[[education]]

(2005) PhD Degree

Mechanical Engineering - Robotics and Automation, at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

      
         Thesis: Visual Control of Robotic Manipulators
         
         Supervisor: João R. Caldas Pinto (Associate Professor c/ Agregação @ IDMEC/IST/UTL)
         
         Jury: François Chaumette (Directeur de Recherche @ IRISA/INRIA - Rennes - France)
               José Santos Victor (Full Professor @ ISR/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)
               João Figueiredo (Assistant Professor @ Univ. Évora - Portugal)
               João M. Costa Sousa (Full Professor @ IDMEC/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)
               José Sá da Costa (Full Professor @ IDMEC/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)
               Manuel Freitas (Full Professor @ IDMEC/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)

(1998) MSc Degree

Mechanical Engineering - Robotics and Automation, at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

         Thesis: Mitral Valve Contour Extraction and Measuring using Active Contour Models
         
         Supervisor: João R. Caldas Pinto (Associate Professor c/ Agregação @ IDMEC/IST/UTL)
         
         Jury: Ana Maria Mendonça (Associate Professor @ INEB/FEUP - Porto - Portugal)
               J. Salvador Marques (Associate Professor @ ISR/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)
               Fernando Muge (Associate Professor c/ Agregação @ CVRM/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)
  

(1995) “Licenciatura” Degree

Mechanical Engineering - Robotics and Automation, at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

         Final Project: Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of the DORM Robot
         
         Supervisor: Pedro Lourtie (Associate Professor @ IDMEC/IST/UTL - Lisbon - Portugal)