia Peixinho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/121680/2010

HyDampRegen - Design and Development of a Hydraulic Regenerative Damping System for Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Suspensions
EURICO AUGUSTO RODRIGUES DE SEABRA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/121865/2010

Impact on Marine Composites
Leigh Stuart Sutherland
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-PME/122049/2010

Design of Polymeric Implants for Veterinary Use: bone remodelling and fracture healing
João Orlando Marques Gameiro Folgado
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/122310/2010

Contact fatigue life of low power loss ADI gears
Luís Magalhães
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/122322/2010

Optimization of sandwich panels with composition cork for acoustic enclosure applications
Miguel António Lopes de Matos Neves
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-PME/122443/2010

Modelling Fatigue Crack Growth of Light Materials Under Variable Amplitude Loading
LUÍS FILIPE PIRES BORREGO
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/122485/2010

Development of high strength functionally graded metal-ceramic dental restorations
FILIPE SAMUEL CORREIA PEREIRA DA SILVA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/122692/2010

Improving the performance of the wind turbine blade using composite materials
Ana Paula Betencourt Martins Amaro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-PME/122795/2010

NiTi-Fail - Assessment of fracture risk of Ni-Ti endodontic files during clinical use
Manuel José Moreira de Freitas
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EME-PME/122826/2010

Microflow tester - Development of an apparatus for characterization of polymer flow in microchannels
António José Vilela Pontes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/116693/2010

ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH EFFICIENCY RANGE EXTENDER FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Jorge MARTINS
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/116832/2010

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

PTDC/EME-MFE/117456/2010

TOAST - Thermal management Oriented for an Advanced performance in Sustainable Transports
Antonio Luis Nobre Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/117541/2010

DyPor - Dynamic Effects in Porous Media Flows
Antonio Alberto Ferreira Miguel
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EME-MFE/117973/2010

Study of the Performance of an Organic Rankine Cycle with Alternative Expander
Carlos Pinho
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/118045/2010

Development of pneumatically stabilized multi-use offshore floating platform
António Franco de Oliveira Falcão
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/118061/2010

Heat dissipation optimization in concentration photovoltaic panels
Isabel Maria Pereira Bastos Malico
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EME-MFE/118457/2010

Modelação da superfície de um leito livre exposto ao vento
Almerindo Ferreira
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/118593/2010

Risk Management at the Wildland Urban Interface: Fire Behaviour and Smoke Dispersion
Domingos Xavier Viegas
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/118725/2010

Development of sensors for HVAC systems control based in the human Thermal-physiology
Eusebio Conceição
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/EME-MFE/118741/2010

POROUSHEAT - Convection heat transfer enhancement from a porous body to a flowing fluid in uniform, confined and wall bounded flows.
SHANMUGAM DHINAKARAN
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119088/2010

Shear Thickening Fluids FOr energy Absorbing Matrices (STF-FOAM´s)
Francisco José Galindo Rosales
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119308/2010

Mixing System with Water Saving Function: Modeling, Simulation, Optimization, and Performance Evaluation
Vítor António Ferreira da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119434/2010

MsNano - Multiscale Modelling of Nanofiller Dispersion in Polymer Nanocomposites
João Miguel Amorim Novais da Costa Nóbrega
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119443/2010

Proactive Maintenance and Agent based Fault Tolerant Control of Air Handling Units
João Manuel Ferreira Calado
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119555/2010

Design of server of control structures for optimization of drying processes
Fernando José Neto da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119779/2010

INTERACTIF COOL - Integrated strategies acting on the interfacial transport phenomena in liquid cooling systems
Ana Sofia Oliveira Henriques Moita
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119825/2010

Development of a novel self-rectifying air turbine for a floating oscillating-water-column wave energy converter
Luis Manuel DE CARVALHO GATO
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119949/2010

Dynamics and hydrodynamics of ship manoeuvring in waves
Sergey Sutulo
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EME-MFE/120047/2010

TBL-Turbulent boundary layer flows of complex fluids
Fernando Manuel Coutinho Tavares de Pinho
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/120406/2010

Incompressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics with Improved Boundary Layer Treatment and Application to Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems
Afzal Suleman
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/120567/2010

Development of a predictive model for domestic waste generation in Portuguese urban centres based on a study on socio-economic, demographic and ethnic-cultural factors.
Viriato Sérgio de Almeida Semião
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/120593/2010

Operability and extreme loads on offshore floating wind turbines
Nuno Miguel Magalhães Duque da Fonseca
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EME-MFE/120615/2010

PICO-STATOR - Investigation of the fatigue phenomena of the Wells turbine stators in the Pico island wave energy plant
João Carlos de Campos Henriques
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/120670/2010

PROPER - Multi-scale approaches to computational rheology and complex fluid flows
Alexandre Miguel Prior Afonso
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/121233/2010

Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency Improvements of Open Display Cabinets
Luís Carlos Carrilho Gonçalves
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/121306/2010

Passive element for heating and cooling of buildings
Pedro Nuno Dinho Pinto da Silva
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/121347/2010

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

PTDC/EME-MFE/121467/2010

MOBIS - Modelling of a BioFuel Spray Wall Impingement
André Resende Rodrigues da Silva
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/121557/2010

Rheological study of animal blood flows dynamics. Application for blood fluidization.
Alexandre de Tilly
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/121576/2010

Flow Analysis of Horizontal Axis Marine Current Turbines
José Alberto Caiado Falcão de Campos
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/121893/2010

Previsão de escoamentos bi e trifásicos em proços de petróleo a elevada profundidade.
João Bernardo Lares Moreira de Campos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122062/2010

Renewable Energy in MARine environment and the Coastal impact of its extraction ( REMARC )
Liliana Rusu
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122079/2010

Protection of Life, Property and Environment in Relation to Fire at the Urban Wildland Interface
António Rui de Almeida Figueiredo
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122325/2010

MODWIND: Computational Modeling of Wind Flows in a Large Range of Length and Time Scales.
José Manuel Laginha Mestre da Palma
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122404/2010

Time domain panel method for hydroelastic analysis of ship hulls
Ranadev Datta
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122700/2010

SPCFD- Stochastic processes in CFD
José Manuel da Silva Chaves Ribeiro Pereira
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122737/2010

High-energy-rate consolidation of powders using explosives: process optimization
José Manuel Baranda Moreira da Silva Ribeiro
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122849/2010

NATURE - New-biomimetic Aerodynamic Technologies for Undersized REynolds
João Manuel Melo de Sousa
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-MFE/122886/2010

Development of a new spacer using computational tools
JOSÉ CARLOS FERNANDES TEIXEIRA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-MFE/123003/2010

VesCellS - Single-step fabrication of blood vessel substitutes with improved structural and mechanical properties, using the electrospinning technology and mesenchymal stem cells.
Rui L Reis
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/116554/2010

TRIBOPAT - Surface Nanopatterning in MEMS Tribology.
João Carlos Barbas de Oliveira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/116567/2010

TechFoam: Uma nova tecnologia de produção de espumas de ligas de alumínio de células fechadas
Isabel Maria Alexandrino Duarte
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/116608/2010

Micro Cold Forming of Polymers
Paulo António Firme Martins
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/116667/2010

Functionally graded adhesive joints with self-healing properties using thermally expandable particles
Lucas da Silva
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/117307/2010

Challenges in microinjection systems and tools
MÓNICA SANDRA ABRANTES DE OLIVEIRA CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/117888/2010

MSC - Micro Stir Cladding
Dulce Maria Esteves Rodrigues
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/118126/2010

Polymeric Composites Drilling 2.6
Luís Miguel Pereira Durão
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-TME/118226/2010

Experimental and numerical study for improving drilling operations and residual stress determination in fibre-reinforced polymer composites
João Paulo da Silva Gil Nobre
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/118678/2010

Defects Detection in Microfabrication With Bacterial Cells (MicroBac)
Telmo Santos
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/EME-TME/118728/2010

Making Bridges Between 2D/3D nc-materials - a mechanical view
José Valdemar Bidarra Fernandes
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/119205/2010

Caracterization of materials at high strain rates
Francisco Jose Malheiro Queiros de Melo Malheiro Queiros de Melo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/119583/2010

NanoFGM - Nanostructured Metal Matrix Functionally Graded Composites through Severe Plastic Deformation
Alexandre José da Costa Vélhinho
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/EME-TME/119685/2010

Advanced SMPUs reinforced with CNTs active control and morphing applications
Maria Alexandra Lopes da Fonseca
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/119764/2010

DePART: Development and characterization of advanced products based on ground rubber tire.
Vítor António Ferreira da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/119856/2010

BiFri - Mechanical Performance of Bimetallic Structures Produced by Friction Stir Welding
Virgínia Isabel Monteiro Nabais Infante
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EME-TME/119885/2010

Innovative technologies to weld aluminum to copper alloys - WALCOA
Altino de Jesus Roque Loureiro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/120116/2010

Optimization of tools and cutting conditions for High Speed Machining (HSM) of titanium and duplex alloys
Francisco José Gomes da Silva
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/EME-TME/120310/2010

Development and Application of Non-Destructive Testing by Eddy Currents for Surface Defects Detection on Advanced Engineering Materials
Telmo Santos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/EME-TME/120895/2010

Study on hydroforming of magnesium tailor-welded blanks
Marco Paulo Lages Parente
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/121031/2010

NUMERICAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF POLYMER COATED METAL SHEET IN FORMING PROCESSES
Francisco Andrade Pires
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/121074/2010

ProtoCoating - Painting prototypes for interior automotive industry
Maria Leopoldina Mendes Ribeiro de Sousa Alves
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-TME/121502/2010

Thermo-mechanical analysis of microinjection moulds coated with high wear resistant films
VICTOR FERNANDO SANTOS NETO
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/122120/2010

MachTi: Matching the tool geometry and surface conditions to the mechanical properties of Ti-alloys for improving the machining process
Marta Cardoso Oliveira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/122221/2010

Detection and Identification of Damage Using Ultrasound Lamb Waves
Artur Fernando Delgado Lopes Ribeiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)

PTDC/EME-TME/122275/2010

Moving forward in the applicability and reliability of numerical modelling and failure prediction of metallic parts using new-generation materials in warm forming operations involving experimental validation
Pedro Manuel Cardoso Teixeira
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/122661/2010

StructuralScan
Nuno Manuel Mendes Maia
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-TME/122807/2010

Experimental and Numerical Analysis in the Optimisation of Cold and Warm Forming of Aluminium Alloys
Luis Filipe Martins de Menezes
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/122841/2010

CONSTITUTIVE MODELING AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION IN ADVANCED HIGH STRENGH STEEL (AHSS) SHEETS
Frederic Barlat
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/122910/2010

Development of a new Multifunctional Hybrid Composite Obtained with a Two-Axis Centrifugal Casting Process for Improved Mechanical, Wear and Fatigue Performance
FILIPE SAMUEL CORREIA PEREIRA DA SILVA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/122952/2010

Virtual reality and haptics for soft cable design of industrial complex products and suturing training in virtual surgery
Pingjun Xia
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-CRO/116605/2010

2ndSKIN - A Programmable Second Skin Soft Exoskeleton
Jorge Manuel Mateus Martins
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/EME-CRO/121658/2010

EUVIFORCE - Evolving Uncalibrated Vision/Force Servoing
Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB)

PTDC/EME-CRO/122099/2010

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

PTDC/EME-GIN/117115/2010

Integrated Management Systems: models to assess the integration level and success critical factors
Paulo Sampaio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/118943/2010

Advanced Techniques for Condition-Based Maintenance for Maritime Equipment
Valter Vairinhos
Marinha (Marinha/MDN)

PTDC/EME-GIN/121979/2010

Advances and Practical Application of Workload Control on the Aluminum Extrusion and Profile Manufacturing Industry
Nuno Octávio Garcia Fernandes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-GIN/122247/2010

Know-Man - Manufacturing Business Process Engineering Framework integrating domain Knowledge and best practices
Americo Lopes Azevedo
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)

PTDC/EME-GIN/122300/2010

Ergonomic Analysis Tool for common areas of circulation of peoples: ETdA
Celina Pinto Leão
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-PME/116683/2010

Enhancing the Formability of Twinning-Induced Plasticity (TWIP) Steels by Controlling their Strain Rate Sensitivity
Gabriela Tamara Vincze
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-PME/119093/2010

Fracture behaviour of cortical bone under mixed-mode I+II loading
Marcelo Francisco de Sousa Ferreira de Moura
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-PME/122271/2010

Rheology, Starvation and Tribofilms in Grease Lubricated Rolling Bearings
ARMANDO JOSE VILAÇA DE CAMPOS
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-MFE/119572/2010

Towards the understanding of nanofluid multi-physics and its applications
MÓNICA SANDRA ABRANTES DE OLIVEIRA CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/117596/2010

Innovative hybrid friction stir weldbonding technique
Pedro Miguel Guimarães Pires Moreira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/118420/2010

Numerical Simulation and Automatic Design of multi-step sheet metal forming processes
António Gil Andrade-Campos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/119658/2010

ULTRACAST - Ultrasonically assisted low pressure sand casting technique for ultra-high strength aluminium alloys
José Joaquim Carneiro Barbosa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EME-TME/120331/2010

Combined experimental-numerical methodology for SIF determination
Pedro Miguel Guimarães Pires Moreira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EME-TME/122116/2010

HOTTRIB - Low friction coatings for tribological applications at high temperature
Tomas Polcar
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-TME/122287/2010

Thermomechanical and metallurgical analysis of heat treatments of multiphase steels with hierarchical multiscale numerical techniques
António Gil Andrade-Campos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EME-TME/122472/2010

Mechanical modelling and numerical simulation of the behaviour of carbon nanotubes
José Valdemar Bidarra Fernandes
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/EME-CRO/120585/2010

BioFab Toolbox
Nelson Martins-Ferreira
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/EME-CRO/121547/2010

Climbing Robots with high maneuverability for inspection and maintenance of 3D human-made structures
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica (ISR)

PTDC/EME-GIN/120761/2010

GATOP - Genetic Algorithm for Team Orienteering Problem
José António Vasconcelos Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)