Achieve worldwide excellence in research and development in the scientific areas of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering and Industrial Management.
At the end of July, Juliana Salvadorinho officially joined NOVA FCT as an Assistant Professor, strengthening the DEMI teaching team.
Professor Ana Teresa Gabriel, a faculty member of the DEMI, completed an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
In June, DEMI welcomed Professor Fabiane Letícia Lizarelli from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and Professor Camila Fabrício Poltronieri from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
Professor Ana Teresa Gabriel, a faculty member at DEMI, participated as a speaker at the DNPST 2026 Seminar – "Ensuring Healthy Work Environments and Psychosocial Well-being", organized by the Setúbal Peninsula Local Centre of the Authority for Working Conditions (ACT).
At the invitation of the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil, Professor Susana Duarte visited the Department of Production Engineering.
The online event will take place on 21 July 2026, from 08:30 to 10:30 (Lisbon time), bringing together experts, researchers, industry representatives, and policymakers.

Achieve worldwide excellence in research and development in the scientific areas of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering and Industrial Management.

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DEMI) is a permanent organic unit of Nova School of Science and Technology | NOVA FCT, dedicated to teaching, to fundamental and applied scientific research and to the provision of services in the fields of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
DEMI counts, currently, with 5 employees and 44 teachers who are committed to offering the best teaching experience and the best knowledge to their students, helping them develop their skills and achieve their personal and professional goals.
DEMI teachers also collaborate, at different levels, with diverse public and private institutions, particularly in the development of research projects in scientific and technological areas of relevance to Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, which aim to respond to the needs of the society.
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