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Breeding endangered beetles - An EPS@ISEP 2024 Project
Florus, Cedric; Lattunen, Jennifer; Knäuper, Julius; Jugiel, Krzysztof; Silva, Marion; Dekkers, Thomas; Duarte, Abel J.Habitat loss, climate change, and pesticide use are key threats affecting beetle populations. This paper describes Scarabreed, a project that contributes to mitigate the beetle decline crisis. It was carried out by a team of six European students from different engineering fields and nationalities within the European Project Semester (EPS) at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), a project-based...
Smart Pill Dispenser for Children - An EPS@ISEP 2024 Project
Ehrenhofer, Lena; Borowski, Łukasz; Oliveira, Noé; Steyaert, Stijn; Kronshagen, Tamara; Clauwaert, Tibo; Duarte, Abel J.People around the globe struggle with health issues requiring regular medication. Children, in particular, suffer more and more from chronic illnesses. In 2024, a team of six EPS@ISEP students chose to design a solution for this problem, followed by the assembly and testing of the corresponding proof-of-concept prototype. The aim was to design a solution for children to take the right medication, at the right t...
Algae and Fish Farming: An EPS@ISEP 2022 Project
Blomme, Rose-Farah; Domissy, Zoé; Dylik, Zuzanna; Hidding, Thomas; Röhe, Alina; Duarte, Abel J.; BENEDITA CAMPOS NEVES MALHEIRO, MARIA; JUSTO, JorgeThe European Project Semester (EPS) at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) is a capstone engineering design program where students, organised in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, create a solution for a proposed problem, bearing in mind ethical, sustainability and market concerns. The project proposals are usually aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). New sus...
Polluted Rivers—A Case Study in Porto, Portugal
Lemos, Patrícia; Silva, Paulo; Sousa, Cátia A.; Duarte, Abel J.; A. Sousa, Cátia; Duarte, Abel J.River contamination by microorganisms, or another chemical source, poses a serious threat to both the environment and public health. Taking immediate and appropriate actions is essential to mitigate the contamination and prevent further spread. As such, regular monitoring of these pollution agents is essential to act in time and control its minor extension. However, there is a lack of commitment to this emergen...
Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning – An EPS@ISEP 2022 Project
Cardani, Carla G.; Couzyn, Carmen; Degouilles, Eliott; Benner, Jan M.; Engst, Julia A.; Duarte, Abel J.; Malheiro, Benedita; Ribeiro, CristinaInvolving people in urban planning offers many benefits, but current methods are failing to get a large number of citizens to participate. People have a high participation barrier when it comes to public participation in urban planning – as it requires a lot of time and initiative, only a small non-diverse group of citizens take part in governmental initiatives. In this paper, a product is developed to make it ...
Cattle Monitoring Blimp – An EPS@ISEP 2023 Project
Blommestijn, Krijn; Dallongeville, Kylian; Paulsen, Maximilian; Mamos, Michal; Gupta, Sonia; Duarte, Abel J.; Malheiro, Benedita; Ribeiro, CristinaThis paper describes the project based learning experience of a multidisciplinary and multicultural team of students enrolled in the spring of 2023 on the European Project Semester at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (EPS@ISEP). Animo is an original blimp based concept that aims to help farmers better manage their livestock. Its development was motivated by the difficulty to effectively monitor cat...
Carbon dots de síntese única para deteção de espécies reativas de oxigénio
Almeida, Lícia; Sousa, Cátia A.; Duarte, Abel J.(Introdução) As espécies reativas de oxigénio (reactive oxygen species – ROS), são um conjunto de radicais livres que derivam do oxigénio e provêm da cadeia respiratória. São de importância vital nos organismos vivos em quantidade muito reduzidas, funcionando como neurotransmissores ou vasodilatadores, no entanto, quando em grandes quantidades provocam o stresse oxidativo causador de inúmeras patologias. A dete...
Aquaponics for food production – a sustainable vertical garden at School of Eng...
Brandão, Roque; A. Sousa, Cátia; Duarte, Abel J.The greatest increase in the worldwide human population will rise concerns about the sustainability of cities and soils, climatic changes and food access or security. Furthermore, in the present day, many urban areas around the world are grappling with challenges related to their food supply infrastructure. Urban agriculture can play a crucial role for impoverished households by enhancing food security and gene...
Growing Mushrooms on Coffee Grounds – An EPS@ISEP 2024 Project
Stapel, Noor; Lupu, Roberto; Kötting, Nils; Heller, Miro; Sorribas, Vinyet; Boulay, Hugo; Duarte, Abel J.; BENEDITA CAMPOS NEVES MALHEIRO, MARIACoffeeMush is an innovative and sustainable project developed as part of the European Project Semester (EPS) at ISEP in 2024. This student project aims to tackle waste management environmental problems by turning coffee waste into mushrooms, a valuable food source. CoffeeMush consists of a smart device providing optimal conditions for mushroom cultivation, complemented by a user-friendly Android application for...
Fructose-Derived Carbon Dots as Selective Antitumor Agents in Breast Cancer The...
Magalhães, Sofia; Luís, Carla; Duarte, Abel J.This study explored a novel method using fructose-derived carbon dots (FCDs) for antitumor therapy in breast cancer (BC), marking a pioneering use of fructose as a carbon source for nanoparticle synthesis. BC, known for its complexity and heterogeneity, was chosen as a model due to its increasing mortality and incidence rates. The FCD synthesis involved the decomposition of fructose through microwave irradiatio...