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Sérgio Vinha is an electrical and computer engineer with a strong academic and research background. He earned his Integrated Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto in 2019 and is currently pursuing a PhD at FEUP. Since 2022, he has served as an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, teaching courses in probability, statistics, and mathematical analysis. His research focuses on automation, control systems, and renewable energy, particularly in airborne wind energy systems, integrating both software and hardware components. He has published multiple research articles, presented at international conferences, and contributed to several funded projects. Additionally, he has supervised two undergraduate thesis projects and received multiple awards for innovation and entrepreneurship, including a Best Presentation Award.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sérgio Vinha
Gender
Masculino

Citation names

  • Vinha, Sérgio

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E01E-894D-7B6F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6364-6736

Email addresses

  • svinha@fe.up.pt (Profissional)

Knowledge fields

  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática - Engenharia Eletrotécnica e Eletrónica
  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática - Automação e Sistemas de Controlo

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Português (Mother tongue)
Inglês Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2026
Em curso
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Automatic Take-off and landing for Airborne Wind Energy Systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/02 - 2025
Em curso
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019
Concluído
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Automação
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Indoor Tracking for drone" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Docência no Ensino Superior

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/01 - Current Assistente Convidado (Docente Universitário) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Bolsa

Designation Funders
2022/05/01 - 2026/04/30 Autonomous Takeoff and Landing Control of Airborne Wind Energy Systems
UI/BD/152707/2022
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso

Projeto

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current UPWind-ATOL : An Airborne Wind Energy System with Automatic Takeoff and Landing capabilities
2022.02801.PTDC
Investigador
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 UPWind-ATOL : Sistema Aéreo de Energia Eólica com capacidade de Decolagem e Aterragem Automáticas
2022.02801.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02801.PTDC
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Algoritmos para Optimização e Configuração de Parques Eólicos com Kites.
2022.02320.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02320.PTDC
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2019/10 - 2022/05/01 UPWIND - A Multi-Kite System to Harvest High Altitude Wind Power
02/SAICT/2017-31447-FCT-UPWIND
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal
Concluído
Outputs

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. Fernandes, Gabriel M.; Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M.; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Fernandes, Gabriel M.. "Control of Circular Take-off in Tethered Aircraft Under Wind". Paper presented in 11th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design (ROCOND’25), Porto, 2025.
    Submetido
  2. Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M.; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Vinha, Sérgio. "Motion primitives on a spherical surface with application to tethered aircraft guidance". Paper presented in 23rd European Control Conference (ECC25), Thessaloniki, 2025.
    Submetido
  3. Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Gabriel M.; Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M.; Huu Thien Nguyen ; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Vinha, Sérgio. "Control of Fixed-Wing Tethered Aircraft in Circular Take-off and Landing Maneuvers". Paper presented in 21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Porto, 2024.
    Aceite para publicação
  4. Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Gabriel M.; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Vinha, Sérgio. "Circular take-off and landing of tethered aircraft with variable tether length". Paper presented in 16th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing, Porto, 2024.
    Publicado
  5. Fernandes, Gabriel M.; Costa, Conrado Guimarães; Vinha, Sérgio; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Fernandes, Gabriel M.. "A testing platform for Airborne Wind Energy: Modelling, Sensoring, and Actuation". Paper presented in 16th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing, Porto, 2024.
    Publicado
  6. Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Gabriel; Huu Thien Nguyen ; Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M.; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Vinha, Sérgio. "Automatic Circular Take-off and Landing of Tethered Motorized Aircraft". Paper presented in 22nd European Control Conference (ECC), Stockholm, 2024.
    Submetido
  7. Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Gabriel M.; Huu Thien Nguyen ; Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M.; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Vinha, Sérgio. "Automatic Circular Take-off and Landing of Motorized Tethered Aircraft". Paper presented in 22nd European Control Conference (ECC), Stockholm, 2024.
    10.23919/ecc64448.2024.10590893
  8. Fernandes, Gabriel M.; Vinha, Sérgio; Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M.; Fontes, Fernando A. C. C.. Autor correspondente: Fernandes, Gabriel M.. "Automatic Circular Take-off and Landing of Self-Propelled Kite". Paper presented in 10th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2024), Madrid, 2024.
    Publicado
Artigo em revista
  1. Manuel C. R. M. Fernandes; Sérgio Vinha; Luís Tiago Paiva; Fernando A. C. C. Fontes. "L0 and L1 Guidance and Path-Following Control for Airborne Wind Energy Systems". Energies 15 4 (2022): 1390-1390. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041390.
    10.3390/en15041390
  2. Manuel C. R. M. Fernandes; Sérgio Vinha; L.T. Paiva; Fernando A. C. C. Fontes. "L0 and L1 Guidance and Path-Following Control for Airborne Wind Energy Systems". (2022): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/140052.
    10.3390/en15041390
  3. Ali Arshad Uppal; Manuel C. R. M. Fernandes; Sérgio Vinha; Fernando A. C. C. Fontes. "Cascade Control of the Ground Station Module of an Airborne Wind Energy System". Energies (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248337.
    10.3390/en14248337
Poster em conferência
  1. Vinha, Sérgio. Autor correspondente: Vinha, Sérgio. "A Discussion on Automatic Take-off and Landing Approaches for Airborne Wind Energy Systems". Paper presented in 10th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2024), 2024.
  2. Huu Thien Nguyen ; Vinha, Sérgio; Manuel Côrte-Real de Matos Fernandes; LUÍS TIAGO DE FREIXO RAMOS PAIVA; Fernando Armenio da Costa Castro e Fontes. Autor correspondente: Huu Thien Nguyen. "An Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning Approach with Multi-Fidelity Simulation Models for Motion Control of Four in-Wheel Motor Vehicles". Paper presented in 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023.
Relatório
  1. Vinha, Sérgio. 2020. Activities Report October 2020 - UPWIND project. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/131940.
  2. Vinha, Sérgio. 2020. Activities Report April 2020 - UPWIND project. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/131955.
  3. Vinha, Sérgio. 2019. Indoor Tracking for Drone. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/131933.
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Vinha, Sérgio. "Indoor Tracking for Drone". Mestrado, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/121422.
  2. Sérgio Emanuel Costa Vinha. "Indoor Tracking for drone". Mestrado, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/121422.
Activities

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/16 Control of Fixed-Wing Tethered Aircraft in Circular Take-off and Landing Maneuvers 21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO24)
(Porto, Portugal)
2024/07/17 Circular take-off and landing of tethered aircraft with variable tether length 16th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/05/25 Circular Take-off and Landing for Motorized Kites in Airborne Wind Energy Systems Wind Energy Science Conference 2023
(Glasgow, Reino Unido)
2021/06/23 Kite Path-following with L0 and L1 Controllers Tested on a Small-scale Prototype 9th International Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2021)
(Milano, Itália)

Orientação

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02/10 - 2025/06/30 Sensores e Sistemas de Monitorização para AWES
Coorientador
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/01 - 2025/06/30 Desenvolvimento de Sistema de Irrigação Automatizado com Microcontroladores
Orientador
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/01 - 2025/06/30 Algoritmo de Sincronização entre Kite e Veículo Auxiliar
Coorientador
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Participação em evento

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/03 - 2023/03 Intensive week long course on "Hybrid Control Systems", within EECI 2023 International Graduate School on Control.
Oficina (workshop)
 EECI - International Graduate School on Control
2021/03 - 2021/03 Intensive week long course on "Model-Based Fault Diagnosis - A Linear Synthesis Framework using MATLAB", within EECI 2021 International Graduate School on Control. The aim of this course is to describe the recent developments in the synthesis procedures of fault detection and isolation filters relying on computational approaches suitable to solve the basic synthesis problems in the most general setting. Final grade 20 out of 20.
Oficina (workshop)
 EECI - International Graduate School on Control

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02/01 - 2025/07/01 Probability and Statistics Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2025/01/31 Mathematical Analysis 1 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/01 Probability and Statistics Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/01/31 Mathematical Analysis 1 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura)
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/01 Probability and Statistics Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/01/31 Mathematical Analysis 1 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2022/07/01 Probability and Statistics Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Prémio

2024 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award - iUP25k
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award - Climate Launchpad
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award - BIP PROOF
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award - BIP ACCELERATION
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2021 DCE21: Best Presentation Award