Cristina Sylla | Human Computer Interaction |Principal Investigator
CRISTINA SYLLA is Principal Researcher at the Research Centre on Child Studies, at the University of Minho (Portugal). Her research focuses on the design, development and evaluation of innovative pedagogical materials. She is particularly interested in the intersection of traditional games, playful activities and new interactive technologies.
Maitê Gil | Linguistics
MAITÊ GIL has a PhD in Linguistics, with emphasis on Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Linguistics. She is particularly interested in the intersection of Cognitive Linguistics and Portuguese Teachers training, as well as in the contributions of Cognitive Linguistics to first language teaching.
Íris Pereira |Multiliteracies
ÍRIS PEREIRA is Associate Professor at the Institute of Education of the University of Minho, Portugal, where she also coordinates the research group ‘Technologies, Multiliteracies and Curriculum’ at the Research Centre in Education (CIEd). Her research focuses on multimodal literacy, pedagogy of multiliteracies, the education of Portuguese as L2, and teachers’ professional development.
Francisco Sylla | Sound Designer
FRANCISCO SYLLA earned a BA in Music Technology from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. He is currently working on individual and collective projects, exploring music production and sound design. In Mobeybou, Francisco is in charge of both of these fields, creating the audio for the game and the apps.
Nuno Martins | Digital Media
NUNO MARTINS holds a PhD in Digital Media from the University of Porto, and was a doctoral fellow of the UT Austin-Portugal Program of the Foundation for Science and Technology.. His research work has focused on Design for digital media, with particular interest in the study of digital solutions for the citizen, namely community networks and practices. He is currently Adjunct Professor at the School of Design (ESD) of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) .
Ana Paula Caruso | Animator | Researcher
ANA PAULA CARUSO holds a MA in Illustration and Animation at IPCA (Barcelos, Portugal). She is the animator of the Mobeybou team.. She is a self-taught artist with a background in art direction and creative direction in advertisement and has worked as lead 2D artist and 2D animator for a Brazilian game development company for the past 4 years.
Collaborators
Demétrio Matos |Product Designer
Demétrio Matos is Adjunct Professor at the School of Design of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave. He holds a PhD in Design, by the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon, in the area of knowledge of Industrial Design. He is a Member of the Research Institute in Design, Media and Culture (ID +), in the research group of the health area. The main areas of interest include industrial design, health design, human enhancement and inclusive design.
Douglas Menegazzi | Designer | Researcher
Douglas is a professor at the Graphic Expression Department at Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). He carried out part of his PhD studies at the Research Centre on Child Studies at University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), within the Mobeybou project. He designed Mobeybou’s brand identity and contributes as an interaction designer for the project Behance | Research gate
Former Members
Bruno Amaro | Electrical Engineer
Bruno earned his MA in Electronic Engineering at the University of Minho. He was responsible for the initial development of the new Mobeybou hardware | Linkedin
Vitor Martins | Programmer
Vítor completed his MA in Informatics Engineering at the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal) and worked with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) before joining the Mobeybou team. On his free time he usually doodles or works on his pet-projects, including: applications, games and, oftentimes, most of its art and sound effects/music. Vítor is the programmer in the Mobeybou project.
Tiago is an MA student at the Electronics Department at University of Minho. He is doing his Master thesis in the Mobeybou project, developing and prototyping a new hardware version of Mobeybou. The new Mobeybou blocks are wireless and made of wood.
Tiago Sampaio | Electrical Engineer