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The Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) is a research unit funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), incorporating Universities of Coimbra and Minho as hosting institutions.

In 2025, ISISE was evaluated by FCT – the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and graded EXCELLENT.

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๐Ÿ† Congratulations to our PhD researcher ๐’๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ข on receiving the ๐„๐€๐„๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐!

The award, presented by the ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  during the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  in Berlin, recognises his contributions to ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก.

We are proud to see the work of our researchers recognised internationally and congratulate Amin on this achievement. ๐Ÿ‘

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๐Ÿšจ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐!

โœ”๏ธ This study explores the use of ๐–๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  (๐–๐€๐€๐Œ) to produce ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐›๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ from a single wire, showing how deposition parameters can be used to tailor material performance within the same steel component.

๐Ÿ“– Functionally graded carbon steel produced by WAAM from a single wire
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Authors: Kaike Monteiro, Carlos Zhu, David Andrade, Ricardo Branco, Trayana Tankova and Luรญs Simรตes da Silva
๐Ÿ“˜ Journal of Constructional Steel Research
๐Ÿ”— DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2026.110687

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๐Ÿ† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚รญ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บรต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ

ISISE is proud to announce that ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚รญ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บรต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฆ๐— ๐—–๐—ง) ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜, has been awarded the ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, one of the most prestigious international distinctions in the field of steel construction and structural engineering.

The award was presented on ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ธรณ๐˜„, during ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.

โš’๏ธ This prestigious recognition celebrates his ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, as well as his significant and long-standing contribution to the ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€.

๐Ÿ‘ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚รญ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บรต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜!

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Carlos Cabanzo, PhD Candidate at ISISE, University of Minho, has been awarded the 2nd Prize in the Adaptation to Climate Change Mission at EU TalentOn 2026.

Together with Andrea Briones, Ivan Werthmann and Alexandros Asvestas, the team developed Guardian, an early warning concept designed to provide vulnerable population with an alternative way to receive critical climate-related warnings when conventional communication channels fail.

The project also connects with Carlos Cabanzo's research in climate-related hazards, risk and resilience, extending these interests towards the societal challenges of climate adaptation.

The official EU TalentOn 2026 page: buff.ly/e7kUK6t

Congratulations to Carlos and his teammates on this achievement! ๐Ÿ‘

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐ˆ๐’๐ˆ๐’๐„ ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹๐Ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
ISISE researcher Eliana Inca Cabrera, together with Inautom Automaรงรฃo & Inautom Robรณtica, participated in #CONTROLO2026, bringing together academia and industry within the scope of the ๐€๐ƒ๐€๐๐“๐ˆ๐‡๐€๐๐ƒ project.

๐Ÿค– The team presented the Work-in-Progress paper:

๐Ÿ“„ โ€œAdaptive Robotic Gripping for Flexible Manufacturing: A Work-in-Progress Approachโ€

โš™๏ธ The work presents the ongoing development of an ๐š๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, bringing together robotic manipulation, sensing and control towards more adaptable and reconfigurable production systems.

#ISISE #SMCT #DAD #DEC #UCoimbra #FCTUC #ADAPTIHAND #CONTROLO2026 #Robotics #Automation #IndustrialRobotics #AdvancedManufacturing ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ”Ž Call for Expressions of Interest | MODULINK Research Opportunity

We are looking for a motivated researcher with an MSc degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field to potentially join MODULINK โ€“ Advanced Inter-Module Connections for High-Performance and Reconfigurable Steel Modular Buildings.
MODULINK is a research project focused on the development of a new generation of adjustable and reversible inter-module connections for steel modular construction, aiming to improve structural performance while facilitating manufacturing, assembly, accommodation of construction tolerances, future disassembly and reuse.

The research will combine several complementary areas, including:
โ€ข development and optimisation of steel inter-module connection systems;
โ€ข experimental testing and mechanical characterisation of connections;
โ€ข detailed numerical/finite element modelling and model calibration;
โ€ข development of simplified connection models for use in global structural analyses;
โ€ข assessment of diaphragm behaviour and global structural response of modular buildings;
โ€ข evaluation of floor vibration serviceability and structural dynamics;
โ€ข development of practical recommendations for design, manufacturing, assembly and disassembly.

We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong interest in steel structures, computational mechanics, finite element modelling and/or experimental structural engineering. Previous experience in all these areas is not required.

The opportunity may be particularly suitable for someone interested in developing the research towards a PhD. Such an interest would be highly valued.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Interested in joining MODULINK?
Please submit your expression of interest through the following form: buff.ly/ohyjnkj

Please submit your interest before September 25th, 2026.

Please feel free to share this opportunity with MSc graduates or young researchers who may be interested.

#modulink #ResearchOpportunity #structuralengineering #civilengineering #steelstructures #modularconstruction #finiteelementanalysis #experimentalmechanics #PhDOpportunity #research #engineering ... See MoreSee Less

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