22-11-2013
Last 15 November, Professor Luís Gomes, from the Department of Electrical Engineering was elected Vice President for Technical Activities of IEEE-"Industrial Electronics Society for the biennium 2014-2015. Professor John Martins of the same Department was elected Chair of the Technical Committee on Education in Engineering and Industrial Technologies also for the same period.Through its members the Industrial Electronics Society (IEEE) encompasses a diverse range of technical activities devoted to the application of electronics and electrical sciences for the enhancement of industrial and manufacturing processes. IES promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro- and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.