The Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (SPEE) is, according to its statutes, managed by three governing bodies with three members each, for a two-year term. However, SPEE belongs to its members: it is made by them, for them and with them. SPEE must go beyond the managing members of the society. Only then does SPEE make sense.
We have defined six axes of action for this mandate: the internal management of society; the promotion and dissemination of SPEE and its members, with special emphasis on the SPEE channel; support for relevant conferences in Engineering Education; the dynamization of the Working Groups; the promotion of the second edition of national events, SPEEDI and FDEE; and, last but not least, the internationalization of society.
Prof. André R. R. Silva is an Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior. He graduated in Aeronautics Engineering from the University of Beira Interior in 1999 and completed a Ph.D. degree -Experimental and Numerical Study of Physical Aspects of Fuel Injection Processes -, also in Aeronautics Engineering by the same institution in 2007. Dr. André R. R. Silva has co-authored two chapters of books, 32 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, and 94 papers in international confe
With a Ph.D in engineering, Bárbara Gabriel works as a researcher in the area of Mechanical Engineering, with special emphasis in the fields of Nanoengineering, related to the Manufacturing for the Circular Economy and Innovative Technologies for Intelligent Cities. She also teaches in the Master Degrees of Mechanical Engineering and Management and Industrial Engineering.
Currently (since 1st July 2019) is the Deputy-Director for Internationalisation and Cooperation in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Bárbara Gabriel is also the Coordinator of the Science and Engineering Education (SEE) Group in the University of Aveiro, conducting R&D related to methodologies for engineering teaching & learning. Bárbara Gabriel is an expert and facilitator at European Commission’s DG Education and Culture and OECD’s initiative HEInnovate for innovation and entrepreneurship in Higher Education.
She is member of the Board of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (SPEE) since May 2022. Barbara is also member of the panel of experts of the European project Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Education Programmes in Higher Education Institutions and Centres (EEEPHEIC) and expert and member of the Advisory Board of the European project PROFFORMANCE.
She coordinates 3 European Projects (THEI2.0, TANDEM+ and EUFORIA) as Principal Investigator, being two of them also the coordinator of the consortia. Adittionaly, she is also a member of the team of other 5 projects that are currently running.
Rui M. Lima is an Associate Professor of the Department of Production and Systems and a Member of the Algoritmi centre (Industrial Engineering and Management Research Line – Lean Production Research Group), of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, Portugal. His current professional activity is centred on teaching and/or researching in Industrial Engineering and Management, mainly in the following areas: Production Management; Lean and Agile Project Management; Lean Healthcare; Lean Services; Lean Production Systems; Operations Management; Engineering Education; Project-Based Learning (PBL); University-Business Cooperation (UBC). He is currently involved in international projects with universities of eight different countries from Europe, Asia and South America. In these areas of activity, he has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in journals, conferences, and book chapters. He has been systematically reviewing articles for several international journals and has been cooperating with editorial teams in the following scientific journals: Production journal, European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE), Sustainability, and Production Engineering Archives (PEA). This cooperation has been made has an invited editor of special issues and a member of the editorial board of the journals: Production, EJEE and PEA.
He is currently acting as vice-president of the Portuguese Association for Engineering Education (SPEE) and as a member of the Consultative Committee on the UNESCO research centre UCPBL. During the last years, he delivered more than 50 workshops in more than 30 Higher Education institutions in several countries, on Active Learning and Project-Based Learning. He is the chair of the Project-Approaches in Engineering Education Association (PAEE) and a member of the steering committee of the Active Learning in Engineering Education (ALE) network.
We are honored to announce that our Rising to the Top book series has added TWO new volumes!
Rising to the Top provides an intimate and inspiring look into the experiences that have shaped the lives and careers of women engineering leaders from around the world. By openly sharing their personal journeys in these pages, the authors hope to not only inspire the next generation of engineering leaders, but also provide valuable insight into the challenges facing women engineers around the world, and the opportunities that are theirs for the taking.
