Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Tiago Coelho
PROFESSIONAL SITUATION
Senior Technician
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
Bologna Master Degree in Civil Engineer, on Structures field, pela Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia from Nova University Lisbon, 2011
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES
Senior Technician at LNEC Structures Department’s Structural Monitoring Unit (since 2020);
FCT PhD Scholarship – LNEC/FEUP (2019-2020);
Scholarship Researcher concerning “Monitoring of 25 de Abril and Salgueiro Maia Bridges” project, held LNEC (2013 – 2019);
FCT Scholarship Researcher concerning AIRTICI research project, held at LNEC (2012);
AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST
Inspection and assessment of bridges structural health;
Assessment of fatigue damage on steel bridges;
Bridges structural health monitoring;
Data processing analysis;
Evaluation of the structural integrity of bridges based on information obtained from structural monitoring;
Dynamic behaviour of bridges for structural integrity control;
Determination of forces in cables and tendons based on vibration tests;
Automation of monitoring systems;
Sensor placement optimisation in structural health monitoring.
ACTIVITY DEVELOPED
Participation in an FCT project, named AIRTICI;
Participation in 5 contract research projects, related to inspections, structural monitoring and structural health assessment;
Inspection of bridges (24 LNEC reports as author and co-author);
Drafting of technical specifications for bridge inspections (17 LNEC reports as author and co-author);
Evaluation of the structural safety of a reinforced concrete wharft;
Member of the development and maintenance team for the structural monitoring data visualization platform (shm.lnec.pt);
Structural health monitoring of bridges (9 LNEC reports as author and co-author);
Installation and maintenance of monitoring systems (2 LNEC reports as author and co-author);
Safety assessment of structures (5 LNEC reports as author and co-author);
Participation in 6 conferences/seminars;
Attendance at the DURATINET workshop - Testing Techniques for Structures Inspection, LNEC;