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Engineering a Sustainable Future with EPS@ISEP
Malheiro, Benedita; Guedes, PedroThe challenge of engineering education is to transform engineering students into agents of innovation and well-being. In addition to solid scientific and technical knowledge, critical thinking, problem-solving and interpersonal competencies, it implies the ability to design and implement solutions supported by ethical and sustainability principles. With this goal in mind, the European Project Semester (EPS) pro...
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...
Managing Sustainable Energy Decisions:A Prospect – Theory Perspective Theory Pe...
Guedes, Pedro; Santos, Paulo; São João, RicardoThe survival of humanity increasingly depends on its own actions. Sustainability is a pressing issue that must be systematically integrated into all decision-making processes. In management, multiple factors often influence the selection of decisions at the expense of more sustainable alternatives. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods are used to objectify, support, and enhance the transparency of co...
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...
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...
Smart Stress Relief – An EPS@ISEP 2022 Project
Cifuentes, Gema Romera; Camps, Jacobine; Nascimento, Júlia Lopes; Bode, Julian Alexander; Duarte, Abel J.; Malheiro, Benedita; Ribeiro, CristinaMild is a smart stress relief solution created by DSTRS, an European Project Semester student team enrolled at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto in the spring of 2022. This paper details the research performed, concerning ethics, marketing, sustainability and state-of-the-art, the ideas, concept and design pursued, and the prototype assembled and tested by DSTRS. The designed kit comprises a bracele...
Smart Supermarket Cart - An EPS@ISEP 2023 Project
Orós, Miquel; Robu, Marian-Daniel; van Klaveren, Hessel; Gajda, Dominika; Van Dyck, Jelte; Krings, Tobias; Duarte, Abel J.; Malheiro, BeneditaThe technological revolution experienced over the last two decades, together with changes in shopping behaviour, has led supermarkets to consider smart shopping trolleys. Recently, several companies have tested and implemented smart services and devices, such as smart shopping carts with scanners, automatic payment methods, or self-payment locations, to maximise supermarket profits by reducing staff and improvi...