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NOVA School of Science and Technology professor wins Best Article of the Year Award for the 2nd consecutive year

19-02-2020

Helena Navas volta a receber o prémio de melhor artigo do ano

Helena Navas, professor and researcher at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, won for the 2nd consecutive year the Best Article Award from the Quality magazine.

The winning article entitled "Model for generating sustainable innovation: Joint use of the TRIZ methodology and the Eco-Compass tool", was based on the Master's dissertation by Rodrigo da Mata Borges Boavida, New Master in Engineering and Industrial Management by the NOVA School of Science and Technology . Written in co-authorship by the teacher and the student, it was published in the second issue of the Quality magazine of APQ - Associação Portuguesa para a Qualidade and was selected by the Jury as the best article in this 15th edition. The award was presented during the “63rd European Congress of Quality - EOQ Congress 2019”.

Last year, Helena Navas was the winner of the Best Article Award from the Quality magazine, in co-authorship with António William Pereira Agostinho, Master in Engineering and Industrial Management by the NOVA School of Science and Technology.