André Rocha
Assistant Professor at Maker Faire Lisboa
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolAndré Rocha is an Assistant Professor and maker-designer blending over a decade of hands-on product and interaction design with academic research in digital media. He co-founded Fab Lab Benfica and coordinates Maker Faire Lisboa, translating digital fabrication and open-design practices into community-driven education and events. His career started in industrial design and evolved through running studios and modular-systems ventures (EVOL, LEVO) that partnered with traditional industries and public institutions. As coordinator of postgraduate interactive product studies and IPL’s Distributed Design participation, he focuses on knowledge transfer, tacit skills preservation in small farming communities, and practical digital fabrication pedagogy. Currently pursuing a PhD at NOVA, André bridges theory and practice by embedding maker tools into curricula and regional innovation networks. An unusual strength is his track record of turning exhibition and retail briefs into repeatable open-design systems used across teaching, museums, and maker communities.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Digital Media, PhD, Digital Media at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa - FCT NOVALic, Product design, Degree, Lic, Product design, Degree at IADE - Creative UniversityPhD, Design, Frequency - Completed Taught Year, PhD, Design, Frequency - Completed Taught Year at Faculdade de Arquitetura - Universidade de LisboaSpecialist, Industrial and Product Design, Specialist, Specialist, Industrial and Product Design, Specialist at Politécnico de Lisboanone, Biochemistry, none, Biochemistry at University of LisbonDiploma, Digital Fabrication, Fab Academy Diploma, Diploma, Digital Fabrication, Fab Academy Diploma at Fab Academy
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (29)
c119
open-hardware8
hardware7
dos5
raspberry5
docker-stack4
docker3
raspberry-pi3
homeserver3
markdown3
ruby3
freeboard2
node-red2
iot2
css1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Fablab-Benfica/fabschools
Oct 2020 - Apr 2022
Contributions:163 pushes in 1 year 5 months
ESADCR/AP1617
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:40 commits, 1 PR, 61 pushes in 1 month
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