Paulo Xavier Candeias

• PhD. in Civil Engineering, knowledge area of Structures, by Escola de Engenharia, Universidade do Minho (2009)
• MSc. in Structural Engineering by Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (2001)
• Graduation in Civil Engineering, profile of Structures and Construction, by Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (1989)

• Since July 2014: Invited Assistant Researcher, NESDE
• From May 2009 through June 2014: LNEC Postdoctoral grant holder, NESDE
• From March 2004 through February 2009: FCT/LNEC Doctoral grant holder, NESDE
• From December 1999 through February 2004: FCT/LNEC Research grant holder, NESDE
• From September through December 1999: Structures and foundations design engineer, P&V – Consultoria e Projetos de Engenharia, Lda.
• From April 1991 through September 1998: Structures and foundations design engineer, GAPRES – Gabinete de Projetos, Engenharia e Serviços, S.A.
• From January through March 1990: Structures design engineer trainee, STA – Segadães Tavares & Associados

• Earthquake engineering
• Seismic vulnerability
• Seismic reinforcement
• Seismic performance of masonry buildings
• Dynamics of structures
• Seismic testing
• Experimental activity
• Numerical simulations

Participation in several RTD projects, both national and international, including:

• EPICIDADE. QREN, SI, 2013-2015
• SUPERB – Seismic Unseating Prevention. Elements for Retrofitting of Bridges. FCT, PTDC/ECM, 2013-2015.
• REABEPA – Reabilitação estrutural de paredes de alvenaria em edifícios antigos. FCT, PTDC/ECM, 2010-2013.
• SERIES – Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies. 7.º PQ da UE, 2009-2013.
• SAFECAST – Performance of Innovative Mechanical Connections in Precast Building Structures under Seismic Conditions. 7.º PQ da UE, 2009-2012.
• LESSLOSS – Risk Mitigation for Earthquakes and Landslides. 6.º PQ da UE, 2004-2007.

Orientation and co-orientation of one PhD. thesis, three MSc. theses and six traineeships (three of them foreigners) in cooperation with IST/UL, ISEL, OE, UPavia, UCoruña, UBologna.

Theses:

• P. Candeias, 2009. Avaliação da vulnerabilidade sísmica de edifícios de alvenaria. PhD. thesis, Escola de Engenharia, Universidade do Minho.
• P. Candeias, 2001. Avaliação sísmica de edifícios existentes. Contribuição para a avaliação da vulnerabilidade em Portugal. MSc. thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa.

Book chapters:

• A. Campos Costa, P. Candeias, et al. (2002). Reforço sísmico de edifícios de alvenaria com aplicação de elementos de fibra de vidro (GFRP), in A intervenção no património: Práticas de conservação e reabilitação, Porto, Portugal.
• Ema Coelho, A. Campos Costa, P. Candeias, M. J. Falcão, L. Mendes (2005). Shake table tests of a 3-storey irregular RC structure designed for gravity loads, in Seismic Performance Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings (SPEAR), April 2005, JRC, Ispra, Italy.
• A. Campos Costa, P. Candeias, L. Mendes (contributors) (2007). European Manual for In-Situ Assessment of Important Existing Structures, R. Flesch (editor), ISBN: 978-88-6198-006-8, IUSS Press, Pavia, Italy.
• A. Jäger, S. Lu, C. Mordant, H. Degée, A. Chioccariello, Z. Rakicevic, V. Sendova, L.A.M. Mendes, A. Costa, P. Candeias, A. Correia, E. Coelho (2015). Chapter 15 – Full-scale testing of modern unreinforced thermal insulation clay block masonry houses, in Experimental Research in Earthquake Engineering, Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 35, Edited by F. Taucer, R. Apostolska. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-319-10136-1.
• João Leite, António A. Correia, Paulo B. Lourenço, Elizabeth Vintzileou, Vasiliki Palieraki, Paulo Candeias, Alfredo Campos Costa, Ema Coelho (2015). Chapter 16 – Assessment of Innovative Solutions for Non-Load Bearing Masonry Enclosures, in Experimental Research in Earthquake Engineering, Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 35, Edited by F. Taucer, R. Apostolska. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-319-10136-1.

Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees:

• M. Branco, L. Guerreiro, A. Campos Costa, P. Candeias (2014). Shaking Table Tests of a Structure Equipped with Superelastic Dampers, in Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Volume 18, Issue 5, 2014, pages 674-695. DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2014.898601.

• Member of the Scientific Committee of several scientific events.
• Reviewer of scientific papers for national and international journals.
• Elsevier reviewer recognition.

Member of the Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) and of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica (SPES).

Integrated the technical secretariat of the Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas (rpee) between October 2002 and May 2008.