Curriculum Vitae
Professional Situation
Research Officer, Harbours and Maritime Structures Division, Hydraulics and Environment Department
Academic and Scientific Degrees
- PhD in Civil Engineering - Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, April 2002.
- Master of Science in Maritime Civil Engineering - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 1993.
- Degree in Civil Engineering - Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, September 1989.
Functions and Relevant Public Offices
- Research Officer at the Harbours and Maritime Structures Division, Hydraulics and Environment Department, of LNEC (from april 2002)
- Research Assistant at the Harbours and Beaches Division and PhD student at the Department of Civil Engineering of the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) with the thesis entitled "Sea Wave Simulation” (from march 1998 to april 2002)
Areas of Research / Interest
Coastal Engineering and Maritime Hydraulics, more specifically long-term analyses of sea wave statistics, for the statistical analysis of sea wave climates and short-term analyses of wave records for numerical and physical simulations in a laboratory environment. Systematic observation and monitoring of maritime works.
Research and Professional Activity
The result of this activity has allowed him to participate in more than four dozen scientific research projects, with national (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) and international (MAST, EU-Framework, Interreg, AdI, NATO, etc. ), having coordinated one between 2015 and 2018, as well as participating in more than five dozen national and international consulting projects (Angola, Algeria, Brazil, France, Morocco, United Kingdom, Angola, Cape Verde, etc.). In the context of these projects, he established sea wave regimes, and developed and applied numerical and physical modelling methodologies for the characterization of those regimes at the site of the studies. In general, the development of methodologies and tools in which he was involved were carried out with special attention to the needs inherent to the programmed and contract research studies that its unit al LNEC is currently developing and intends to develop in the future.During almost 33 years of its career, he has perfected methodologies of wave regime transfers and applied numerical propagation models in real situations of study, contributing to the development and improvement of methodologies for the establishment of wave regimes, wave regime transfers and associated databases. He developed the SAM integrated software, for characterization, simulation, generation, acquisition and control of waves propagating in laboratory flumes and wave tanks, a tool used both in physical model tests, in experimental facilities, and in numerical simulation and analysis performed in scientific research and consulting projects. Currently he is responsible for the LNEC's systematic observation program of maritime structures (OSOM+).He has been strengthening scientific research and technological development activity at LNEC in the scope of the planned research projects and contract research in the following areas:Short-term sea wave analysis, i.e., numerical simulation and generation and acquisition of waves in flumes and tanks.
Long-term sea wave analysis, i.e., the establishment, transfer and standardization of sea wave regimes.
The development of methodologies for the systematic observation of maritime structures, including participation in the campaigns, their analysis and subsequent assembly of recommendations and action measures.
Field data measurement campaigns to improve the knowledge about the hydrodynamic phenomena of the systems, to develop and improve in-situ and model-based measurement techniques, at reduced scale, and to allow the validation of numerical models.
The collaboration, for the maritime-port component in the area of security of maritime transport, following his participation in the European projects H2020 USE-iT (for which he was responsible at LNEC) and FOX (for which he was a collaborator with DT).
Relevant Publications
Part of his activity is documented in book chapters, scientific and technical journal articles, communications to scientific and technical meetings, reports, and other dissemination documents. The total number of publications and communications produced in this work was: 24 publications in international journals, 11 publications in national journals, 71 written communications to international scientific meetings, 70 written communications to national scientific meetings, 146 LNEC reports, 51 project reports and 20 other general dissemination documents.
Other scientific and technical Activities
- Examiner in 4 MSc theses and 2 PhD theses; member of the Monitoring Commission in 3 PhD theses.
- Effective member of the Jury of a vast number of internal and external competitions.
- Participated in the organization of several scientific meetings, lectures and courses with emphasis for the course "Design and Observation of Maritime and Port Structures", held in June 2015 at the Civil Engineering Laboratory of São Tomé and Príncipe.
- Prepared and delivered several lectures, both in Portugal and Brasil.
- Responsible for the organization of various training courses on "LabVIEW programming”, conducted at LNEC, and on "LabVIEW and SAM applications” at the Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil.
- Reviewer of papers in journals and conferences, among which are the following international journals: Journal of Coastal Research and Ocean Engineering.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of "Days of Innovation LNEC 2012”, the 6th SCACR – International Short Course/Conference on Applied Coastal Research (2013) and the 5th (2007) Coastal and Harbor Engineering Portuguese Days, organized by PIANC Portugal.
- Reviewer for national (MEFTE 2012 and MEFTE 2014) and international conferences (IMAM2005 - Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources, OMAE2008 - 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering and ISOPE2009 – 19th International. Offshore Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference).
Other Information
- He is a specialist member of the Portuguese Institution of Engineers in Hydraulics and Water Resources, from 2009.
- He is a senior member of the Portuguese Institution of Engineers since 2015.
- He is a full member of AIPCN/PIANC since 2015.