João Fernandes, CISUC researcher, has been elected President of the Board of the RAIL CoLAB Collaborative Laboratory, on March 10th, 2023.

RAIL CoLAB is a multidisciplinary non-profit association which main goal is the research and development of initiatives and activities aimed at improving the railway system through science and innovation. João Fernandes is an active researcher in this area, in the scope of DEI’s Doctoral Program.

The founding members of RAIL CoLAB are Almadesign, Amorim Cork Composites, CaetanoBus, CCF - Associação Centro de Competências Ferroviário, Efacec, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, INEGI driving science & innovation, INESC TEC, ISQ, Instituto Superior Técnico, MEDWAY Transports and Logistics, Mota-Engil, Nomad Tech, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade do Minho, PFP - Portuguese Railway Cluster Platform.