Ana Patrícia Oliveira Carvalho

Patrícia Carvalho holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from the School of Design at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (2019) and completed a master's degree in Design and Product Development at the same institution (2022). Her dissertation is titled: "Development of a hospital armchair for hemodialysis patients."

She is currently a Ph.D. research fellow, funded by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), affiliated with the Institute of Research in Design, Media, and Culture at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, and the Technological University of Shannon in Ireland. Her research focuses on digital manufacturing technologies for fashion and textile design.