2022 Armed Forces Innovation Award Ceremony

On October 20, 2022, the Minister of National Defense, Prof. Dr. Helena Carreiras delivered the Armed Forces Innovation Award 2022 to Major Luís Marques. The ceremony took place at the Hydrographic Institute during the inauguration of the NATO Maritime Geospatial, Meteorological & Oceanographic Center of Excellence (MGEOMETOC COE).

The winning research project (1st place), developed within the scope of the PhD work of Major Luís Marques in Technological Physics Engineering, was awarded by the General Staff of the Armed Forces and resulted from a collaboration between the Portuguese Air Force Academy Research Center, the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (Prof. Alberto Vale) and the Center of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (Prof. Pedro Vaz).

The research project is about a mobile radiation detection system for gamma-rays, beta particles and neutrons coupled to a multirotor for the inspection of maritime shipping container cargo and detection, location and identification of radioactive sources and materials.