This Area is focused on the management and use of technology for human advantage. Research projects emphasize on the integration of new technologies either for the optimization of processes or services where an enhanced management of resources is required or ambitioned.

Research work is integrated into two main lines of research: optimized use of resources in processes – low cost methodologies in support of the sustainable development goals, energy efficiency of heating systems, design and development of medical devices for rehabilitation purposes; and, optimized use of resources in services - research on the development and application of Integrated Management Systems (IMS).

Major Recent Research Results until 2019

• Amaral, L. P., Araújo, A., Mendes, E., & Martins, N. (2014). Economic and environmental assessment of renewable energy micro-systems in a developing country. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 7, 101–110. 

• Araújo, A., & Martins, N. (2015). Monte Carlo simulations of ambient temperature uncertainty determined by dual-band pyrometry. Measurement Science and Technology, 26(8), 085016.

• Domingues, M. S. Q., Baptista, A., & T., D. M. (2017). Engineering Complex Systems applied to Risk Management in the Mining Industry. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, (27), 611–616. 

• Ferreira Rebelo, M., Santos, G., & Silva, R. G. (2014). A generic model for integration of Quality, Environment and Safety Management Systems.TQM Journal, 26(2), 143– 159. 

• Ferreira Rebelo, M., Silva, R. G., & Santos, G. (2017). The integration of standardized management systems: managing business risk. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 34(3), 395–405. 

• Ferreira, N., & Oliveira, M. M. (2016). Portfolio efficiency analysis with SFA: the case of PSI-20 companies. Applied Economics, 48(1), 1–6.

• Martins, J. H., Camacho, A. S., Oliveira, M. M., & Gaspar, M. B. (2013). A System Dynamics model to support the management of artisanal dredge fisheries in the south coast of Portugal. International Transactions in Operational Research, (22), 611–634.  

• Oliveira, M. M. (2013). The influence of catch quotas on the productivity of the Portuguese bivalve dredge fleet. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70(7), 1378–1388. 

• Oliveira, M. M., Camacho, A. S., & Gaspar, M. B. (2014). Enhancing the performance of quota managed fisheries using seasonality information: the case of the Portuguese artisanal dredge fleet. Marine Policy, 45(3), 114–120. 

• Quinteiro, P., Dias, A.C., Araújo, A., Pestana, J. L. T., Riddout, B. G. & Arroja, L. (2015). Suspended solids in freshwater systems: characterization model describing potential impacts on aquatic biota. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20(9), 1232-1242.  

• Rebelo, M. F., Santos, G., & Silva, R. G. (2014). Conception of a flexible integrator and lean model for integrated management systems. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 25(5–6), 683–701 .

• Rebelo, M. F., Santos, G., & Silva, R. G. (2016). Integration of management systems: towards a sustained success and development of organizations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 127, 96–111. 

• Resende, V., Alves, A. C., Batista, A., & Ângela, S. (2014). Financial and human benefits of Lean Production in the plastic injection industry: an action research study. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 5(2), 61–75. 

• Santos, G., Barros, S., & Rebelo, M. F. (2014). Quality, Environment and Safety: From Individual Systems to Integration - A Portuguese Case Study. In Annals of Industrial Engineering 2012 (pp. 283–290). London: Springer London.

• Santos, G., Rebelo, M. F., Barros, S., Silva, R. G., Pereira, M., Ramos, G., & Lopes, N. (2014). Developments About the Integration of the Occupational Safety and Health with Quality and Environment. In Occupational Safety and Health (pp. 113–146). New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc. 

• Santos, G., Rebelo, M. F., Lopes, N., Alves, M. R., & Silva, R. G. (2016). Implementing and certifying ISO 14001 in Portugal: motives, difficulties and benefits after ISO 9001 certification. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 27(11–12), 1211– 1223.  

• Silva, S., Soares, I., & Afonso, O. (2013). Economic and environmental effects under resource scarcity and substitution between renewable and non-renewable resources. Energy Policy, 54, 113–124.

• Silva, S., Soares, I., & Afonso, O. (2013). Economic growth and polluting resources: Market equilibrium and optimal policies. Economic Modelling, 30, 825–834.