Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
João Paulo Bilé Serra
PROFESSIONAL SITUATION
Principal Researcher
Head of Geotechnics Department
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
Habilitation to scientific coordination degree by the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (2020).
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1998
MSc. in Structural engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1988
Graduate (5-year University Degree) in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1983
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES
Head of the Geotechnics Department, 2021
Board member of the European Underground & Tunnel Forum, 2019
President of Subcommittee 9 “Site Investigation, Field Tests and Monitoring” of CT 156 “Geotechnics in Civil Engineering” of IPQ, 2019
President of the Portuguese Tunnels and Underground Space Commission, 2012-2020
Visiting Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010
Head of the Tunnels Unit of the Geotechnics Department, 2005-2013
AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Risk Management in Geotechnics
Hydromechanical characterization of ground masses and geotechnical materials, natural or artificial, under variable saturation conditions
Modeling the hydromechanical response of ground masses, geotechnical materials, and geotechnical structures under variable saturation conditions
Geotechnical Seismic Engineering
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Hydromechanical characterization of ground masses and geotechnical materials
Laboratory tests: triaxial shear, torsional shear, cyclic simple shear
Field tests: SASW, self-boring pressuremeter
Numerical modeling of the performance of geotechnical structures
Safety assessment and risk management of dams
Advisory to the National Dam Authority (APA)
Advisory to the National Water Agency (Brazil)
Monitoring of dams in operation
Small dam safety manual
Seismic risk assessment
Seismic hazard
Seismic liquefaction potential analysis
Technical assistance to Owners
Lisbon Metro
EDP
Infrastructures of Portugal
Lisbon City Council
Lisnave Naval Infrastructures
China Three Gorges (Brazil)
ENGIE (Brazil)
Monitoring the development of large projects in the study phases or during construction
Lisbon General Drainage Plan
Extension of the Lisbon Underground Yellow and Green Lines between Rato and Cais do Sodré
Extension of the Lisbon Underground Red Line between Alameda and S. Sebastião II stations and between Oriente and Aeroporto stations
Caniçada Dam Complementary Flood Discharger
Rossio Tunnel
Marquês Tunnel
Power upgrade of the Salamonde Plant (Salamonde II) and construction of the additional flood spillway
Preparation of technical advices, including in legal proceedings