Mechanical Engineering Universidade de Aveiro

Overview

The Doctoral Programme in Mechanical Engineering (PDEM) at the Universidade de Aveiro offers advanced scientific and technological training with a strong applied research component, aligned with the global challenges of sustainability, industrial digitalisation, and the energy transition. It also provides academic, scientific and human conditions of excellence, essential for transforming ideas into solutions with real impact on society, promoting high-quality technology education.

Key Facts

Explore the fields of specialisation of PDEM

Fluid mechanics, thermal engineering, robotics and industrial automation, biomechanics, medical devices, aerospace engineering, product development, nanoengineering, computational mechanics, with possibility of integration of artificial intelligence and digitalisation in engineering processes.

Contributes to the major global challenges

• Smart and sustainable industry: Digital technologies and technological innovation applied to sustainable industrialisation, innovation in manufacturing and sustainable production, through advanced manufacturing systems, promoting investment in R&D and industrial diversification.

• Future energy systems: Energy efficiency, clean energy and renewable energy technologies, focused on battery energy storage, smart energy grids, wind turbines and electric vehicles, applied to contemporary energy challenges.

• Technology serving health and medicine: Clinical simulation, biomaterials, prosthetics, implants and diagnostic equipment, with impact on public health, quality of healthcare and medical devices, integrating assistive technologies and intelligent diagnostics.

• Sustainable cities: Sustainable urban planning, intelligent transport and air quality monitoring, with a focus on urban solid waste management, urban design and reducing environmental footprint, promoting more liveable, efficient and sustainable cities.

• Circular models of production and consumption: Sustainable production, waste recycling and resource reuse, aligned with life cycle assessment, circular economy, resource efficiency and waste management, promoting a low-carbon economy.

• Responses to the climate crisis: Carbon capture technologies and climate impact assessment, based on climate models, promoting climate change mitigation, low-carbon technology and energy efficiency.

• Clean water and sanitation: Technologies applied to wastewater treatment and water resources management, aimed at improving water-use efficiency.

• Decent work and economic growth: Advanced training in technical skills to promote qualified employment, technological innovation, and digital transition within a sustainable industry.

Integrated into the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA), the PDEM enables doctoral students to conduct cutting-edge research in these thematic areas, according to their profile and interests, within an interdisciplinary environment, with strong international exposure and close links to industry.