Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

The Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (ADAI) «www.adai.pt» is a private, non-profit institution, with public utility status, created in 1990 by researchers of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra (DEM-UC), promoting research, development, demonstration, training, specialized consultancy and service provision activities. Since 2006, ADAI has been one of the four managing institutions of LAETA, the Associated Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LA nº 50022), awarded 'Excellent' by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). ADAI hosted 397 students (MSc and PhD) and over 100 researchers. It offers a wide range of opportunities for researchers to explore knowledge, innovation, and technology transfer through two main areas of action: a) Energy, Environment and Comfort, and b) Forest Fires and Detonics). ADAI is structured into four research centers, working in the areas of Energy and Detonics (CED); Forest Fires (CEIF), Industrial Ecology (CIE), and Sustainability of the Built Environment (CSBE). ADAI manages three laboratory buildings: Industrial Aerodynamics Lab (LAI, 1986), located close to Polo II of the UC; Forest Fire Studies Lab (LEIF, 1995), located at Lousã airfield; and Energy and Detonics Lab (LEDAP), located in Condeixa-a-Nova. In addition to these laboratories, ADAI’s activities are also carried out at the facilities of DEM-UC and the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, where a branch of ADAI was created in 2014.