Duarte António Diamantino Marques

Electronics Engineer · Robotics · Autonomous Systems · PhD Candidate
Asseiceira, Tomar, Portugal +351 967 248 186 duarte.antonio.eu@gmail.com github.com/Duarte-Diamantino LinkedIn: Duarte Diamantino

Education

MSc in Electronics Engineering 2023–2025
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
BSc in Electronics Engineering 2020–2023
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
Secondary Education — Science and Technology 2017–2020
Escola Secundária Jácome Ratton, Tomar

Professional Experience

Electronics and Robotics Engineer Mar 2026–Present
Tecnoveritas
  • Control of an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle and development of its energy and propulsion systems.
Research and Development Project Member Jul 2026–Present
CINAMIL
  • Participation in a research and development project.
Teaching Assistant — Digital Systems 2024
Instituto Superior Técnico, TagusPark
  • Supported problem-solving classes and supervised students during laboratory work.
Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Computer Architecture 2023–2024
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
  • Supported laboratory projects and assisted students with technical questions.
Vice-President 2023–2024
N3E — Electronics Engineering Students' Association
  • Managed and planned activities for the electronics engineering student association.
President 2023–2024
Robotics IST
  • Managed teams and prepared robotics projects for national competitions.
Engineering Education Intern 2022–2023
Inoovlabs, Algés
  • Contributed to technology-based teaching and educational projects.
Data Processing Intern Jun–Sep 2021
Dootmoovs — Remote
  • Developed algorithms for data processing and analysis.

Projects and Competitions

Autonomous Driving Project for the FNR Competition 2025
Master's thesis: Autonomous Driving of Competition Robot — Decision and Control
  • Developed and validated the system at the LSDC5 autonomous vehicles laboratory.
TecStorm Finalist — ALOGI Project 2025
  • Developed a web platform for a national entrepreneurship competition.
Coordinator — Amanhã no Técnico 2025
Instituto Superior Técnico School Days
  • Organised and planned an academic discussion panel.
Winner — FNR Factory@Lite 2024
  • Won a national robotics competition involving an industrial automation scenario.
Coordinator — Viver o Técnico 2024
Instituto Superior Técnico School Days
  • Coordinated event organisation, logistics and communication.
Pedagogical Integration Project — Autonomous Vehicle Race Track 2024
Instituto Superior Técnico
  • Secured €5,000 to establish the LSDC5 laboratory for autonomous ground and aerial vehicles.
  • Developed with Professors Alberto Vale and Pedro Lima.
Pedagogical Integration Project — Ao Sabor das Ondas 2024
Instituto Superior Técnico
  • Secured €5,000 to create a laboratory for sound engineering projects.
  • Developed with Professor Adelino Galvão.
Bag of STEM 2023–2024
Oeiras Educa Programme
  • Developed an educational STEM kit for primary education.
FNR 2023 — Dragster Challenge 2023
  • Managed a €1,100 CA2Técnico project and prototyped a robot compliant with the competition rules.
FNR 2022 — Factory Challenge 2022
  • Managed a €1,000 CA2Técnico project and prototyped a robot compliant with the competition rules.
DEECProj — Quadruped Robot 2022
  • Secured €1,000 in funding and contributed to the prototyping of a quadruped robot.

Activities

Organising Committee Member — IEEE EEEIC Conference 2026 2026
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
  • Contributed to the local organisation and delivery of the IEEE EEEIC Conference 2026.
Elected Member — IST School Assembly Standing Committee 2023–Present
Instituto Superior Técnico
  • Represented students and contributed to academic governance and institutional decisions.
ROBoddy Project — PIC1 / EletroCap 2023
  • Programmed and controlled a robot using a PIC microcontroller.
Educational Activities with the Municipality of Oeiras 2023–2024
  • Participated in educational and scientific outreach activities.
Academic Outreach 2022–2025
Instituto Superior Técnico
  • Supported and represented the institution at academic events.
Volunteer 2017–2018
CIRE
  • Supported activities for people with physical and developmental disabilities.
Volunteer — "Jácome Consigo" Programme 2016–2017
  • Participated in donation drives and environmental initiatives.
Robotics Competition Participant 2014
Polytechnic Institute of Tomar
  • Developed and competed with line-following robots.

Technical and Professional Skills

Leadership
Budget management, event planning and team coordination
Teamwork
Experience in academic organisations and collaborative engineering projects
Problem Solving
Analytical thinking and development of practical technical solutions
Programming
Assembly, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++, Python, R, MATLAB and machine learning
Control & Robotics
Simulink, ROS 2, Gazebo, Ignition, SolidWorks and Unreal Engine
Electronics
Altium Designer, LTspice, PSpice and LabVIEW
Image & Multimedia
GIMP, Blender, Reaper, Shotcut, PuTTY, CapCut and Canva
Languages
Portuguese — native; English — C1; French — B2 (DELF Scolaire)