Proceeded on the past November 25, 2021 the 1ª edition of the examination for obtaining the Certificate SolidWorks Associate-Simulation (CSWA-S). This certification in computational simulation was carried out under the guidance of Professor João Milho, with the support of Professor Ricardo Portal and Sqboredom that enabled free achievement of the certification exam to the students attending the curriculum unit of Computer Assisted Engineering (CAE) in the Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance and Production branch. The students approved in the certification exam were: Bernardo Sousa, Brijesh Nathoo, Daniel Frederick, David Bronze, Francisco Correia, Frederico Neves, Henrique Santos, Iris Esteves and João Almeida.

ISEL has initiated the Mentoring Training programme within the framework of   Entrepreneurial and which   aims to empower ISEL (future   mentors) lecturers, previously selected by each Department, to act as promoters of the   Ecosystem   Entrepreneurship of the ISEL. The mentors beyond the promotion and support of Entrepreneurship in the respect   Department will make the interlinkage of the respected output   of   ideas / solutions / services / products   developed by students, faculty, and staff with the ISEL incubator. Promoted in conjunction with the CISE company is a training programme organised by the TRUE consortium within the framework of the HEI Initiative @EIT Health.   The mentors mentioned in the framework below are available to be contacted for development and transformation   of the ideas in successful business: Department Docent Name Email Civil Engineering Maria Idalia da Silva Gomes idaliagomes@dec.isel.pt Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications and computers Alessandro Fantoni alessandro.fantoni@isel.pt Luís Filipe de Matos Duarte Barons lbarreiros@deetc.isel.pt Electronic Engineering of Power and Automation Joao Herminio Ninitas Lagarto joao.lagarto@isel.pt Filipe André de Sousa Figueira Barata filipe.barata@isel.pt Mechanical Engineering Vitor manuel Rodrigues anes vitor.anes@isel.pt Ivan Rodolfo Pereira Garcia de Galvain ivan.galvao@isel.pt Chemical Engineering Helena Paulo helena.paulo@isel.pt Physics Pedro Almeida pedro.almeida@isel.pt Mathematics Cristina Isabel Caetano Ferreira Januario cristina.januario@isel.pt For more information about the TRUE Project and the HEI initiative Initiative:  https://eit-hei.eu/   

For the second consecutive year ISEL has seen its work in the area of environmental sustainability, under   the Eco-Schools Programme, recognized by the  Blue Flag Association of Europe  (ABAE), considering the actions implemented at the level of environmental management and the activities developed in its Campus involving pupils, faculty and staff. At a ceremony, which took place on December 21, 2021, at the Services of the Presidency of the Polytechnic of Lisbon (IPL) and that was attended by the President of ISEL, Professor José Nascimento, were delivered the Eco-Schools flags to the Organic Units of the awarded IPL. The  ISEL Eco-Schools project  inserts itself into the ISEL strategy for sustainability by relying on its action plan with diverse areas of acting promoted by the different working groups.     Photo: GCI-IPL  

It was recently made available by  University of Stanford (California, USA)  a  update  to the ranking of the most cited scientists worldwide, known as "World's Top 2% Scientists list".   Of the more than 100 thousand researchers appearing on this list, include 3 ISEL faculty members: -Professor João Gomes, for his publications in the area of Energy & Chemical Engineering-with affiliation of the IST -Professor Luís Evangelista, for his publications in the areas Building & Construction Materials-with affiliation of the IST -Professor Mário Véstias, for his publications in the areas Computer, Electrical & Electronic Engineering-with affiliation of the ISEL   The update published in the past October 19, uses the citations of the data base   Scopus, a conceptualized online database of summaries and citations of articles in academic journals, until August 2021.

Considering the current epidemiological context, ISEL makes available to all its collaborators a multifunctional personal protection and contagion prevention hook by COVID-19, vocated primarily for the opening of doors. The multifunctional hook was developed within the framework of the project  PortaSegura  (arrangement ISEL and bank Santander), by the teachers João Milho, Ricardo Portal and Amélia Loja and a team of Collaborators of the DEM and   the   Center for Research in Modeling and Optimization of Multifunctional Systems (CIMOSM). This device is, on par with the protective masks, available for surveying by the ISEL collaborators. Information about the available equipment  here. STL file for 3D printing  here.

On the past December 17 ISEL and the General Secretariat of the Digital Economy and Transition (SGETD) signed a protocol that firm the cooperation between the two institutions, further bringing public administration and academia closer together, notably within the framework of all ISEL degree conferencing and SGETD's area of intervention. The President of the ISEL received the Secretary-General, Eng. João Rolo, who enlisted the role of our Institute in the training of qualified professionals in the areas of information technologies, further referring to the opportunity for contact with reality professional that   SGETD   will be able to enable our graduates, thus being an added value for both bodies.   The collaborative actions will translate into the holding of seminars / Workshops, support for the realization of curricular internships in SGETD, collaboration of ISEL in the realization of specialization courses and training actions to SG employees, building partnerships that target the resolution of concrete problems indicated by the outorgants.   The Eng. João Rolo has made himself accompanied by Dr. Helena Sanches (Assistant Secretary-General), Dr. Carla Santo (Director of Services, Directorate of Documentation Services, Communication and Public Relations), Dr. Ricardo Prieto (Director of Services, Directorate of Information Systems Services), Eng. Maria José Soares (Head of Division, Division of Information Technologies), Dr. António David (Head of Division, Division of Systems Administration), Eng. João Camões (Head of Division-Division of Communications and Security Structures), in turn, the President of the Pedagogical Council, Professor Sandra Aleixo, the Vice-Presidents Professor Cristina Borges and Professor Pedro Silva, the Administrator Dr. Paulo Guerreiro, the advisor teacher Carla Viveiros, the leader of the Service Assessment, Quality and Planning, Dr.. Anabela Carneiro, and the leader of the Area of Informatics and Networks of Communication, Eng. Vasco Silva, were part of the entourage of the President of ISEL, Professor José Nascimento. They were exchanged experiences by the counterparts during the visit to the campus, having this finished at the newly opened building F.