Restoring coral reefs and enhancing marine biodiversity are critical global challenges. This paper presents a comprehensive biomimetic design approach using additive manufacturing and sustainable materials to develop artificial substrates for coral propagation. The methodology encompasses several vital steps: design inspiration from nature and understanding their...

The purpose of this paper is to review cases of artificial reefs built through additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and analyse their ecological goals, fabrication process, materials, structural design features and implementation location to determine predominant parameters, environmental impacts, advantages, and limitations. The review analysed 16 cases of artificial...

5th International Conference on Materials Design and Applications 2024. The conference venue was the campus of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), which offers excellent facilities for high quality scientific interactions. FEUP is located in the town of Porto in the...

Encontro Ciência is the largest annual event in the field of science and technology in Portugal, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in collaboration with the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture – Ciência Viva. The initiative also has the institutional support...

DOMAR’s Student’s Day is the biannual meeting of the Campus do Mar’s doctoral programme students. It is both a scientific event as well as a cohabitation event.  Over the course of the event, researchers briefly present their thesis plan before their colleagues, and they will also...

The 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering  The development of substrates and artificial reefs has been an effective restoration method. Due increasing availability of materials, there is limited understanding how physical and chemical properties can influence coral recruitment success and early benthic community development. This article reveals...

MATERIAIS 2023 aims at continuing the successful series of MATERIAIS congresses promoted by the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM) initiated in 1983. This edition, the XXI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais – MATERIAIS 2023, and the XII International Materials Symposium, will take place in Guimarães, Portugal, from 3 to 6 April 2023. MATERIAIS congresses...

It is an exhibition of Design student projects from the participating Schools and Universities. This selection brings together the best proposals and classroom experience for its own quality and as a model of good teaching practice. Its purpose is to value the main axes of each Meeting:...

A INOVA+ assinala os seus 25 anos com o lançamento de um concurso nacional para premiar projetos inovadores em contexto científico e empresarial, com potencial de escala internacional. O Prémio INOVA+ destina-se à distinção de ideias, soluções ou tecnologias de excelência científica, bem como de...