On February 4, 2025, ISEL held the 3rd edition of the SolidWorks Professional Certification – CSWP. The session, led by professors Ricardo Portal (DEM/ISEL) and João Milho (DEM/ISEL), was attended by 27 students with CSWA certification and lasted 3h20 (more info). Of the 25 students who took the CSWP exam, 13 passed, with 9 students achieving a score above 80%. This certification was made possible by Ibernova (formerly Sqédio), the official representative of SolidWorks, through the Exam Opportunities granted by the ISEL Certification Provider, Ricardo Portal. The certificates are available at the 3DEXPERIENCE® Certification Center, placing these students among the few in the country to obtain this qualification, reinforcing the recognition of ISEL and DEM in the area of ​​Mechanical Engineering. Since 2020, 88 ISEL Mechanical Engineering BSc students have obtained their CSWP (matching the 260 students who hold the CSWA). Students who passed the certification exam: Vitor Sousa, Diogo Pereira, Diogo Coelho, Tiago Carvalho, Miguel Aidos, Martim Pedro, Duarte Nogueira, Guilherme Costa, Lucas Almeida, José Pereira, Tiago Oliveira, Ricardo Gracioso e Rodrigo Almeida.   Images: Professor Ricardo Portal

ISEL celebrated the success of the 2024 Open Days and announces dates for 2025 ISEL successfully closed the 2024 edition of its Open Days, which received around two and a half hundred students from 80 secondary education institutions, providing them with the opportunity to explore the institution's academic offerings. True to its commitment to quality, ISEL continues to privilege personalized attention to each visitor, providing an enriching experience that reflects the institution's academic environment. The continuous growth in the number of students interested in ISEL degrees is proof of the success of this approach. This success would not be possible without the commitment and dedication of the external relations service, professors, as well as ISEL students, who play a fundamental role as true ambassadors of the institution. With its eyes set on the future, ISEL now announces the dates of the 2025 Open Days, which will take place on April 8, May 19, June 3 and July 24. All students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades are invited to visit ISEL, contact directly with teachers and students, explore the campus and feel the unique academic environment of the institution. To participate and obtain, live, all the information about ISEL courses, interested parties can register through the form available for the Open Day on April 8 (forms for the remaining dates will be made available later). For more information, students can contact the External Relations and Internationalization Service through the email relacoes.externas@isel.pt. The 2025 Open Days promise to continue to provide an engaging and inspiring experience for all future engineers.

On January 30, 2025, the swearing-in ceremony of the new Board of Directors of the Academic Federation of the Polytechnic of Lisbon (FAIPL), now led by student Jaden Gomes, took place in the Noble Hall of the Services of the Presidency of the Polytechnic of Lisbon. In his speech, the student of the School of Social Communication (ESCS) and Alumni of the School of Education of Lisbon (ESELx), Jaden Gomes highlighted that this day of celebration also represents a renewal of FAIPL's commitment to the future. He thanked his colleagues for their efforts and said that FAIPL should be more than an intermediary between students and institutions, taking an active role in change and building a more united community.Addressing the new team, the IPL Student Ombudsman, Professor Trindade Nunes, reinforced the importance and responsibility of FAIPL in representing and supporting students and wished them success. The President of the Polytechnic of Lisbon, Professor Elmano Margato, underlined the relevance of the role played by FAIPL in defending the interests of students and thanked the work of student Tiago Diniz, highlighting his dedication and ability to keep the activity of the Academic Federation alive, always finding solutions to the challenges that arose. Addressing the newly elected president of FAIPL, the President of IPL congratulated him on his election and recognized his skills and dynamism, encouraging him to act with an open mind, verticality, hard work and dexterity in representing his colleagues. With this new leadership, FAIPL reaffirms its role as an active voice of the students of the Polytechnic of Lisbon, promoting the union and strengthening of the associative movement. Get to know FAIPL's new governing bodies. Flickr photos from the Tomada de Posse da nova Direção da FAIPL album. Ver no flickr  

On the 28th of January, another planting of an urban mini-forest (biodiversity island) was carried out at ISEL by the Miyawaki Method. The planting was carried out in a gross area of about 150 m2 (next to the ISEL playing field), and a set of 150 native trees and shrubs were planted. To carry out this activity, ISEL was sponsored by Capgemini International and supported and organized by Vítor Gordo (Biodiversity Islands project) together with Professor Alexandra Rodrigues (from DEM). The activity also had the technical-scientific support of Biologist Diogo Mendes from FCUL. The planting activity was attended by about 50 directors of the company Capgemini International, coming from different parts of the world, as well as 3 teachers and 2 secondary school classes from the Baixa da Banheira and Vale da Amoreira school group, as well as 4 teachers from ISEL. With the planting of another fast-growing mini-forest, on the ISEL campus, it is intended to promote the ability to capture carbon, purify the air, reduce the phenomenon of heat islands, restore ecosystems, promote biodiversity, assisting in the sustainable management of natural resources, such as water and soil, while creating green spaces that benefit the well-being of the local community. This activity aimed to contribute to several SDGs, namely SDG 3 (promote health), SDG 6 (sustainable water management), SDG 11 (sustainable cities), SDG 13 (combat climate change), SDG 15 (protect life on land) and SDG 17 (SDG partnerships). Flickr photos from the Construção da ilha da biodiversidade: Capgemini e ISEL album. Ver no flickr

ISEL played an important role in the 2024 edition of the Digital Generation Award, an initiative promoted by Siemens with the aim of encouraging young talents to contribute to the modernization of national industry. Among the 12 competing projects, coming from 7 national universities and institutes, 5 teams were selected for the final phase, including the ISEL team. Caetano Gaspar, a student of the Master's in Mechanical Engineering (MEM), represented ISEL in the competition, under the guidance of professor Francisco Campos (DEM/ISEL) and professor Mário Mendes (DEM/ISEL). The presented project, entitled "Virtual commissioning of a surgical mask production line", stood out among the best, being a finalist in the competition. The final took place on January 24, 2025, at Siemens' facilities in Alfragide, where the five finalists presented their projects before a jury composed of professionals from Siemens, the Order of Engineers, Cadflow and BOOL. The ISEL project was one of the five best, reinforcing the quality and talent of our institution's students. As a TOP 5 finalist, ISEL received a SIMATIC IoT2050 training package and an IoT2000 input/output module, equipment that will be used in the laboratory supporting MEM and Mechanical Engineering Degree (LEM) curricular units. Siemens and Cadflow also offered 100 licenses of the SIEMENS NX software (50 - NX Academic - Core & CAD XaaS and 50 - NX Academic - CAE & CAM XaaS, valid until 2027, which are already available to ISEL students and professors. In addition, they offered a license of the Mechatronic Concept Design (MCD) software for Caetano Gaspar to develop his project and the final master's thesis (TFM). The 2024 Digital Generation Award was a unique opportunity to demonstrate the innovative capacity of our students.

ISEL, with the aim of promoting internationalization in the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), received, on January 28th, a delegation from the Technical University of the Atlantic (UTA) of Cape Verde.  The President of ISEL, Professor José Nascimento, the Vice-President, Professor Pedro Silva, and the Advisor, Professor António Serrador, received the Magnificent Rector of UTA, Professor João do Monte Duarte, having discussed, in a meeting, perspectives for cooperation in the qualification of the teaching staff, sharing of curricular units and development of I&D projects.  After this moment, there was a visit to several laboratories of the Department of Civil Engineering (DCE), Department of Physics (DP), Department of Chemical Engineering (DCE) and Department of Electronics and Telecommunications and Computer Engineering (DETCE), as well as to the multimedia rooms dedicated to distance learning.  The visit ended with the expression of the mutual will of both institutions to implement cooperation projects during the current year.   Flickr photos from the ISEL recebe comitiva da UTA para cooperação académica.   Flickr photos from the ISEL recebe comitiva da UTA para cooperação académica album. Ver no flickr