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Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aerospace

Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeroespacial

Reference
UID/50022/2025
Project Start Date
2025-01-01
Project End Date
2029-12-31
Principal Investigator
Funding Program
Avaliação UID 2023/2024

Abstract

LAETA is a R&D Unit and an Associated Laboratory in the fields of Energy, Transportation and Aeronautics, which also addresses other emerging fields where its scientific knowledge, grounded on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, can be applied. LAETA includes 4 management institutions (INEGI/University of Porto, IDMEC/IST-University of Lisbon, ADAI/University of Coimbra, AeroG/University of Beira Interior) and 27 participating institutions, located in all regions of continental Portugal. The core of LAETA is a dynamic, connected community of 258 integrated researchers and over 480 collaborators, including more than 200 PhD students. LAETA aims to play a fundamental role in the future of research, innovation and advanced education in areas related to Mechanical Engineering by performing research that contributes to scientific development, by promoting innovation and technology transfer, and by reinforcing the conditions for curricular innovation and advanced training at all participating Universities. LAETA’s objectives are: i) to increase the number of research and innovation projects steaming from highly competitive international calls funded by both public and private sectors; ii) to reinforce the support to industrial innovation, both at national and international level, performing activities at all stages of the value-chain, from basic research to pilot demonstration; iii) to address the main societal challenges related to LAETA’s scientific knowledge; and iv) to contribute for the creation of scientific jobs in Portugal, ensuring appropriate conditions for the attraction and professional development of researchers. The core scientific knowledge of LAETA is consolidated in 5 Research Groups (RGs): Materials and Manufacturing Processes; Structures and Mechanical Systems; Intelligent Systems and Control; Energy, Environment and Sustainability; and Biomechanics. LAETA will strengthen and increase its core scientific competencies through internal and external collaborations, by anticipating required advances in science and technology, and by facilitating the pursuit of new research avenues. The RGs contribute to the activities planned in a set of 7 Thematic Lines (TLs) intended to tackle selected societal challenges in the fields of Sustainable Energy, Surface Transports, Space and Aeronautics, Advanced Production, Healthcare and Safety, Energy Storage, and Defence and Security. The TLs’ activities and the participation in national and international networks and forums contribute to increase the number of international projects coordinated by LAETA researchers. The impact of the work conducted by LAETA is reinforced by the publication of scientific papers in international journals, by actively participating in the organization of prestigious scientific events and by collaborating with players of the economic sectors related to LAETA’s core competencies.

Institutions

Main Institutions

  • Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
  • Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

Other Institutions

  • Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI)
  • Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)
  • Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

Funding 6.762.255,97 €

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Portugal

6.762.255,97 €