(IQ) ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

The main activities of CINTAL involve the research and development of new technologies in the field of Electrical and Computers Engineering. The research Team is involved in projects that are related with Underwater Communications, Computer Vision, Smart Systems, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Smart Grids, among others.

The Smart System Laboratory (SSLab) comprises three specialized units [https://smartsys.ualg.pt], namely:

Power electronics converters in renewable energy systems

Control systems with induction machines

Applications of artificial intelligence in control

-  Time-harmonic and transient analysis of grounding systems,

 -  3D computation of electric field strength and magnetic flux density of electric power lines and plants,

-  Numerical computation of ground fault current distribution,

-  Numerical computation of per-unit-length impedance of infinitely long conductors with ground return,

• AC machines and drives
• Power converters
• Industrial automation
• Advanced control systems
• Systems for storing electrical energy and to stabilize the power network

• Planning in the energy sector
• Power system planning and analysis
• Power system management and control

- Research in bioelectromagnetics - Study of interactions of biological material (cell, tissue, organism) with EM stimuli, which can be a side effect of technical systems in the human environment (e.g.

- communication and information technologies

- multimedia systems and networks

- object and speech recognition

- wireless sensor networks

- ambient energy harvesting

- positioning in wireless networks

- geographic information systems

- Electromagnetic field theory - Numerical methods in electronics - Electromagnetic compatibility, antennas and propagation, grounding systems - Human exposure to electromagnetic radiation - Biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields - Thermonuclear fusion - Stochastic electromagnetics