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Manuel Cândido Duarte dos Santos (Cândido Duarte) received the Licenciatura and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Porto, Portugal. Since 2009, he has been with the Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) Department, FEUP, as a Lecturer in courses of electronics, sensors, and instrumentation. He is currently a Researcher with the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC; formerly INESC Porto), Porto. Dr. Cândido Duarte has particular scientific interests in the fields of analog and mixed-signal microelectronic circuits covering: - Radio-frequency CMOS transceivers - Linear Transmitter Architectures - Ultra low-power integrated circuits - Digitally-assisted analog systems - Energy harvesting circuits (PV, TENG) - Underwater wireless power transfer - Electronic circuit design and optimization techniques.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Manuel Cândido Duarte dos Santos

Citation names

  • Duarte, Cândido

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4C1C-0075-810F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7449-8193

Telephones

Telephone
  • 225081400 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/06/30
Concluded
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"High-Efficiency Linear Transmitters for Mobile Communication Systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/01 - 2020/08/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2020/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 TERRAMETA: Terahertz Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for Ultra-High Rate Wireless Communications
101097101
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 European Science Foundation
2022/10/01 - 2025/12/31 AgendaTransform: Agenda para a Transformação Digital do Setor Florestal para uma Economia Resiliente e Hipocarbónica
34
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Wine4Cast-LA8.3 Previsão Espácio-Temporal da Produtividade Vitivinícola para Usabilidade Multi-Ator: Integração de Sensores Ótico-Fotónicos Remotos, Inteligência Artificial e Cenários Climáticos
PRR-C05-i03-I-000071-LA8.3
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas, I.P.
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2023/09/30 Smart-Fertilizers: Espalhadores e Cisternas inteligentes
INESCP-SERV-18/19
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/07/01 - 2022/06/30 THEIA: Automated Perception Driving
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047264
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal EPE
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 ROMOVI: Robot Modular e Cooperativo para Vinhas de Encosta,
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017945
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/08/01 - 2020/06/30 ENDURANCE: Underwater Wireless Energy and Communications Enabling Long-Term Deep-Sea Presence
PTDC/EEI-EEE/31971/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031971
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2020/03/31 BLUEENERGY: Large scale blue energy harvesting using hybrid triboelectric/photovoltaic systems for the long term deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles
UTAP-EXPL/Ntec/0021/2017
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/04/01 - 2018/08/31 CORAL: Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000036
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2017/03/31 ENDURE: Enabling Long-Term Deployments of Underwater Robotic Platforms in Remote Oceanic Locations
PT02_Aviso4_0015
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Unidade Nacional de Gestão do Mecanismo Financeiro do Espaço Económico Europeu
Concluded
2012/04/01 - 2014/09/30 CPT: Cartesian Polar Transmitter
PTDC/EEA-TEL/121101/2010
PTDC/EEA-TEL/121101/2010
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/09/01 - 2014/08/31 SELF-PVP: Self-organizing power management for photo-voltaic power plants
CMU-PT/SIA/0005/2009
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/10/01 - 2014/05/31 MRKII: CMOS Design and Implementation of a Reduced-KII Multiplexed Network
PP-IJUP2011-351
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Concluded
2009/10/01 - 2010/09/30 NF-PLL: N-Fractional Frequency Synthesizer
LIDERAPRJ04
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Concluded
2009/10/01 - 2010/09/30 RxFE: RF Wireless Receiver Front-End
LIDERAPRJ03
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2010/08/31 Wi-Rex: Design of an Integrated Circuit for a Wireless Receiver
IPG148/2009
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Concluded
2008/10/01 - 2009/09/30 CMOS-IC: Design of a CMOS Integrated-Circuit
LIDERAPR02
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Concluded
2004/01/01 - 2007/12/31 TARGET: Top Amplifier Research Groups in a European Team
IST-1-507893-NOE
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Stephan Weber; Candido Duarte. Circuit Design: Anticipate, Analyze, Exploit Variations. River Publishers. 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Saraiva, B; Duarte, C; Tavares, VG. "A Switching-Mode Power Recycling System for a Radio-Frequency Outphasing Transmitter". 2021.
    10.1109/dcis53048.2021.9666180
  2. Pessoa L.M.; Duarte C.; Salgado H.M.; Correia V.; Ferreira B.; Cruz N.A.; Matos A.. "Design of an underwater sensor network perpetually powered from AUVs". 2019.
    10.1109/oceanse.2019.8867273
  3. Esteves R.; Rodrigues C.; Ventura J.; Pereira A.; Duarte C.; Correia V.; Pessoa L.. "Experimental evaluation of tengs for energy harvesting in maritime applications". 2019.
    10.1109/oceanse.2019.8867376
  4. Silva, M; Duarte, C; Goncalves, F; Correia, V; Pessoa, L. "Power Transmitter Design for Underwater WPT". 2019.
    10.1109/oceanse.2019.8867459
  5. Duarte, C; Goncalves, F; Silva, M; Correia, V; Pessoa, LM. "Experimental Evaluation of Coupling Coils for Underwater Wireless Power Transfer". 2019.
    10.1109/wptc45513.2019.9055518
  6. Duarte, C.; Goncalves, F.; Ressurreicao, T.; Gomes, R.; Correia, V.; Goncalves, R.; Santos, R.. "A study on load modulation for underwater wireless power transfer". 2017.
    10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8085010
  7. Ressurreicao, T.; Goncalves, F.; Duarte, C.; Goncalves, R.; Gomes, R.; Santos, R.; Esteves, R.; et al. "System design for wireless powering of AUVs". 2017.
    10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084820
  8. F. Gonçalves; A. Pereira; A. Morais; C. Duarte; R. Gomes; L. M. Pessoa. "An adaptive system for underwater wireless power transfer". 2016.
    10.1109/ICUMT.2016.7765340
  9. H. M. Santos; M. R. Pereira; L. M. Pessoa; C. Duarte; H. M. Salgado. "Assessment of design trade-offs for wireless power transfer on seawater". 2016.
    10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761273
  10. F. Gonçalves; C. Duarte; L. M. Pessoa. "A Novel Circuit Topology for Underwater Wireless Power Transfer". 2016.
    10.1109/SIMS.2016.29
  11. Gomes, R.; Duarte, C.; Pedro, J.C.. "Investigation of AM-AM performance in CMOS digital power amplifiers". 2016.
    10.1109/ISWCS.2016.7600961
  12. Barreto, A.; Oliveira, R.; Sousa, F.; Cardoso, A.; Duarte, C.. "Environment-aware system for Alzheimer's patients". 2015.
    10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015970
  13. Iman Kianpour; Bilal Hussain; Vitor G. Tavares; Candido Duarte; Helio Mendonca; Jose Principe. "An energy study on IR-UWB transmitter using integration-and-fire modulation". 2014.
    10.1109/icuwb.2014.6959029
  14. Bahubalindruni, P.; Tavares, V.; Duarte, C.; Cardoso, N.; Oliveira, P.; Barquinha, P.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E.. "Transparent current mirrors using A-GIZO TFTs: Simulation with RBF models and fabrication". 2014.
    10.1109/UKSim.2014.98
  15. Bahubalindruni, G.; Tavares, V.G.; Barquinha, P.; Duarte, C.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E.; De Oliveira, P.G.. "Basic analog circuits with a-GIZO thin-film transistors: Modeling and simulation". 2012.
    10.1109/SMACD.2012.6339389
  16. Bahubalindruni, G.; Duarte, C.; Tavares, V.G.; Barquinha, P.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E.; De Oliveira, P.G.. "Multipliers with transparent a-GIZO TFTs using a neural model". 2012.
    10.1109/TELFOR.2012.6419367
  17. Duarte, C.; Cavadas, H.; Coke, P.; Malheiro, L.; Tavares, V.G.; De Oliveira, P.G.. "BIST design for analog cell matching". 2012.
    10.1109/ETS.2012.6233008
  18. Duarte, C.; Oliveira, H.P.; Magalhaes, F.; Tavares, V.G.; Campilho, A.C.; De Oliveira, P.G.. "Proactive engineering". 2012.
    10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201104
  19. Coke, P.; Duarte, C.; Cardoso, A.; Tavares, V.G.; De Oliveira, P.G.. "Network infrastructure for academic IC CAD environments". 2011.
    10.1109/EUROCON.2011.5929201
Journal article
  1. Tiago Alves; Cátia Rodrigues; Carlos Callaty; Candido Duarte; Joao Ventura. "Airflow-Driven Triboelectric-Electromagnetic Hybridized Nanogenerator for Biomechanical Energy Harvesting". Advanced Materials Technologies (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300689.
    10.1002/admt.202300689
  2. C. Rodrigues; M. Ramos; R. Esteves; J. Correia; D. Clemente; F. Gonçalves; N. Mathias; et al. "Integrated study of triboelectric nanogenerator for ocean wave energy harvesting: Performance assessment in realistic sea conditions". Nano Energy 84 (2021): 105890-105890. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nanoen.2021.105890.
    10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105890
  3. Luís Carlos Santos; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Raul Morais; Cândido Duarte. "Potential Non-Invasive Technique for Accessing Plant Water Contents Using a Radar System". Agronomy (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020279.
    10.3390/agronomy11020279
  4. Rui Gomes; Candido Duarte; Jose Carlos Pedro. "Analysis and Design of a Polar Digitally Modulated CMOS PA Based on Switched Constant-Current". IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 68 2 (2020): 785-795. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2019.2952835.
    10.1109/TMTT.2019.2952835
  5. Stephan Weber; Candido Duarte. "Yield Analysis for Electrical Circuit Designs: Many Problems and Some Recent Developments in Electronic Engineering". IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine 12 1 (2020): 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2019.2939341.
    10.1109/MSSC.2019.2939341
  6. Pereira, A.; Duarte, C.; Costa, P.; Gora, W.; Pereira, Adriano; Duarte, Cândido; Costa, Pedro; Gora, Witold. "Performance improvement of a buck converter using Kalman filtering". International Journal of Power Electronics 8 2 (2017): 87-106. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017385704&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1504/IJPELEC.2017.082931
  7. Stephan Weber; Tiago Ressurreicao; Candido Duarte. "Yield Prediction With a New Generalized Process Capability Index Applicable to Non-Normal Data". IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 35 6 (2016): 931-942. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2015.2481865.
    10.1109/TCAD.2015.2481865
  8. Tavares, V.G.; Duarte, C.; Guedes De Oliveira, P.; Príncipe, J.C.. "Filter & hold: A mixed continuous-/discrete-time technique for time-constant scaling". International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications 43 12 (2015): 1832-1844. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957805341&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cta.2046
  9. Bahubalindruni, P.G.; Tavares, V.G.; Barquinha, P.; Duarte, C.; Cardoso, N.; De Oliveira, P.G.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E.. "A-GIZO TFT neural modeling, circuit simulation and validation". Solid-State Electronics 105 (2015): 30-36. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920169995&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.sse.2014.11.009
  10. Amaral, P.; Duarte, C.; Costa, P.. "On the impact of timer resolution in the efficiency optimization of synchronous buck converters". International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems 6 4 (2015): 693-702. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84953410035&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  11. Bahubalindruni, P.G.; Tavares, V.G.; Barquinha, P.; Duarte, C.; De Oliveira, P.G.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E.. "Transparent current mirrors with a-GIZO TFTs: Neural modeling, simulation and fabrication". IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology 9 12 (2013): 1001-1006. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889249164&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/JDT.2013.2275251

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2019. "Method and Device for Measuring Water Present in Vegetation".
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - 2027/08/30 Digitally-Assisted Analog CMOS Design for Power Amplifier Predistortion
Supervisor of Vasco Miguel Gonçalves Correia
 Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2026/09/30 Integrated Autonomous Marine System for Ocean Energy Harvesting and Bio-waste-derived Energy Storage
Co-supervisor of João Pedro André Ferreira
Doctoral Program in Engineering Physics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2026/09/30 Tree PlanterRobot 4.0
Co-supervisor of Rui Manuel Pereira Coutinho
 Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2022/09/18 Digitally-Reconfigurable Transmitter for Emerging Wireless Communications
Supervisor of Rui Filipe de Pinho Gomes
 Doctoral Program in Telecommunications (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2021/10/01 Design of a CMOS Photovoltaic Harvesting System
Supervisor of Ana Luísa Cardoso Macedo
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2021/10/01 Blue Energy Harvesting of Ocean Waves: Optimizing Triboelectric Nanogenerators to Sea States in Integrated Experimental and Multiphysics Modelling
Co-supervisor of Isabel Pinto Gonçalves
 Integrated Master of Science in Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/09/23 Biomechanical Energy-Harvesting based on Triboelectric Nanomaterials as a Portable Power Source for Electronics
Co-supervisor of Tiago Marques da Costa Alves
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/30 Ultra-Low-Power CMOS Oscillators
Supervisor of Pedro Miguel Silva Machado
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/30 Low-Power References for Subthreshold Circuits
Supervisor of Irene Garcia do Amaral
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/30 Integrated-Circuit Design of Power Management Circuit for TENG Energy Harvesting System
Supervisor of Tiago Puerta da Costa Lima Guedes
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2021/02/01 Reciclagem de Potência para um Transmissor RF sem fios
Supervisor of Bruno Miguel Gonçalves Saraiva
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/11/30 Implementation of Wireless Communication for Iot Nano-Oscillators
Supervisor of João Carlos Rodrigues Presa
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/10/30 Hybrid CMOS/Memristor Circuits Emulator
Supervisor of André Filipe Àvila Silva
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/10/30 Estudo e implementação de uma metodologia de estimação de potência de circuitos analógicos em modelos de SystemVerilog
Supervisor of Francisco Bandeira Lobo de Àvila
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/09/30 Triboelectric nanogenerators for blue energy harvesting: Automated characterization and applicability studies
Co-supervisor of Marco Gonçalo Rodrigues Ramos
 Integrated Master in Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/07/31 Improving Safety of an Automotive AES-GCM Core and its Impact on Side-Channel Protection
Co-supervisor of Dany José Correia Teixeira
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/07/31 Analog Block Evaluation with BIST Instruments
Co-supervisor of Carla Catarina Raposo Jorge
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2020/04/30 SMD Components Dispenser and Management System
Supervisor of José Vasco Moreira Fernandes
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/07/30 Optimization Design Flow of Integrated Circuits based on Machine Learning Approaches
Supervisor of Tiago da Costa Abreu
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/07/30 Subthreshold SRAM for IoT Systems
Supervisor of Artur Jorge Coutinho Ribeiro
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/07/30 Design of a Power Harvesting System using TENGs
Supervisor of Ricardo das Neves Esteves
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/06/01 - 2019/07/30 Design and Implementation of a Wireless Power Transfer System for Underwater Vehicles
Supervisor of Miguel Figueiredo Gonçalves Marcos da Silva
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/28 - 2019/04/11 Study of New Paradigms of Integrated Circuit Simulation
Supervisor of Luís Alberto Couto da Silva Salgado de Abreu
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/31 Optimization of LiDAR MEMS Data Computation for Point Cloud Creation
Supervisor of Nuno Granja Fernandes
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/31 Design of an Ultra-Low Power RTC for the IoT
Supervisor of David Rosenberger Fernandes Ferrão
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/30 RF Transmitter and Receiver for OFDM
Supervisor of Bruno Miguel Silva Neiva
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/30 CMOS Phase Modulator for Polar Transmitters
Supervisor of Ília Marlene Pereira Azevedo
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/30 Clever Lighting - Desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Iluminação Inteligente Controlado Remotamente Via Bluetooth
Supervisor of Daniel Cardoso Fernandes
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/30 System Development for Geolocation in Harsh Environments
Supervisor of Joana Maria Serra Enes
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/30 Underwater Communications based on Resonant Inductive Links
Supervisor of Ricardo Alexandre Coelho Magno
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/28 Dynamic Load Modulation Scheme for Digital Transmitters
Supervisor of Diogo Rafael da Silva Santos
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/07/28 Noninvasive Techniques for Vine Perception
Supervisor of Rodrigo Gomes Borges
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/09/30 Nonlinear Analog Equalizer for 5th Generation Communication Systems
Supervisor of João Ricardo Pais Correia
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/07/30 Wireless Leash
Supervisor of Vasco Miguel Gonçalves Correia
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/07/27 Monitoring System for Compression Sleeves
Supervisor of Joaquim Tiago Oliveira Cardoso
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/02/27 Elaboração/implementação de algoritmo de gestão do armazém de rolos calandrados
Co-supervisor of Nélson José Pereira Figueiredo
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/10/02 - 2017/02/01 10Gbps Programmable Driver with Active Termination
Supervisor of Nuno Alves Pereira
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/08/30 Process and Temperature Compensation of CMOS Ring Oscillators
Supervisor of Henrique Manuel Dias Cavadas
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/08/30 Digitally-Modulated Transmitter for Wireless Communications
Supervisor of Rui Filipe de Pinho Gomes
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/07/30 Circuit Optimization for Underwater Power Transfer
Supervisor of Francisco Ricardo Pinto Gonçalves
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/10/30 Development of a System for Solar Energy Harvesting in Indoor Lighting Environments
Supervisor of Pedro Coutinho Pires
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/10/30 CMOS Design and Implementation of a Reduced KII Multiplexed Network
Supervisor of Rui Pedro Zenhas Graça
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/10/30 A Study on Digitally Controlled Oscillators for All-Digital Phase-Locked Loops
Supervisor of João Agostinho Freitas da Cruz
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/10/30 Performance Improvement of a Buck Converter using Kalman Filtering
Supervisor of Adriano Jorge Moreira Pereira
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/07/30 The Impact of Timer Resolution in the Efficiency Optimization of Synchronous Buck Converters
Supervisor of José Pedro Dias Amaral
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/30 Study and Implementation of a PVT Insensitive CMOS oscillator
Supervisor of Pedro Vaz Coke
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/30 Advanced Algorithms for Yield Prediction from Monte-Carlo Analysis Results Applied to Custom-IC Design
Supervisor of Tiago Ressurreição Sá Cachada
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/29 Environment-Aware System for Alzheimer`s Patients
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Cardoso de Almeida Barreto
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2012/04/30 Power Recycling Circuits
Co-supervisor of Patrício Livramento Lima Ferreira
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2011/10/30 Planeamento do Serviço de Alimentação de Doentes Hemodialisados numa UCC
Co-supervisor of Ana Catarina do Nascimento Belchior
 Master in Services Engineering and Management (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2010/07/31 Polyphase Filter with Parametric Continuous Calibration
Co-supervisor of Luís Filipe da Costa Malheiro
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/10/01 - 2009/07/31 CMOS-RF Power Amplifier for Wireless Communications
Co-supervisor of Daniel José Azevedo Oliveira
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/10/01 - 2009/07/31 RF-TX for Subcutaneous Bioimplants
Co-supervisor of Américo Filipe dos Santos Dias
 Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2025 Pedagogical Recognition Diploma 2023/2024
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024 Pedagogical Recognition Diploma 2022/2023
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 WaterPercept - Finalist (top 3 from 200), “Production, Transformation and Commercialisation”
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award (6th Edition), Caixa Agrícola, Portugal
2014 Best Student Paper Award
2009 TSMC Design Contest in 90nm LP MS/RF