Professor Adélio Mendes, the coordinator of the GOTSolar project, has been awarded the Technological Innovation Award for his input in the areas of gas separation and renewable energies, as well as for creating connections between academic research and business.

The prizes were awarded 4 October 2017 at the Innovation Gala at the University of Porto 2017 as an initiative of the U.Porto Inovação and the Alumni Cabinet. This Innovation initiative has been created with the objective of recognition of the best contributions to the rising level of knowledge and creating a networking environment that fosters the creation of synergies between the University and the business world. It serves for distinguishing members of the academic community that stood out in the areas of Social Innovation, Artistic Innovation and Technological Innovation.