Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Transfer

Category: Discipline
  • Correia, V., & Martens, P. (2020). Empreendedorismo digital e gestão de projetos: uma revisão sistemática da literatura. Iberoamerican https://submissao.singep.org.br/8singep/arquivos/263.pdf Jablin, F. M., & Putnam, L. (1990). Organizational communication. Human communication: Theory and research, 156-182. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noshir-Contractor/publication/274073759_Emergence_of_Communication_Networks/links/551472f00cf283ee083622a6/ Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. (2009). Organizational behavior. Pearson South Africa. Willness, C., & Bruni-Bossio, V. (2017). The curriculum innovation canvas: A design thinking framework for the engaged educational entrepreneur. Engagement, 21(1), 134-164. https://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/jheoe/article/view/1320
  • Telecommunications, Electronics and Communications Systems
  • 6377
  • 22084
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Transfer
  • IPLUSO6377-22084
  • 1
  • 3
  • 0
  • 4
  • Não
  • Português
  • Problem-Based Learning (PBL): Proposing real market challenges, encouraging students to find creative and applicable solutions. Simulations and Role-Playing: Activities where students take on the roles of entrepreneurs, investors or customers, experiencing business scenarios. Mentoring and Networking: interaction with established professionals and real entrepreneurs, providing valuable insights and connections.
  • Mandatory
  • Knowledge: Students should develop and acquire a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of entrepreneurship and innovation, becoming able to identify opportunities and generate, develop, and validate ideas with market potential.   Skills: Over the course of the learning process, students will develop the ability to create and validate business models, use rapid prototyping techniques for digital products or services, and apply digital marketing strategies tailored to the positioning and growth of the solutions they develop.   Competencies: Students will be trained to lead innovative projects, make informed strategic decisions and adapt to constantly changing environments. At the end of the course, students will be prepared to face real market challenges, create valuable technological solutions and position themselves as leaders and agents of innovation in the digital industry.
  • Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fundamental concepts, historical evolution, entrepreneur profiles, and main typologies in the contemporary context. Identifying Opportunities Market analysis, trends, and identification of needs and underexploited niches; Analysis of social and organisational behaviour in identifying opportunities. Financing and Investor Relations Sources of capital, proposal preparation, and recommended practices for presentation and communication in pitching contexts. Project Management Organisational tools, agile methodologies, and principles of coordination and teamwork applied to innovative projects. Organisational Behaviour Motivation, leadership, conflict management, and decision-making. Challenges and Case Studies Analysis of real cases, identification of critical success factors, and reflection on transferable learning for projects developed by students.

  • Descrição

    Data limite

    Ponderação

    Reflexão escrita 1 (individual)

    TBD

    7,5%

    Reflexão escrita 2 (individual)

    TBD

    7,5%

    Apresentação de pitch (pequeno grupo)

    TBD

    15%

    Projeto final e apresentação (pequeno grupo)

    TBD

    25%

    Teste

    TBD

    20%

    Participação nas dinâmicas

    durante a UC

    25%
  • Semestral
  • The "Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Transfer" course focuses on raising and cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset, integrating innovative thinking with specific technical skills in each area. The range of topics covered in this course includes identifying market opportunities, developing innovative ideas, and turning those ideas into products with a focus on digital services. The field of intervention covers concepts of management, digital marketing, social and organisational psychology, rapid prototyping, and business model validation. In the current context of rapid digitisation and constant technological evolution, having skills in entrepreneurship and innovation is crucial. This course is particularly relevant: equipping students not only to be technical professionals, but also leaders and innovators in the digital world.

Introduction to Telecommunications

Category: Discipline
  • S. Haykin, M. Moher, Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications, John Wiley & Sons, 2ª Ed., 2007. S. Haykin, Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 5ª Ed., 2013.
  • Telecommunications, Electronics and Communications Systems
  • 6377
  • 23524
  • Introduction to Telecommunications
  • IPLUSO6377-23524
  • 1
  • 5
  • 0
  • 4
  • Não
  • Português
  • Provision of diverse study material in digital support, such as slides and exercises. Use of software for data analysis. Use of microcontrollers (Arduino) to promote the initiation of automation processes in measurements.
  • Mandatory
  • The main objective of the course is to transmit to students the basic concepts of telecommunications as well as to present the main applications and components of the systems. One intends to: - Introduce the notions of signals in time and their spectrum, to address the problems of communication channels. - Introduce the types of antennas, and their applications in elementary analog modulation systems, in order for the student to understand the characteristics and fundamental differences between them. - Present the elementary notions of digital transmission such as quantization, and source coding, as well as examples of the most used digital modulations, training the student for the different characteristics of these systems. - Finally, acquire elementary knowledge about guided transmission systems, such as copper pairs, coaxial cables from the perspective of their fundamental components
  • 1. Introduction • Model of a telecommunications system • Notions of information, message and channel   2. Signals in time and frequency • Examples of signals in time • Notions of spectrum, power, phase and bandwidth • Communication channel: Characteristics, information propagation; notions of noise and inter-ference   3. Transmission Passes Bandwidth • Introduction to antennas (elementary notions, types, gain and directivity) • Applications with analog modulations, typical transmitters and receivers: AM (DSB, SSB, VSB, DSB-SC) and FM   4. Digital Broadcasting • Notions of sampling and quantization • Source coding (information, entropy, Huffmann coding) • Applications with digital modulations (bandpass): ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM   5. Guided transmission systems • Applications of Copper / Coaxial Cables (copper pairs, coaxial cable) • Fiber Optic Applications (elementary notions, fiber types, attenuation, dispersion, types of fiber, cables and connectors, OTDR, fiber optic links)

  • As componentes de avaliação são:


    Prova Teórica (70% da Classificação Final).
    - Testes escritos, abrangendo a totalidade da matéria das aulas teóricas e exames nas épocas previstas nos regulamentos
    - Prova oral, que poderá ser realizada para confirmar qualquer nota obtida na avaliação escrita
    - Nota mínima: 10.0 valores.


    Laboratórios (30% da Classificação Final)
    - Trabalhos de laboratório, de frequência obrigatória, com entrega de relatórios.
    - Prova oral, que poderá ser realizada para confirmar qualquer nota obtida na avaliação escrita
    - Nota mínima: 10.0 valores.
  • Semestral
  • This course, in the area of Telecommunications, is where students come across, for the first time, with the fundamental concepts of communication theory and its applications in analog and digital communication. It introduces elementary notions of spectrum and bandwidth to allow the analysis of the various types of communications systems. It also addresses applications of analog and digital modulations, as well as guided transmission systems.

Mathematics II

Category: Discipline
  • Almeida, Ricardo - Cálculo, Teoria e Exercícios. 1ª Edição. Lisboa: Plátano Editora. 2017. ISBN:978 989 760 125 5. Simões, Vasco - Análise Matemática 1. 1ª Edição. Lisboa: Edições Orion. 2009. ISBN: 978 972862 014 1 Monteiro, António, Matos, Isabel e Miranda, Virginia - Derivadas. 1ª Edição. Lisboa: EdiçõesOrion. 2015. ISBN 978 972 862 028 8 Stewart, James - Cálculo - volume I. 5ª edição. São Paulo: Thomson Pioneira. 2005. ISBN: 978852 210 479 6 Ramalhete, M., Guerreiro J., e Magalhães J., - Programação Linear. 1ª Edição. Lisboa.McGraw-Hill. 1985. ISBN 972 9241 03 1
  • Telecommunications, Electronics and Communications Systems
  • 6377
  • 505
  • Mathematics II
  • IPLUSO6377-505
  • 1
  • 5
  • 0
  • 4
  • Não
  • Português
  • Possibility of using specific software to carry out some tasks. Seek to create new learning dynamics.
  • Mandatory
  • The main objective of the curricular unit is to acquire basic knowledge already worked in secondary education and others gradually from mathematical analysis and to develop mathematical skills and competences. It is intended to introduce essential concepts and tools in the context of the study of mathematical models and differential and integral calculus, essential in the formation of future qualified staff in the field of the study cycle. The aim is to consolidate and complement the mathematical training previously acquired, acquire fundamental mathematical training in the domain of differential and eventually one-dimensional integral calculus and also develop the capacity for abstraction in the domain of formulating and solving problems. In a more sustained way provide a deeper knowledge about the concepts of limit, continuity, derivative and indefinite integral, the relationship between these concepts and their application in real context.
  • 1. Brief topological notions. Complement the study of real functions of a real variable (modulus, polynomial, exponential, logistic, logarithmic). Reverse function. 2. Limits and continuity of functions. Weierstrass Theorem and Bolzano Theorem. 3. Derivative and differential of a function. Geometric interpretation. Derivation rules. Study and applications of the first derivative. Study and applications of the second derivative. Cauchy's Rule. Study full of functions. 4. Integral calculation in IR. Definition of primitive. Primitivation Techniques. Definition of Riemann integral. Properties of the integral. Immediate primitives. Fundamental theorem of integral calculus.  

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    Elementos de Avaliação Data Limite Ponderação
     1º Teste de avaliação escrito Semana 8  40 %
     2º Teste de avaliação escrito Semana 15  45 %
     Trabalho Escrito Semana 12 10 %
     Componente de participação ( contexto e a pertinência das questões levantadas,   tarefas desenvolvidas na aula e assiduidade) ao longo do semestre Ao longo do semestre  5 %

     
  • Semestral
  • In a post-secondary cycle of studies in the area of ¿¿technologies and engineering, the curricular units in the scientific area of ¿¿Mathematics play a relevant role. Are essential for students acquire basic knowledge needed in other curricular units of the study cycle that require mathematical knowledge or skills and competences acquired with work in the curricular units in this area. The Mathematics II unit aims to introduce essential concepts and tools in the context of differential and integral calculus, essential in the training of qualified staff in the area of ¿¿the study cycle. Mathematical contents are essential in the training of qualified professionals, whether in the understanding and consolidation of the different concepts or specific knowledge of their applicability. Concepts of functions, limits, derivatives and an introduction to integral calculus with application in other areas of the study cycle are explored.

Microcontrollers

Category: Discipline
  • Gadre, D. (2011). Programming and customizing the AVR microcontroller. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0071744548. Mazidi, M. A., Naimi, S., & Naimi, S. (2014). The AVR microcontroller and embedded systems: Using assembly and C – Using Arduino Uno and Atmel Studio. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0133361980. Documentação fornecida pelo docente e disponibilizada na plataforma Moodle.  
  • Telecommunications, Electronics and Communications Systems
  • 6377
  • 11184
  • Microcontrollers
  • IPLUSO6377-11184
  • 1
  • 5
  • 0
  • 4
  • Não
  • Português
  • The learning objectives of this course are achieved through the programme contents of the different chapters, using theoretical and practical teaching methodologies and diversified resources. In addition to the presentation of fundamental concepts, the course promotes the development of analytical skills, interpretation of practical situations, and decision-making through guided exercises and laboratory sessions. The addressed concepts are progressively and contextually applied using C/C++ programming and microcontrollers. Practical assignments and a mini-project are also carried out, encouraging student autonomy and consolidation of the acquired knowledge.
  • Mandatory
  • Identify the typical structure of a microcontroller-based system. Identify the main characteristics of the microcontroller under study. Describe the operation of interrupts in the microcontroller. Identify and develop flowcharts. Apply the main instructions of the microcontroller under study. Implement data acquisition systems and digital control. Develop programs for controlling the speed of DC motors using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). Recognize the structure of microcontroller-based systems. Define and apply functions related to addressing, data, and control. Program microprocessors and microcontrollers. Apply microcontrollers in the control of industrial processes. Use the main features of the microcontroller. Interface the microcontroller with external peripherals. Develop project-specific hardware. Plan and design the work to be developed. Design programs in the C/C++ programming language.
  • Introduction to microcontrollers: memory, microprocessor, and input/output peripherals. Structure of a microcontroller-based system and identification of its main components. Internal architecture of the microcontroller under study: block diagram, internal structure, functional modules, interrupt control, and timers. Communication with external peripherals and main communication protocols. Hardware integration and testing using breadboards. Programming in C/C++: program structure, main() function, data types, variables, and constants. Input/output instructions and control flow. Functions and data structures in C: functions, arguments, and local variables. Recursive functions. Arrays, character strings, string arrays. String input and output. Development of an application project using a microcontroller. Project testing and validation. Preparation of intermediate and final project reports

  • Descrição

    Data limite

    Ponderação

    Teste de avaliação

    Semana 10

    40%

    Projeto 
    Apresentação e defesa oral

    Semana 15

    40%

    Laboratórios Guiados (obrigatório entrega individual de 4, num total de 6)

    até Semana 15

    20%

     

     
  • Semestral
  • The Microcontrollers curricular unit aims to familiarize students with microcontrollers, their architecture, and their programming using the C/C++ programming language.

Data Acquisition and Processing Electronics

Category: Discipline
  • Taylor, H. R. (1997). Data Acquisition for Sensor Systems. Chapman & Hall. Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (2009). Microelectronic Circuits (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. Poblet, J. M. (1990). Transductores y Medidores Electrónicos. Marcombo Boixareu Editores. Creus, A. (1996). Instrumentación Industrial (4a ed.). Marcombo Boixareu Editores. Areny, R. P. (2004). Transductores y Acondicionadores de Señal. Marcombo Boixareu Editores.  
  • Telecommunications, Electronics and Communications Systems
  • 6377
  • 23522
  • Data Acquisition and Processing Electronics
  • IPLUSO6377-23522
  • 2
  • 5
  • 0
  • 4
  • Não
  • Português
  • The learning objectives are addressed through a structured presentation of the syllabus, supported by diverse teaching resources. The methodology emphasizes the development of interpretation, analysis, decision-making, and calculation skills, as well as deductive reasoning. Concepts are introduced using varied strategies, with a strong focus on real and simulated circuits and systems, ensuring practical and contextualized learning. This approach fosters student motivation and promotes deeper, more sustained learning by highlighting the relevance of electronics in data acquisition systems. Teaching includes theoretical explanations, real demonstrations, simulation-based activities, and hands-on lab work to encourage student autonomy. Assessment combines theoretical and practical components, including tests, lab reports, and/or project work, emphasizing the application of knowledge in real-world contexts.
  • Mandatory
  • On completion of this course, students should be able to: ¿ Understand the operating principles of sensors and transducers, distinguishing between passive, active and digital sensors .¿ Identify and implement signal conditioning circuits, including instrumentation amplifiers, analog filters and sampling and retention circuits. ¿ Explain the operation and characteristics of analogue-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analogue (D/A) converters, recognizing different architectures and applications. ¿ Apply the Nyquist sampling theorem and evaluate parameters such as linearity and error in conversion systems. ¿ Design and assemble signal acquisition chains, integrating sensors, conditioning and conversion.
  • 1. Sensors and Transducers ¿ Fundamental definitions in instrumentation ¿ Classification of sensors: passive, active, and digital 2. Signal Conditioning ¿ Analog signal acquisition chains ¿ Instrumentation amplifiers ¿ Analog filters ¿ Sample-and-hold circuits 3. A/D and D/A Converters ¿ Nyquist sampling theorem ¿ Evaluation parameters: linearity, error, resolution ¿ Architectures: counter, ramp, successive approximation, sigma-delta, flash ¿ PCM technology and applications 4. Introduction to Digital Signal Processing ¿ Basic concepts and applications in acquisition systems

  • Descrição dos instrumentos de avaliação (individuais e de grupo) ¿ testes, trabalhos práticos, relatórios, projetos... respetivas datas de entrega/apresentação... e ponderação na nota final.

    Exemplo:

    Descrição

    Data limite

    Ponderação

    Teste de avaliação

    S7 e S14

    70%

    Trabalhos práticos 

    durante o semestre

    30%

     

     

     

     

    Adicionalmente poderão ser incluídas informações gerais, como por exemplo, referência ao tipo de acompanhamento a prestar ao estudante na realização dos trabalhos; referências bibliográficas e websites úteis; indicações para a redação de trabalho escrito...

     
  • Semestral
  • The Curricular unit of Electronics for Data Acquisition and Processing aims to equip students with fundamental skills in electronics applied to signal acquisition and processing.
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  2. Electronics I
  3. Electrotechnics II
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