Areas of Expertise
VG CoLAB is developing several avenues of novel innovation involving electrochemistry and power management. These include the following:
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Sodium-ion batteries
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Supercapacitor chemistry
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Redox-flow battery chemistry
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Mechanical engineering: prototyping
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Battery management systems
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Algorithms and optimization
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Thermal management
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Energy storage system sizing
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Energy management systems
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Power electronics
Our Team
Management Team
Adriano Carvalho
President
Full Professor @ University of Porto
Pedro Salomé
Technical director
Research Group Leader - Nanofabrication for Optoelectronic Applications @ INL
Nuno Costa
Technical director
Smart Power R&D Manager @ EFACEC
Cipriano Lomba
Vice-President
Technology Management Director @ EFACEC
Júlio Grilo
Technical director
Director of Engineering @ Simoldes Plásticos
General Assembly and Steering Committee
André Botelho
General Assembly Secretary
Head Energy Storage & Flexibility @ EDP
Mário Simões
Steering committe
Senior Specialist Energy Storage & Flexibility @ EDP
Marta Boaventura
Steering committee
CTO @ Visblue
Mª. Fátima Montemor
Steering committee
Full Professor @ Instituto Superior Técnico
Luís Seca
Steering committee
Member of the Executive Board @ INESC TEC
Muriel Iten
Steering committee
Head Of Research And Development Unit - Low Carbon & Resource Efficiency @ ISQ
Staff Members
Luís Miguel Costa
Managing Director
Alan Lima
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Carlos Contente
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Guilherme Perestrelo
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
José Fonseca
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Xavier Mascarenhas
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Ana Ferreira
R&D Engineer
Power management team
João Ferreira
R&D Engineer
Power management team
Nuno Guerreiro
R&D Engineer
Power management team
Temple Douglas
Team Leader
Electrochemistry team
Ângela Lacerda
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Diana Julião
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
João Paulo Sousa
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Marco Xavier
R&D Engineer
Electrochemistry team
Jorge Pinto
Team Leader
Power management team
Henrique Fragoso
R&D Engineer
Power management team
João Leite
R&D Engineer
Power management team
Vítor Lopes
R&D Engineer
Power management team
Fun Facts about Vasco da Gama CoLAB
Who was Vasco da Gama?
Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) was a brilliant sailor and Captain, probably the most relevant sailor during the endeavour of the discoveries. He was the first European to bridge Europe directly to Asia (India, 1498), which is widely considered one of the most important milestones for the beginning of a new era of global communication and trade. VG CoLAB got inspired by Vasco da Gama as it aims to bridge scientific knowledge in technological products and solutions for the progress of the humanity.
Vasco da Gama departure to India in 1497, by Roque Gameiro
About the astrolabe
Abraão Zacuto, a rabbi who had been expelled from Spain in 1492 by the Catholic Kings, was one of the wisemen in the court of the Portuguese King D. João II. He developed a more accurate astrolabe model than the old ones and was one of the drivers of Vasco da Gama's trip to India.
VG CoLAB logo sketches this ancient astrolabe, as an inspiring symbol for driving research in the energy storage field.
