Prof. Dr. Raul Morais

Raul Morais is a Full Professor at the Engineering Department, School of Sciences and Technology of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal. He has the following academic degrees: Habilitation in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UTAD in 2009; PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (specialty microelectronics) at the UTAD in 2004; MSc in Industrial electronics at the University of Minho in 1998; Graduation in Electrical Engineering (branch of Electronics, Instrumentation and Computer Science) at the UTAD in 1993. His area of expertise includes sensors and sensor interfaces in CMOS microelectronics, energy harvesting techniques to power small and unattended electronic devices, wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things in the context of agriculture/precision viticulture. His other area of interest is in the field of biomedical implantable devices, especially in biotelemetry systems regarding vibration microgenerators to produce electric energy inside smart prostheses. He is a Senior Researcher for the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), a Collaborator for the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), and a UTAD Coordinator of the PRR Agenda Mobilizadora Vine & Wine and Coordinator of the POCTEP/INTERREG VA project “SIAPD—Sistema Integrado transregional de apoio ao combate de pragas e doenças na agricultura”.