IDMEC
Acronym: IDMC Address: Av Rovisco Pais 11049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
IDMEC (http://www.idmec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is a private non-profit association of science, technology and training of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), of the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
The activity of IDMEC is oriented towards five key strategic objectives:
1.to promote R&D actions;
2.to promote technology transfer;
3.to develop advanced training programmes;
4.to evaluate and audit new entrepreneurial processes;
5.to develop integrated management programmes in energetic, transports, logistic and socio-technical areas.
The activity of IDMEC is organized in five Centres: Mechanical Design; Intelligent Systems; Manufacturing and Industrial Management; Energy and Fluid Mechanics; Aerospace Science and Technology, supported by well-equipped laboratories that play a significant role in national and international R&D in different areas of mechanical engineering.