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Alexandra Costa
ISEL
Patrícia Barata
ISEL
Introduction to Sustainable Materials. Characteristics and types of sustainable materials
Abstract. After a brief description of what resources are and the distinction between renewable and exhaustible resources, the course will focus on environmental and societal impacts that the production, use and waste of metallic, polymer and/or ceramic materials generate. This will allow us to have a critical look at sustainable materials depending on the uses.
Céline Fraipoint is a Civil Engineer with a specialization in Material Science (Electromechanics), who graduated from the University of Liege (Belgium). She has been teaching Material Science in HE2B for more than 15 years. She tries to awaken the students to an environmental reflection in her courses through aspects such as life cycle of materials, production and recycling aspects... Beyond her teacher role, she is also pedagogical coordinator of the engineering curricula, quality coordinator and is active in the success support service for students.
Aurore Olivier
HELHa University
Advanced Composites and Innovative Materials
Abstract. Controlled surface modification is a very attractive strategy to tailor the chemical and physical properties of a substrate such as UV stability, biocompatibility, wettability, and corrosion resistance. Using a spontaneous organic assembly of small molecules on surface offers a convenient way to modify the intrinsic properties of the surface. However, the lack of mechanical and chemical stability due the very limited thickness of the coating opened the way to a new category of coating such as the polymer brushes. This class of materials is characterized by an assembly of polymer chains tethered by one of their extremities to a surface by a chemical bond. A description of the main strategies to functionalize the surface with polymer brushes will be developed in this lesson.
Aurore Olivier obtained a Ph.D. from the university of Mons (Belgium) in 2010 for her research in materials science and more precisely in surface-grafting polymer brushes. This was followed by a post-doctoral position where she worked on a European research program in the field of biosensors.
From 2012 to 2019, she was employed in pharmaceutical industry to strengthen laboratory quality management. Since few years, she worked as professor in the “Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut (HELHa)” in the department of Sciences and Technologies.
Céline Fraipoint
He2b
Cristina Borges
ISEL
Introduction to Sustainable Materials. Characteristics and types of sustainable materials
Abstract. After a brief description of what resources are and the distinction between renewable and exhaustible resources, the course will focus on environmental and societal impacts that the production, use and waste of metallic, polymer and/or ceramic materials generate. This will allow us to have a critical look at sustainable materials depending on the uses.
Céline Fraipoint is a Civil Engineer with a specialization in Material Science (Electromechanics), who graduated from the University of Liege (Belgium). She has been teaching Material Science in HE2B for more than 15 years. She tries to awaken the students to an environmental reflection in her courses through aspects such as life cycle of materials, production and recycling aspects... Beyond her teacher role, she is also pedagogical coordinator of the engineering curricula, quality coordinator and is active in the success support service for students.
Isabel João
ISEL
Circular Product Design
Abstract. Decisions made early in the design of new products significantly impact on the way that products will be used and handled later at the end of the life cycle. The urgent need to change the paradigm of the linear economy based on the “take, make, dispose” logic and move away from this production and consumption patterns has become urgent and the designers committed to the circular economy have the challenge to instigate the change and re-frame products adding the circular perspective. Circular product design can have a crucial role in the light of the transition to the circular economy with the integration of the circular economy principles in the new product development process. The circular product designers must respond to the society´s needs by the integration of circularity criteria in an innovative way adjusted to the needs of the users, companies, and society. The program of the session will start with the role of product design for the circular economy, followed by the product design process, and finishes with the circular product design strategies, covering the topics of design of long-life products, design for product-life extension, design of product-oriented services, design of use-oriented or result oriented services, design for materials sustainability, design for energy sustainability, design for recycling and design for remanufacturing. It is expected that at the end of the session the students will understand the role of product design for the circular economy, know the steps of the product design and understand the main circular product design strategies
Isabel João is a Chemical Engineer and holds a Master’s degree in Materials and Quality Management and a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management. She is Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department at ISEL-IPL, Portugal and currently the coordinator of the Quality and Environmental Engineering Master Course at ISEL-IPL. She is a Researcher at CEG-IST, Portugal, Committee Member of the CT 150 /SC4 Environmental Management/Environmental Performance Evaluation within the Portuguese Environmental Agency and Expert Academic of the Consumer Policy Advisory Group (CPAG) of the European Commission (EC). She teaches and does research in the areas of Sustainable Product and Process Design, Entrepreneurship, Decision Analysis for Sustainability, Operations Management, and Quality Engineering.
Rita Pereira
ISEL
How to communicate and present my work
Abstract. This activity focuses on equipping students with the skills and knowledge required for an effective final presentation. The session will cover best practices and norms for delivering oral presentations using PowerPoint, emphasizing clarity, structure, and impactful communication. Additionally, students will receive targeted feedback on their previous presentations, identifying areas for improvement and strategies to enhance their performance. This activity aims to support students in presenting their sustainable engineering projects with confidence, professionalism, and adherence to standards of academic and technical communication.
Rita Pereira has PhD in Mechatronics and Energy Engineering – Évora University; Excellency in Problem Based Learning by UNESCO CHAIR; MSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering – Instituto Superior Técnico; Graduated and Bsc. in Electrical Engineering – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa. She is Adjunct Professor since 2015 in ISEL, lecturing Electrical Machines, Intelligent Systems and Energy Storage Systems. She has authored or co-authored several publications in conference proceedings, journals, and book chapters, mainly in smart grids and engineering education area. Also, she has been researcher of about a dozen research projects in electrical engineering area and engineering education. Rita Pereira is a member of Portuguese Engineers Order and Engineering Education Portuguese Society, having coordination activities in the field of Gender and Diversity in Engineering Education.