“Receiving this honour in a city so close to Portugal reminds us that science knows no borders. I share it with my team and with all the women who choose science as their path, and I hope it will inspire the girls who today dream of becoming scientists,” says Elvira Fortunato.
From recent graduates to those who studied in the hangars and huts of the 1980s, the same feeling was echoed again and again: "Those were the best years of our lives" and "we took friends for life from here."
Departments are NOVA FCT's teaching and research units, and their Chairs play a central role in carrying out the School's strategy in the coming years. With this ceremony, the team that will lead NOVA FCT through 2030 is now complete.
The project's results are very positive. It delivered 77 micro-credentials and certified 2,705 people. Of these, 2,637 have a background outside STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), which shows the project's ability to reach new audiences.
This initiative is aligned with the 2026–2030 strategic plan and aims to highlight knowledge valorisation as a tool for promoting the region's intellectual, economic and cultural heritage.
The award, established by agreement between GALP Energia and the Academy of Engineering, aims to honour individuals of recognised merit who have made a significant contribution to the progress, prestige and advancement of Engineering.
With this leadership team, NOVA FCT reaffirms its commitment to pedagogical excellence, scientific innovation, digital transformation and the well-being of the academic community, preparing for the challenges and opportunities of the next four years.
This initiative thus seeks to bring scientific knowledge closer to decision-making and to the population, contributing to a more informed, preventive land management approach geared toward reducing the vulnerability of communities exposed to risk situations.
The event marked the beginning of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the department the professor helped build.
Among the reasons that lead an increasing number of young people to choose our School are the quality of teaching and research, the Campus infrastructure, and the proximity to Lisbon and the sea. This combination of factors has, year after year, strengthened the School's reputation among secondary school students, as the newcomers themselves confirm.
A eleição do Professor Rodrigo Gonçalves para este cargo representa uma oportunidade para reforçar a ligação do DEC e da NOVA FCT à CMM e, mais amplamente, ao setor da construção metálica e mista em Portugal.
With Remanufacturing-X, the country becomes part of the decision-making core of one of the most strategic projects currently underway in Europe's industrial transition.
