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First edition of the Worten Merit Award in Warehouse and Materials Management

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022

A group of five students from Técnico – Taguspark campus, won the first edition of the Worten Merit Award in Warehouse and Materials Management. The challenge was to find a solution to improve Worten’s warehouse operations.

The Industrial Engineering and Management MSc students Guilherme São Pedro, Jorge Mira, Jessica Roberts, Mariana da Silva and Vitor Ferreira, created a project that focus on service automation that aims “to ensure the best possible response during peak demand, like Christmas and Black Friday”.

The award was delivered by two Worten representatives: engineer Hugo Alexandre, Supply Chain Management, and engineer Afonso Barroso, Area Coordinator. Engineer Hugo Alexandre stressed the importance of the partnership between Técnico and Worten, which made this award possible: “We are delivering this merit award for the first time. In the future, we want to provide more means and resources, both for teaching and research activities”.

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Técnico Alumni Mentoring Program 2022 achieved a record number of registered participants

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022

The most recent edition of the Técnico Alumni Mentoring Program 2022 kicked off last Thursday, March 24, with a networking session that brought together 50 alumni mentors and 80 students. The President of Técnico, professor Rogério Colaço, stressed the importance of the alumni giving back to their alma mater.

The Vice-president of Técnico for Operations & Corporate Relationships, professor Pedro Amaral, underlined the importance of the Técnico Alumni Mentoring Program for former students, who have the opportunity to share their academic and professional experience, and for current students, who can get advice from people who have been in their shoes. Professor Pedro Amaral announced the launch of the Técnico Alumni Network platform in the coming months.

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Santander and Técnico reinforce strategic partnership

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022

This Tuesday, March 8, Instituto Superior Técnico and Santander Bank renewed their partnership. The agreement signed by the president of Técnico, professor Rogério Colaço, and the president of the Santander Portugal Foundation and Head of ESG at the Santander Group in Europe, Dr. Inês Oom de Sousa, renews the bank’s presence in Técnico Partner Network. The Santander Portugal Foundation will also support Técnico in the digital transformation and sustainability.

“I am very pleased to be renewing this partnership that has been so fruitful for Técnico and for the country”, said professor Rogério Colaço.

“Técnico is a strategic partner, so it is also with great pleasure and happiness that we see this partnership being renewed”, shared Dr. Inês Oom de Sousa.

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Alumnae return to Técnico to show that success has no gender

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022

The 14th edition of the “Alumni Talks – Women Edition”, held today, March 8, brought together inspiring women and dozens of male and female students.

Amélia Santos (Co-founder and Executive Director at Innuos), Ana Cláudia Sá (General Manager at Bel Benelux Cluster), Diana Morais (Lieutenant Colonel, Head of the Office for Equality, Ministry of National Defence, and Chair of NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives), Joana Arina, (Data Engineer at Portugália Airlines) and Sofia Vaz Pires (CEO/Chairwoman at Ericsson Portugal) shared their inspiring career paths.

The alumnae recalled their academic journey at Técnico and highlighted the importance of training opportunities and taking risks, and the challenges in today’s job market. “There’s no such thing as a fixed career path to be successful. What really matters is that you feel that you have the opportunity to learn at each stage of your career path”, highlighted Sofia Vaz Pires.

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Técnico and Lisbon School of Architecture sign collaboration protocol

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022

Instituto Superior Técnico and Faculty of Architecture formalize a collaboration protocol.
On Wednesday, February 16th, the collaboration protocol between the two institutions was formalized. The ceremony was attended by the president of Técnico, professor Rogério Colaço, and the president of the Faculty of Architecture (FA), professor Carlos Coelho.

The close relationship between the two institutions will extend to various domains and areas of research, benefiting both institutions, their professors, researchers and students.

“This protocol is a door that opens because there is differentiation and complementarity. There are different areas in the two institutions that complement each other and together can create more value than the sum of the parts. This is what we intend with this protocol”, highlighted Professor Rogério Colaço.

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Técnico student stands out as one of the best players in the Portuguese Rugby team

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022

Pedro Lucas, a student of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Técnico, is one of those summoned to fight for the qualification of the National Rugby Team for the 2023 World Cup in France.

The Técnico Rugby Club player had already been called up to the Portuguese Rugby Team in November 2019. His debut with the “Lobos” shirt would take place a few months later, in February 2020.

In addition to Pedro Lucas, there are more names linked to Técnico in the “Lobos” team. Raffaele Storti, an Engineering and Industrial Management student, and two Técnico alumni, Jerónimo Portela and João Granate, are also part of the squad that will give everything to make history and win this the ‘race’ to the World Championship.

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Martim Lancastre scholarships: “We believe that people’s education is the most powerful investment in life”

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022

José Contreras Lopes, a 1st year student of the Mechanical Engineering Degree, is the first Técnico student supported by the “Martim Lancastre” Scholarship Program.

The grant contract signing ceremony took place last Tuesday, February 1st, at the Civil Engineering Museum. The ceremony was attended by the Mecenas family, the vice president of Técnico for Academic Affairs, professor Alexandre Francisco, the president of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEM), professor Pedro Coelho, the coordinator of the Technology Transfer Office (TT Tecnico), Carla Patrocínio, and the Academic Development Nucleus (NDA) team.

The student, now a scholarship holder, highlighted the importance of this scholarship in his academic career: “it allows you to study and not have to worry about the financial part, which is very good”.

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Tekever starts the year with 20 million euros of investment

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

Created in 2001 by 3 former Técnico students, Tekever, a company that is part of the IST Spin-Off Community, starts the year with 20 million euros raised in an investment round.

The round was led by the Ventura Capital group, a global growth fund, and also had the participation of Iberis Capital and other entities.

The company intends to use the amount to accelerate global expansion, explore new areas and invest in research and development.

Tekever creates, develops, produces and markets products in different technological areas, from information and mobility systems to unmanned aerial vehicles, communications systems and space systems.

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Diogo Mónica is the guest of the last episode of Antena 3’s “A Minha geração” program

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

Técnico alumnus created the first Cryptocurrency Bank in the World and in History. He learned to program at age 12 and aims to read 50 books a year.

Considered last year, by Modern Consensus, one of the 100 most influential people in the world, he highlights that “Técnico was a great school, it gave me a capacity that I think I needed, to not be afraid of anything and to know that the effort leads a person to achieve what he wants”.

Full interview.

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Técnico scientists use algae to create sea bass fillet under laboratory conditions

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

3D printed sea bass fillets? Seems strange doesn’t it?

But it could become a reality. Or at least that’s what 4 Técnico scientists want to find out.

The Algae2Fish project, composed of 4 researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience (iBB), aims to produce the first complete in vitro fish fillet through 3D printing. Developed based on sea bass stem cells and seaweed extracts, the fillet is intended to be similar to what we are traditionally used to eating.

Led by Professor Frederico Ferreira, professor at the Department of Bioengineering (DBE), the project recently won one of the 21 grants from the Good Food Institute, securing funding of 215,000 euros.

If you’re already curious about tasting this fillet, you’ll still have to wait a bit. The project started in December 2021, but only “in 2 years will the fillet prototype be optimized and can be tested by a panel of people”, as revealed by Diana Marques, a master’s student in biotechnology at Técnico and who is part of the research team from Algae2Fish.

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