Facilities and Equipment
Electronics manufacturing
3D printing, potting, encapsulation
3D printing, potting, encapsulation
We are fully equipped to work with Surface Mount Technology, allowing us to produce small electronic packages. Apart from a TBS 1102b Tektronix oscilloscope and a RS Pro AFG21005 signal generation devices, we have a e-C Reflow Oven v4, a stencil preparation bed, a e-C Pick-and-Place, and a Mantis Elite microscope-assisted soldering station.
3D printing, potting, encapsulation
3D printing, potting, encapsulation
3D printing, potting, encapsulation
Our prototyping machines include a Ultimaker 3 extended 3D printer, an EinScan-pro 3D scanner and a FLUX Beambox laser cutting machine. We also have a vacuum chamber to improve potting, providing reliable waterproofing and mechanical strength to our environmental loggers and satellite tags.
Data processing
3D printing, potting, encapsulation
Data processing
Regarding computer power we have several workstations and a powerful 128-core rack server to assemble, manipulate and process large environmental datasets.
The team
Nuno Queiroz
Fernando P. Lima
Fernando P. Lima
Biologist
My research focuses on the ecology of predatory fish movements and spatial distributions, the environmental constraints, and the consequences for conservation. The aim is to understand patterns, mechanisms, causes and consequences of animal movement with a main approach being to develop and apply novel telemetry/bio-logging syste
Biologist
My research focuses on the ecology of predatory fish movements and spatial distributions, the environmental constraints, and the consequences for conservation. The aim is to understand patterns, mechanisms, causes and consequences of animal movement with a main approach being to develop and apply novel telemetry/bio-logging systems to obtain unique insights into free-ranging marine fish behaviour. The approach and data are employed to aid fisheries management and species conservation.
Fernando P. Lima
Fernando P. Lima
Fernando P. Lima
Biologist
As a scientist, I am interested on the mechanistic links between climate change and macro-ecological processes in the intertidal zone. Most of this stuff can only be studied with autonomous loggers but the nearshore environment is hard on electronics. We developed sturdy bio-mimetic temperature loggers (a.k.a. robolimpets), instr
Biologist
As a scientist, I am interested on the mechanistic links between climate change and macro-ecological processes in the intertidal zone. Most of this stuff can only be studied with autonomous loggers but the nearshore environment is hard on electronics. We developed sturdy bio-mimetic temperature loggers (a.k.a. robolimpets), instrumental to describe the thermal variability within habitats and helping us to understand biological responses to climate change. ElectricBlue has been making good use of this experience.
Bruno Loureiro
Fernando P. Lima
Bruno Loureiro
Engineer
I have been working as an electronics engineer in hardware applications related to marine and maritime research since 2009. Recently, I obtained a masters in software, which comes in handy when we need to develop firmware and mobile applications to manage our loggers and to analyse the data they collect.
Rui Seabra
Fernando Martinho
Bruno Loureiro
Biologist
I am an intertidal ecologist and my research focuses on the physical habitat organisms have to contend with, from the microhabitat to the continental scale. Environmental monitoring of harsh environments, big data and experimental ecology are the building blocks of my research.
Fernando Martinho
Fernando Martinho
Fernando Martinho
Co-op Manager
I have decades of experience in creating and managing entities in the third sector of the economy, including worker co-ops like ElectricBlue.
I provide the legal and management support necessary to ensure ElectricBlue meets its main goal of providing an innovative service to the community.
Luís Pereira
Fernando Martinho
Fernando Martinho
Engineer and Biologist
My main interest is prototype development for bold ecological research.
As a biologist and electronic engineer, I seek solutions to previously intractable research questions trough the development of custom-made electronic devices.
Although my attention is not strictly focused on marine projects, the marine environme
Engineer and Biologist
My main interest is prototype development for bold ecological research.
As a biologist and electronic engineer, I seek solutions to previously intractable research questions trough the development of custom-made electronic devices.
Although my attention is not strictly focused on marine projects, the marine environment brings a whole new layer of challenges which I find fascinating.
I am currently doing a PhD focused on questions related to local adaptation, where I am automating the replication of complex natural environmental conditions from the intertidal in the laboratory.
Selected media appearances
Biosfera (TV show, RTP2)
Muito Barulho Para Nada (TV show, RTP2)
Muito Barulho Para Nada (TV show, RTP2)
Fernando P. Lima, Rui Seabra and Nuno Queiroz talk about ElectricBlue's innovative products. In Portuguese. Access the show here (minute 12:30)
Muito Barulho Para Nada (TV show, RTP2)
Muito Barulho Para Nada (TV show, RTP2)
Muito Barulho Para Nada (TV show, RTP2)
Rui Seabra explains the importance of using large networks of temperature sensors for understanding biodiversity responses to climate change. In Portuguese. Access the media here (minute 1:40)