INEGI
Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
The INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering is an industry-oriented Research and Technology Organization of the University of Porto.
It is considered one of the most effective research and technology organizations in transforming R&D investment in economic and social value. Its organizational structure relies on three pillars of activity: research, with a special focus on applied research; innovation and technology transfer; consulting and advanced engineering services. The Research activity covers the areas of new technologies for advanced production processes, experimental mechanics, applied mechanics, energy, new materials, advanced health technologies, and the development of new products and systems. INEGI’s research is integrated in the national network of research funded by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and has consistently been evaluated as excellent.
INEGI’s research infrastructure includes a broad set of well-equipped laboratories and an extensive engineering tools base for supporting its research and development activity, as well as the production of industrial or commercial prototypes. INEGI has a strong expertise in the simulation of manufacturing processes, with particular attention to all dimensions of metal and polymeric additive manufacturing (AM) (equipment development, process and structural simulation and experimentation), making use of an interesting portfolio of AM machines, most of them developed in-house. The work of INEGI’s Computational Biomechanics group stands out internationally, particularly in what concerns the modelling of soft tissues and their regeneration, including pioneering work in the development of material constitutive models from experimental tests.
Key Persons
Renato N. Jorge
Renato N. Jorge is Deputy Director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Porto, where he is Associate Professor. He is also the Scientific Coordinator of the Design and Experimental Validation Research Unit at INEGI. He is graduated in Mechanical Engineering, has a master degree in Structural Mechanics and a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is an expert in the fields of Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. He is editor of several international books and special issues of international journals, and reviewer for scientific journals, such as the Journal of Biomechanics, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, and others. He authored more than 170 research articles in international journals.
Marco Parente
Marco Parente is a Mechanical Engineer at INEGI. His expertise is in the field of computational mechanics applied to Biomechanics, in particular in the use of numerical methods, mainly the Finite Element Method, to solve biomechanical related problems. He authored 71 research articles published in peer-review international journals.
Antonio Batista
Antonio Batista is a mechanical engineer and project manager, senior researcher, and expert consultant for sheet metal projects at INEGI. He holds a PhD degree in Production Technology and Computational Mechanics. Prior to joining INEGI, Batista worked in the automotive industrial sector, where he gained experience in the design of tools for the production of automotive sheet metal parts, and in the management of continuous improvement programs.
Nilza Ramião
Nilza Ramião is a biomedical engineer. She has experience and developed know-how in the fields of plastic surgery and biomechanics, in particular in the analysis of breast implants for the development and improvement of safer and more compliant products, as well as in the management of industrial and research projects, and in the transfer of healthcare innovations to the industry. Ramião authored 7 scientific publications in high impact factor journals