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Hugo Dinis is an Assistant Researcher in CMEMS-UMinho at University of Minho, responsible for project neXtSense - Work Package P09 . He finished his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2021 at the University of Minho and the M.Sc. Degree in Biomedical Engineering (specialization in Medical Electronics) in 2015 by the same University. His innovative PhD work was awarded the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Grant. He was also distinguished with the Caixa Geral de Depósitos University of Minho student award (2015) for his top performance as a M.Sc. student. He has 7 years of experience lecturing the experimental components of curricular units such as Electronics, Circuit Analysis, Project and Design of Circuits, Electronic Complements and Digital Circuits, Microcontrollers and Interfaces, Advanced Bioinstrumentation and Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas, for which he was awarded the 2024 School of Engineering Pedagogic Merit Award. Hugo has participated in 8 funded research projects, one of which as PI where the goal was to develop a miniaturized ultrasound probe based on the photoacoustic effect and phased array technology. Despite his exceptionally early-stage scientific career, H. Dinis is a proficient researcher with a good publishing track-record: he published 12 papers in Q1 and Q2 peer-reviewed international journals, with a h-index of 7 and over 270 citations, according to Scopus (2024). He is also a co-author of 2 European Patents and a Provisional Patent Application. He has worked with co-authors from international institutions such as the Grenoble Institute of Neurosciente (France), University of Tunis (Tunisia) and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL. He has also presented 5 of his works in international conferences and actively contributes to the scientific community as a peer-reviewer, Review Editor and Guest Editor for several journals. H. Dinis has integrated multiple academic Master Thesis examination board as opponent. H. Dinis' research interests include, but are not limited to, radiofrequency applications, electronics and telecommunications. He has extensive experience with antenna and antenna array design and characterization, electromagnetic simulation, electronic circuit design, fast prototyping techniques, programming, design and testing of radiofrequency systems. H. Dinis is also a certified level 3 amateur radio operator (CR7BNX)
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Hugo Daniel da Costa Dinis

Citation names

  • DINIS, HUGO

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1C1B-7271-7656
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2394-2119

Email addresses

  • hdinis@dei.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • hugodcdinis@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • CMEMS. Universidade do Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications
  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/03 - 2021/10
Concluded
 Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
"Wireless power transmission for power-hungry biomedical devices" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Performance Assessment of Electrically Small Antennas for Implantable Microsystems with Wireless Power and Communications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/03 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/03 - 2023/03/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/10/17 - 2022/03/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/03 - Current neXt Sense - Safety Connected and Automated Vehicles - NS.P&C.P09 - Antena Definida por Software
179491
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Ongoing
2022/12/01 - 2023/05/31 iProof22 - TumorHunt
TumorHunt
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho TecMinho, Portugal
 Universidade do Minho TecMinho
Concluded
2021/06/23 - 2023/03/02 K2D .: Knowledge and Data from the Deep to Space
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045941
Post-doc Fellow
2023 - 2023/03 SubWaterIoT
Researcher
Concluded
2017 - 2020 Development of an electromagnetic probe for optimized complete tumor resection
PTDC/EEI-TEL/29670/2017
Researcher
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit
UID/EEA/04436/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/07 - 2017/12 iProof20 - CoolBrain
iProof20 – CoolBrain
Researcher
Concluded
2015/10/01 - 2017/03/31 Wireless Power and Communication System for Thermal Stimulation in Drug-Resistant Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
PTDC/EEITEL/5250/2014
Research Fellow
Concluded
2014/10/01 - 2017/03/31 Construction of 3D RF Microdevices Using Self-Folding Technology
PTDC/EEITEL/2881/2012
Research Fellow
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. DINIS, HUGO. "Recent advances on implantable wireless sensor networks". 2017.
Conference paper
  1. Bruna R. Pinheiro; Hugo D. Dinis; Susana O. Catarino; Vânia C. Pinto; Paulo J. Sousa; Graça Minas. "Experimental Characterization of a Piezoelectric Transducer for Integration into a Photoacoustic System". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175329
  2. T. Matos; J. L. Rocha; H. Dinis; C. L. Faria; M. S. Martins; Renato Henriques; L.M. Goncalves. "A low-cost, low-power and low-size multi-parameter station for real-time and online monitoring of the coastal area". 2022.
    10.1109/oceans47191.2022.9977347
  3. Kawther Mekki; Omrane Necibi; Hugo Dinis; Paulo Mendes; Ali Gharsallah. "Backscatter analysis in UWB chipless RFID based on UWB-IR". 2021.
    10.1109/wmcs52222.2021.9493268
  4. DINIS, HUGO. "Electric Field Array Detector for Millimeter Wave Assistance on Brain Tumor Resection". 2019.
    10.1109/comcas44984.2019.8958179
  5. DINIS, HUGO. "Shared wireless link co-design for implantable device with far-field wireless power transfer". 2019.
    10.1109/NEWCAS44328.2019.8961296
  6. DINIS, HUGO. "Design and validation of a six-antenna WPT system with tracking capabilites for biomedical devices". 2019.
    10.1109/newcas44328.2019.8961219
  7. DINIS, HUGO. "WPT system for implantable devices using a phased array and tracking algorithm for freely moving rats". 2019.
    10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692495
  8. DINIS, HUGO. "Brain tumor modeling and resection limits using millimeter wavelengths". 2019.
    10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692552
  9. Dinis, Hugo; Colmiais, Ivo; Mendes, P. M.. "Increasing the Miniaturization Limit of Wireless Implantable Devices Through a Multimode Wireless Power Transfer Approach". Paper presented in 2019 IEEE 19th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/mms48040.2019.9157320
  10. DINIS, HUGO. "A Multiantenna Approach to Maximize Wireless Power Transferred to Implantable Devices". 2017.
    10.23919/ROPACES.2017.7916363
  11. DINIS, HUGO. "Slot Antenna Design for a Wirelessly Powered Implantable Microcooler for Neuronal Applications". 2017.
    10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928775
  12. DINIS, HUGO. "Thermal Modeling of an Implantable Brain Focal Cooling Device". 2017.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889425
  13. DINIS, HUGO. "Implantable microdevice with integrated wireless power transfer for thermal neuromodulation applications". 2016.
    10.1109/HealthCom.2016.7749530
  14. DINIS, HUGO. "Microcooling solution development and performance assessment for thermal neuromodulation applications". Paper presented in IFESS – International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, 2016.
    Published
  15. DINIS, HUGO. "Performance Assessment of an RFID System for Automatic Surgical Sponge Detection in a Surgery Room". 2015.
    10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319060
  16. DINIS, HUGO. "On-Chip, Efficient and Small Antenna Array for Millimetre-Wave Applications". 2015.
    10.1109/IWAT.2015.7365337
  17. DINIS, HUGO. "Random decision forests for automatic brain tumor segmentation on multi-modal MRI images". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088842
  18. DINIS, HUGO. "Characterization of Chip-Size Electrically-Small Antennas for Smart Wireless Biomedical Devices". 2015.
  19. DINIS, HUGO. "Performance Assessment of Wireless Power Transfer Links for Implantable Microssystems". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088861
Journal article
  1. Diogo Gomes; Diogo Baptista; Hugo Dinis; Paulo M. Mendes; Sérgio Lopes. "Software-Defined Platform for Global Navigation Satellite System Antenna Array Development and Testing". Applied Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/app14219621.
    10.3390/app14219621
  2. Ivo Colmiais; Hugo Dinis; Paulo M. Mendes. "Long-Range Wireless Power Transfer for Moving Wireless IoT Devices". Electronics (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13132550.
    10.3390/electronics13132550
  3. Majdi Bahrouni; Gregory Houzet; Tan Phu Vuong; P. M. Mendes; Hugo Dinis; Rui Coelho da Silva; Hichem Trabelsi. "Modeling of a Compact, Implantable, Dual-Band Antenna for Biomedical Applications". Electronics 12 6 (2023): 1475-1475. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics12061475.
    10.3390/electronics12061475
  4. C. G. Moura; H. Dinis; O. Carvalho; P. M. Mendes; R. M. Nascimento; F. S. Silva. "A Novel Approach for Micro-Antenna Fabrication on ZrO2 Substrate Assisted by Laser Printing for Smart Implants". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189333.
    10.3390/app12189333
  5. H. Dinis. "The Challenge of Long-Distance Over-the-Air Wireless Links in the Ocean: A Survey on Water-to-Water and Water-to-Land MIoT Communication". Applied Sciences 12 13 (2022): 6439-6439. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12136439.
    10.3390/app12136439
  6. Marwa Slimi; Bassem Jmai; H. Dinis; Ali Gharsallah; P. M. Mendes. "Metamaterial Vivaldi Antenna Array for Breast Cancer Detection". Sensors (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/10/3945.
    10.3390/s22103945
  7. H. Dinis. "Smart wireless powering enabling IoT in inhomogeneous environments: a case study on biomedical applications". IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2022.3187558.
    10.1109/jiot.2022.3187558
  8. Kawther Mekki; Omrane Necibi; DINIS, HUGO; Paulo M. Mendes; Ali Gharsallah. "Frequency-Spectra-Based High Coding Capacity Chipless RFID Using an UWB-IR Approach". Sensors (2021):
    10.3390/s21072525
  9. Dinis, H.; Mendes, P.M.. "A comprehensive review of powering methods used in state-of-the-art miniaturized implantable electronic devices". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 172 (2021): 112781. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112781.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112781
  10. DINIS, HUGO. "Design and Characterization of 3D Self-folded Micro Antennas for Implantable Microdevices". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tap.2019.2948741.
    10.1109/tap.2019.2948741
  11. DINIS, HUGO. "Design and Performance Assessment of a Solid-State Microcooler for Thermal Neuromodulation". Micromachines (2018):
    10.3390/mi9020047
  12. DINIS, HUGO. "Extending the Limits of Wireless Power Transfer to Miniaturized Implantable Electronic Devices". Micromachines (2017): http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/12/359.
    10.3390/mi8120359

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. DINIS, HUGO. 2021. "Probe and system for detecting and measuring brain tumor cells, fabrication method thereof".
    Withdrawn
  2. DINIS, HUGO. 2018. "Implantable thermal neuromodulator with wireless powering and wireless communications and fabrication method thereof".
    Withdrawn
Provisional application for patent
  1. 2024. "High-Performance Circular Polarization in a Compact Antenna Design".
    Disclosed

Other

Other output
  1. Piezoelectric material-based acoustic stimulation enhanced anti-proliferative activity of triple negative breast cancer cells. Poster - Encontro Ciência 2024. 2024. A. Z. Santos; S. Oliveira; DINIS, HUGO; M. M. Fernandes; M. Costa; F. S. Silva; O. Carvalho; V. F. Cardoso.
  2. Miniaturized Circularly Polarized Antennas for GNSS. Poster - Encontro Ciência 2024. 2024. G. Dores; DINIS, HUGO; P. M. Mendes.
  3. A Wireless communication network for railway digital twins. Poster presentation at the Transportation and Mobility Research (TMOB-HUB) event.. 2024. J. Neto; P. M. Mendes; DINIS, HUGO.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/02 Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
University of Minho (Portugal)
2023/02 Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
University of Minho (Portugal)
2023 TumorHunt UITransfer - Apresentação Pública das Provas de Conceito
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal)
2019 Shared wireless link co-design for implantable device with far-field wireless power transfer IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)
(Germany)
2019 Electric Field Array Detector for Millimeter Wave Assistance on Brain Tumor Resection IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS)
(Israel)
2017 A Multiantenna Approach to Maximize Wireless Power Transferred to Implantable Devices International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium - ACES
(Florence, Italy)
2017 Slot Antenna Design for a Wirelessly Powered Implantable Microcooler for Neuronal Applications European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)
(France)
2015 Performance assessment of wireless power transfer links for implantable microsystems IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
(Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Development and testing of a millimeter wave system for differentiating human body tissue
Co-supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Development of an IoT End-Device with LEO Satellite Communication Support
Co-supervisor
 Aerospace Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Design and Characterization of a Mobile Objects Tracking Device Based on MMW Techologies
Co-supervisor
 Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Miniaturization of Circularly Polarized Antennas for GNSS Application
Co-supervisor
 Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Remote monitoring system for railway “digital twin” application
Co-supervisor
 Telecommunications Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/06 Miniaturized Ultrasound Probe for Brain Tumour Resection Intraoperative Imagining
Supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Demonstration of Projects Related to Telecommunications Engineering for High School Students. (2024 - 2024) Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Universidade de Portas Abertas (UPA) - Demonstration of Projects Related to Telecommunications Engineering for High School Students
Exhibition
 Universidade de Portas Abertas (UPA)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Universidade de Portas Abertas (UPA) - Demonstration of Projects Related to Telecommunications Engineering for High School Students
Exhibition
 UPA - Universidade de Portas Abertas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Vamos Experimentar a UMinho (VEM) - Presentation and Demonstration on Autonomous Vehicle Connectivity and Potential Attacks for High School Students
Exhibition
 VEM 2023
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/11 Inductive Salinity Sensor Maria João Neves de Alvim Barroso (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/03/08 Development of an Acoustic Sensor for Measuring Ocean Currents
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafael Cachetas Pereira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/03/17 Control and readout electronics for miniaturized temperature sensors integrated with an organ-on-a-chip
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carlos Manuel Lima Oliveira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/02/22 Electronics for Controlling Piezoelectric Actuators for Integration into a Multiplexer Microfluidic System
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Alberto da Silva Martins (Master)
2022 Monitoring of Marine Animals - Development and Testing of an Oximetry and Heartbeat Sensor
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Miguel Sousa e Silva (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 Measurement Techniques for Oximetry and Heart Rate in Marine Animals
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Pedro Carvalho Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 Performance of Radiofrequency Circuits Based on 2D Technology
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Francisco Veiga Baptista (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current ANACOM - Level 3 Amateur Radio Operator (CR7BNX) Level 3 Amateur Radio Operator (CR7BNX)

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024 - Current BIODEVICES 2025 - Special Session on Electromagnetic waves for healthcare - Chair

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2024/02 Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02 Advanced Instrumentation (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/08 Electronic Complements and Digital Systems (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02 Advanced Instrumentation (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/08 Electronic Complements and Digital Systems (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/02 Electronics I (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/02 Advanced Bioinstrumentation (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2020/03 - 2020/08 Electronic Complements and Digital Systems Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/02 Microcontrollers and Interfaces (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/08 Electronic Complements and Digital Systems (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/02 Electronics I (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/02 Advanced Bioinstrumentation (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/08 Circuit Analysis (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/02 Electronics I (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/02 - Current Frontiers in Antennas and Propation - Review Editor
2023 - Current Applied Sciences -Special Issue on Advances in Wireless Communication Technologies - Guest Editor
2024 - 2024 Applied Sciences - Special Issue on Advanced Antenna Array Technologies and Applications - Guest Editor

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/02/14 - Current Jury of PhD thesis project - "Mapping and modelling the transmission profile of optical waves in the brain to optimize transcranial stimulation against brain disorders" Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 School of Engineering Pedagogic Merit Award
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 Best Student Paper Award - IEEE 19th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium
IEEE, United States
2018 IEEE AP-S Doctoral Research Grant
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, United States
2016 Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award
Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal