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Rui Manuel Alves da Silva e Sousa

Rui Manuel Alves da Silva e Sousa

  • From 2020 to Present

  • At ALGORITMI

    • Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
    • Member of the IEM R&D Line

  • Academic Degree

    PhD (Doutoramento)

  • Current Position

    Associate Professor (Professor Associado) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho

  • Personal E-mail

     rms@dps.uminho.pt

  • ORCID

     0000-0003-2316-2793

  • Researcher ID

     I-6552-2015

  • FCT Public Key

     J012294CFBrp

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    Rui Manuel Alves da Silva e Sousa is Associate Professor at the Department of Production and Systems/School of Engineering/University of Minho. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, an MSc in Systems and Automation and a PhD in Production and Systems Engineering. His main research interests are: lean manufacturing; formal

    approaches for production systems analysis/design and engineering education. He supervised more than 40 IME master thesis developed in the industry, mainly in the Lean Manufacturing area. He is author/coauthor of more than 60 publications in international journals and conferences. Current funded projects:(i) ILA-LEAN - 2016-1-PL01-KA203-026293 Innovative Learning Approaches for Implementation of Lean Thinking to Enhance Office and Knowledge Work Productivity. Programme: Erasmus+. Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for higher education. Global financing: 218.895€. Team: Rui M. Sousa (coordinator UMinho) and Dinis Carvalho. Start date: 2016.10.01. End date: 2018.09.30.(ii) MSIE4.0, “Curriculum Development of Master’s Degree Program in Industrial Engineering for Thailand Sustainable Smart Industry”. Programa ERASMUS+ Thailand, Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, Action: Capacity Building in Higher Education, Action Type: Joint Projects. Submission number: 586137-EPP-1-2017-1-TH-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP. Grant from the European Union: 981628,00 €. Team: Rui M. Lima (coordinator UMinho), Diana Mesquita, Rui Sousa, Teresa Monteiro, José Telhada. Dates and duration of the project: 15/10/2017 – 14/10/2020 (36 months).

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  • Experience
  • Supervisions (2)
    •

      • From 2018 to 2019

        At ALGORITMI
        • Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
        • Member of the IEM R&D Line
        Academic Degree
        PhD (Doutoramento)
        Position
        Associate Professor (Professor Associado) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho

      • From 2017 to 2017

        At ALGORITMI
        • Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
        • Member of the IEM R&D Line
        Academic Degree
        PhD (Doutoramento)
        Position
        Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho

      • From 2015 to 2016

        At ALGORITMI
        • Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
        • Member of the IEM R&D Line
        Academic Degree
        PhD (Doutoramento)
        Position
        Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
      YearSupervisionCo-Supervision
      2017
      2015
      • Hyggor da Silva Medeiros

        Research Collaborator: PhD Student (Aluno de Doutoramento) at IEM

        From 2015 to 2017 (Supervised during 3 year(s))