Professor Rodrigo Martins, SYNERGY Coordinator, Professor at FCT|NOVA and Director of CEMOP-UNINOVA, has been interviewed for Expresso Newspaper about the 1D-NEON project  that aims to create outstanding added value for the textile manufacturing industry.

In the words of Professor Martins, “The 1D NEON project makes it possible to produce curtains that are screens, luminous walls, or sensors of all kinds. The first commercial products could appear within three to four years”.

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Congratulations to Professor Rodrigo Martins and Professor Luis Pereira!
Professor Rodrigo Martins, SYNERGY Coordinator, Professor at FCT|NOVA and Director of CEMOP-UNINOVA, has been elected for the Admission and Qualification Commission (CAQ). Furthermore, Professor Luis Pereira, cluster manager of SYNERGY project, has been elected for the College of Materials of the Southern Region.

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SYNERGY coordinator Elvira Fortunato receives a €150,000 grant from the European Research Council for her project “e-GREEN: From forest to electronics: green graphene”

“The e-GREEN project aims at the direct formation of graphene-based 3D patterns [supposedly the thinnest material in the world, formed by a two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms organized in hexagonal structures] for the formation of printed circuits on recyclable flexible substrates, avoiding the need to use scarce, non-ecological metallic materials in addition to costly processes, pollutants and delays”

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Congratulations to SYNERGY coordinator professor Elvira Fortunato who has been distinguished by the European Research Council (ERC),the most reputable institution for granting funds for scientific and technological research in Europe, for the third time. The ERC awarded a total of 166 ‘Proof of Concept’ grants, each worth €150000, to European researchers, including to Professor Elvira Fortunato.

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SYNERGY invites you to attend our upcoming webinar ‘Can we be scientists without the rules? Few words about practical, socio-economical, and ethical implications of good scientific practice’. The virtual event will be presented by Dr. Malgorzata Kopycinska-Müller, currently working at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems. The webinar will be held on Thursday 24th February at 11:00 CET, aiming to show that the rules of good scientific practice have an impact beyond the scientific community.

There are no specific participation requirements to join, however registration prior to the event is compulsory. Register by clicking here.

In the frame of SYNERGY project, several opportunities for secondments are being promoted in four renowned European Research Institutes, Fraunhofer-Institut für KeramischeTechnologien und Systeme IKTS, POLITO – Politecnico di Torino, Tyndall National Institute – University College Cork, and VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Each Institute is proposing different themes, directed at Masters Students, PhD Students and Post-Doc Students in Materials Sciences and Engineering, Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Energy Systems and Green Energy Power Control.

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The SPM Career and Recognition Award 2021 has been awarded to SYNERGY Coordinator Professor Rodrigo Martins, a prestigious international Professor and Researcher and head of CENIMAT/I3N. The Prize will be awarded at a ceremony to be held during MATERIALS 2022 (Marinha Grande, 10-13 April).

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Appointed by the Banco de Portugal, SYNERGY Coordinator Professor Elvira Fortunato is part of a group of experts at European level who will collaborate with the European Central Bank to renew the look of banknotes from 2024 onwards

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SYNERGY invites you to attend our upcoming webinar on “Integrated energy conversion/storage devices: towards planar architectures and emerging concepts “, hosted by Associate Professor Federico Bella, from Politecnico di Torino – POLITO. The webinar will be on Tuesday 14th December 2021 at 15:00 CET and aims to show how solar cells and electrochemical energy storage units can be merged. Whilst there are no specific participation requirements, registration is compulsory to attend.

You can still register by clicking here.

For more information please go to the Virtual Training Courses section at https://synergyproject.eu/events/virtual-training-courses/

Luís Pereira, cluster manager of SYNERGY project, is the new candidate for the position of coordinator of the Regional College of Materials Engineering- South Region