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MANUEL REIS CARNEIRO
Electrical & Computer Engineer
STEM Educator
PhD Candidate (spm.isr.uc.pt. | sml.me.cmu.edu)
ABOUT ME
I am a dual-degree PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Previously I have earned a M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra in 2019 with a specialization in automation.
After building my first robot at 13, I participated in dozens of tech and robotics competitions that motivated me to follow an engineering career.
One of my interests is STEM education, having developed and delivered multiple courses and workshops in robotics, electronics, programming and digital fabrication, with more than 100 participants. I am also a Teaching assistant in both CMU and UC and have advised 10 M.Sc. theses and more 15+ undergrad projects to date.
I’ve co-authored over 14 papers in leading journals (Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nature Electronics, etc) and given 15+ international talks on soft and stretchable electronics since 2019.
As an engineer and scientist, I am driven by the potential to create technologies that truly improve the lives of vulnerable people. I came up with life-changing tech that includes a wearable textile headband for continuous EEG recordings that was awarded by Fraunhofer and IBM, a patent-pending family of digitally printed patient-specific e-skins for electrophysiology for remote health monitoring up to 10 days with better signal quality than current clinical systems, a fully recyclable eco-friendly conductive ink that enables the fabrication of non-polluting electronic smart labels for monitoring of perishable goods, and a wearable for automatic detection and mitigation of gait freezing in Parkinson’s patients.
All these systems, currently undergoing further testing and validation, offer better user comfort, and potentially reduce operational costs and alleviate the burden in the healthcare systems promoting faster recoveries and reducing hospitalization times.
My work has been highlighted in 80+ press features in Portuguese-speaking countries and the US, and in 2023 I received a Huawei merit grant (<1% acceptance) for outstanding scientific and academic achievements.
Check my full CV here
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Reis Carneiro, M., Rosa, L., & Tavakoli, M. (2023). 2023 IEEE Sensors Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS56945.2023.10325315.
Reis Carneiro, M., Majidi, C., & Tavakoli, M. (2023). Advanced Functional Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306453
Reis Carneiro, M., de Almeida, A. T., Tavakoli, M., Majidi, C. (2023). Advanced Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301673
TOWARD FULLY PRINTED SOFT ACTUATORS: UV-ASSISTED PRINTING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS AND BIPHASIC LIQUID METAL CONDUCTORS
Veiga, J. S.†, Reis Carneiro, M.†, Molter, R., Vinciguerra, M., Yao, L., Majidi, C., Tavakoli, M. (2023). Advanced Materials Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300144
Zhao, Y., Ohm, Y., Liao, J., Luo, Y., Cheng, H., Won, P., Roberts, P., Reis Carneiro, M., Islam, M., Ahn, J., Walker, L., & Majidi, C. (2023). Nature Electronics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00932-0
MULTI-ELECTRODE PRINTED BIOELECTRONIC PATCHES FOR LONG-TERM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING
Reis Carneiro, M., Majidi, C., & Tavakoli, M. (2022). Advanced Functional Materials, 2205956. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202205956
Zu, W., Ohm, Y., Reis Carneiro, M., Vinciguerra, M., Tavakoli, M., & Majidi, C. (2022). Advanced Materials Technologies, 2200534. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202200534
Tavakoli, M., Lopes, P. A., Hajalilou, A., Silva, A., Reis Carneiro, M., Carvalheiro, J., Pereira, J. M., & de Almeida, A. T. (2022). Advanced Materials, e2203266. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202203266
Reis Carneiro, M., Rosa, L.P., de Almeida, A.T. & Tavakoli, M. (2022). 2022 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft).
https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762214
Reis Carneiro, M., & Tavakoli, M. (2021). IEEE Sensors Journal, . https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3126159
Reis Carneiro, M., Majidi, C., & Tavakoli, M. (2021). Advanced Engineering Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100953
Caldeira, T., Reis Carneiro, M.. (2021). IEEE World Conference on Engineering Education (EDUNINE). https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUNINE51952.2021.9429157.
Carvalho, F., Lopes, P., Reis Carneiro, M., Serra, A., Coelho, J., de Almeida, A. T., Tavakoli, M., (2020). ACS Applied Electronic Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653.
Reis Carneiro, M., de Almeida, A. T., Tavakoli, M., (2020). IEEE Sensors Journal. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3009629.
AWARDS
HUAWEI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD (top 1% candidates)
2023
Grant with the value of 5000€ in the 2nd edition of the Huawei Grant Program, awarded by Huawei in Lisbon, Portugal on April 4, 2023. 50 recipients were selected among more than 5300 candidates. (https://programadebolsashuawei.pt/)
IBM SCIENTIFIC PRIZE
2019
"The Human Brain meets Soft Electronics through ideal Polymeric Interfaces - A Breakthrough in Electrophysiology" - A work based on my MSc Thesis, was awarded an Honorable Mention in the IBM Scientific Prize. The distinction was delivered by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Portuguese Government , Manuel Heitor, the President of IBM Portugal, António Raposo de Lima and the President of the Jury, Carlos Salema.
FRAUNHOFER PORTUGAL CHALLENGE
2019
Third Place Award in the MSc Category of the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2019, awarded by the Fraunhofer Portugal Research Association, with the idea "Comfortable Fabric-Based Headband for Forehead EEG Monitoring", based on my MSc Thesis
5% TOP STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
2019
3% BEST STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
2015 | 2016 | 2017
SERVICES
TECH CONSULTING
Microelectronics, Embedded systems, Intelligent sensing applications - both hardware and software, as well as assessment of manufacturability of prototypes through digital fabrication techniques
