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Eduardo Fortunato

Eduardo Fortunato
Phone: 218 443 200

Professional Situation

Principal Researcher
Member of the Board of Directors at LNEC

Academic and Scientific Degrees

Civil Engineer by University of Porto (FEUP, Porto,1991)
MSc in Civil Engineering by University of Porto (FEUP, Porto, 1994).
MSc thesis: "Behaviour of braced excavations in soft clays. A contribution to structural design.”
Postgraduate in Management by University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) Lisboa, 1995).PhD in Civil Engineering by University of Porto (FEUP, Porto, 2005).
PhD thesis: "Renewal of Railway Platforms. Studies on Bearing Capacity.”
Postgraduate in Project Management by University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) Lisboa, 2008).MSc in Business Administration by University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Lisboa, 2009).Habilitation in Civil Engineering by LNEC (2016).
Program: "The structural behaviour of ballasted railway tracks. Contributions to improve the efficiency and quality of operation.”
Aggregation in Civil Engineering by FEUP (2018).

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

Member of the Board of Directors at LNEC (2021 - …).
    
Head of Transportation Infrastructures Unit at LNEC (2013-2021).
   
Head of Railway Infrastructures Unit at LNEC (2007-2013).
    
Invited Full Professor at Department of Civil Engineering at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (2006 - …).
    
Consultant in Civil Engineering projects (2000-2003).
    
Vice President of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (2020 - …).
    
Vice President of Portuguese Committee of Geotechnics for Transportation (2012 - …).
    
Member of the Strategic Council of the Portuguese Railway Platform (2017 - …).
    
Member of the Executive Committee for Specialization in Geotechnics of the Portuguese Engineers Association (2010-2019).
    
Member of the Technical Certification Committee of the Portuguese Association for Railway Standardization and Certification (2021 - …).
   
 Member of the Technical Committee for Standardization TC 143 – Railway applications (2012 - …).
    
Member of the Technical Committee for Standardization TC 154 – Aggregates (2003 - …).

Areas of Research / Interest

  • Transportation infrastructures (design, build, renewal, characterization, monitoring, modelling and analysis of the behaviour).   
  • Physical and numerical modelling of the mechanical behaviour of geomaterials.
  • Laboratory and "in situ” characterization of geomaterials.
  • Asset management.

Research and Professional Activity

The activity developed by the signatory on various research and development projects (R & D), was mainly in the following areas:
  • Studies on structural behaviour of braced excavations, particularly through numerical modelling;
  • Design and construction of transport infrastructures, including non-traditional rail track solutions;
  • Instrumentation, monitoring and analysis of the structural behaviour of the embankment dams and transport infrastructure embankments;
  • Performance evaluation, characterization, analysis of the structural behaviour, numerical modelling and physical modelling of railway track;
  • "In situ" and laboratory characterization of geomaterials;
  • Methods for structural characterization;
  • Waste recovery in geotechnical works and transport infrastructures;
  • Asset management.

Scientific Orientation

PhD Advisor (2) and Co-Adviser (1)
MSc Advisor (26)

Relevant Publications

Thesis:
Fortunato, E. (2016). Comportamento estrutural de vias férreas balastradas. Contributos para melhorar a eficiência e a qualidade da operação. Research and Postgraduate Program to be research coordinator, Lisboa.
Fortunato, E. (2005). Renovação de plataformas ferroviárias. Estudos relativos à capacidade de carga. PhD Thesis, University of Porto.
Fortunato, E. (1994). Escavações escoradas em maciços argilosos moles. Uma contribuição para o seu dimensionamento. MSc Thesis, University of Porto.
Selected publications:
Other publications:

Other scientific and technical Activities

  • Member of national and international committees and working groups
  • Member of the organizing and scientific committees of conferences
  • Member of juries for academic examinations
  • Member of several technical committees and working groups

Other Information

  • "Manuel Rocha” Research Prize 2005/2006
  • "Manuel Rocha” Prize 1992 – Honourable Mention – Portuguese Geotechnical Society 2004/2007 
  • "Portuguese Geotechnical Society” Prize 1993/1994– Honourable Mention
  • Senior Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association, with the title of Expert in Geotechnics
  • Member of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG)
  • Member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
  • Member of the Portuguese Association for the Development of Integrated Transport Systems (ADFERSIT)

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