This Summer, R&D Nester hosts 4 students who are contributing in research, studies and projects.

They are from Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and North China Electric Power University.

Ricardo Pastor, Marta Valente, Pedro Costa e Rui Pestana

Jinhua Chen, Nuno Pinho da Silva e Weihao Ye

These selected students are from courses as Electrical Engineering and Computers, Electrical and Computer Engineering  and Mathematics Applied to Technology. 

Instituto Superior Técnico: JINHUA CHEN

North China Electric Power University: WEIHAO YE

Both Jinhua and Weihao will support during their internship the CARBON FOOTPRINT project team, in which R&D Nester is involved.

This project aims to study and develop methodologies for quantifying the carbon footprint of electrical equipment and analyzing carbon emissions throughout the production process.

The interns will perform activities focused on the following topics: develop a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) methodology applicable to electric equipment, research the differences and common attributes between the PCF methodology and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism methodology, research the required data to perform PCF of specific electric equipments used in the electricity transmission grid and design a database enabling the calculation of the PCF.

CARBON FOOTPRINT project @ R&D Nester wbesite

Instituto Superior Técnico: MARTA VALENTE

Marta Valente will support during her internship the HEDGE IoT project team, in which R&D Nester is involved.

This project aims to support the green and digital transformation of the energy ecosystem and enhance its resilience through the development and piloting of AI-IoT Edge-Cloud and platform solutions.

These solutions are trained according to different generation and consumption scenarios based on real data.

The objective of the summer internship is to provide those scenarios using clustering techniques by grouping sets of data where a certain generation technology is predominant.

HEDGE-IoT project @ R&D Nester website

HEDGE IoT project website

ISEL - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa: PEDRO COSTA

Pedro Costa supported his internship on the QUANTUM project team, in which R&D Nester is involved.

This project aims to research the accuracy improvement technology using a quantum voltage chip, to obtain a reference AC voltage for calibrating metering devices. It also includes the research and development by Pedro Costa, on error monitoring methods of digital metering, which contributed to the submission of three papers.

QUANTUM project @ R&D Nester website

This initiative allows students to make productive use of their summer break by gaining hands-on experience with real projects, enriching their understanding of the energy sector.

During their time at R&D Nester, students deepen their knowledge of key concepts in electricity and energy-moving beyond theory into practical application. The experience bridges the gap between the abstract knowledge acquired in their academic courses and the real-world challenges faced in the energy industry.

R&D Nester offers an ideal environment for such programs, as it operates at the intersection of Research, Development, and Innovation-often closely aligned with the students' fields of study and real business applications.

The work carried out by these trainees is integrated into ongoing projects, contributing directly to current research needs at R&D Nester. Their collaboration typically spans 6 weeks to 3 months.

This experience aims to be both memorable and professionally valuable, helping to launch the careers of these four promising researchers and future professionals in the energy sector.

R&D Nester website