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Created in 2006, LAETA is an Associated Laboratory in the fields of Energy, Transportation and Aeronautics, which also addresses otheremerging fields where its scientific knowledge, grounded on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, can be applied. The core of LAETA is a
dynamic, connected community of 281 Integrated Researchers with PhD (IRs), 154 collaborators and 151 PhD students, located in all regions of
continental Portugal. LAETA includes 4 management institutions (INEGI/University of Porto, IDMEC/IST-University of Lisbon, ADAI/University of
Coimbra, AeroG/University of Beira Interior) and 32 participating institutions. Between 2013 and 2017, LAETA was organized in 10 Research
Groups (RGs): - Aerospace Science & Technology - Intelligent Systems - Manufacturing and Industrial Management - Mechanical Design -
Renewable and Sustainable Energy - Experimental Mechanics and New Materials - Engineering Design, Automation and Energy - Energy,
Environment and Comfort - Forest Fires and Detonics - Aeronautics and Astronautics The research collaboration between the several RGs was
achieved through the implementation of 5 Thematic Lines (TLs), - Energy - Transports Technology - Aeronautics and Space; - Key Enabling
Technologies (including advanced materials and manufacturing, engineering design and systems, fires and biomechanics) - Future and
Emerging Technologies LAETA research has been organised into a matrix form, with cross competences and challenges between RGs (matrix
columns) and TLs (matrix rows). The past research activities (2013-2017) were grouped in the following scientific domains: - Characterization
of materials: composites; tribology; experimental mechanics; non-destructive testing; characterisation at micro and nanoscale. -
Manufacturing: processing of materials; metal casting and forming; lean, agile and life cycle approaches to manufacturing. - Mechanical design:
computational mechanics; simulation/design of mechanical systems/components  |
Summary
Created in 2006, LAETA is an Associated Laboratory in the fields of Energy, Transportation and Aeronautics, which also addresses otheremerging fields where its scientific knowledge, grounded on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, can be applied. The core of LAETA is a
dynamic, connected community of 281 Integrated Researchers with PhD (IRs), 154 collaborators and 151 PhD students, located in all regions of
continental Portugal. LAETA includes 4 management institutions (INEGI/University of Porto, IDMEC/IST-University of Lisbon, ADAI/University of
Coimbra, AeroG/University of Beira Interior) and 32 participating institutions. Between 2013 and 2017, LAETA was organized in 10 Research
Groups (RGs): - Aerospace Science & Technology - Intelligent Systems - Manufacturing and Industrial Management - Mechanical Design -
Renewable and Sustainable Energy - Experimental Mechanics and New Materials - Engineering Design, Automation and Energy - Energy,
Environment and Comfort - Forest Fires and Detonics - Aeronautics and Astronautics The research collaboration between the several RGs was
achieved through the implementation of 5 Thematic Lines (TLs), - Energy - Transports Technology - Aeronautics and Space; - Key Enabling
Technologies (including advanced materials and manufacturing, engineering design and systems, fires and biomechanics) - Future and
Emerging Technologies LAETA research has been organised into a matrix form, with cross competences and challenges between RGs (matrix
columns) and TLs (matrix rows). The past research activities (2013-2017) were grouped in the following scientific domains: - Characterization
of materials: composites; tribology; experimental mechanics; non-destructive testing; characterisation at micro and nanoscale. -
Manufacturing: processing of materials; metal casting and forming; lean, agile and life cycle approaches to manufacturing. - Mechanical design:
computational mechanics; simulation/design of mechanical systems/components; modelling and optimization of structures/materials. -
Aerospace technologies: flight dynamics/testing, multidisciplinary design optimization, morphing structures, aeroacoustics, air traffic
management. - Intelligent systems: mechatronic systems, network distributed systems, intelligent data modelling and optimization; biosystems engineering. - Energy and environment: turbulence, fluid mechanics/dynamics; energy efficiency; renewable energy; clean
combustion; environmental assessment; industrial aerodynamics. - Forest fires and detonics: fire spread and safety; industrial and urban fires;
meteorological factors; fuels; energetic materials; pyrotechnics; detonation. - Biomechanics: medical imaging, actuation solutions for
locomotion pathologies, computational models for soft tissues and human motion, microfluidics (blood). LAETA dimension and critical mass
allowed the laboratory to deploy its expertise across the main fields of non-nuclear energy and in the domains of transport technologies and
aeronautics and space. LAETA engineering know-how has been actively involved in: - enabling technological development in the laboratory and
industrial environments - transferring technologies to society at large with a view to implementing new engineering procedures related to the
project stage, design, manufacturing and testing of products - promoting partnerships with SMEs, European consortia, national and
international entities involved in regulation and standardisation - promoting the dissemination of knowledge and advanced training of
technicians and engineers to overcome existing lacks in education and endorse new competences - contributing to the regional and national
innovation plans LAETA research has been focused not only in fundamental science but mainly in applied technologies and knowledge transfer to
society. LAETA has been credited and recognized for its excellence and critical mass in core fields in the energy, transport technologies and
aeronautics sectors. |