CONFERENCE CHAIR

Rui M. Lima, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Valquíria Villas-Boas, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Rui M. Sousa, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Miguel Romá, University of Alicante, Spain

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Anabela Alves, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Natascha van Hattum-Janssen, Saxion Research & Graduate School, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands

INDUSTRY SESSION CHAIRS

Dinis Carvalho, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Nélson Costa, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

STUDENT SESSION CHAIRS

Sandra Fernandes, Portucalense University, Porto, Portugal

Jens Myrup Petersen, Aalborg University, Denmark

POST-EVENT K12 SESSION CHAIRS

Diana Mesquita, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal

Filomena Soares, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Rui M. Lima, University of Minho, Portugal (Chair)

Anabela Alves, University of Minho, Portugal

Diana Mesquita, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Dinis Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal

Nélson Costa, University of Minho, Portugal

Rui M. Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal

Sandra Fernandes, Portucalense University, Portugal

Valquíria Villas-Boas, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Danna Dias, University of Minho, Portugal

PAEE/ALE STEERING COMMITTEE

Rui M. Lima, University of Minho, Portugal (Chair)

Anabela Alves, University of Minho, Portugal

Diana Mesquita, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Dinis Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal

Nélson Costa, University of Minho, Portugal

Rui M. Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal

Sandra Fernandes, Portucalense University,Portugal

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Valquíria Villas-Boas, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil (Chair)

Erik de Graaff, Aalborg University, Denmark

Jennifer DeBoer, Purdue University, USA

Jens Myrup Petersen, Aalborg University, Denmark

Lamjed Bettaieb, ESPRIT School of Engineering, Tunisia

Marietjie Havenga, School for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, North-West University, South Africa

Mauricio Duque Escobar, Universidad de Los Andes, Columbia

Miguel Romá, University of Alicante, Spain

Patricio Poblete, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Pisut Koomsap, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Rui M. Lima, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Aida Guerra, Aalborg Centre for PBL on Engineering Education and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO, Aalborg University, Denmark

Ana Margarida Veiga Simão, Faculty of Educational Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Teresa Ferreira Oliveira, Technology and Management School, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Anabela Alves, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Anderson Assis, Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI) – Campus de Itabira, Itabira, Brazil

André Fernando Uébe Mansur, Instituto Federal Fluminense e Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

André Luiz Aquere, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasília, Brazil

Athakorn Kengpol, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand

Benedita Malheiro, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Bernd M. Zunk, Institute of Business Economics and Industrial Sociology, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Carina Pimentel, Departamento de Economia, Gestão, Engenharia Industrial e Turismo, Universidade de Aveiro

Celina Pinto Leão, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Chin-Yin Huang, Tunghai University, Taiwan

Choon Seng Yap, Republic Polytechnic (RP), Singapore

Crediné Menezes, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil

Cristian Mustață, Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages, University Politehnica of Bucharest

Cristiano Jesus, Algoritmi Center, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Diana Mesquita, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Porto, Portugal

Dianne M. Viana, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasília, Brazil

Erik de Graaff, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark

Faouzi Kamoun, ESPRIT Ingénieur, Tunisia

Filomena Soares, Department of Industrial Electronics, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Huynh Trung Luong, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Isabel Loureiro, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Jaime Salazar, Executive Secretary of ASIBEI, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Agrícola, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

Jens Myrup Pedersen, Aalborg University, Dept. of Electronic Systems, Denmark

João Mello da Silva, Production Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasília, Brazil

Jonte Bernhard, Linköping University, Sweden

Jorge Muniz Jr., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil

José Aquiles Grimoni, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

José de Souza Rodrigues, Faculdade de Engenharia de Bauru, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP), Brazil

José Dinis-Carvalho, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

José Manuel Oliveira, Higher Education Polytechnic School of Águeda, University of Aveiro, Portugal

José Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

Kanchana Sethanan, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Kaouther Akrout, ESPRIT Ingénieur, Tunisia

Klaas Stek, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences Department Entrepreneurship, Technology and Supply, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Leidy Johanna Rendón Castrillón, Centro de Estudios y de Investigación en Biotecnología (CIBIOT), Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia

Luiz Carlos de Campos, Faculty of Science and Technology, PUC São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Antonio Pereira, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

Marcos Ghislandi, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Brazil

Maria Assunção Flores, Institute of Education, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

MarIa Catalina Ramirez Cajiao, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Mariem Chaabouni, ESPRIT Ingénieur, Tunisia

Marta Abelha, Department of Psychology and Education, Portucalense University, Portugal

Mauricio Duque, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Messias Borges Silva, School of Engineering of Lorena, São Paulo University, Brazil

Michaël Canu, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

Miguel Romá, University of Alicante, Spain

Mladen Radisic, Industrial Engineering and Management Department, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Natascha van Hattum-Janssen, Saxion Research & Graduate School, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands

Nélson Costa, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Nicolae Ionescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Octavio Mattasoglio Neto, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, Escola de Engenharia Mauá – São Caetano do Sul – SP – Brazil

Otilia L. de Oliveira Martins Heinig, Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), Blumenau, Brazil

Patrícia Araújo, IPAM Porto/ Universidade Europeia, Laureate International Universities, Porto, Portugal

Pisut Koomsap, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Renata Chagas Perrenoud, UNISAL – Lorena, Brazil

Rodrigo Cutri, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, Brazil

Ronald Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering, USA

Rosane Aragon, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil

Rui M. Lima, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Rui M. Sousa, Department of Production and Systems, Engineering School, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Salah Bousbia, ESPRIT Ingénieur, Tunisia

Sandra Fernandes, Department of Psychology and Education, Portucalense University, Portugal

Simone Borges Simão Monteiro, Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia (UnB), Brasília, Brazil

Sonia Gomez Puente, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Stefan Grbenic, Institute of Business Economics and Industrial Sociology, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Stevan Stankovski, Industrial Engineering and Management Department, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Subha Kumpaty, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA

Thanate Ratanawilai, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Tomasz Nitkiewicz, Częstochowa University of Technology, Poland

Valquiria Villas-Boas, Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Walter Nagai, Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI) – Campus de Itabira, Itabira, Brazil

Wichai Chattinnawat, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Zied Alaya, ESPRIT Ingénieur, Tunisia