Rural Engineering Laboratory
The Laboratory integrates the skills and equipment necessary for the development of studies in the areas of precision agriculture, hydraulics and irrigation techniques, information technologies (GIS, remote sensing) with application in agriculture and forestry, rural construction, environmental conditioning, energy efficiency and mechanization.
Team
Head
António Fernando Bento Dias
Researcher
José Rafael Marques da Silva
Researcher
Adélia Sousa
Technical Assistant
Rodrigo José Torres Rodrigues
Operational Assistent
Custódio José Cavaco Alves
Contacts
+351 266 760823 Ext: 4388*
Universidade de Évora
Edifício António Santos Júnior
Apartado 94 - Pólo da Mitra
7002-554 Évora, Portugal
* Call cost to Portugal landline
About us
The Laboratory integrates the skills and equipment necessary for the development of studies in the areas of precision agriculture, hydraulics and irrigation techniques, information technologies (GIS, remote sensing) with application in agriculture and forestry, rural construction, environmental conditioning, energy efficiency and mechanization.
The main objectives of the laboratory are associated with the study of evaluation, monitoring and improvement of agricultural and forestry management practices with geographic information technologies, energy efficiency; evaluation of the efficiency of irrigation techniques; and evaluation and improvement of mechanization of agricultural practices.