2024 Annual Conference

November 8

2024 Annual Conference – Program

9.00 am	Registration & Welcome Coffee
9.30 am	Welcome Session Pedro Arezes, National Director MIT Portugal Program Doug Hart, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT Madalena Alves, President of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – FCT
10.00 am	Innovative Frontiers: Projects Shaping the Future MPP Principal Investigators Cristina Santos, Auxiliary Professor, Industrial Electronics Department, University of Minho Pain and physical limitations perception for human-sensitive Intelligent collaborative robotics Lexia Cicone Tracking the toxic health impacts of air pollution from wildfires Dara Entekhabi, Bacardi Stockholm Water Foundations Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Abrupt Change in Regions at the Climate Tipping-Point Moderator: R. John Hangman, Co-Director of the MIT Portugal Program, MIT
11.00 am	Coffee Break
11:30 am	Keynote Speech The AEROS MH-1 Nanosatellite Mission: Overview, Current Status, and Lessons Learned Cadence Payne, The Aerospace Corporation; PhD, Alum of the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, former member the Space Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation Lab, MIT Hélder Silva, Head of Space Software and Embedded Systems, Thales Edisoft
12.15 pm	Poster Session & Networking
1.15 pm	Lunch
2.00 pm	Innovative Frontiers: Projects Shaping the Future (cont.) MPP Principal Investigators Ana Pires, Researcher, INESCTEC, First Portuguese Female Scientist-Astronaut, Analog-Astronaut André Santos, Junior Researcher, INESCTEC SENTINEL-Orb Robotic System: Paving the Way for Future Space Missions Carmen Guerra-Garcia, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Vasco Guerra, Full Professor, Department of Physics of Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa; Head of the Modelling and Simulation activities of the N-PRiME group, IPFN Plasma-Assisted CO2 Recycling: Addressing Climate Change on Earth and Enabling Life on Mars Moderator: Renato Mendes, Oceanography Researcher +Atlantic and LSTS-FEUP
2.40 pm	Trailblazing Research: Showcasing Student Projects MPP Students Catarina Jóia Santos, MPP PhD Student, MARE – NOVA University of Lisbon Nature-based Solutions for Coastal Protection Adriano Santos Silva, MPP PhD Student, CIMO, CeDRI, LSRE-LCM Optimization of municipal solid waste management towards sustainability Kaitlyn Gee, MIT Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering Integrated Modeling of Digital Product Design and Manufacturing for Improved Productivity, Quality, and Sustainability Gabriel Serra, MPP PhD Student, TEMA, University of Aveiro Designing for sustainability and safety in urban micro-mobility: a novel helmet concept Aaron William Langham, MIT Graduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Tentative) Nonintrusive Continuous Commissioning for Energy Systems Moderator: Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, Assistant Professor, Industrial Electronics Department, University of Minho
3.40 pm	Break
3.50 pm	Innovative Outreach Initiatives: Bridging Concepts and Practice Christina Chase, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the MIT Sports Lab, Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering MIT Portugal Program Innovation Workshop: From lab to impact Charlene Xia, MIT Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering Renato Mendes, PostDoc Oceanography Researcher +Atlantic and LSTS-FEUP Marine Robotics Summer School: Collaboration across Disciplines Moderator: Doug Hart, Professor, MIT
4.35 pm	Alumni Roundtable: Building an Impactful Community MPP Alumni Mariana Fernandes, Coordinator for National Funding, INL Daniel Wiesmann, Product Manager, Development Seed Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Electronics, University of Minho Moderator: Christina Chase, Co-Founder and Managing Director of MIT Sports Lab, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
5.35 pm	MIT Portugal Program Poster Award Pedro Arezes, National Director MIT Portugal Program Doug Hart, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT R. John Hansman, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT
5.50 pm	Closing Session Ana Paiva, Secretary of State for Science R. John Hansman, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT
6.00 pm	Afternoon Reception – “Porto de Honra”