During 2022, SPM – The Portuguese Materials Society, organized or co-organized a relevant number of important meetings and improved the work done by their Technical Divisions.  On January 18, was organized an online conference dedicated to Biomaterials. In the same week, SPM’S Division of Materials for Energy renewed its coordination with Filipe Neves (LNEG) e […]

22-24th September 2020 Virtual event programme, you can see more details in the full program.

A reflection on how Materials will enable solutions for a healthy, safe, and resilient society to achieve a sustainable, stable, and stronger economy, able to respond to citizen’s demands. This Paper summarizes positioning,  potential solutions, and recommendations that stem from the European Materials community towards Horizon Europe in the Post-COVID scenario. The paper compiles existing […]

Deployment, investment, technology, grid integration and socio-economic aspects Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is at the heart of the world’s accelerating shift from climate-damaging fossil fuels towards clean, renewable forms of energy. The steady rise of solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation forms a vital part of this global energy transformation. In addition to fulfilling the […]

World Materials day has been celebrated by our society since 2003 and this year, as usual, we celebrate it with the College of Materials Engineering. The headquarters of the Order of Engineers in the city of Coimbra was the chosen place to hold this event. The SPM and Order of Engineers Awards were assigned after […]

Young people are key agents for social change, economic growth, environmental protection, and technological innovation. As countries across the world continue to take bold steps towards decarbonizing their energy systems, the need to include youth in the energy transformation is becoming increasingly clear. Today’s youth will lead the sustainable development agenda of tomorrow. It will […]