2014:
Prize awarded by IEEE society for the best oral presentation in the 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'14), Dallas, USA.

Grant by Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) to participate in the 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'14), Dallas, USA.

2013:
Prize awarded by IEEE society of a Complimentary registration in the 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'13), Vienna, Austria for the successful of the Special Session organized.

2012:
Prize awarded by IEEE society for the best oral presentation in the 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'12), Montreal, Canada.

2009-2012:
Ph.D. scholarship by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Refª:SFRH/BD/47119/2008.

2008:
Prize awarded by Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC), for PhD fees in 2007/2008, due to scientific publications made on the date.

Grant by Fundo de Apoio à Comunidade Científica (FACC -FCT) to participate in the “Sixth International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference (FuelCell 08) in Denver, Colorado, USA.

2007:
Prize awarded by Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), for PhD fees in 2006/2007, due to scientific publications made on the date.

Grant by Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) to participate in the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition” in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Grant by Fundo de Apoio à Comunidade Científica (FACC -FCT) to participate in the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition” in Seattle, Washington, USA.

1996 - 2000
M.Sc. scholarship by the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC).

1995:
Internship awarded by the PRODEP program, Action 5.2.

1989-1994:
B.Sc. scholarship by the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC).