Institutional & R&D Projects

Total Sum of Financing: 4.712.437,98€

Active Projects

Sustainable carbon-free, plasma-enriched ammonia combustion technology

Acronym: PLASMUS
Grant Number: COMPETE2030-FEDER-00721300 / 2023.16431.ICDT
Execution Period: 2025-10-01 to 2028-09-29
Financing Program: Programa Inovação e Transição Digital (COMPETE 2030)
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Co-funded by the European Union (FEDER) and FCT
Project Value: €247 320,00
Principal Investigator: Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi
Consortium Function: Lead Research Partner (Chefe do Consórcio)
DOI / Website: DOI Link

FCT Mobility Project

Grant Number: FCT/Mobility/1301085672/2024-25
Execution Period: 2025-06-01 to 2026-08-31
Financing Program: FCT Mobility
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: €4 795,00
Principal Investigator: Frederico Rodrigues

FCT Mobility Project

Grant Number: FCT/Mobility/1301085672/2024-25
Execution Period: 2025-06-01 to 2026-08-31
Financing Program: FCT Mobility
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: €5 295,00
Principal Investigator: Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi

Novel wind turbine ice protection/detection and flow control system based on Electroactive Dielectric Barrier Discharge plasma actuators

Acronym: IceWindSolution
Grant Number: 2023.15318.PEX
Execution Period: 2025-02-01 to 2026-07-31
Financing Program: Exploratory Projects, FCT
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: €49 917,03
Principal Investigator: Frederico Rodrigues
Consortium Function: Lead Research Partner
DOI / Website: DOI Link

GreenAuto: Green innovation for the Automotive Industry, PPS15: Sistema de orientação do operator por RV/RA

Acronym: GreenAuto
Grant Number: 02/C05-i01.02/2022.PC644867037-00000013
Execution Period: 2022-10-10 to 2025-12-31
Financing Program: Agendas Mobilizadoras, PRR – Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Principal Institution: Stellantis Mangualde
Funding Organization: IAPMEI
Project Value: 59,81 milhões €
ClusterDEM budget: 330 135,00€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Co-PI: Frederico Rodrigues
Consortium Function: Lead Research Partner
Partners: Inklusion, IPV, 4iTEC, SENTINEL, IPN, UBI, FEUP
DOI / Website: DOI Link

DIH – Connect5

Acronym: DIH – Connect5
Grant Number: 2022-C16i03-03-766
Execution Period: 2024-01-15 to 2024-07-15
Financing Program: Digital Innovation Hub, PRR – Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Principal Institution: TICE.PT
Funding Organization: IAPMEI
Investment: 5.979.613,51 €
Incentive: 4.504.736,74€
Principal Investigator: Jose Pascoa
Co-PI: Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: TICE.PT, Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade da Beira Interior, Politécnico de Leiria, Politécnico de Viseu, Associação dos Laboratórios Colaborativos em Transformação digital, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Universidade do Minho, CEIIA
DOI / Website: DOI Link

Smart sustainable farms, foods and trade Digital Innovation Hub

Acronym: SFT-EDIH
Grant Number: 2022-C16i03-03-878
Execution Period: 2022-10-10 to 2025-12-31
Financing Program: Digital Innovation Hub, PRR – Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Principal Institution: BGI – Building Global Innovators
Funding Organization: IAPMEI, ANI
Project Value: €5 939 252,12
Principal Investigator: Frederico Rodrigues
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: GI SA, ADVID, Air Centre, APED, Beta-i, Colab4Food, CONFAGRI, COTEC, COTHN, FIPA, Food4Sustainability, Fraunhofer Portugal, INESC TEC, INIAV, InovTechAgro, ISA, ISEL, ISQ, Kiwa Sativa, Porgual Foods, PT-Maths-IN, SF Colab, SGS, Universidade da Beira Interior, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, UNINOVA, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
DOI / Website: DOI Link

Renewable energy for transport vehicles, UNITA Starting Grant

Grant Number: UNITA Starting Grant ID: 177
Execution Period: 2022-09-01 to 2025-08-31
Financing Program: UNITA-Universitas Montium (Task 2.3 – Starting Grants)
Principal Institution: Transilvania University of Brasov
Funding Organization: European Union
Project Value: €20 000,00
ClusterDEM budget: 5 000,00€
Principal Investigator: Frederico Rodrigues
Consortium Function: Lead Research Partner
Partners: Transilvania University of Brasov-Roménia, Universidade da Beira Interior-Portugal, University of Zaragoza-Espanha, West University of Timisoara-Roménia
DOI / Website: DOI Link

Investigations on Electrohydrodynamic Atomization: High-Fidelity Simulations of Taylor Cone Jet Atomization for Optimized Electrospray Processes

Grant Number: 2023.10680.CPCA.A2
Execution Period: 2024-06-01 to 2025-05-31
Financing Program: FCT_CPCA_2023_01
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: 530,09 €
Principal Investigator: Sílvio Cândido
DOI / Website: DOI Link

Past Projects

High-Fidelity Simulation of Atomization of Taylor Cone Jets for Electrospinning/Electrospray Application

Grant Number: 2022.73180.CPCA.A0
Execution Period: 2023-07-01 to 2023-12-31
Financing Program: FCT_CPCA_2022_01
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: 15.896,00 €
Principal Investigator: Sílvio Miguel Rodrigues Cândido
DOI / Website: DOI Link

HPC-Powered Simulations for Flame and Combustion Control

Acronym: HPC-SCAPE
Grant Number: 2023.10385.CPCA.A0
Execution Period: 2024-01-15 to 2024-07-15
Financing Program: FCT_CPCA_2023_01
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: €634,04
Principal Investigator: Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi
DOI / Website: DOI Link

Smart blade based on printed sliding dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators and higher harmonic motion for ice removal of cycloidal wind turbine

Grant Number: CEECIND/03347/2017/CP1472/CT0001
Execution Period: 2019-09-01 to 2023-12-31
Financing Program: CEEC IND 2017
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Project Value: 190.641,11 €
Principal Investigator: Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi
DOI / Website: DOI Link

MOSIPO – Otimização do processo de pintura automóvel pelo desenvolvimento de modelos de simulação numéricos CFD e ANN e de um modelo de gestão integrado

Acronym: MOSIPO
Grant Number: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-072621
Execution Period: 2021-04-01 to 2023-06-30
Financing Program: COMPETE 2020, FEDER
Principal Institution: CCEnergia
Funding Organization: FEDER
Project Value: 1.169.571,98€
ClusterDEM budget: 307 103,08€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Lead Research Partner
Partners: CCEnergia, Universidade de Évora
DOI / Website: DOI Link 1 , DOI Link 2

CCWT-Sistema propulsor de voo gerador de sustentação para aeronaves de decolagem e aterragem vertical/curta baseado em dispositivos rotativos e estacionários

Acronym: CCWT
Grant Number: CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-046295
Execution Period: 2020-09-01 to 2022-01-11
Financing Program: Programa Operacional Regional do Centro 2014-2020 (PO centro), PT2020
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)
Project Value: € 45.200,00 €
Investigators: José Páscoa
DOI / Website: DOI Link 1 , DOI Link 2

INDTECH 4.0 – Novas tecnologias para fabricação inteligente

Acronym: INDTECH 4.0
Grant Number: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-026653
Execution Period: 2018-03-01 to 2022-09-30
Financing Program: COMPETE 2020, FEDER
Principal Institution: Peugeot Citröen Automóveis Portugal, S.A.
Funding Organization: FEDER
Project Value: 8,595,632.45€
UBI budget: 845.110,55€
Principal Investigator at UBI: José Páscoa
Co-Principal Investigator: Fernando Santos
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: MOTOFIL, S.A.,Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, NEADVANCE – MACHINE VISION, S.A., ACTIVE SPACE TECHNOLOGIES – ACTIVIDADES AEROESPACIAIS, S.A., CRITICAL MANUFACTURING, S.A., RARI – CONSTRUÇÕES METÁLICAS, ENGENHARIA, PROJECTOS E SOLUÇÕES INDUSTRIAIS, S.A. – EM LIQUIDAÇÃO
DOI / Website: DOI Link 1 , DOI Link 2

NIPDBD-Sistema de deteção/proteção de gelo e controlo de escoamento baseado na impressão de atuadores a plasma de deslizamento com barreira dielétrica de descarga

Acronym: NIPDBD
Grant Number: CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-026633
Execution Period: 2020-09-01 to 2019-01-28
Financing Program: Programa Operacional Regional do Centro 2014-2020 (PO centro), PT2020
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)
Project Value: € 46.555,00 €
Investigators: José Páscoa, Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi, Fred Rodrigues
DOI / Website: DOI Link 1 , DOI Link 2

CROP-Cycloidal Rotor Optimized for Propulsion

Acronym: CROP
Grant Number: 323047
Execution Period: 2013-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Financing Program: FP7-TRANSPORT – Specific Programme “Cooperation”: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Principal Institution: UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR
Funding Organization: EU Directorate-General Research and Innovation
Project Value: € 780 846,20€
ClusterDEM budget: 162 250,00€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Leader
Partners: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILI, IAT 21 INNOVATIVE AERONAUTICS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, GROB AIRCRAFT AG, POLITECNICO DI MILANO
DOI / Website: DOI Link

ACHEON- Aerial Coanda High Efficiency Orienting-jet Nozzle

Acronym: ACHEON
Grant Number: 309041
Execution Period: 2012-12-01 to 2014-11-30
Financing Program: FP7-TRANSPORT – Specific Programme “Cooperation”: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Principal Institution: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA
Funding Organization: EU Directorate-General Research and Innovation
Project Value: € 773.196,32€
ClusterDEM budget: 94 400,00€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, REGGIO EMILIA INNOVAZIONE SCARL, UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN, NIMBUS SRL
DOI / Website: DOI Link

MAAT- Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport

Acronym: MAAT
Grant Number: 285602
Execution Period: 2011-09-01 to 2015-02-28
Financing Program: FP7-TRANSPORT – Specific Programme “Cooperation”: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Principal Institution: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA
Funding Organization: EU Directorate-General Research and Innovation
Project Value: € 5.071.720,77€
ClusterDEM budget: 327.750,00€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: LogisticNetwork Consultants GmbH,THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION,SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY,ENGYS LTD,UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, EDL S.A., ARESCOSMO S.P.A., VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, POLITECNICO DI TORINO
DOI / Website: DOI Link

EdGeWIsE – Energy and Water Systems Integration and Management

Acronym: EdGeWIsE
Grant Number: ERANETMED/0004/2014
Execution Period: 2016-2019
Financing Program: ERANETMED JOINT CALL ON Renewable Energies, Water Resources and their connections for the Mediterranean Region
Principal Institution: University of Beira Interior
Funding Organization: European Union Era Net Med
Project Value: ???? €
Principal Investigator at UBI: António Espírito Santo
Investigator at ClusterDEM: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: Universite de Poitiers (France), Universite de Tunis (Tunisia), National Technical University of Athens (Greece), University of Cyprus (Cyprus),Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (Malta), Alexandria University (Egypt), ICOVI(Portugal), GB Solar (France), Green Energy Solutions Company (Egypt).
DOI / Website: DOI Link

UNDULANT-Next- UNsteaDy boUndary LAyer flow coNTrol using plasma actuators of Next generation

Acronym: UNDULANT-Next
Grant Number: P2020-PTDC/EMS-ENE/5742/2014
Execution Period: 2016-01-01 to 2019-04-16
Financing Program: Project Grants in all Scientific Domains – proposals funded through the FEDER budget
Principal Institution: UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Project Value: 67.368,00€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
DOI / Website: DOI Link

HyperMHD- Magnetoplasmadynamic Flow Manipulation on Hypersonic and Reentry Vehicles

Acronym: HyperMHD
Grant Number: PTDC/EMSTRA/5728/2014
Execution Period: 2016-01-01 to 2019
Financing Program: r Project Grants in all Scientific Domains – proposals funded through the FEDER budget
Principal Institution: UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Project Value: 59.796,00€
Principal Investigator: Carlos Manuel Cipriano Xisto
DOI / Website: DOI Link

EMaDeS – Energia, Materiais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Acronym: EMaDeS
Grant Number: Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000017
Execution Period: 2017 to 2021
Financing Program: ….
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Centro 2020
Project Value: 1.377.090.00€
Principal Investigator at UBI: ….
Investigator at ClusterDEM: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Leader of Fluid and Energy line
DOI / Website: DOI Link

INFANTE-Satélite para aplicações marítimas e comunicações a partir de constelações

Acronym: INFANTE
Grant Number: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024534
Execution Period: 2017-02-11 to 2020-10-31
Financing Program: ….
Principal Institution: TEKEVER ASDS, LDA
Funding Organization: PT2020
Project Value: 9.170.960,90 €
Principal Investigator at UBI: ….
Investigator at ClusterDEM: José Páscoa
Consortium Function: Partner
Partners: ACTIVE AEROGELS, LDA; Active Space Technologies; CEIIA – Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento; Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto; FHP – Frezite High Performance, Lda; Gmvis Skysoft, S.A; INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory; Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade; Instituto Pedro Nunes – Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimentos em Ciência e Tecnologia; Instituto Politécnico de Tomar; Instituto Superior Técnico ; IT – Instituto de Telecomunicações; OMNIDEA LDA; Spin.Works, S.A.; TEKEVER III COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, LDA; TEKEVER SPACE – SISTEMAS ESPACIAIS LDA; Universidade da Beira Interior; Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
DOI / Website: DOI Link

SpaceProp- MHD Numerical Modelling in nozzles of MPD Thrusters for Space Propulsion

Acronym: SpaceProp
Grant Number: PTDC/CTE-SPA/114163/2009
Execution Period: 2011-02-15 to 2014-06-14
Financing Program: Project Grants in all Scientific Domains
Principal Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior
Funding Organization: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Project Value: € 45 581,00€
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
DOI / Website: DOI Link

Analysis of 3D Turbulent Flow Structures in an Industrial Pump

Acronym: PUMPFLOW-151
Execution Period: 2009-2010
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Partners: UBI / EFAFLU

Intelligent Inverse Design Method for LP-Turbine Blade Rows in Viscous Flow

Grant Number: PTDC/EME-MFE/66608/2006
Execution Period: 2007-2010
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Partners: UBI/IST

Three-dimensional Inverse Methods for Turbomachine Blade Rows

Grant Number: POCTI/EME/39717/2001
Execution Period: 2002-2005
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Partners: IST / UBI

Phase-control of Wave Energy Converters

Grant Number: POCTI/EME/34663/99
Execution Period: 2001-2004
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Partners: IST / UBI

Analysis and Design of Turbomachinery Cascades for Aeronautical Propulsion

Grant Number: PRAXIS XXI Refª. 3/3.1/CTAE/1940/95
Execution Period: 1997-2001
Principal Investigator: José Páscoa
Partners: IST / UBI

Projects with Research Institutions

Leading international universities and academic research centers collaborating with ClusterDEM.

🇮🇹 Italy

Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

UNIMORE · Italy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

University of Hertfordshire

UoH · United Kingdom

🇧🇪 Belgium

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

VUB · Belgium

🇮🇹 Italy

Politecnico di Torino

POLITO · Italy

🇳🇱 Netherlands

European Space Agency (ESTEC)

ESA · Netherlands

🇮🇹 Italy

Università di Bologna

UNIBO · Italy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

University of Lincoln

UoL · United Kingdom

🇷🇺 Russia

Southern Federal University

SFU · Russia

🇮🇹 Italy

Politecnico di Milano

POLIMI · Italy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Brunel University London

Brunel · United Kingdom

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

University of Hull

UoHull · United Kingdom

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

The University of Sheffield

UoS · United Kingdom

🇺🇸 United States

Clarkson University

Clarkson · USA

Industrial & Enterprise Collaborators

Aerospace, automotive, and high-tech industrial enterprise partners.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

ENGYS Ltd.

Open-source CFD & Simulation Software

🇩🇪 Germany

Grob Aircraft AG

Aerospace & Training Systems

🇮🇹 Italy

Aero Sekur S.p.A.

Aerospace & Survival Systems

🇦🇹 Austria

IAT21 GmbH

Innovative Aeronautics Technologies

🇩🇪 Germany

LNC LogisticNetwork Consultants

Logistics & Transport Engineering

🇮🇹 Italy

Nimbus S.r.l.

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV)

🇮🇹 Italy

Reggio Emilia Innovazione

Technology Transfer Center

🇺🇾 Uruguay

Exponential Design Lab S.A.

Advanced Aerospace Concepts