Dear colleague,

I would like to inform you about the 4th International Conference on Science and Technology Education STE 2024 that will take place in Porto, Portugal, 3-4 October 2024 (Link: www.fe.up.pt/ste2024). The conference venue is the campus of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), which offers excellent facilities for high quality scientific interactions. FEUP is located in the town of Porto in the Northern region of Portugal. Porto is a beautiful and lively city, steeped in history and rich in great experiences. With its magnificent location by the Atlantic coast, Porto is the city of the world famous Port Wine and the River Douro.

This conference is held every year in Porto. The conference is chaired by Lucas F. M. da Silva and co-chaired by António Ferreira (University of Porto, Portugal). The focus is on education in science and technology. The conference will provide an international forum for the sharing, dissemination and discussion of research, experience and perspectives across a wide range of teaching and learning issues. The conference welcomes abstracts/papers related to the following topics:

• science and technology epistemologies (what makes science and technology thinking and knowledge),
• science and technology learning mechanisms (how people develop knowledge and competencies),
• science and technology learning systems (institutional practices),
• science and technology diversity and inclusiveness (how society in general contributes to science and technology processes and products), and
• science and technology assessment (development and use of assessment methods, instruments, and metrics).

The scientific committee includes Américo Azevedo (University of Porto, Portugal), Ana Q Barbosa (INEGI, Portugal), Anastasios Vassilopoulos (EPFL, Switzerland), Anssi Lindell (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), António Mendes Lopes (University of Porto, Portugal), Christian Della (University of Glasgow, UK), Christian Kautz (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany), Chuang Wang (University of Macau, China), David Naylor (Ryerson University, Canada), Dominique Persano Adorno (University of Palermo, Italy), Eduardo Marques (INEGI, Portugal), Frederick Peinado Nelson (California State University, USA), Gordana J Dolecek (National Institute INAOE, Mexico), João Pedro Pêgo (University of Porto, Portugal), Leonhard E Bernold (Technical University Federico Santa María, Chile), Nuno Ramos (University of Porto, Portugal), Robert Adams (University of Oxford, UK), Stanislav Avsec (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Tanja Tajmel (Concordia University Montreal, Canada), Teresa Duarte (University of Porto, Portugal), Wing Mui Winnie So (Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Zita De Almeida Sampaio (University of Lisbon, Portugal).

Authors who wish to make a presentation (oral or poster) are requested to submit a short abstract (one single A4 page possibly with a diagram and references) in English, by 26 April 2024. The abstracts should be sent electronically to lucas@fe.up.pt. Indicate in the email if you want oral or poster presentation. The abstract template can be downloaded from the conference web site (Link: www.fe.up.pt/ste2022).

Conference proceedings with the accepted abstracts will be available at the registration.

The full papers will be considered for publication in special issues of:

• the Discover Mechanical Engineering (SPRINGER),
• the U.P. Journal of Engineering (University of Porto),
• the Journal on Teaching Engineering (University of Porto),
• and in a book of the book series Proceedings in Engineering Mechanics - Research, Technology and Education (SPRINGER) (provided they meet the journals standard).

The full papers (not compulsory) should be sent to the e-mail lucas@fe.up.pt before the 4th of October 2024. The text should be in single column format and double line spacing.

Important dates
26 April 2024 Abstract submission deadline
17 May 2024 Notification of acceptance to authors
7 June 2022 Early bird registration

Yours sincerely,

Lucas
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Lucas F. M. da Silva
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Chair of AB, CLBA, DRMS, EM, IAA, AJP, MDA, MS, STE and VBE conferences
Co-chair of the MD conference

Editor in Chief of The Journal of Adhesion (TAYLOR & FRANCIS)
Editor in Chief of Proc. Inst. of Mech. Eng., Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (SAGE)
Editor in Chief of Discover Mechanical Engineering (SPRINGER)
Editor in Chief of Journal of Advanced Joining Processes (ELSEVIER)
Editor in Chief of U. Porto Journal of Engineering (UNIVERSITY OF PORTO)

President of the Portuguese Adhesion Society

Director of Advanced Joining Processes Unit at INEGI

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec)
Rua Dr Roberto Frias
4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Phone: +351 22 50 81 706, email: lucas@fe.up.pt, web: www.ajpu.pt