Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Situation

Assistant Researcher

Academic and Scientific Degrees

• 2022    PhD in Civil Engineering. Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in collaboration with Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). Doctoral programme H2Doc in Environmental Hydraulics, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
• 2011    BSc + MSc in Energy and Environmental Engineering. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

• Jun 2026 – Present Assistant researcher. LNEC, Hydraulics and Environment Department (DHA), Ports and Maritime Structures Division (NPE), Portugal.
• Jan 2021 – May 2026 Senior Technician. LNEC/DHA/NPE, Portugal.
• Feb 2017 – Jan 2021 Doctoral Research Fellow in Civil Engineering. IST in collaboration with LNEC. Doctoral programme H2Doc in Environmental Hydraulics, funded by FCT, Portugal.
• Feb 2015 – Feb 2017  Hydraulic Modeller. Royal HaskoningDHV – Engenharia e Consultoria, United Kingdom.
• Sep 2012 – Feb 2015  Junior Research Fellow. LNEC/DHA/NPE, Portugal.

Areas of Research / Interest

• Numerical and physical modelling of wave propagation and floods
• Stability and wave overtopping in maritime structures
• Wave overtopping and flood risk assessment
• Nature-based solutions for coastal protection
• Coastal and Harbour Engineering
• Hydraulics, Energy and Environment

Research and Professional Activity

Has participated in dozens research or engineering and consultancy projects at both national and international levels:

• Physical and numerical modelling (SWASH model) of wave propagation over vegetation
• Physical modelling of wave agitation, wave overtopping, and hydraulic stability of maritime structures
• Video analysis development to obtain free-surface elevation and vegetation movement
• Numerical modelling of wave propagation (SWAN, MIKE 21 SW and COULWAVE models)
• Construction and application of numerical models to simulate floods (HEC-RAS and ISIS-TUFLOW models) using programming
• Wave overtopping analysis over maritime structures (AMAZON, NN_Overtopping2 and Overtopping Predictor v1.1 models)
• Development of methodologies for the wave overtopping and flood risk assessment and for an alert system

Scientific Orientation

Supported and supervised colleagues and interns on several activities: (i) physical and numerical modelling of wave propagation over vegetation; (ii) development of computational programming methodologies for the calculation of wave overtopping; (iii) processing field data for the construction of a drainage catchment model; (iv) managing and performing laboratory wave-flume experiments and analysis of the measured data.

Selected Publications

• Reis, R.A., Fortes, C.J.E.M., Rodrigues, J.A., Hu, Z., Suzuki, T., 2024. Experimental study on drag coefficient of flexible vegetation under non-breaking waves. Ocean Engineering 296, 117002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117002.
• El Rahi, J., Martínez-Estévez, I., Almeida Reis, R., Tagliafierro, B., Domínguez, J.M., Crespo, A.J.C., Stratigaki, V., Suzuki, T., Troch, P., 2024. Exploring Wave–Vegetation Interaction at Stem Scale: Analysis of the Coupled Flow–Structure Interactions Using the SPH-Based DualSPHysics Code and the FEA Module of Chrono. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12, 1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071120
• Rui de Almeida Reis (2022). Physical and Numerical Modelling of Wave Propagation Over Vegetation. PhD Thesis in Civil Engineering. Doctoral programme H2Doc in Environmental Hydraulics, funded by FCT. Instituto Superior Técnico in collaboration with Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, December 2022.
• Reis, R.A.; Pires-Silva, A.A.; Fortes, C.J.E.M.; Suzuki, T. (2020). Experiences with SWASH on modelling wave propagation over vegetation. Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 20(2), August 2020, ISSN 1646-8872.
• Reis, R.; Fortes, C.J.E.M.; Reis, M.T.; Poseiro, P.; Santos, J.A. (2016). "Avaliação comparativa de ferramentas neuronais. Aplicação à Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Açores” (Comparative evaluation of neural network tools. Application to Port of Praia da Vitória, Azores). VETOR – Revista de Ciências Exatas e Engenharias, v. 26 n. 1, p. 49-68, ISSN 0102-7352, E-ISSN: 2358-3452, February 2016.
• Fortes, C.J.E.M.; Reis, R.; Reis, M.T.; Poseiro, P.; Craveiro, J.; Santos, J.A. (2015). Overtopping risk at Praia da Vitória maritime structures: Results from de HIDRALERTA system. Revista Territorium, Riscos – Territórios de convergência, nº 22, pp. 103-117, ISSN 0872-8941, 2015.
• Reis, R.; Gabriel, S.; Fortes, C.J.E.M.; Moura, D. (2013). "Contribuição para a caracterização da agitação marítima na Praia da Galé com base em dados de campo e modelação numérica” (Contribution to the characterization of sea waves at Galé beach based on in-situ data and numerical modelling). 8as JPECP – Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária, Lisbon, 10-11 October 2013.
• Reis, R.; Gabriel, S.; Fortes, C.J.E.M.; Moura, D. (2013). Contribution for the assessment of the wave characteristics at Galé beach: Evaluation of two modelling approaches. 6th SCACR – International Short Course/Conference on Applied Coastal Research, Lisbon, Portugal, 4-7 June 2013.
• Conde, J.M.P.; Reis, R.; Fortes, C.J.E.M.; Neves, D.R.C.B. (2012). Wave propagation on a flume: Physical modelling. RETERM – Thermal Engineering, Vol. 11, pp. 22-29, June-December 2012, ISSN 1676-1790.
• Rui de Almeida Reis (2011). "Contributo para método simplificado no âmbito do SCE: grandes edifícios de serviços existentes” (Contribution to a simplified method in the framework of energy performance certification applied to large and existing service buildings). MSc Thesis in Energy and Environmental Engineering. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), December 2011.