The week of May 5 to 9 was filled with activities organized as part of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Days (JEEC). During these days, students, faculty, and researchers had the opportunity to take part in workshops, lectures, and the job fair at the Técnico Innovation Center. The opening session featured Nuno Horta, President of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pedro Amaral, Vice-President for Business Interface, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Francisco Rosa, coordinator of JEEC 2025, and Engineer Jorge Liça, Vice-President of the Portuguese Engineers Association. During the ceremony, a video message from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, was also shown.

Throughout the week, students, faculty, and researchers were able to visit the job fair, which hosted several companies and speakers from different sectors of electrical and computer engineering. During the lectures, participants learned about the work and experiences of ECE students, such as Maria Clara Simões, a master’s student, as well as various alumni and professionals. The event included researchers and engineers from fields such as electronics, telecommunications, computing, energy, and health.

Our speakers are chosen based on international trends—that is, companies that are relevant both economically and technologically—as well as student interests.

Francisco Rosa, JEEC 2025 Coordinator

The selection of speakers included engineers from NASA and Google’s DeepMind project, the Director of Innovation at E-Redes (with the JEEC taking place in the same week the country experienced a prolonged blackout). “Our goal is to create something that is interesting and relevant for ECE students, which is always a challenge, as this is a field with many branches,” added Francisco Rosa.

The JEEC also featured workshops led by some of the participating companies, including sessions on the use of Artificial Intelligence and the impact of information technologies in different areas. There was also a booth with faculty from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with Técnico’s student groups, who showcased some of their projects—including the cocktail machine, robotic arm, NEECQuick, and BananaNEEC by the ECE Student Group, the FST Lisboa prototype, TLMoto’s electric motorcycle, and some of the awards from PSEM – the Sustainable Mobile Energy Project.

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