Senior
Research Officer of Concrete, Stone and Ceramics Unit /Materials
Department
Academic and Scientific Degrees
PhD in Civil Engineering by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) – Technical University of Lisbon (U.T.L.), 2004, "Hydraulic Mortars modified with polymeric admixtures. Composition and characteristics”.
MSc in Structural Engineering, IST, U.T.L., December 1995, "Products for the repair of concrete structures. Experimental modulation of a repair mortar composed of inorganic binder”.
Degree in Civil Engineering, IST, U.T.L., 1990.
Areas of Research / Interest
Characterization, behavior, development and application of construction materials, such as hydraulic concrete and mortars; hydraulic mortars modified with polymers and cement grouts.
Development and implementation of techniques for inspecting concrete in the structures and for repairing systems and materials.
Assessing of deterioration in concrete structures and durability of concrete and mortars.
Creep under tension of concrete.
Polymer action on cement materials.
Sampling and methodology for obtaining concrete dust in order to determine chloride concentration profile in concrete.
A new generation of guidelines to predict/evaluate the service life of cement based materials and structures in Europe by integrating the most recent developments in experimental and numerical approaches.
Research and Professional Activity
Coordination of the research project PTDC/ECM/101810/2008 "Polymer hydraulic cement mortars for repair of concrete structures”, with financial support from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), 15-02-2010 to 15-02-2013. Additional Research Unit: IST / UTL. Participating Institution: Biu Internacional and EJR, Lda.
Evaluating concrete degradation of the retaining walls composed of piles and beams at Portas do Sol slope. Recommendations for their recuperation.
Evaluating concrete degradation of the final section of the pipeline Castle Goat. Recommendation for their recuperation.
Recommendations for solutions to be taken to repair of viaducts between Berths 4 / 5 and 9 / 10 of APS.
Technical assessment of anomalies on "Parking of Frente Ribeirinha” at Lagos municipality.
Assessing the performance of the epoxy coating applied to the ozonisation chamber no. 1, line 1, of the water treatment station of Asseiceira.
Relevant Publications
Polymer action on alkali-silica reaction in cement mortar. Cement and Concrete Research, 44, 97-105.
Review and discussion of polymer action on alkali-silica reaction. Materials and Structures, DOI 10.1617/s 11527-012-9983-2, Springer.
The use of polymer cement mortar in the rehabilitation of service stairs in Lisbon, Portugal. 2 nd Int. Symposium on Service Life Design for Infrastructures, Delft.
Resistance of concrete to carbonation. Predicted and measured values in natural exposure. 2 ndInternational RILEM Workshop ConcreteLife´90, Israel.
Styrene-Butadiene Polymer Action on Compressive and Tensile Strengths of Cement Mortars. Materials and Structures Vol.41 nº7 pp1263-73.
Expansive cement blend for use in shrinkage-compensating mortars. Materials and Structures, Vol. 31, July, pp 400-404.