Armando Jorge Miranda de Sousa

Resumé: Armando Jorge Miranda de Sousa received his PhD in 2004 in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering (FEUP). His thesis work was in the subarea of Robotics and Automation. He is currently an Auxiliary Professor in the ECE department of FEUP and an integrated researcher at the Centre for Intelligent and Industrial Systems (CRIIS) at the INESC TEC interface institute. He earned the international pedagogical certification "ING.PAED.IGIP" in 2014 from the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy. His main research areas include Automation, Robotics and Higher Education. As a frequent participant in robotic contests, he has earned several national and international merits -- examples: vice champion of RoboCup Robotic Soccer in 2006, two-time "European" champion of RoboCup Robotic Soccer, winner of Autonomous Driving of Portuguese Robotics Open for several years. He has also earned educational awards such as the University of Porto (UP) excellence award in 2015 and 10 best at ECEL 2015 excellence e-learning awards. He has published over 80 indexed, peer-reviewed articles in both pedagogical issues and more technical areas. Furthermore, he also has an active patent entitled "Device and method for identifying a cork stopper and respective kit". He is also involved in educational and technical funded projects such as "IntelWheels 2" and "EIT CPPS 101". He is the local responsible for FEUP for the "Replant" mobilizer project.  Visit https://fe.up.pt/asousa