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Aníbal Traça de Almeida

Full Professor - Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores

Anibal T. De Almeida (PhD) is a Full Professor in the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and Director of the Institute for Systems and Robotics (UC), an interdisciplinary research institute with over 150 researchers, being involved in research activities in the areas of automation, robotics and energy-efficient technologies in industry . He has been responsible for over 50 funded national and international projects in the areas industrial automation technologies, energy efficient technologies with particular emphasis in advanced electric motors and drives. He was General Chair of major IEEE conferences: IEEE EPQU 2011 and IEEE IROS 2012 (IROS is the largest automation robotics conference in the World). He is a Member of the IROS Advisory Committee (2015-to present).

Email

adealmeida@isr.uc.pt

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Current Projects

UID/00048/2025PI

UID/00048/2025

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EU-TRACEPI

EU-TRACE

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REPowerE(d)UPI

REPowerE(d)U

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UID/PRR2/00048/2025PI

UID/PRR2/00048/2025

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UID/PRR/00048/2025PI

UID/PRR/00048/2025

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PRR–Packaging of the FuturePI

PRR–Packaging of the Future

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Supervisor of

Evandro Garcia

Mahmoud Ouria

Nuno Quaresma

Paulo A. S. Mendes

Past Projects

UIDP/00048/2020

streamSAVE

SafeForest

WoW

IndiRock'nSole

Dermotronics

OFF-GRID REFRIGERATOR

NEXTSTEP - NEXT distribution SubsTation improvEd Platform

MATIS - Materiais e Tecnologias Industriais Sustentáveis

CA EED 2– Concerted Action for the Energy Efficiency Directive

PAMI

M-Benefits

Fireprotect

V2G

NEXTSTEP - Smart-Grid Substation

STRETCHTRONICS

Premium Light Pro

Ecodesign

UID/EEA/00048/2013

Energy Performance Contracting Plus (EPC+)

Energy Efficient Products Facility

Power Quality

CERtuS

PPEC: Plan to the Promotion of the Efficiency in Consumption

CA ESD II: Second Concerted Action for the Energy Services Directive

IMSDS

TIRAMISU

CHPhe – Portuguese Potential of Combined Heat and Power with High Efficiency

EIPCI - Evaluation of the impact of Projects of Common Interest implementation. Study for European Commission Directorate-General for Energy

POTENTIAL OF HIGH EFFICIENCY COGERATION IN PORTUGAL

Sistemas de Monitorização em Subestações – Termografia, Televigilância e Efeito de Coroa

Transparense: Increasing Transparency of Energy Services Markets

EMSURE

Controlo e Mitigação de Ruído em Postos de Transformação

OmniClimbers

MEMS

Ground-Med

Eco-Motors-Drives

PremiumLight: Top quality energy efficient lighting for the domestic sector

Energy Label Evaluation

Impacts of the EU’s Ecodesign and Energy/Tyre labelling legislation on third jurisdictions

Lot 27: Preparatory study for implementing measures of the Ecodesign Directive to Uninterruptible Power Supply

Eco.EDP: Consulting for the Site Eco EDP

EESEVS

NeuroCity

SAVE AGE: Strengthening Energy Efficiency Awareness among Residential Homes for Elderly People

Lot 2: Impact Assessment study Power Distribution and Small Transformers

EVSIM09

MODERN-CIVITAS: Mobility, Development and Energy use Reduction

Change Best: Promoting the development of an energy efficiency service market

Energy2B: Stimulate students to make an energy difference through local & European idea competitions and entrepreneurial services

ENERsip: ENERgy Saving Information Platform for Generation and Consumption Networks

PrimeEnergyIT: Supporting the market for energy efficient central IT

SIREMI

STORK

Gas Integrated Resource Planning Pilot Action

CA ESD: Concerted Action for the Energy Services Directive

Solid State Lighting and the European Market and Industry

Ecodesign of Electric Motors

Interconnection to the National Electric Grid Guidebook

IDEAL EPBD: Improving Dwellings by Enhancing Actions on Labelling for the EPBD

ControlRev: Sistema de controlo de distorções espaciais em alcatifas revestidas

E4

Public Lighting Guidebook

SELINA: Standby and off mode energy losses in new appliances measured in shops

4EM-MCP: Energy Efficient Electric Motor Systems in New Member and Candidate Countries

Fuel Cell Test and Integration for High Power Quality Application

El-Tertiary: Monitoring Electricity Consumption in the Tertiary Sector

EMEEES: Evaluation and Monitoring for the EU Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services

RES-FC MARKET: Regional Markets of RES-Fuel Cell Systems for Households

National Potential of High Efficiency CHP

REMODECE: Residential Monitoring to Decrease Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in Europe

Ecomotors

EETT: Energy Efficiency Training of Trainers

DEXA MCP

EuroWhiteCert: Stepwise Towards Effective European Energy Efficiency Policy Portfolios Involving White Certificates

EFIPRE: Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Integration of Production in Special Regime

RoboNose: Olfaction based mobile robot navigation

Residential and Tertiary Sectors Technologies Role of Electricity Demand

CISEPI: Characterization of Sustained Integration Solutions of High Intermittent Production Levels

Energy Efficiency in Business

Providing Energy Services with Fuel Cells in liberalised Energy Market

5Es in Universities

Remote metering of electricity as a tool for the provision of information to customers on energy consumption based on individual circumstances

HidroValor: Evaluation of Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of New Medium and Large Hydropower Plants in Portugal Centre Region

DEMINE: Mobile Robot Based Detection and Localization of Anti-personnel Landmines

VSDs for Electric Motor Systems

Cooling III: Analysis of Regional Markets for Air Conditioning Technologies in the Building Commercial Sector and Impact of the Development of these Technologies

Improving the Penetration of Energy Efficient Motors and Drives

Barriers against Energy-Efficient Motor Repair

CADENCE: Carbon Futures for European households

Cooling II: Analysis of Regional Markets for Air Conditioning Technologies in the Building Commercial Sector and Impact of the Development of these Technologies

BIOCOSTS

Field Test with Variable Speed Drives: Sectorial Dissemination Strategy with Utilities to prepare Demand Side Management

Study on Technical / Economic and Cost-Benefit Analyses of Energy Efficiency Improvements in Industrial Three-Phase Induction Motors

Cooling I: Analysis of Regional Markets for Air Conditioning Technologies in the Building Commercial Sector and Impact of the Development of these Technologies

Demand Side Management in Health Care Facilities

ECO-CAMPUS: Energy Environment Network of European Universities and Research Centres

Actions to Promote Energy Efficient Electric Motors

Regional Energy Plan of the Centre Region in Portugal