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Filipe Joel Soares and David Rua, Paula Silva and Cláudia Ferreirinha

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Limelight

Every month, this section will honour a collaborator for an exceptional contribution in his/her area of activity. BIP’s Editors will have the final choice. However, the cooperation of every Unit Coordinator is precious since they will be the ones suggesting which collaborator should be distinguished...

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FILIPE JOEL SOARES and DAVID RUA

These two PhD students showed exceptional work when defining the functional specifications of project REIVE. They defined the architectural reference core for the integration of EVs in distribution grids and the necessary functions to manage them. This involved many hours of work and real dedication and the results obtained were of high quality. There were many others involved in the project who also contributed and but these two deserve a special mention. 

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Paula Silva

Paula Silva has shown outstanding dedication in several consultancy projects. She was responsible for various projects in the industrial maintenance area and this resulted in a joint proposal for a European project in Predictive Maintenance. The work she presented was truly noteworthy.

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Cláudia Ferreirinha

Detecting bacteria is a long and complicated process and the usual methods, such as PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) or cultivating bacteria are expensive. Cláudia has tried a radical approach that consists of determining the presence of a particular metabolite that is unique to each bacterium. This would make it possible to identify bacteria in a relatively short amount of time. Her work focused on determining the specific enzyme, Escherichia coli, using a florescent reaction and bacterial interaction with nanopores along with the resulting unique print observed in the spectrum of electric intensity. Her work proposal was awarded the Gulbenkian prize that encourages research and celebrates young talent.