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Mahmoud Tavakoli. is Associate professor with aggregation at department of Electrical Engineering of University of Coimbra. He received a MSc in Advanced Manufacturing from Sharif University of Technology, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Coimbra in 2010. His current field of research includes stretchable electronics, printed electronics, digital health, e-skin for biomonitoring and robotics. He is the recipient of European Research Council (ERC) award of 2.8m€ in 2022. He also received multiple national and international awards, including an unconditional 150k research award from Facebook for his work on recyclable electronics (2022), EIT-Health award for innovation on health (2017), and Autodesk award for his developments on 3D printed soft prosthetic hands, and Norberto Pires Award for wearable bioelectronics patches. He has 7 patents filed, and has licensed already two. He has over 100 articles as Journals and Conference Article, including top 1% journals such as Advanced Materials, and Nature Communications. He has supervised/supervising 7 PhD thesis and over 60 MSc dissertations. He is director of Soft and Printed Microelectronics Laboratory At the Institute of Systems and Robotics of the University of Coimbra (spm.isr.uc.pt), where he leads an interdisciplinary team composed of electrical, biomedical, physics, and informatics engineers, as well as material scientist and chemists. Tavakoli has been listed as top 2% researcher consecutively since 2022. He has been the PI of several national, European, and CMU-Portugal projects, mostly related on printed stretchable electronics and their applications in health.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mahmoud Tavakoli

Citation names

  • Tavakoli, Mahmoud

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EA1E-FE04-557E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2590-2196

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010
Concluded
 Electrical Engineering-Instrumentation and Control (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, PATH PLANNING, AND CONTROL OF A POLE CLIMBING ROBOT" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e louvor por unanimidade
2004
Concluded
 Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (Master Universitario)
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
"Design, Modeling, Optimization and Prototyping of a Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robot" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 in a scale of 0 to 20, Best MSc thesis of year2
2002
Concluded
 Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing (Licenciatura)
University of Tabriz, Iran
"Automation of a Multi-head Turning Machine with Pneumatic System and PLC" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 in a scale of 0 to 20, Ranked 5 among 10000 mec
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012 - 2013 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/06/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/01/01 - 2020/06/30 Invited Lecturer and Research assistant Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2015/12/31 Post-Doc and Project Manager Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2010/09/30 PhD student , RA Robots for oil pipe inspection Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2032/01/01 ERC- Liquid3D- 3D printable liquid metal based electronics
101045072
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/01/01 Wireless biOmonitoring stickers and smart bed architecture: toWards Untethered Patients
45913
Principal investigator

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/05/02 - 2021/05/01 Electronic Skin over Epidermis for wearable bio-monitoring
PTDC/EEI-ROB/31784/2017
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/01/13 - 2020/10/12 Soft and Stretchable Mechatronics for Wearable Devices: Fabrication, Implementation and Applications
CMUP-ERI/TIC/0021/2014
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2016/03/31 Compliant Robotics Hands with Integrated Soft MEMS Skin (for Medical Prosthesis and Industrial Robotics Applications)
CMUP-EPB/TIC/0036/2013
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/05/01 - 2015/08/30 Climbing Robots with high maneuverability for inspection and maintenance of 3D human-made structures
PTDC/EME-CRO/121547/2010
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Tavakoli, M.; Rocha, R.P.; Lourenço, J.; Lu, T.; Majidi, C.. Soft Bionics hands with a sense of touch through an electronic skin. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-46460-2_2
  2. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.. Bio-inspired climbing robots. 2015.
    10.1016/B978-0-08-100249-0.00014-8
Conference paper
  1. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Malakooti, Mohammad H.; Paisana, Hugo; Ohm, Yunsik; Marques, Daniel Green; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Piedade, Ana P.; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel. "Fabrication of Soft and Stretchable Electronics Through Integration of Printed Silver Nanoparticles and Liquid Metal Alloy". 2018.
    10.1115/smasis2018-8007
  2. Tavakoli, M.; Lourenco, J.; De Almeida, A.T.. "3D printed endoskeleton with a soft skin for upper-limb body actuated prosthesis". 2017.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889470
  3. Tavakoli, M.; Santos, J.G.; Lourenco, J.L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Hydrogel-silicone conjunction as epidermal and dermal layers of bio-inspired soft finger skin". 2017.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889471
  4. Tavakoli, M.; Sgrigna, L.; Viegas, C.; De Almeida, A.T.. "State estimation and path following on curved and flat vertical surfaces with Omniclimber robots: Kinematics and control". 2015.
    10.1109/IROS.2015.7353840
  5. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.; Romao, J.C.; Neto, P.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Switchable magnets for robotics applications". 2015.
    10.1109/IROS.2015.7353990
  6. Romão, J.C.; Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.; Neto, P.; De Almeida, A.T.. "InchwormClimber: A light-weight biped climbing robot with a switchable magnet adhesion unit". 2015.
    10.1109/IROS.2015.7353839
  7. Viegas, C.; Tavakoli, M.. "A single DOF arm for transition of climbing robots between perpendicular planes". 2014.
    10.1109/IROS.2014.6942956
  8. Tavakoli, M.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Adaptive under-actuated anthropomorphic hand: ISR-SoftHand". 2014.
    10.1109/IROS.2014.6942773
  9. Tavakoli, M.; Enes, B.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Actuation strategies for underactuated anthropomorphic hands". 2014.
    10.1109/IROS.2014.6942572
  10. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.; Marques, L.; Norberto Pires, J.; De Almeida, A.T.. "OmniClimber-II: An omnidirectional climbing robot with high maneuverability and flexibility to adapt to non-flat surfaces". 2013.
    10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630746
  11. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.; Marques, L.; Pires, J.N.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Magnetic omnidirectional wheels for climbing robots". 2013.
    10.1109/IROS.2013.6696363
  12. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Flexirigid, a novel two phase flexible gripper". 2013.
    10.1109/IROS.2013.6697086
  13. Tavakoli, M.; Faria, R.; Marques, L.; de Almeida, A.T.. "3D cooperative localization for surveillance applications". 2011.
  14. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "A comparison study on pneumatic muscles and electrical motors using the 3DCLIMBER as a case study". 2008.
  15. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Path planning for the "3DCLIMBER"". 2007.
Journal article
  1. Tânia Nunes; Luís Gaspar; José N. Faria; David Portugal; Telmo Lopes; Pedro Fernandes; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Deployment and validation of a smart bed architecture for untethered patients with wireless biomonitoring stickers". Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-024-03155-3.
    10.1007/s11517-024-03155-3
  2. Abdollah Hajalilou; Elahe Parvini; Tiago A. Morgado; Pedro Alhais Lopes; M. Estrela Melo Jorge; Marta Freitas; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Replacing the Gallium Oxide Shell with Conductive Ag: Toward a Printable and Recyclable Composite for Highly Stretchable Electronics, Electromagnetic Shielding, and Thermal Interfaces". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c17151.
    10.1021/acsami.4c17151
  3. Elahe Parvini; Abdollah Hajalilou; João Pedro Gonçalves Vilarinho; Pedro Alhais Lopes; Miguel Maranha; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Gallium–Carbon: A Universal Composite for Sustainable 3D Printing of Integrated Sensor–Heater–Battery Systems in Wearable and Recyclable Electronics". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c02706.
    10.1021/acsami.4c02706
  4. Fonseca, Rita G.; Hajalilou, Abdollah; Freitas, Marta; Kuster, Aline; Parvini, Elahe; Serra, Arménio C.; Coelho, Jorge F. J.; Fonseca, Ana C.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Photodegradable Non-Drying Hydrogel Substrates for Liquid Metal Based Sustainable Soft-Matter Electronics". Advanced Materials Technologies 8 19 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202301007.
    10.1002/admt.202301007
  5. Michael R. Vinciguerra; Dinesh K. Patel; Wuzhou Zu; Mahmoud Tavakoli; Carmel Majidi; Lining Yao. "Multimaterial Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Integrated Stretchable Electronics". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c23028.
    10.1021/acsami.2c23028
  6. Epsita Kar; Puja Ghosh; Shewli Pratihar; Mahmoud Tavakoli; Shrabanee Sen. "Nature-Driven Biocompatible Epidermal Electronic Skin for Real-Time Wireless Monitoring of Human Physiological Signals". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c00509.
    10.1021/acsami.3c00509
  7. Wuzhou Zu; Yunsik Ohm; Manuel Reis Carneiro; Michael Vinciguerra; Mahmoud Tavakoli; Carmel Majidi. "A Comparative Study of Silver Microflakes in Digitally Printable Liquid Metal Embedded Elastomer Inks for Stretchable Electronics". Advanced Materials Technologies (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202200534.
    10.1002/admt.202200534
  8. Mahmoud Tavakoli. "3D Printed Stretchable Liquid Gallium Battery". Advanced Functional Materials 32 27 (2022): 2113232-2113232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202113232.
    10.1002/adfm.202113232
  9. Mahmoud Tavakoli. "3R Electronics: Scalable Fabrication of Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable Soft-Matter Electronics". Advanced Materials (2022): 2203266-2203266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202203266.
    10.1002/adma.202203266
  10. Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Photo-degradable, tough and highly stretchable hydrogels". Materials Today Bio 15 (2022): 100325-100325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100325.
    10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100325
  11. Sanati, Afsaneh L.; Chambel, Alexandre; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Nikitin, Timur; Fausto, Rui; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Laser-Assisted Rapid Fabrication of Large-Scale Graphene Oxide Transparent Conductors". Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 17 (2022): 2102343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202102343.
    10.1002/admi.202102343
  12. Carmel Majidi; Kaveh Alizadeh; Yunsik Ohm; Andre Silva; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Liquid metal polymer composites: from printed stretchable circuits to soft actuators". Flexible and Printed Electronics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ac515a.
    10.1088/2058-8585/ac515a
  13. Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Biphasic Liquid Metal Composites for Sinter-Free Printed Stretchable Electronics". Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 5 (2022): 2101913-2101913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101913.
    10.1002/admi.202101913
  14. Elahe Parvini; Abdollah Hajalilou; Pedro Alhais Lopes; Miguel Soares Maranha Tiago; Anibal T. de Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Triple crosslinking conductive hydrogels with digitally printable and outstanding mechanical stability for high-resolution conformable bioelectronics". Soft Matter (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01103D.
    10.1039/D2SM01103D
  15. Manuel Reis Carneiro; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Wearable Pressure Mapping Through Piezoresistive C-PU Foam and Tailor-Made Stretchable e-Textile". IEEE Sensors Journal 21 24 (2021): 27374-27384. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3126159.
    10.1109/JSEN.2021.3126159
  16. Pedro Alhais Lopes; Bruno C. Santos; Anibal T. de Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Reversible polymer-gel transition for ultra-stretchable chip-integrated circuits through self-soldering and self-coating and self-healing". Nature Communications (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25008-5.
    10.1038/s41467-021-25008-5
  17. Manuel Reis Carneiro; Carmel Majidi; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Biphasic Ag–EGaIn Electrodes". Advanced Engineering Materials (2021): 2100953-2100953. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100953.
    10.1002/adem.202100953
  18. Alexandre Chambel; Afsaneh L. Sanati; Pedro Alhais Lopes; Timur Nikitin; Rui Fausto; Aníbal T. Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Laser Writing of Eutectic Gallium–Indium Alloy Graphene-Oxide Electrodes and Semitransparent Conductors". Advanced Materials Technologies (2021): 2101238-2101238. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101238.
    10.1002/admt.202101238
  19. Pedro Alhais Lopes; Daniel Félix Fernandes; André F. Silva; Daniel Green Marques; Aníbal T. de Almeida; Carmel Majidi; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Bi-Phasic Ag–In–Ga-Embedded Elastomer Inks for Digitally Printed, Ultra-Stretchable, Multi-layer Electronics". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c22206.
    10.1021/acsami.0c22206
  20. Epsita Kar; Moumita Barman; Soumen Das; Ankita Das; Pallab Datta; Sampad Mukherjee; Mahmoud Tavakoli; Nillohit Mukherjee; Navonil Bose. "Chicken feather fiber-based bio-piezoelectric energy harvester: an efficient green energy source for flexible electronics". Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE01433H.
    10.1039/D0SE01433H
  21. Manuel Reis Carneiro; Anibal T. de Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Wearable and Comfortable e-Textile Headband for Long-Term Acquisition of Forehead EEG Signals". IEEE Sensors Journal 20 24 (2020): 15107-15116. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3009629.
    10.1109/JSEN.2020.3009629
  22. Francisca M. Carvalho; Pedro Lopes; Manuel Carneiro; Arménio Serra; Jorge Coelho; Aníbal T. de Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Nondrying, Sticky Hydrogels for the Next Generation of High-Resolution Conformable Bioelectronics". ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2020): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653.
    10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653
  23. André F. Silva; Hugo Paisana; Tânia Fernandes; Joana Góis; Arménio Serra; Jorge F. J. Coelho; Aníbal T. Almeida; Carmel Majidi; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "High Resolution Soft and Stretchable Circuits with PVA/Liquid-Metal Mediated Printing". Advanced Materials Technologies (2020): 2000343-2000343. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000343.
    10.1002/admt.202000343
  24. Alberto, José; Leal, Cristina; Fernandes, Cláudio; Lopes, Pedro A.; Paisana, Hugo; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Fully Untethered Battery-free Biomonitoring Electronic Tattoo with Wireless Energy Harvesting". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6.
    10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
  25. Cristina Leal; Pedro Alhais Lopes; Arménio Serra; Jorge F. J. Coelho; Aníbal T. de Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Untethered Disposable Health Monitoring Electronic Patches with an Integrated Ag2O–Zn Battery, a AgInGa Current Collector, and Hydrogel Electrodes". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2020): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18462.
    10.1021/acsami.9b18462
  26. Simone Maragliulo; Pedro Filipe Alhais Lopes; Luis Bica Osorio; Anibal T. De Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Foot Gesture Recognition Through Dual Channel Wearable EMG System". IEEE Sensors Journal 19 22 (2019): 10187-10197. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2019.2931715.
    10.1109/JSEN.2019.2931715
  27. Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Vaz Gomes, Davide; Green Marques, Daniel; Faia, Pedro; Góis, Joana; Patrício, Tatiana F.; Coelho, Jorge; et al. "Soft Bioelectronic Stickers: Selection and Evaluation of Skin-Interfacing Electrodes". Advanced Healthcare Materials 8 15 (2019): 1900234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201900234.
    10.1002/adhm.201900234
  28. Daniel Green Marques; Pedro Alhais Lopes; Anibal T. de Almeida; Carmel Majidi; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Reliable interfaces for EGaIn multi-layer stretchable circuits and microelectronics". Lab on a Chip 19 5 (2019): 897-906. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8LC01093E.
    10.1039/C8LC01093E
  29. Daniel Félix Fernandes; Carmel Majidi; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Digitally printed stretchable electronics: a review". Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC04246F.
    10.1039/C9TC04246F
  30. Pedro Alhais Lopes; Hugo Paisana; Anibal T. De Almeida; Carmel Majidi; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Hydroprinted Electronics: Ultrathin Stretchable Ag–In–Ga E-Skin for Bioelectronics and Human–Machine Interaction". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13257.
    10.1021/acsami.8b13257
  31. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Malakooti, Mohammad H.; Paisana, Hugo; Ohm, Yunsik; Green Marques, Daniel; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; Piedade, Ana P.; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel. "Stretchable Electronics: EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics (Adv. Mater. 29/2018)". Advanced Materials 30 29 (2018): 1870215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201870215.
    10.1002/adma.201870215
  32. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Malakooti, Mohammad H.; Paisana, Hugo; Ohm, Yunsik; Green Marques, Daniel; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; Piedade, Ana P.; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel. "EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics". Advanced Materials 30 29 (2018): 1801852. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801852.
    10.1002/adma.201801852
  33. Rui Pedro Rocha; Pedro Alhais Lopes; Anibal T de Almeida; Mahmoud Tavakoli; Carmel Majidi. "Fabrication and characterization of bending and pressure sensors for a soft prosthetic hand". Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/aaa1d8.
    10.1088/1361-6439/aaa1d8
  34. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.; Sgrigna, L.; de Almeida, A.T.. "SCALA: Scalable Modular Rail based Multi-agent Robotic System for Fine Manipulation over Large Workspaces". Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications (2017): 1-18. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018857113&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10846-017-0560-3
  35. Tavakoli, M.; Lopes, P.; Lourenço, J.; Rocha, R.P.; Giliberto, L.; De Almeida, A.T.; Majidi, C.. "Autonomous Selection of Closing Posture of a Robotic Hand Through Embodied Soft Matter Capacitive Sensors". IEEE Sensors Journal 17 17 (2017): 5669-5677. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028873265&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/JSEN.2017.2726348
  36. Tavakoli, M.; Benussi, C.; Lourenco, J.L.. "Single channel surface EMG control of advanced prosthetic hands: A simple, low cost and efficient approach". Expert Systems with Applications 79 (2017): 322-332. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015700481&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.eswa.2017.03.012
  37. Tavakoli, M.; Sayuk, A.; Lourenço, J.; Neto, P.. "Anthropomorphic finger for grasping applications: 3D printed endoskeleton in a soft skin". International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 91 5-8 (2017): 2607-2620. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008466077&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00170-016-9971-8
  38. Tavakoli, M.; Rocha, R.; Osorio, L.; Almeida, M.; De Almeida, A.; Ramachandran, V.; Tabatabai, A.; Lu, T.; Majidi, C.. "Carbon doped PDMS: Conductance stability over time and implications for additive manufacturing of stretchable electronics". Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 27 3 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015650870&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1361-6439/aa5ab1
  39. Viegas, C.; Tavakoli, M.; Almeida, A.T.D.. "A novel grid-based reconfigurable spatial parallel mechanism with large workspace". Mechanism and Machine Theory 115 (2017): 149-167. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019090337&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.05.008
  40. Viegas, C.; Daney, D.; Tavakoli, M.; de Almeida, A.T.. "Performance analysis and design of parallel kinematic machines using interval analysis". Mechanism and Machine Theory 115 (2017): 218-236. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019185619&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.05.003
  41. Viegas, C.; Tavakoli, M.; Lopes, P.; Dessi, R.; De Almeida, A.T.. "SCALA-A Scalable Rail-based Multirobot System for Large Space Automation: Design and Development". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 22 5 (2017): 2208-2217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028460324&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TMECH.2017.2740723
  42. Mahmoud Tavakoli; Rafael Batista; Pedro Neto. "A compact two-phase twisted string actuation system: Modeling and validation". Mechanism and Machine Theory 101 (2016): 23-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2016.03.001.
    10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2016.03.001
  43. Mahmoud Tavakoli; João Lourenço; Carlos Viegas; Pedro Neto; Anibal T. de Almeida. "The hybrid OmniClimber robot: Wheel based climbing, arm based plane transition, and switchable magnet adhesion". Mechatronics 36 (2016): 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.mechatronics.2016.03.007.
    10.1016/j.mechatronics.2016.03.007
  44. Tavakoli, M.; Enes, B.; Marques, L.; Feix, T.. "Actuation configurations of bionic hands for a better anthropomorphism index". Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 8 4 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962921432&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1115/1.4032405
  45. Mahmoud Tavakoli; Baptiste Enes; Joana Santos; Lino Marques; Anibal T. de Almeida. "Underactuated anthropomorphic hands: Actuation strategies for a better functionality". Robotics and Autonomous Systems 74 (2015): 267-282. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.robot.2015.08.011.
    10.1016/j.robot.2015.08.011
  46. Tavakoli, M.; Lopes, P.; Sgrigna, L.; Viegas, C.. "Motion control of an omnidirectional climbing robot based on dead reckoning method". Mechatronics 30 (2015): 94-106. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947027264&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.06.003
  47. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.. "Analysis and application of dual-row omnidirectional wheels for climbing robots". Mechatronics 24 5 (2014): 436-448. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905381662&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mechatronics.2014.04.003
  48. Tavakoli, M.; Viegas, C.; Marques, L.; Pires, J.N.; De Almeida, A.T.. "OmniClimbers: Omni-directional magnetic wheeled climbing robots for inspection of ferromagnetic structures". Robotics and Autonomous Systems 61 9 (2013): 997-1007. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880327560&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.robot.2013.05.005
  49. Tavakoli, M.; Cabrita, G.; Faria, R.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Cooperative multi-agent mapping of three-dimensional structures for pipeline inspection applications". International Journal of Robotics Research 31 12 (2012): 1489-1503. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870443568&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0278364912461536
  50. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "OmniClimber: An omnidirectional light weight climbing robot with flexibility to adapt to non-flat surfaces". IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2012): 280-285. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872289127&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/IROS.2012.6385454
  51. Tavakoli, M.; Faria, R.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Autonomous mapping for inspection of 3D structures". IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2011): 4277-4283. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84455201774&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/IROS.2011.6048135
  52. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "3DCLIMBER: Climbing and manipulation over 3D structures". Mechatronics 21 1 (2011): 48-62. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79551470957&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.08.006
  53. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "A low-cost approach for self-calibration of climbing robots". Robotica 29 1 SPEC. IS (2011): 23-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951800275&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0263574710000676
  54. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Marques, Lino; de Almeida, Aníbal T.. "A low-cost approach for self-calibration of climbing robots". Robotica 29 01 (2011): 23-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263574710000676.
    10.1017/s0263574710000676
  55. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; Almeida, A.T.D.. "Development of an industrial pipeline inspection robot". Industrial Robot 37 3 (2010): 309-322. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951903019&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/01439911011037721
  56. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Self calibration of step-by-step based climbing robots". 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009 (2009): 3297-3303. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76249095230&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/IROS.2009.5354746
  57. Tavakoli, M.; Marjovi, A.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "3DCLIMBER: A climbing robot for inspection of 3D human made structures". 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS (2008): 4130-4135. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69549108897&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/IROS.2008.4651024
  58. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; de Almeida, A.T.. "Propose of a benchmark for pole climbing robots". Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 44 (2008): 215-222. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39449119169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-3-540-78317-6_22
  59. Tavakoli, M.; Marjovi, A.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "A step toward autonomous pole climbing robots". Advances in Mobile Robotics - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2008 (2008): 1114-1121. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886919283&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  60. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "A comparison study on pneumatic muscles and electrical motors". 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008 (2008): 1590-1594. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349176806&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913238
  61. Tavakoli, M.; Marques, L.; De Almeida, A.T.. "Pole climbing and manipulating robots: Assessment of different design categories". VDI Berichte 1956 (2006): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745139523&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  62. Tavakoli, M.; Zakerzadeh, M.R.; Vossoughi, G.R.; Bagheri, S.. "A hybrid pole climbing and manipulating robot with minimum DOFs for construction and service applications". Industrial Robot 32 2 (2005): 171-178. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-18844441646&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/01439910510582309
  63. Vossoughi, G.R.; Bagheri, S.; Tavakoli, M.; Zakerzadeh, M.R.; Hosseinzadeh, M.. "Design, modeling and kinematics analysis of a novel serial/parallel pole climbing and manipulating robot". Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004 2 (2004): 399-408. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-8844279249&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

Other

Other output
  1. Dexterity Optimization of a Three Degrees of Freedom DELTA Parallel Manipulator. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2014. Silva, Vitor Gaspar; Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Marques, Lino. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03653-3_51.
    10.1007/978-3-319-03653-3_51
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Stretchable e-textile wearable EEG monitoring.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2019 - Current Integrated stretchable circuits through EGaIn nanoparticles.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2017 - Current Stretchable Electronics for Wearable Electrostimulation.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Stretchable hydrogel electrodes for Electrostimulation.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Methods for Interfacing stretchable inks and microchips.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2019 - 2020 RFID Energy harvesting for Stretchable Patches.
Supervisor
 Electrical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Wearable Temperature and Heart rate monitor for analysis of Sleep Apnea.
Supervisor
 Mechatronics Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Stretchable Nanoparticle ink for printed electronics.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
2018 - 2019 Implementation of a 3D printer for Electronics.
Supervisor
 Electrical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Stretchable Skin for Brain Signal monitoring.
Supervisor
 Electrical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Electronic tattoo for wireless energy transfer for biomedical applications.
Supervisor
 Electrical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Stretchable Ag-Zinc Battery.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Multi-layer Ag-PDMS based stretchable circuits.
Supervisor
 Phyiscs Engineering (Master)
2017 - 2018 Step Size detection with accelerometers and pressure mapping sensors.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Rehabilitation Games based on pressure mapping insoles.
Supervisor
 Informatics Physics (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Wearable EMG armband for health and fun.
Supervisor
 Informatics Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Double Channel Surface EMG for foot gesture detection.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Soft matter capacitive sensors for a prosthetic hand, a step toward embodied intelligence.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Single Channel EMG control of a soft robotic hand.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Interfacing integrated circuits in stretchable electronics.
Supervisor
 Physics Engenering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Hydrogel-PDMS conjunctions for stretchable Electronics.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Stretchable EMG circuits.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Printed Stretchable Electronics.
Supervisor
 Electrical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 3D Printed gauges for Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Minimalistic Approach for 3D printed prosthetic hands.
Supervisor
 Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Roborails, A novel robotics framework for surveillance and home assisted living.
Supervisor
2015 - 2016 Single Channel EMG control of advanced Prosthetic hands.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Fabrication techniques of soft tactile sensors for prosthetic applications - CMU-Portugal MSc grant.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Low cost sensor integrated soft hands for prosthetic applications.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Hydrogel-PDMS as dermal and epidermal layers of soft robotic fingers.
Supervisor
 Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2014 - 2015 A connection arm for OmniClimbers based on switchable magnets.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2014 - 2015 A low-cost prosthetic hand for a kid amputee.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Trajectory planning and control of multi-agent ceiling mobile robots for factory automation.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Actuation Strategy for under-actuated adaptive prosthesis hands.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Design of adaptive synergies for the ISR-Softhand.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Development and calibration of a soft MEMS sensor for medical and prosthetic application.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Design, Optimization and Development of low consumption active switchable magnets.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Omnidirectional Climbing robots for inspection of ferromagnetic structures.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Dexterity Optimization of a Delta manipulator with Genetic Algorithm.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Teleoperation of a 3D Climbing Robot Through TCP-IP.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/01/05 - Current Reuters Electronics Tattoos for Biomonitoring
Distinctions

Award

2022 Facebook Green Electronics Award
Facebook Inc, United States
2022 ERC Grant
European Research Council, Belgium

Other distinction

2019 EIT-Health WildCard Finalist
EIT-Health, Germany
2016 Autodesk Internship Award, 15k€
2016 European Tech. Transfer Prize for ICT solution for Health, , 10k€
2010 distinção e louvor por unanimidade (Distinction with honor with the anonymous vote for PhD graduation)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005 Mechanical eng. Best Thesis
2004 Best Paper award, CLAWAR 2004 conference