The ceremony for the opening of the Loures Campus of IST has taken place today in the ITN campus, with the presence of the President of IST, Prof. Arlindo Oliveira, the President of the Science and Technology Foundation, Prof. Miguel Seabra, the Dean of the Technical University of Lisbon, Prof. António Cruz Serra, the Mayor of Loures, Eng. Carlos Teixeira, and the Secretary of State for Science, Prof.ª Leonor Parreira.
General view of the opening ceremony
What better occasion for making a short jump to the construction site and witness the latest developments?
General view of the building front
View of the building gas storage room
View of the future experimental hall with the shock-tube slab cradle
Detail of one of the anti-seismic pads holding the 40 Tonne slab in place
View of the future support rooms