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Geotechnics Department Geotechnics Department

António Mendes Roque

António Mendes Roque
Phone: 218 443 349

Professional Situation

Senior Research Officer

Academic and Scientific Degrees

  • PhD in Civil Engineering – Soils, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (France), thesis: "Advective and diffusive transport of inorganic pollutants through compacted clay liners existing in the landfills. Application to Portuguese fine-grained soils” (in French), 2001.
  • MSc in Engineering Geology, FCTUNL (Portugal), thesis: "In situ permeability tests in the saturated and non-saturated zones” (in Portuguese), 1990.
  • Degree in Geological Engineer, FCTUC (Portugal), 1985.

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

  • Head of Laboratory for Waste and Contaminated Soils in Geotechnics - UGeoAmb, since November 2013.
  • President of the Board of Portuguese Environmental Geotechnics Commission - CPGA of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society - SPG, since Mars 2012.
  • Head of Laboratory Testing of Environmental Geotechnics - LGAmb, January 2005 to October 2013.
  • Coordinator of the Technical Committee on Waste Reuse in Geotechnical Works - CTVROG, in quadrennia 2004/2008 and 2008/2012.
  • Secretary-General of SPG, in quadrienium 2004/2008.
  • Senior Research Officer at LNEC, since September 2006.

Areas of Research / Interest

  • Waste reuse in geotechnical works.
  • Assessment of the environmental hazard of waste.
  • Containment of waste and contaminated areas with natural mineral materials.
  • Transport (advective/difusive) of pollutants in natural mineral materials.
  • Chemical compatibility soil-pollutant.
  • Use of new technologies and new materials in environmental geotechnics.

Research and Professional Activity

  • Participation in 22 projects of planned research (6 of the EU).
  • Coordination or co-coordination of 8 projects of planned research.
  • Participation in the preparation or co-preparation of 97 proposals of LNEC for studies and expert reports under contract.
  • Participation as author or co-author in 75 studies and expert reports under contract.

Scientific Orientation

  • Supervision of 12 trainees (9 at LNEC, 2 at INSA de Lyon and 1 at U. of Minho).
  • Supervision of 1 PhD thesis (not yet completed) and 4 MSc theses.

Relevant Publications

  • PhD thesis.
  • MSc thesis.
  • Books or chapter of books - 4.
  • Articles - 11 (7 nationals and 4 internationals).
  • Conference papers - 66 (39 nationals and 27 internationals).
  • Articles/conference papers ISI/Scopus – 9.
  • Technical Specifications of LNEC - 4.
  • Reports and technical reports of LNEC – 84 and 36.
  • Non-serial reports of LNEC - 7.
  • Expert reports of LNEC - 14.

Other scientific and technical Activities

  • Guest Professor at IST/UNL/LNEC (since 2009), FCTUNL (2001/2003 and 2007/2008) and FCTUC/FEUP (2003/2005).
  • 12 university lessons, since 2002, at FCTUC (1), IP Setúbal (1), IST (1), U. Lisbon (4) and U. Minho (5).
  • Trainer in 6 courses, 4 being FUNDEC.
  • Peer reviewer in 3 int. scientific journals and in 2 Portuguese scientific journals.
  • Member of 21 panel of judges - PhD (1), MSc (6), SPG awards (2) and competition for university professorship of Faculty of Sciences of U. of Lisbon (1).
  • External assessor of the Agência de Inovação (AdI) in 2 proposals to the Incentive Systems for I&DT of QREN.
  • Assessor of the Professional Qualification of Senior Member of the Portuguese Society of Engineers (OE) - assessment of the qualifications of 3 members of the OE.
  • 10 expert reports on the Report of the Triennial Activity of the LNEC researchers.
  • 49 lectures by invitation (42 nationals and 7 internationals, with 1 keynote lecture).
  • Member of 5 Technical Committees (4 nationals and 1 international) and 10 Work Groups (9 nationals and 1 international).
  • Participation in 10 conference scientific committees (3 nat. and 7 int.).
  • Participation in 26 conference organising committees (20 nationals and 6 internationals; with coordination/co-coordination of 7 nationals and 2 internationals).
  • Participation in 11 conference revision commissions (7 nat. and 4 int.).
  • Session chairman in 10 conferences (5 nationals and 5 internationals) and session moderator in 4 national conferences.
  • Editor/co-editor of the proceedings of 4 conferences and 1 CD-Rom (the first 10 Portuguese Geotechnical Congresses, from 1985 to 2006).
  • Participation in 4 national conference round-tables.
  • Training at the U. of North Carolina at Charlotte (August 18th-September 12th, 2008).
  • Participation in 120 conferences (64 nationals and 56 internationals).
  • Frequency of 32 training actions (27 nationals and 5 internationals).

Other Information

  • Manuel Rocha award - Honorable Mention of Portuguese Geotechnical Society for PhD thesis completed in quadrienium 2000/2003.
  • Portuguese Geotechnical Society award - Honourable Mention for MSc thesis completed in biennium 1989/90.
  • 2 research grants (1995/1997 and 1995/1998).
  • Senior Member of Portuguese Society of Engineers.

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