Rodrigo Martins, Full Professor of the Materials Department at FCT NOVA, was elected first vice-president of the International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS), the largest academic association in the world.

Professor Elvira Fortunato was invited by Prof. Manuel Lozano, Director of the IMB-CNM, to be part of the Scientific Advisory Group of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM), a public research center belonging to the Spanish Research Council, CSIC.

Professor Rodrigo Martins appointed Chair of the Advisory Board of BMC Materials, the new Nature-Springer journal to be released in January 2019.
Professor Pedro Barquinha will also be part of the editors body.

The On-Surf project is a Mobilizing Program involving 14 National companies from different sectors of activity and 8 non-business entities of SI & I (including FCT Nova and CENIMAT / i3N), in a broad consortium, priority in the International Innovation Agenda, Surface Engineering.

Professor Rodrigo Martins was unanimously re-elected as the representative of the Central Co-Location Centers on the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors of KIC Raw Materials.

Prof. Isabel Ferreira of DCM - FCT NOVA, again obtains funding through the European Research Council (ERC). The "ERC Proof of Concept" grant allows the Researcher to have access to 150,000 euros for a period of 18 months.

The CENIMAT | i3N researcher and doctoral candidate Adriana Costa wins the best poster award at the 6th Dresden Nanoanalysis Symposium.