Programme Structure for 2025/2026
| Curricular Courses | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Year | ||
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Applied Project in Automation I
6.0 ECTS
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Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Sensors Actuators and Signal Processing
6.0 ECTS
|
Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Applied Project in Automation II
6.0 ECTS
|
Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
6.0 ECTS
|
Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Electronic Circuit Analysis
6.0 ECTS
|
Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
Applied Project in Automation I
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
LO1: Apply co-creation methodologies in the development of innovative triple sustainable projects (with economic, social and environmental value) in organizations.
LO2: Create empathy with the user and his organization (define needs, obstacles, goals, opportunities, current and desired tasks), define the problem and raise the issues addressed by the project.
LO3: Conduct a systematic literature review and competitive landscape analysis (if applicable), related to the identified problem and the issues raised.
LO4: Identify the digital (including data collection), computational and other resources needed to address the problem.
LO5: Apply already consolidated knowledge of project planning, agile management and project development, within the framework of group work.
LO6: Participate in collaborative and co-creation dynamics and make written and oral presentations, in the context of group work.
S1 Co-creation methodologies based on Design Thinking and Design Sprint
C2 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Creation of value propositions
S3 Presentation of case studies and digital technologies project topics (product, service or process)
S4 Selecting the project topic and framing it in the organization
S5 Problem space: creating empathy with the user and his organization, defining the problem and its related issues, considering business requirements, customer and user needs, and technology challenges
S6 Application of a systematic literature review methodology and its critical analysis. Competition analysis (if applicable)
S7 Identification of digital resources (including data collection), computational, and other resources required for project development
S8 Application of agile project management methodologies, appropriate to the group work to be developed by the students. Communication of results
Course in periodic assessment, not contemplating final exam, given the adoption of the project-based teaching-learning method applied to real situations. Presentations, demonstrations and discussion will be carried out in groups.
Assessment weights:
R1 Report: Project Topic Definition: 5%
R2 Report: Empathy with the User and the Organization and Definition of the Problem. Its presentation and group discussion: 40%
R3 Report: Systematic Literature Review and Project Development Planning. Its presentation and group discussion: 55%
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Brown, T. / HarperCollins, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0062856623, Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation, 2009, ·, ·
Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Papadakos, P., Bernarda, G., Papadakos, T., & Smith, A., Value proposition design / John Wiley & Sons., 2014, ·, ·
Knapp, J., Zeratsky, J., & Kowitz, B. / Bantam Press, Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, 2016, ·, ·
Lewrick, M, Link, P., Leifer, L. / Wiley, ISBN 9781119629191, The Design Thinking Toolbox, 2020, ·, ·
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Ries, E. / capítulos 3 e 4, Penguin Group, Ries, E. (2017), The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, 2017, ·, ·
·, Scrum Institute (2020), The Kanban Framework 3rd Edition, 2020, ·, www.scrum-institute.org/contents/The_Kanban_Framework_by_International_Scrum_Institute.pdf acedido em 02/2023
Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk, Steve Berez / The Scrum Framework 3rd Edition, Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos HardcoverScrum Institute, 2020, ·, www.scrum-institute.org/contents/The_Scrum_Framework_by_International_Scrum_Institute.pdf acedido em 02/2023
Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, 2014, ·, ·
Project Management Institute / 6th ed. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute, A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide), 2017, ·, ·
Gwaldis M., How to conduct a successful pilot: Fail fast, safe, and smart, 2019, ·, https://blog.shi.com/melissa-gwaldis/ acedido em 02/2023
Sensors Actuators and Signal Processing
After successful attendance of the course, students should be able to:
OA1. Identify the main features and components of sensors and actuators and select for applications
OA2. Carry out the design and implementation of specific conditioning circuits for sensors and actuators.
OA3. Design systems based on sensors and actuators for specific applications: industrial, processional agriculture, environmental monitoring.
OA4. Understand, design and implement digital signal processing algorithms.
OA5 Design and implement real-time digital systems characterized by sensors, actuators and specific digital signal processing algorithms.
CP1 Classification sensors; analog and digital sensors, operation, applications.
CP2: Actuators: classification, operation and applications
CP3: Signal conditioning: amplification, analog signal processing -analog filtering, specific control circuits for actuators:
CP4 Elements about analogue and analogue digital conversion..
CP5 Digital signal processing: time-domain and frequency-domain signal analysis; digital filtering algorithms.
CP6 Implementation of digital processing algorithms on real-time computing platforms
CP7 Systems design with sensors and actuators and signal processing modules and applications::industrial, cities and smart homes, transport, precision agriculture.
Laboratory (40%) + Written exam (60%)
Minimum grade in the laboratory: 8
Minimum exam grade: 8
The possibility of taking the written exam in the normal or special season is subject to:
- Presence in laboratory classes (100%) *,
- Presence in theoretical classes at least (50%),
- Presence in theoretical-practical classes at least (50%).
*If for objective reasons absences are registered in the laboratory, a way to recover the missing laboratory will be agreed with the professor.
Clarence W. de Silva, Sensors and Actuators, Engineering System Instrumentation, Second Edition, CRC press 2015.
Octavian Postolache,Eletronica Programada e Processamento digital de SinaisI: Guia de laboratórios, ISCTE-IUL, 2021;
Allen B. Downey,Think DSP: Digital Signal Processing in Python, O'Reilly Media; 1st edition, 2016
Clarence W. de Silva,Sensors and Actuators: Engineering System Instrumentation, Second Edition, CRC Press 2015
William Bolton, Instrumentation and Control Systems, Newnes; 3rd edition, 2021
NJATC NJATC Fundamentals of Instrumentation 2nd Edition
John G. Webster, Halit Eren Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, CRC press 2014
Applied Project in Automation II
LO1: Correct the user and/or organization problem identified in the Applied Project I course of the 1st semester, developing, in an iterative way, an integrated project with all its components, including requirements gathering, solution prototyping (lo-fi, hi-fi, MVP), and evaluation and field deployment of the innovative solution, regarding product, process or service (PPS).
LO2: Produce design documentation of the PPS innovation solution, including, where applicable, architecture, hardware and software configuration, installation, operation and usage manuals.
LO3: Produce solutions with the potential to be triple sustainable in the field, taking into account the applicable legal framework.
LO4: Produce audiovisual content on the achieved results, to be exploited in several communication channels: social networks, landing page web, presentation to relevant stakeholders, demonstration workshop.
S1 Solution space: ideation of the best technological solution relative to the project, development of user requirements, storyboarding, user/costumer journey, iterative prototyping cycles (low fidelity - lo-fi, high fidelity - hi-fi, minimum viable product - MVP), heuristic evaluation of the solution with experts and evaluation with end users.
S2 Production of solution design documentation, including, where applicable, architecture, technical specifications, hardware and software configuration, installation, operation and use manuals.
S3. Experimental deployment of the solution with the potential to be triple sustainable (with economic, social and environmental value creation), safeguarding the applicable legal framework.
S4. Audiovisual communication on the Web and social networks. Communication in public and its structure. Presentation to relevant actors.
S5. Demonstration in workshop with relevant actors
UC in periodic assessment, not contemplating final exam, given the adoption of the project-based teaching method applied to real situations. Presentations, demonstrations and discussion are carried out in groups.
Evaluation weights:
R1 Solution Ideation Report, with Storyboard, User Journey, User Requirements, Technical Specifications and its audiovisual presentation: 20%.
R2 Solution Prototyping: Lo-fi and Hi-fi Prototypes and Minimum Viable Prototype - MVP (on GitHub), its Demonstration and Evaluation Report: 40%
R3 Solution Design Report with the following elements (if applicable): Architecture (UML Package Diagram, UML Component Diagram), Hardware and Software Configuration, Installation Manual (UML Deployment Diagram, Configuration Tutorial), Operation Manual, User Manual: 20%
R4 Audio-visual presentation of the solution and its demonstration in a Workshop: 20%.
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HarperCollins, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0062856623, Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation, 2009, ·, ·
Lewrick, M, Link, P., Leifer, L. / Wiley, ISBN 9781119629191, The Design Thinking Toolbox, 2020, ·, ·
Knapp, J., Zeratsky, J., & Kowitz, B. / Bantam Press, Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days., 2016, ·, ·
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Ries, E. / capítulos 3 e 4, Penguin Group, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, 2017, ·, ·
·, Scrum Institute, The Kanban Framework 3rd Edition, 2020, ·, www.scrum-institute.org/contents/The_Kanban_Framework_by_International_Scrum_Institute.pdf acedido em 02/2023
Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk, Steve Berez / Scrum Institute (2020), The Scrum Framework 3rd Edition, Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos Hardcover Scrum Institute (2020), The Scrum Framework 3rd Edition, 2020, ·, www.scrum-institute.org/contents/The_Scrum_Framework_by_International_Scrum_Institute.pdf
Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, 2014, ·, ·
Project Management Institute / 6th ed. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute, A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide), 2017, ·, ·
Gwaldis M., How to conduct a successful pilot: Fail fast, safe, and smart, 2019, ·, https://blog.shi.com/melissa-gwaldis/ acedido em 02/2023
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Know and know how to apply:
LO1 Entrepreneurial process. Relevant technological trends and socio-economic dynamics in the macro context of entrepreneurship
LO2 Methodologies: Business Plan, Lean Startup
LO3 Triple sustainable business models, in their social, environmental and financial aspects
LO4 Different methodologies of applied innovation, as well as market and competition benchmarking techniques e.g. Ansoff matrix
LO5 Business model design based on the product canvas methodology (BMC)
LO6 Understand the importance of multi-disciplinary teams with different skills
LO7 Techniques for creating MVPs - Minimum Viable Products of testable innovations with the potential to be triple sustainable
LO8 Pivot based on empirical results obtained with the MVP
LO9 Communication with peers and stakeholders in the product development, through presentations, business opportunity summary (executive summary) and elevator pitch
S1 Presentation by the teacher, Objectives of the Curricular Unit, Evaluation model. Introduction to Entrepreneurship. Macro Context of Entrepreneurship
S2 Methodologies: from Business Plan to Lean Startup. Recommended Events. What is a business idea? How do we find business ideas?
S3 Innovation in Sustainable Products. Identification of work teams.
S4 The innovation dilemma with case studies: Innovation framework, Innovation funnel, Open innovation
S5 Presentation of the product canvas methodology (BMC)
S6 Examples of triple-sustainable businesses and entrepreneurship initiatives
S7 Experiential learning: testing of an entrepreneurial idea with potential to be triple sustainable (create economic and/or social and environmental value) through MVPs - Minimum Viable Products
S8 Evaluation of entrepreneurial test results
S9 Presentation of a business idea. Communication in public (the art of pitching). Relevant Stakeholders. Structure of the presentation
Course w/continuous assessment. No Final Exam. Presence is required in 90% of all the activities. Assessment weights:
- 5% Attendance and participation in the classes.
- 70% Lab project was carried out in a group +the final presentation and individual discussion.
- 25% 2 Mini-tests with multiple choice.
A mark below 10 assigns the student to an exam in normal and/or the appeal period (30% of the mark), where the completion and approval of the group project or an individual project (70%) is mandatory.
Ames, M., & Runco, M. A. (2005). ?Predicting entrepreneurship from ideation and divergent thinking?, Creativity and Innovation Management, 14(3), 311-315. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2004.00349.x
Blank, S., ?Four Steps to Epiphany? (2013), primeiros 3 capítulos, K & S Ranch
Alex Osterwalder, A., Pigneau, Y. (2010), ?Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers?, primeiras 72 páginas, Wiley, https://canvanizer.com/book/business-model-generation
Ries, E. (2017), ?The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses?, capítulos 3 e 4, Penguin Group
Paul Graham (2012) blog: http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
Blogs:
Alex Osterwalder on ?From Business Plan to Business Model? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxHApgcmoU&feature=related
Steve Blank on ?Customer Development? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t0t-CXPpyM&feature=related
Videos:
Ames, M., & Runco, M. A. (2005). ?Predicting entrepreneurship from ideation and divergent thinking?, Creativity and Innovation Management, 14(3), 311-315.
Electronic Circuit Analysis
After successfully attending the curricular unit, students should be able to:
LO1: Components and laws
LO2: Analysis of electrical circuits
LO3: Circuits with DC Bridges and AmpOps
CP1: Basic notions of electrical components and circuits
CP1.1: Units and scales
CP1.2: Voltage and current sources
CP1.3: Ohm's Law
CP1.4: Kirchhoff's Laws
CP2: Analysis of electrical circuits
CP2.1: Linearity and overlap
CP2.2: Thevenin and Norton theorems
CP2.3. Maximum Power Transfer Theorem (MPTT)
CP3: Capacitors and coils
CP3.1: Capacitors
CP3.2: Coils
CP3.3: RLC Circuits
CP4: DC Bridges and Operational Amplifiers
CP4.1: AmpOps Basics
CP4.2: Linear operation
CP4.3: DC Circuits and Bridges
CP4.4: Circuits, DC Bridges and Operational Amplifiers
Assessment throughout the semester:
A1: Laboratory and Reports (30%)
A2: 1st Written Test (30%)
A3: 2nd Written Test (40%)
Minimum mark in Laboratory and Report: 8.5
Minimum mark in Written Tests: 8.5
(final average greater than or equal to 9.5)
The possibility of assessment throughout the semester is conditional on:
- Attendance at laboratory classes (100%) *,
- Attendance at lectures (50%),
- Attendance at theoretical-practical classes at least (50%).
*If laboratory absences are recorded for objective reasons, a way of making up the missed laboratory will be agreed with the teacher.
Assessment by exam:
Exam (100%) in the 1st, 2nd and special exam periods.
The exam will include, in addition to the content of the theoretical and practical classes, some content related to the laboratory work carried out.
Electric Circuits, Global Edition: Global Edition, 11th Edition, by James W. Nilsson, Susan Riedel;
Schaum's Outline of Basic Circuit Analysis, Second Edition, by John O'Malley;
Manuel de Medeiros Silva, Introdução aos Circuitos Eléctricos e Electrónicos, 2ª Ed., Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2001;
Hayt, Kemmerly, Durbin, "Engineering Circuit Analysis", 9th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2008;
J. David Irwin, Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 11ª Ed., Wiley, 2015;
Richard C. Dorf, James Svoboda, Introduction to Electric Circuits, 9ª Ed., Wiley, 2013;
James W. Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel, Introductory Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 2002;
Vítor Meireles, Circuitos Eléctricos, Lidel, 2001;
John O'Malley, Análise de Circuitos, Colecção Schaum, McGraw-Hill, 1993;