Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Paulo José de Oliveira Xavier Candeias
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Senior Researcher
ACADEMIC ANS SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Civil Engineering (EEng/UMinho, 2009)
MSc. in Structural Engineering (IST/ULisboa, 2001)
Graduation in Civil Engineering (IST/ULisboa, 1989)
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES
Member of the Fiscal Council of SPES - "Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica" (2023-…)
Member of PT10 – "Seismic Actions" of EOTA - European Organization for Technical Assessment (2022-…)
Member of CEN/TC 250/SC 6 “Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures” (2017-2022)
Member of the Scientific Committee of RPEE - Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas
Invited Assistant Researcher (2014-2020)
Postdoctoral grant holder at LNEC (2009-2014)
PhD. grant holder FCT/LNEC (2004-2009)
Research grant holder FCT/LNEC (1999-2004)
Structures and foundations design engineer (1990-1999)
AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST
Vulnerability and seismic risk
Rehabilitation and seismic reinforcement
Ancient buildings and architectural heritage
Assessment of the dynamic behaviour of civil engineering structures
Seismic qualification of non-structural equipment and systems
Numerical and physical modelling of civil engineering structures
Development of computational tools
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Participation in national and international R&D&I projects with emphasis on:
- Pacto de Inovação R2UTechnologies – modular systems (2022-01-01 – 2025-12-31). Funding IAPMEI through the Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR)
- Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies – ERIES (2022-06-01– 2026-05-31). Funding Horizon Europe 21-27
- Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage – 4CH (2021-2024). Funding Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement n.101004468
- Infraestrutura Integrada para Ensaios Híbridos em Tempo-Real, Multi-Riscos e Geograficamente Distribuídos – HybridNET (29-03-2021 – 28-03-2024). Funding FCT 2020
- Development and Validation of the Concept of Circularity Applied to Modular Prefabricated Construction – CircularBuild (2020-2022). Funding EEA Grants
- Desempenho estrutural de ligações e estruturas de madeira sob sismos – TimQUAKE (20-10-2018 – 19-04-2022). Funding FCT2017
- Desenvolvimento de paredes de alvenaria de tijolo cerâmico sustentáveis para envolventes de edifícios – SeVen (20-10-2018 – 19-10-2022). Funding FCT2017
- Reabilitação Sísmica de Edifícios Antigos de Alvenaria-Betão – RESIST2020 (20-10-2018 – 19-04-2022). Funding FCT2017
- Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe – SERA (31-05-2017 – 31-05-2020). Funding European Union's Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No.730900
- Avaliação da Segurança e reforço de Paredes de Alvenaria de enchimento para Solicitações Sísmicas – ASPASSI (01-06-2016 – 30-11-2019). Funding FCT2015, Portugal2020
- Proteção sísmica do património construído em terra – SafEarth (01-06-2016 – 30-11-2019). Funding FCT 2015, Portugal2020
- Know your city, Reduce seISmic risK through non-structural elements – KnowRISK (2015-2017). Funding European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Grant agreement ECHO/SUB/2015/718655/PREV28
Guidance of interns (12), scholarship holders (2), master's students (8) and doctoral students (4), and participation in juries for doctoral and master's exams, and other academic or similar exams (16).
Authorship and co-authorship of book chapters (9), articles in peer-reviewed journals with international (22) and national (11) circulation, articles in books of proceedings of international (27) and national (43) conferences, posters in international (2) and national (3) conferences. Editor of one book.
Presentation of lectures and communications (25) and guest speaker (13) at scientific congresses and symposiums.
Honorable Mention in the Carlos Sousa Oliveira Prize (2019) awarded by the Portuguese Society of Earthquake Engineering (SPES).
Carrying out studies, opinions and expertise (51) and certification and evaluation studies of products and systems (8), with participation in the development of products, systems, patents or industrial prototypes (2), and authoring and co-authoring more than 90 reports, technical notes and test bulletins.
Member of scientific committees of international and national conferences (15).
Review of articles submitted to scientific journals (Engineering Structures, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Advances in Civil Engineering, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Sensors, Structures, Earthquake Spectra, RPEE).