This book celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL). It provides a compelling picture of current state-of-art research at UTL. It contains the edited version of the invited lectures from a two day Symposium and brings together a comprehensive summary of high quality research contributions across basic and applied sciences. A broad spectrum of topics is covered reflecting UTL's worldwide recognition.

"The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Being a jubilee occasion a full program of events took place, including a two day Symposium on the research at UTL. This Symposium addressed the state-of-art in major areas of excellence at UTL.

Emergent Areas.- Nanotechnology and the Detection of Biomolecular Recognition Using Magnetoresistive Transducers.- Financial Econometric Models.- Quantum Computation and Information.- Basic Sciences.- An Overview of Some Mathematical Models of Blood Rheology.- Mathematical Models in Finance.- More Sustainable Synthetic Organic Chemistry Approaches Based on Catalyst Reuse.- Simulation and Modeling in Computational Chemistry: A Molecular Portfolio.- Experimental Particle and Astroparticle Physics.- Frontiers on Extreme Plasma Physics.- Nuclear Fusion: An Energy for the Future.- Social Sciences, Economics and Management Sciences.- Regulation Policies in Portugal.- The Growing Relevance of Africa in Chinese Foreign Policy: The Case of Portuguese Speaking Countries.- Economic Growth Theory, Fifty Years After.- Life Sciences and Biotechnology.- DNA Vaccines.- Biotechnology of the Bacterial Gellan Gum: Genes and Enzymes of the Biosynthetic Pathway.- Epigenetics: The Functional Memory of Ribosomal Genes.- Biotechnology of Reproduction and Development: From the Biomedical Model to Enterprise Innovation.- Engineering and Technologies.- Evolution and Challenges in Multimedia Representation Technologies.- Bioinformatics: A New Approach for the Challenges of Molecular Biology.- Research and Development in Metal Forming Technology at the Technical University of Lisbon.- Agronomy: Tradition and Future.- Towards a Clean Energy for the Future - the Research Group on Energy and Sustainable Development of Ist.- Nature, Environment and Sustainability.- Industrial Ecology: A Step Towards Sustainable Development.- Forests for the 21st Century?.- The Role of the Emergent Technologies Towards an Integrated Sustainable Environment.- Integrated Water Management.- Public Health, Food Quality and Safety.- Food Safety Crisis Management and Risk Communication.- Debaryomyces Hansenii, a Salt Loving Spoilage Yeast.- The New Diseases and the Old Agents.- The Sharing of Urban Areas by Man and Animals.- Health and Sport Sciences.- Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness.- Ergonomics: Humans in the Centre of Innovation.- Developments in Biomechanics of Human Motion for Health and Sports.- Urbanism, Transports, Architecture and Design.- Urbanisation Trends and Urban Planning in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.- Technical, Economical and Organizational Innovation in Transport Systems.- Hotel Architecture in Portugal.- Inclusive Design: A New Approach to Design Project.