Eduarda Pinto Ferreira

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto | CISTER · Mathematics

Universities around the world are adopting innovative methodologies in applied science education. The conception takes into account that the students are the center of knowledge acquirement and are becoming a mandatory guide for the engineering courses. One innovation methodology is project-based learning (PBL) in which, the students learn the tech...

Assessment in high education is an important issue, especially when the focus is knowledge acquire measurement. Currently, different innovative learning methodologies are applied in order to develop the student's transversal skills and attributes as well as to improve their chances of success in the academic environment and professional career. The...

In accordance to CDIO, active learning methods engage students directly in thinking and, currently, the application of innovative learning tools in the engineering courses are became mandatory. The selection of the most appropriate methodology for each course is a challenge. Once CDIO adopts that assessment of student learning is the measure of the...

This paper builds on the application of the Conceptual Model Decomposing Value for the Customer framework and a quantitative model used to access the adequacy of both enterprise offering to the customer needs and of its supporting assets, based on the different dimension on value creation analyses. This innovative approach results from the research...

Learning is not a spectator’s sport. Students do not learn much by just sitting in class listening their teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments and spitting out answers. The teaching-learning process has been a constant target of studies, particularly in Higher Education, in consequence of the annual increase of new students. The concern wit...

In this paper we describe de application of a modeling framework, the so-called Conceptual Model Decomposing Value for the Customer (CMDVC), in a Footwear Industry case study, to ascertain the usefulness of this approach. The value networks were used to identify the participants, both tangible and intangible deliverables/endogenous and exogenous as...

The research presented in this paper proposes a novel quantitative model for decomposing and assessing the Value for the Customer. The proposed approach builds on the different dimensions of the Value Network analysis proposed by Verna Allee having as background the concept of Value for the Customer proposed by Woodall. In this context, the Value f...

In this paper, we present a novel mixed integer linear programming (MIP) model to solve the problem of storage space optimization in a port grain cereal silo. This work is based on a real case study for scheduling storage operations in a port cereal silo, where schedulers are faced daily with the problem of finding the best solution for transfers b...

The present work shows us the results obtained in a case study, whose main objectives were to evaluate the receptivity of students regarding the Peer Instruction (PI) method and make a comparison with the traditional one. This comparison was performed in the following way: firstly, in two consecutive years (2011/2012, 2012/2013) using two tests dur...

This paper proposes a novel framework for modeling the Value for the Customer, the so-called Conceptual Model for Decomposing Value for the Customer (CMDVC). This conceptual model is first validated through an exploratory case study where the authors validate both the proposed constructs of the model and their relations. In a second step the author...

In this paper Fekete and Schepers’ exact algorithm for the non-guillotinable two-dimensional orthogonal packing problem is discussed. A modification to this algorithm is also proposed. The Fekete and Schepers’ algorithm relies on a graph representation of packing patterns to assess if there is a feasible packing for a problem. Yet, the algorithm’s...

In this paper Fekete and Schepers' exact algorithm for the non-guillotinable two-dimensional orthogonal packing problem is discussed. A modification to this algorithm is also proposed. The Fekete and Schepers' algorithm relies on a graph representation of packing patterns to assess if there is a feasible packing for a problem. Yet, the algorithm's...

ATM network will support new multimedia services that will require new protocols, those services and protocols will need different test strategies and tools. In this paper, the concepts of functional and non-functional testers of ATM networks are discussed, a multimedia service and its requirements are presented and finally, a summary description o...

Learning is not a spectator's sport. Students do not learn much by just sitting in class listening their teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments and spitting out answers. The teaching-learning process has been a constant target of studies, particularly in Higher Education, in consequence of the annual increase of new students. The concern wit...

Tese de doutoramento. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2005

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, na Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, sob a orientação do prof. Doutor Eurico Manuel Elias Morais Carrapatoso