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Engineering Education for a Sustainable Future A systematic literature review a...
Silva, Paulo; Felgueiras, Carlos; Caetano, Nídia; Martins, Florinda; Onofrei, George; Blue, Juanita; Sintejudeanu, Mara; Acitores, AdelaEducation represents a fundamental pillar of society, being an important factor in shaping and building each individual for their future. It is common sense that society, like the world we live in, undergoes adaptations and modifications over time, especially due to the need to resolve issues that allow for improved comfort and greater chances of survival in these changes. There-fore, a question arises: what fa...
Hydroagriculture project - A Portuguese case study
Silva, Paulo; Felgueiras, Carlos; Almeida Santos, Adriano Manuel; Pereira, FilipeWater plays an essential role in the social fabric and comfort of society, as it plays an important role in our survival and subsistence, in its accessibility, in economic activities, and in the particular case of this study, in the manufacture of agricultural products and activities. In a developing society, and with the number of the human population increasing, consumerism takes place, resulting in an increa...
An Energy Storage System for the Alto Douro Wind Power Plant: A Technical Study
Magalhães, Alexandre; Xavier, Celso; Felgueiras, Carlos; Pereira, Filipe; Almeida Santos, Adriano Manuel; da Silva, A. Ferreira; Silva, PauloRenewable energies are crucial to meeting global demand for environmentally friendly energy at a time when fossil fuels are being cut back. In recent years, and essentially due to the reduced reserves of fossil fuels, Portugal has been promoting investment in renewable energies as a way of freeing itself from energy imports and dependence on fossil fuels. However, despite the high number of hours of sunshine pe...
Skills in Engineering Education and its challenges to the labour market
Silva, Paulo; García-Holgado, Alicia; Felgueiras, CarlosSince childhood, education is an essential element in shaping and building knowledge, wisdom and character. What the child absorbs in this knowledge shapes their interest in their attitudes and preferences, directly impacting their school career and, consequently, their professional career. More importantly, education directly impacts the skills each individual is equipped with and can use daily. Skills in the ...
Development of vocations in engineering in secondary schools in Portugal
Silva, Paulo; García-Holgado, Alicia; Felgueiras, CarlosEducation is essential to future professionals, preparing them for the labor market, by providing knowledge and practical experiences. Through educational models, adapted to each level of education, students are equipped with knowledge, experiences and notions that help them to understand which path they should follow in their professional career. For several reasons, this foundation can fail and lead students ...
Integration of Artificial Vision and Image Processing into a Pick and Place Col...
Santos, Adriano A.; Schreurs, Cas; Silva, António Ferreira da; Pereira, Filipe; Felgueiras, Carlos; Lopes, António M.; Machado, Josén the field of robotics, pick and place applications are becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to automate repetitive tasks that can create temporary or permanent injuries. To enhance the efficiency of these applications, object recognition using a fixed camera or one mounted on a robotic hand has been employed. This paper explores the possibilities of implementing a low-cost camera into a collabor...
Energy Policies, Education and Sustainable Development Goals Applied to Low Dev...
Martins, Florinda; Silva, Paulo; Felgueiras, Carlos; Almeida Santos, Adriano Manuel; Pereira, Filipe; Caetano, NídiaEnergy, its use and management, weighs heavily on the burden that each society can impose on a fragile balance of nature, with implications not only environmental and financial, but also social, creating jobs and improving quality of life. Devising strategies that combine these three factors are a valuable option that will yield good results, meeting the challenge of fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals...
Research and Development of a Creative Instrument to Allure Students Towards En...
Aires, Bento; Conde, Anabela Silva; García-Holgado, Alicia; Felgueiras, Carlos; Silva, PauloNowadays, with fast technological progression and an increasing complexity of problems, society needs more efficient and more sustainable solutions. This entire dynamic must be based on sustainable development goals (SDGs) as they present themselves as a common global vision of humanity's goals and targets. Within this premise, education is a key factor in producing responsible, competent, multidisciplinary, an...
Trends on communication, educational assessment, sustainable development, educa...
Balbín, Ana María; Caetano, Nídia S.; Conde, Miguel Ángel; Costa, Paulo Gomes da; Felgueiras, Carlos; Fidalgo-Blanco, Ángel; Fonseca, DavidThe 10th edition of the Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM 2022) brings together researchers and postgraduate students interested in combining different aspects of the technology applied to knowledge society development, with particular attention to educational and learning issues. This volume includes contributions related to communication, educational assessment, sustainable develop...
Challenges and singularities of Energy Poverty in Portuguese society: A case study
Silva, Paulo; Felgueiras, CarlosThe impossibility and lack of accessibility for several households in Europe to resort to efficient heating and cooling technologies in their homes or to carry out energy rehabilitation in buildings has been a growing concern, not only in the European Union, but also in many Member States. These households that are energetically vulnerable belong to the statistics of the phenomenon identified as energy poverty....