Prof. Filomena Soares

Filomena Maria da Rocha Menezes de Oliveira Soares received her degree in Chemical Engineering in 1986 at Porto University, Portugal. In 1997, she obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the same university. Since 1992, she has worked in the Industrial Electronics Department Minho University and she develops her research work in the R&D Algoritmi Center. The main scientific interests have focused on the modeling and control of processes, with application in the areas of biotechnological processes and biomedical systems, and in the area of systems automation. In these areas, she has supervised Master's and PhD students and she has produced works accepted in journals and conferences. With special focus on the use of technology as a means of helping people, typically developed or with cognitive or motor limitations, the author has invested in human–computer/robot interaction and human wellbeing. She is interested in the area of engineering education, in particular in blended learning, having submitted two research projects, which obtained funding, in the area of virtual and remote laboratories. In this line, she supervised Master's dissertations. The results of this research have already been published in journals and conferences.