Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship

This book presents endeavors to join synergies in order to create added value for society, using the latest scientific knowledge to boost technology transfer from academia to industry. It potentiates the foundations for the creation of knowledge- and entrepreneurial cooperation networks involving engineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship stakeholders.

The Regional HELIX 2018 conference was organized at the University of Minho's School of Engineering by the MEtRICs and Algoritmi Research Centers, and took place in Guimar�es, Portugal, from June 27th to 29th, 2018.

After a rigorous peer-review process, 160 were accepted for publication, covering a wide range of topics, including Control, Automation and Robotics; Mechatronics Design, Medical Devices and Wellbeing; Cyber-Physical Systems, IoT and Industry 4.0; Innovations in Industrial Context and Advanced Manufacturing; New Trends in Mechanical Systems Development; Advanced Materials and Innovative Applications; Waste to Energy and Sustainable Environment; Operational Research and Industrial Mathematics; Innovation and Collaborative Arrangements; Entrepreneurship and Internationalization; and Oriented Education for Innovation, Engineering and/or Entrepreneurship.

Aceasta carte prezinta eforturile de a uni sinergii pentru a crea valoare adaugata pentru societate, folosind cele mai recente cunostinte stiintifice pentru a stimula transferul de tehnologie din mediul academic catre industrie. Conferinta regionala HELIX 2018 a fost organizata la Scoala de Inginerie a Universitatii din Minho de catre Centrele de Cercetare MEtRIC si Algoritmi si a avut loc in Guimarêes, Portugalia, in perioada 27-29 iunie 2018. Dupa un proces riguros de evaluare inter pares, 160 au fost acceptate pentru publicare, acoperind o gama larga de subiecte, inclusiv Control, Automatizare si Robotica; Proiectare mecanica, dispozitive medicale si bunastare; Sisteme cibernetice, IoT si Industry 4.0; Inovatii in context industrial si productie avansata; Noi tendinte in dezvoltarea sistemelor mecanice; Materiale avansate si aplicatii inovatoare; Deseuri pentru energie si mediu durabil; Cercetare operationala si matematica industriala; Inovare si aranjamente de colaborare; Antreprenoriat si internationalizare; si Educatie orientata pentru inovare, inginerie si / sau antreprenoriat.