Rui Manuel Alves da Silva e Sousa
Rui Manuel Alves da Silva e Sousa-
From 2018 to Present
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At ALGORITMI
- Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
- Member of the IEM R&D Line
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Academic Degree
PhD (Doutoramento)
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Current Position
Associate Professor (Professor Associado) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
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ORCID
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).
- Development of competences while solving real industrial interdisciplinary problems: A successful cooperation with industry.Lima, R.M.; Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Sousa, R.M.; Arezes, P.; Mesquita, D.Producao2017
- Lean education at University of Minho: Aligning and pulling the right requirements geared on competitive industries.Alves, A.C.; Sousa, R.; Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Moreira, F.Lean Education: An Overview of Current Issues2016
- Teacher's experiences in PBL: implications for practice.Alves, A.C.; Sousa, R.M.; Fernandes, S.; Cardoso, E.; Carvalho, M.A.; FiEuropean Journal of Engineering Education2016
- Redesign of the production system: A hard decision-making process.Alves, A.C.; Sousa, R.M.; DInis-Carvalho, J.IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management2016
- Performance enhancing in the manufacturing industry: An improvement KATA application.Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Ratnayake, R.M.C.; Stadnicka, D.; Sousa, R.M.; Isoherranen, J&periodIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management2016
- Gamification based lean knowledge dissemination: A case study.Sousa, R.M.; Stadnicka, D.; Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Ratnayake, R.M.C.; Isoherranen, V&periodIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management2016
- Remote supervision of production processes in the food industry.Lima, J.; Moreira, J.F.P.; Sousa, R.M.IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management2016
ALGORITMI Members
- Production systems redesign in a lean context: A matter of sustainability.Alves, A.C.; Sousa, R.M.; Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Moreira, F.FME Transactions2015
- Waste identification diagrams.Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Moreira, F.; Bragan?a, S.; Costa, E.; Alves, A.; Sousa, R&perProduction Planning and Control2015
- Process mapping improvement: Extending value stream maps with waste identification diagrams.Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Ferrete, L.F.; Sousa, R.M.; Medeiros, H.S.; Magalh\~aes, A&FME Transactions2015
- Moving from job-shop to production cells without losing flexibility: A case study from the wooden frames industry.Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Alves, A.C.; Sousa, R.M.South African Journal of Industrial Engineering2014
- An overview of the generic product data model GenPDM.Martins, P.J.; Sousa, R.M.22nd International Conference on Production Research, ICPR 20132013
- Lean production as promoter of thinkers to achieve companies' agility.Alves, A.C.; Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Sousa, R.M.Learning Organization2012
- A project management framework for planning and executing interdisciplinary learning projects in engineering education.Lima, R.M.; Carvalho, D.; Sousa, R.M.; Alves, A.; Moreira, F.; Mesquita, Springer 42012
- A project management framework for planning and executing interdisciplinary learning projects in engineering education.Lima, R.M.; Carvalho, D.; Sousa, R.M.; Alves, A.; Moreira, F.; Mesquita, Project Approaches to Learning in Engineering Education: The Practice of Teamwork2012
- Project based learning in first year, first semester of industrial engineering and management: Some results.Alves, A.C.; Moreira, F.; Lima, R.; Sousa, R.; Dinis-Carvalho, J.; Mesquita, D&pASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)2012
- An application of the smed methodology in an electric power controls company.Ribeiro, D.; Braga, F.; Sousa, R.; Carmo-Silva, S.Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics and Mechatronics2011
- Towards eco-efficient lean production systems.Moreira, F.; Alves, A.C.; Sousa, R.M.IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology2010
- An industrial application of resource constrained scheduling for quick changeover.Sousa, R.M.; Lima, R.M.; Carvalho, J.D.; Alves, A.C.IEEM 2009 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management2009
- Formal grammars for product data management on distributed manufacturing systems.Sousa, R.M.; Martins, P.J.; Lima, R.M.IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology2009
- Agent based prototype for interoperation of production planning and control and manufacturing automation.Lima, R.M.; Sousa, R.M.IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA2007
- User-interface Architectures for VE Dynamic Reconfiguration: An Initial Analysis.Gon?alves, P.; Putnik, G.D.; Cunha, M.; Sousa, R.Intelligent Production Machines and Systems - 2nd I*PROMS Virtual International Conference 3-14 July 20062006
- Distributed production planning and control agent-based system.Lima, R.M.; Sousa, R.M.; Martins, P.J.International Journal of Production Research2006
- On formal theories - And formalisms for virtual enterprises.Putnik, G.; Sousa, R.IFIP International Federation for Information Processing2006
ALGORITMI Members
- A formal theory of BM virtual enterprises structures.Sousa, R.; Putnik, G.IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology2005
- BM_virtual enterprise: A model for dynamics and virtuality.Putnik, G.D.; Cunha, M.M.; Sousa, R.; ?vila, P.Virtual Enterprise Integration: Technological and Organizational Perspectives2005
- Virtual enterprise integration: Challenges of a new paradigm.Putnik, G.D.; Cunha, M.M.; Sousa, R.; ?vila, P.Virtual Enterprise Integration: Technological and Organizational Perspectives2005
From 2017 to 2017
At ALGORITMI- Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
- Member of the IEM R&D Line
Academic DegreePhD (Doutoramento)PositionAssistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do MinhoFrom 2015 to 2016
At ALGORITMI- Researcher with PhD (Investigador Doutorado)
- Member of the IEM R&D Line
Academic DegreePhD (Doutoramento)PositionAssistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
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