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Rui Vasco Silva is an Assistant Researcher and Invited Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources at the IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He completed his PhD on the use of recycled aggregates derived from construction, demolition and excavation waste in the production of structural concrete. He is an integrated member of the CERIS Research and Development Unit, hosted by IST-ID, RILEM, and an honorary member of the CIB Student Chapter at IST. He has notable experience in several state-funded research projects, one of which as Principal Investigator (EXPL/ECI-EGC/0288/2021 - Carbon capture: Performance enhancing CO2-based curing of fully recycled alkali-activated concrete). He is the author of several publications concerning sustainable construction and is currently researching other approaches that can further decrease the environmental impact of concrete, namely reactive magnesium oxide, alkali-activated materials, municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes and electric arc furnace slag. He is the author of 50+ publications in WoS/Scopus databases, 20+ in conferences, 15 book chapters, and 6 international books (h-index of 34/30 in Google Scholar/Scopus with total citations of 6739/4985, respectively - 25/02/2025). He supervised 8 Master's theses and 5 PhD theses. He holds several collaborations with key individuals from various international universities (Brazil, Finland, Mexico, Spain, UK). He was Guest Editor of 2 Special Issues, is Editorial Board Member of Materials (MDPI), and has revised over 200 publications in WoS/Scopus Journals.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Vasco Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Rui
  • R.V. Silva
  • Silva, R.V.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
101E-E21D-00AB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2276-9721
Google Scholar ID
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Researcher Id
D-5814-2013
Scopus Author Id
56962727200

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/05/01 - 2024/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/09/15 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2020/02/29 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - Current HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 - Digital, autonomous, Intelligent and Synchronous system for Continuous identification, Optimiza-tion and Value Extraction of Resources from the end-of-use built environment (DISCOVER)
HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11
Researcher
2022 - Current SHELLTER - Reuse of aquaculture waste in the development of construction materials
SHELLTER
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2024 - 2025 Blocos sustentáveis com a incorporação de resíduos de aquicultura
BLOCOYSTER
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/10 - Current Carbon capture: Performance enhancing CO2-based curing of fully recycled alkali-activated concrete (ECO2Alkrete) - EXPL/ECI-EGC/0288/2021 (2022-2024)
EXPL/ECI-EGC/0288/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - Current Use of disposable mask waste in composites with various formulations (ReDuCe) - Alfredo da Silva Award 2021 (2021-2022)
Alfredo da Silva Award 2021 (2021-2022)
Post-doc Fellow
Ongoing
2018 - Current Recycled Inorganic Polymer Concrete: Towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete)
PTDC/ECI-CON/29196/2017
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - Current Decarbonizing the Planet through Concrete - Implementing the Paris Agreement (DecarbonCrete)
PTDC/ECI-CON/31138/2017
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
UID/ECI/04625/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014 - 2015 High Performance Concrete with Recycled Aggregate from the Precast Concrete Industry (EXCELlentSUStainableCONCrete)
PTDC/ECM/118372/2010
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2015 Project 278 ICIST - Production of a data base consisting of the unification of Worldwide knowledge on the use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes in several construction applications.
Project 278 ICIST
Research Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Bravo, Miguel; Silva, Rui; Duarte, António. Recycled Aggregate Concrete and Alternative Binders for Sustainable Building Engineering. MDPI. 2024.
    Published
  2. Bravo, Miguel; Silva, Rui; Duarte, António. Recycled Aggregate Concrete and Alternative Binders for Sustainable Building Engineering (Second Volume). MDPI. 2024.
    Published
  3. Prof. Dr. Jorge Manuel Calico Lopes de Brito; Francisco Agrela; Rui Vasco Silva. The Path to Green Concrete. Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier). 2024.
    Published • Editor
  4. Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. Sustainability in Structural Concrete Design. Structural Engineering Document, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). 2024.
    Published • Editor
  5. de Brito, J.; Agrela, F.; Silva, R.V.. The Path to Green Concrete: Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering. 2024.
    10.1016/C2022-0-00302-0
  6. de Brito, J.; Agrela, F.; Silva, R.V.. Preface. 2024.
  7. Dhir, R.K.; De Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.; Lye, C. Q.. Sustainable Construction Materials: Recycled Aggregates. Duxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. 2019.
    10.1016/c2015-0-00466-x
  8. Dhir, R.K.; de Brito, J.; Lynn, C.J.; Silva, R.V.. Sustainable Construction Materials: Municipal Incinerated Bottom Ash. Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing. 2018.
    Published • 10.1016/C2015-0-00489-0
Book chapter
  1. Kassim, D.; Lamaa, G.; Silva, B.A.; Duarte, A.P.C.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes as alternative binders in precast concrete elements". In The Path to Green Concrete, 151-170. Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering, 2024.
  2. Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. "Structural design of recycled aggregate concrete". In Sustainability in Structural Concrete Design. 2024.
  3. Silva, P.R.; Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete with bottom ash additions". 275-301. 2021.
  4. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.; Prof. Dr. Jorge Manuel Calico Lopes de Brito. "Durability of concrete with recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste". In Handbook of Concrete Durability, 2nd edition - A practical guide to achieving durable concrete structures through design, construction and testing, 505-524. ICE Publishing, 2019.
    In press
  5. De Brito, J.; Agrela, F.; Silva, R.V.. "Construction and demolition waste". 1-22. 2018.
  6. Silva, R.V.; Jiménez, J.R.; Agrela, F.; De Brito, J.. "Real-scale applications of recycled aggregate concrete". 573-589. 2018.
  7. De Brito, J.; Agrela, F.; Silva, R.V.. "Legal regulations of recycled aggregate concrete in buildings and roads". 509-526. 2018.
  8. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Helping structural designers to use recycled aggregate concrete". 527-540. 2018.
  9. Silva, R.V.; Brito, J.; Rui V. Silva; Jorge de Brito. "Plastic wastes". 199-227. 2018.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-102156-9.00007-9
  10. Dhir, Ravindra K.; Brito, Jorge de; Ghataora, Gurmel S.; Lye, Chao Qun; Silva, R.V.. "Production and Properties of Glass Cullet". In Sustainable Construction Materials: Glass cullet, 35-96. Elsevier, 2018.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-08-100984-0.00003-5
  11. Dhir, Ravindra K.; Brito, Jorge de; Ghataora, Gurmel S.; Lye, Chao Qun; Silva, R.V.. "Use of Glass Cullet in Ceramics and Other Applications". In Sustainable Construction Materials: Glass cullet, 327-387. Elsevier, 2018.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100984-0.00009-6
  12. Etxeberria, M.; de Brito. J.; Silva, R.V.. "Long-term properties of RAC". In RILEM Report 273 - RAC: Structural behaviour and innovation of recycled aggregate concrete. 2018.
    In press
  13. Dhir, Ravindra K.; Brito, Jorge de; Mangabhai, Raman; Lye, Chao Qun; Silva. R. V.. "Copper Slag in Cement Manufacture and as Cementitious Material". In Sustainable Construction Materials: Copper Slag, 165-209. Elsevier, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-08-100986-4.00005-5
  14. Silvestre, J.D.; Pinheiro, M.D.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Sustentabilidade ambiental das intervenções (Sub-capítulo 3.5 - Volume 1)". In Reabilitação de Edifícios - Plataforma Tecnológica Portuguesa da Construção. 2017.
    Published
  15. de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Green materials in Civil Engineering". In Sustainable Structural Engineering, Structural Engineering Document, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Working Commission 7 - Sus-tainable Engineering, 165-196. Zurich, Switzerland, 2015.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. "Optimising accelerated carbonation curing for enhanced mechanical performance of alkali-activated materials". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  2. Agata Caro; Antonio Lechuga; Lamaa, Ghandy; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez. "Accelerated CO2 curing of alkali-activated pervious paving blocks incorporating seashells as aggre-gate". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  3. Antonio Lechuga; Agata Caro; Ghandy Lamaa; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez. "Production of sustainable pervious paving blocks by alkali activation". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  4. Kassim, Dany; David Suescum-Morales; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. "Quantification of CO2 captured by alkali-activated electric arc furnace slag and ground brick concrete using a thermogravimetric analysis technique". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  5. Moreira, Nicollas; Bellei, Poliana; Fernanda Magalhães ; Silva, Rui; Mendes, Maria Paula; Ana Paula S. Dias; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Flores-Colen, Inês. "Otimização de recursos sustentáveis: roteiro para o potencial das conchas de ostra na economia circular azul". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  6. Salem Alnezami; Kurda, Rawaz; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. "Environmental impact and technical performance of recycled aggregate concrete containing municipal incinerated bottom ash". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  7. Yoleimy Avila; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. "Desempenho de misturas binárias de cinzas de fundo da incineração de resíduos sólidos urbanos e cinzas volantes activadas alcalinamente". Paper presented in 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis / Congresso Construção 2024, 2024.
  8. Lamaa, Ghandy; Duarte, A. P. C.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Optimised alkaline solutions of CO2-cured aluminosilicate industrial wastes - a new era of concrete". Paper presented in WASTES 6th International Conference: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, Coimbra, 2023.
  9. Lamaa, G.; Kassim, Dany; Silva, B. A.; Duarte, A. P. C.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Aluminosilicate industrial wastes as precursors in the production of CO2-cured alkali-activated precast concrete". Paper presented in WASTES 6th International Conference: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, Coimbra, 2023.
  10. Bravo, Miguel; Silva, Rui. "Reactive magnesium oxide as dimensional stabilizer in cementitious composites containing recycled aggregates.". Paper presented in Materials Science and Nanotechnology Conference (Future Materials 2020), 2020.
    Published
  11. De Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Upscaling the use of recycled aggregate concrete". Paper presented in UKIERI Concrete Congress, 2019.
  12. Lourenço, B.; Leitão, J.; Silva, P.; Silva, R.V.. "Comportamento mecânico de betões auto-compactáveis produzidos com cinzas de fundo da queima de resíduos sólidos urbanos". Paper presented in 3º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis, 2018.
  13. Abreu, V.; Silva, S.; De Brito, J.; Evangelista, L.; Silva, R.V.. "Concrete with multi-recycled crushed concrete aggregates". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Structural Engineering, 2018.
  14. De Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Sustainability in the rehabilitation of masonry structures: rendering and masonry mortars with recycled aggregates". Paper presented in Conferência Internacional sobre Reabilitação de Estruturas Antigas de Alvenaria - CIRea2018), 2018.
  15. De Brito, J.; Evangelista, L.; Silva, R.V.. "Sustainable concrete for the next century: multi-recycled aggregate concrete". Paper presented in 8th Academia-Industry Forum on Advances in Structural Engineering (AIFASE), 2018.
  16. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Specification for structural recycled aggregate concrete". Paper presented in 4th International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment, 2018.
  17. De Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Construction and demolition waste: How to close the loop?". Paper presented in 4th International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment, 2018.
  18. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Eurocode 2-based structural design of a reinforced recycled aggregate concrete slab". Paper presented in UKIERI Concrete Congress, 2018.
  19. Leitão, J.; Lourenço, B.; Silva, P.; Silva, R.V.. "Propriedades de durabilidade de betões auto-compactáveis produzidos com cinzas de fundo da queima de resíduos sólidos urbanos". Paper presented in Construção 2018, 2018.
  20. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes in the production of structural concrete". Paper presented in Latin-American and European Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Communities (EURO-ELECS 2015), 2015.
  21. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Agregados reciclados de resíduos de construção e demolição: Como utilizá-los na produção de betão estrutural?". Paper presented in XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Patología de la Construcción / XV Congreso de Control de Calidad en la Construcción (CONPAT 2015), 2015.
  22. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.. "Cálculo de betões com agregados reciclados com base no EC2". Paper presented in Seminário “Resíduos de Construção e Demolição. Um Recurso a Valorizar”, 2015.
  23. De Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Utilização de resíduos na produção de betões". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis (CLB - MCS 2014), 2014.
  24. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Saikia, N.. "Influence of the curing conditions on the durability-related performance of concrete with selected plastic waste aggregates". Paper presented in International Conference on Durable Structures (ICDS 2012), 2012.
Journal article
  1. Yoleimy Avila; Jorge de Brito; Rui Vasco Silva. "Pre-treated municipal solid waste bottom ash as alkali-activated mortar precursor". Magazine of Concrete Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.24.00150.
    10.1680/jmacr.24.00150
  2. Ghandy Lamaa; Dany Kassim; Bruna A. Silva; António P. C. Duarte; Jorge de Brito; Rui Vasco Silva. "Utilization of Aluminosilicate Industrial Wastes as Precursors in CO2-Cured Alkali-Activated Precast Concrete Pavement Blocks". Construction Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/constrmater4020020.
    10.3390/constrmater4020020
  3. Merino-Lechuga, A.M.; Lamaa, G.; Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Jiménez, J.R.; Fernández-Rodríguez, J.M.; González-Caro, Á.. "Accelerated carbonation of alkali-activated vibro-compacted pervious concrete paving blocks". Construction and Building Materials 449 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85204961841&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138458
  4. Alnezami, S.; Lamaa, G.; Pereira, M.F.C.; Kurda, R.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "A sustainable treatment method to use municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash as cement replacement". Construction and Building Materials 423 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85188598194&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135855
  5. Romero-Gómez, M.I.; Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Flores-Colen, I.. "Prototype of alveolar gypsum blocks with plastic waste addition for partition walls: Physico-mechanical, water-resistance and life cycle assessment". Journal of Cleaner Production 432 (2023): 139810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139810.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139810
  6. Romero-Gómez, M.I.; Silva, R.V.; Flores-Colen, I.; de Brito, J.. "Physico-mechanical properties of plastic waste-containing gypsum composites exposed to elevated temperature". Construction and Building Materials 398 (2023): 132530. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132530.
    Published • 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132530
  7. Ghandy Lamaa; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito. "Carbonation of Alkali-Activated Materials: A Review". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16083086.
    10.3390/ma16083086
  8. Ghandy Lamaa; David Suescum-Morales; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito. "Optimising the Performance of CO2-Cured Alkali-Activated Aluminosilicate Industrial By-Products as Precursors". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16051923.
    10.3390/ma16051923
  9. Miguel, F.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Durability-related performance of recycled aggregate concrete containing alkali-activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash". Construction and Building Materials 397 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85164279369&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.4435933
  10. David Suescum-Morales; Rui Vasco Silva; Miguel Bravo; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez; Jorge de Brito. "Effect of incorporating municipal solid waste incinerated bottom ash in alkali-activated fly ash concrete subjected to accelerated CO2 curing". Journal of Cleaner Production (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133533.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133533
  11. M.I. Romero-Gómez; R.V. Silva; I. Flores-Colen; J. de Brito. "Influence of polypropylene residues on the physico-mechanical and water-resistance properties of gypsum plasters". Journal of Cleaner Production (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133674.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133674
  12. Adriana Dias; Salem Nezami; José Silvestre; Rawaz Kurda; Rui Silva; Isabel Martins; Jorge de Brito. "Environmental and Economic Comparison of Natural and Recycled Aggregates Using LCA". Recycling 7 4 (2022): 43-43. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling7040043.
    10.3390/recycling7040043
  13. Yoleimy Avila; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito. "Alkali-Activated Materials with Pre-Treated Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash". Applied Sciences 12 7 (2022): 3535-3535. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073535.
    10.3390/app12073535
  14. Dany Kassim; Ghandy Lamaa; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito. "Performance Enhancement of Alkali-Activated Electric Arc Furnace Slag Mortars through an Accelerated CO2 Curing Process". Applied Sciences 12 3 (2022): 1662-1662. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031662.
    10.3390/app12031662
  15. Suescum-Morales, D.; Bravo, M.; Silva, R.V.; Jiménez, J.R.; Fernandez-Rodriguez, J.M.; de Brito, J.. "Effect of reactive magnesium oxide in alkali-activated fly ash mortars exposed to accelerated CO2 curing". Construction and Building Materials 342 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85132385709&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127999
  16. Romero-Gómez, M.I.; Silva, R.V.; Costa-Pereira, M.F.; Flores-Colen, I.. "Thermal and mechanical performance of gypsum composites with waste cellulose acetate fibres". Construction and Building Materials 356 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85139289681&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129308
  17. Joel R. Simões; Pedro R. da Silva; Rui V. Silva. "Binary Mixes of Self-Compacting Concrete with Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash". Applied Sciences 11 14 (2021): 6396-6396. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146396.
    10.3390/app11146396
  18. Carvalho, R.; Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Pereira, M.F.C.. "Alkali activation of bottom ash from municipal solid waste incineration: Optimization of NaOH- and Na 2SiO3-based activators". Journal of Cleaner Production 291 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099651558&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125930
  19. Casanova, S.; Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Pereira, M.F.C.. "Mortars with alkali-activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash and fine recycled aggregates". Journal of Cleaner Production 289 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099071673&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125707
  20. Hafez, H.; Kassim, D.; Kurda, R.; Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.. "Assessing the sustainability potential of alkali-activated concrete from electric arc furnace slag using the ECO2 framework". Construction and Building Materials 281 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101386517&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122559
  21. B. Simões; P. R. da Silva; R. V. Silva; Y. Avila; J. A. Forero. "Ternary Mixes of Self-Compacting Concrete with Fly Ash and Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash". Applied Sciences (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010107.
    10.3390/app11010107
  22. T. Gonçalves; R.V. Silva; J. de Brito; J.M. Fernández; A.R. Esquinas. "Mechanical and durability performance of mortars with fine recycled concrete aggregates and reactive magnesium oxide as partial cement replacement". Cement and Concrete Composites 105 (2020): 103420-103420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2019.103420.
    10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2019.103420
  23. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.. "Reinforced recycled aggregate concrete slabs: Structural design based on Eurocode 2". Engineering Structures 204 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076267764&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.110047
  24. Ramírez-Arreola, D.E.; Aranda-García, F.J.; Sedano-De la Rosa, C.; Camacho-Vidrio, A.M.; Silva, R.V.. "Corrosion behavior of steel reinforcement bars embedded in concrete with sugar cane bagasse ash,Comportamiento a la corrosión de barras de acero de refuerzo embebidas en concreto con ceniza de bagazo de caña de azúcar". Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica 19 (2020): 469-481. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85090648470&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.24275/rmiq/Mat1651
  25. Kurda, R.; Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.. "Incorporation of alkali-activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash in mortar and concrete: A critical review". Materials 13 15 (2020): 1-24. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089734621&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ma13153428
  26. Zamora, A.; Moris, M.; Silva, R.; Deschaume, O.; Bartic, C.; Parac-Vogt, T.N.; Verbiest, T.. "Visualization and characterization of metallo-aggregates using multi-photon microscopy". RSC Advances 11 2 (2020): 657-661. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099356100&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/d0ra07263j
  27. T. Gonçalves; R. V. Silva; J. de Brito; J. M. Fernández; A. R. Esquinas. "Hydration of Reactive MgO as Partial Cement Replacement and Its Influence on the Macroperformance of Cementitious Mortars". Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (2019): https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9271507.
    10.1155/2019/9271507
  28. R.V. Silva; J. de Brito; C.J. Lynn; R.K. Dhir. "Environmental impacts of the use of bottom ashes from municipal solid waste incineration: A review". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 140 (2019): 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.09.011.
    10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.09.011
  29. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Use of recycled aggregates arising from construction and demolition waste in new construction applications". Journal of Cleaner Production 236 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069585927&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117629
  30. B. González-Fonteboa; S. Seara-Paz; J. De Brito; I. González-Taboada; F. Martínez-Abella; R. Vasco-Silva. "Recycled concrete with coarse recycled aggregate. An overview and analysis". Materiales de Construcción 68 330 (2018): 151-151. https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2018.13317.
    10.3989/mc.2018.13317
  31. Neves, R.; Silva, A.; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Statistical modelling of the resistance to chloride penetration in concrete with recycled aggregates". Construction and Building Materials 182 (2018): 550-560. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048746478&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.06.125
  32. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Lye, C.Q.; Dhir, R.K.. "The role of glass waste in the production of ceramic-based products and other applications: A review". Journal of Cleaner Production 167 (2018): 346-364. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029704817&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.185
  33. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Fresh-state performance of recycled aggregate concrete: A review". Construction and Building Materials 178 (2018): 19-31. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047128532&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.05.149
  34. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Availability and processing of recycled aggregates within the construction and demolition supply chain: A review". Journal of Cleaner Production 143 (2017): 598-614. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008158197&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.070
  35. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Lynn, C.J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Use of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ashes in alkali-activated materials, ceramics and granular applications: A review". Waste Management 68 (2017): 207-220. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021399715&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.wasman.2017.06.043
  36. Jorge De Brito; Rui Silva; de Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Current status on the use of recycled aggregates in concrete: Where do we go from here?". RILEM Technical Letters 1 (2016): 1-1. https://doi.org/10.21809%2Frilemtechlett.v1.3.
    10.21809/rilemtechlett.v1.3
  37. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Establishing a relationship between modulus of elasticity and compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete". Journal of Cleaner Production 112 (2016): 2171-2186. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954469494&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.064
  38. Cardoso, R.; Silva, R.V.; Brito, J.; Dhir, R.. "Use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in geotechnical applications: A literature review". Waste Management 49 (2016): 131-145. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952051462&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.wasman.2015.12.021
  39. Vieira, T.; Alves, A.; de Brito, J.; Correia, J.R.; Silva, R.V.. "Durability-related performance of concrete containing fine recycled aggregates from crushed bricks and sanitary ware". Materials and Design 90 (2016): 767-776. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952333995&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.matdes.2015.11.023
  40. Silva, R.V.; Silva, A.; Neves, R.; de Brito, J.. "Statistical modeling of carbonation in concrete incorporating recycled aggregates". Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 28 1 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84951311231&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001366
  41. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Evangelista, L.; Dhir, R.K.. "Design of reinforced recycled aggregate concrete elements in conformity with Eurocode 2". Construction and Building Materials 105 (2016): 144-156. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954544704&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.12.080
  42. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Performance of cementitious renderings and masonry mortars containing recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes". Construction and Building Materials 105 (2016): 400-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952342685&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.12.171
  43. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "The influence of the use of recycled aggregates on the compressive strength of concrete: A review". European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering 19 7 (2015): 825-849. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929712463&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/19648189.2014.974831
  44. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Prediction of the shrinkage behavior of recycled aggregate concrete: A review". Construction and Building Materials 77 (2015): 327-339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921784608&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.12.102
  45. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Neves, R.; Dhir, R.. "Prediction of chloride ion penetration of recycled aggregate concrete". Materials Research 18 2 (2015): 427-440. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930326797&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/1516-1439.000214
  46. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Comparative analysis of existing prediction models on the creep behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete". Engineering Structures 100 (2015): 31-42. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931272190&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.06.004
  47. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Tensile strength behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete". Construction and Building Materials 83 (2015): 108-118. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924858914&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.03.034
  48. Silva, R.V.; Neves, R.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Carbonation behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete". Cement and Concrete Composites 62 (2015): 22-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937798427&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2015.04.017
  49. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Dhir, R.K.. "Properties and composition of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste suitable for concrete production". Construction and Building Materials 65 (2014): 201-217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901046350&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.04.117
  50. Jorge Brito; Rui Silva; Brito, J.; Silva, R.V.. "Use of Waste Materials in the Production of Concrete". Key Engineering Materials 634 (2014): 85-96. https://doi.org/10.4028%2Fwww.scientific.net%2Fkem.634.85.
    Published • 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.634.85
  51. Silva, R.V.; De Brito, J.; Saikia, N.. "Influence of curing conditions on the durability-related performance of concrete made with selected plastic waste aggregates". Cement and Concrete Composites 35 1 (2013): 23-31. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870464501&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.08.017
Magazine article
  1. Silva, R.V.. "Proposta de dimensionamento de betões estruturais com agregados reciclados grossos", Construção Magazine, 2016, http://www.construcaomagazine.pt/noticias/revista-n71-janeiro-fevereiro-2016/.
  2. Silva, R.V.. "Upscaling the use of recycled aggregate concrete", New Building Materials & Construction World (NBM&CW), 2016, https://www.nbmcw.com/tech-articles/concrete/39996-upscaling-the-use-of-recycled-aggregate-concrete.html.
Report
  1. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2024. Task 4 - Report 1: Numerical modelling of the CO2 diffusivity.
  2. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2024. Task 5 - Report 1: Life cycle assessment of the CO2-enhanced AAM: What are the real-life implica-tions?.
  3. Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de; João Gomes Ferreira; Pacheco, João Nuno; Jerome Tierrie; Lies Mertens; David Caballero Flores; et al. 2024. Definition of target environment, target materials and system specifications”, Report for Task 1.2 of Project DISCOVER - Digital, Autonomous, Intelligent and Synchronous System for Continuous Identification, Optimization and Value Extraction of Resources from the End-Of-Use Built Environment.
  4. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2023. Task 3 - Report 1: CO2 profile and storage capacity of alkali-activated wastes - Testing methodology.
  5. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2023. Task 3 - Report 2: CO2 profile and storage capacity of alkali-activated wastes - Results and discus-sion.
  6. Antonio Lechuga; Lamaa, Ghandy; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2023. Task 3 - Report 3: Alkali-activated vibro-compacted pervious concrete paving blocks containing coal mining waste as precursor.
  7. Agata Caro; Lamaa, Ghandy; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2023. Task 3 - Report 4: Alkali-activated vibro-compacted pervious concrete paving blocks containing sea shells as sand replacement.
  8. Y. Avila; B.A. Silva; R.V. Silva; J. de Brito. 2022. Results and discussion: Binary mixes with MIBA and FA.
  9. Salem Alnezami; Kurda, Rawaz; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2022. Task 4 - Report 2: Environmental impact and technical performance of recycled concrete containing municipal incinerated bottom ash.
  10. Filipe Sequeira; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2022. Task 4 - Report 3: Desempenho em termos de durabilidade de betões com cinza de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activada alcalinamente.
  11. Gonçalo Cagica; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2022. Task 4 - Report 4: Desempenho mecânico de betões com cinza de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activada alcalinamente.
  12. Kassim, Dany; Lamaa, Ghandy; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2022. Task 5 - Report 2: Paving blocks based on alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes: Experimental plan and results.
  13. Maia, Margarida; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de; Pereira, Clara; Silvestre, José Dinis. 2022. Task 5 - Report 3: Estudo de avaliação do ciclo de vida e toxicidade de cinzas de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activadas alcalinamente.
  14. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2022. Task 1 - Report 1: Carbonation of alkali-activated materials: A review.
  15. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2022. Task 2 - Report 1: Optimization of the alkaline activator for several aluminosilicate industrial wastes in the production of alkali-activated materials: Testing methodology.
  16. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Silva, Rui. 2022. Task 2 - Report 2: Optimising the performance of CO2-cured alkali-activated aluminosilicate indus-trial by-products as precursors: Results and discussion.
  17. B.A. Silva; R.V. Silva; J. de Brito. 2021. Production and test methods of paving blocks for the first stage of Task 5 of project RInoPolyCrete.
  18. Yoleimy Avila; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2021. Task 2 - Report 4. Results and discussion of the second experimental stage of Task 2: Pretreatment of MIBA and optimum NaOH and Na2SiO3 contents.
  19. Kassim, Dany; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2021. Task 3 - Report 3 Alkali activation of electric arc furnace slag: Optimum concentration of the alkali activator and mechanical performance of mortars.
  20. Bruna Silva; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2021. Task 5 - Report 1: Production and test methods of paving blocks for the first stage of Task 5.
  21. Yoleimy Avila; Bruna Silva; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2021. Task 3 - Report 4 Results and discussion of the experimental investigation on binary mixes containing alkali-activated municipal incinerator bottom ashes and fly ash.
  22. Kassim, Dany; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2020. Task 3 - Report 2 Test methods for the second stage of Task 3.
  23. Kurda, R.; Rui Vasco Silva; Prof. Dr. Jorge Manuel Calico Lopes de Brito. 2019. Task 1 - Report 1: Literature Review on the Influence of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash on the Performance of Alkali-Activated Materials.
  24. Kurda, Rawaz; Silva, Rui; Jorge de Brito. 2019. Task 1 - Report 2: Database on Alkali-Activated Materials Containing Municipal Solid Waste Incinera-tor Bottom Ash.
  25. Ricardo Carvalho; Silva, Rui; Jorge de Brito. 2019. Task 2 - Report 1: Optimização da Solução Alcalina na Produção de Argamassas com Cinzas de Fundo de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos Activados Alcalinamente.
  26. Sofia Casanova; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2019. Task 3 - Report 1: Influência da Cura Térmica na Produção de Argamassas com Cinzas de Fundo de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos Activadas Alcalinamente.
  27. Yoleimy Avila; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2019. Task 2 - Report 2: Further optimization of the alkaline solution for the production of mortars with al-kali-activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes.
  28. Tiago Gonçalves; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de; Bravo, Miguel; Evangelista, Luís. 2019. Task 2 - Report 1:Argamassas com Agregados Reciclados Produzidas com Dois Tipos de Óxido de Magnésio como Substituto Parcial de Cimento.
  29. Silva, Rui; Yoleimy Avila; Brito, Jorge de. 2019. Task 4 - Report 1: Lessions Learned from the Preliminary Stages of the Experimental Campaign.
  30. Yoleimy Avila; Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2019. Task 2 - Report 3. Test Methods for the Second Stage of Task 2: Optimization of the Alkali Activator.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, R.V.. "Use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in the production of structural concrete". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2015.
  2. Silva, R.V.. "Influence of curing conditions in the durability-related performance of concrete containing selected plastic waste aggregates". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2012.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Silva, Rui; Brito, Jorge de. 2022. "Alkali-activation of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash for the production of concrete pavement blocks".
    Pending

Other

Other output
  1. Mechanical Performance of Waste Fishing Net Fibre-Reinforced Gypsum Composites. 2022. Romero-Gómez, M.I.; Silva, R.V.; Flores-Colen, I.; Rubio-De-Hita, P.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85145684842&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.4281834
  2. Use of bottom ash additions in the production of concrete with recycled aggregates. 2021. DA SILVA, P.R.; Silva, R.V.; DE BRITO, J.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85103829645&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  3. Recycling waste or concrete and mortar. Advanced Topics in Construction - Teaching text for Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering,. 2019. Silva, R.V.; de Brito, J..
  4. Municipal Solid Waste Composition, Incineration, Processing and Management of Bottom Ashes. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00003-8.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00003-8
  5. Introduction. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00001-4.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00001-4
  6. Preface. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.05001-6.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.05001-6
  7. Environmental Assessment. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00008-7.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00008-7
  8. Alternative Applications. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00007-5.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00007-5
  9. Municipal Incinerated Bottom Ash Characteristics. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00004-x.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00004-x
  10. Concrete-Related Applications. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00005-1.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00005-1
  11. Case Studies and Standards. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00009-9.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00009-9
  12. Geotechnics and Road Pavements. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00006-3.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00006-3
  13. Epilogue. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00010-5.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00010-5
  14. Methodology. 2018. Ravindra K. Dhir; Jorge de Brito; Ciarán J. Lynn; Rui V. Silva. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-08-100997-0.00002-6.
    10.1016/b978-0-08-100997-0.00002-6
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 Carbon-enhanced alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes for precast concrete production 5th International Conference on Bio-Based Materials (ICBBM 2023)
2022 Concrete pavement blocks using carbon-enhanced alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes 6th International Conference on Building Materials and Materials Engineering (ICBMM 2022)
2021 Alkali activation of electric arc furnace slag: optimum concentration of the alkali activator and mechanical performance of mortars International Conference Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2021
2020 Reactive magnesium oxide as dimensional stabilizer in cementitious composites containing recycled aggregates Materials Science and Nanotechnology Conference (Future Materials 2020)
2020 Alkali activation of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes: Optimization of the alkali activa-tor Materials Science and Nanotechnology Conference (Future Materials 2020)
2019/10 Construction and Demolition Waste Experiences in Portugal I Congreso Internacional de Reciclaje de RCD
Instituto Eduardo Torroja de Madrid
2019/01 Cement-based Materials Using Waste from the Construction Industry
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
2019/01 Recycling construction and demolition wastes in Portugal - Present status and practical applications
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
2019 Closing the loop on construction and demolition waste
Università degli studi “G. d’Annunzio” (Italy)
2019 Facilitating the wider use of recycled aggregates in the production of structural concrete Prospecting urban mines and evaluating material recoverability from buildings and infrastructure
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
2018/10 Construction and demolition waste: How to close the loop? 4th International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment
National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/09 Sustainable concrete for the next century: Multi-recycled aggregate concrete Academy-Industry Forum on Advances in Structural Engineering (AIFASE)
(China)
2018/07 Sustainability in the rehabilitation of masonry structures: rendering and masonry mortars with recycled aggregates International Conference on Rehabilitation of Old Masonry Structures - CIRea2018
Auditorium of the National Headquarters of the Order of Engineers (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/02 Design of concrete with recycled aggregates according to Eurocode 2 4th International Conference on Structural Engineering, IRAST2018
(Iran)
2017 Case studies: Recycled materials, concrete applications ARCHI Summit
(Portugal)
2017 Construction and Demolition Wastes: Valorisation and Practical Applications Presentation Conference of the EU Construction and Demolition Waste Management Protocol
(Portugal)
2017 Current situation of the use of construction and demolition waste in Europe 5th National Meeting on the Use of Waste in Construction - ENARC 2017
2017 Application of Eurocode 2 to concrete with recycled aggregates GPBE, Eco Efficient Concrete Workshops
(Portugal)
2017 High performance recycled aggregate concrete
South China University of Technology (SCUT) (China)
2015/03 Properties of recycled concrete Aggregates Recycling Seminar - Building the Circular Economy: A scientific and business approach
Qatar University, (Doha, Qatar)
2015/02 Design of recycled aggregate concrete according to EC2 Seminar Construction and Demolition Wastes: A Resource to Valorise
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015 Use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes in the production of structural concrete Seminar Concrete made with recycled aggregates from CDW produced at Portuguese recycling plants
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 Recycling construction and demolition wastes in Portugal - Present status and practical applications KRRI Conference
(South Korea)
2014 Use of wastes in the production of concrete 1st Luso-Brazilian Congress of Sustainable Construction Materials - CLB-MCS 2014
Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
2014 Properties of recycled concrete Recycling concrete into concrete: a scientific and industrial perspective
École des Ponts ParisTech

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Concrete hollow blocks containing oyster shells as partial aggregate replacement
Supervisor
2021 - Current Carbon-enhancement of alkali activated industrial wastes
Co-supervisor
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2020 - Current Alkali activation of electric arc furnace slag as a binder in the production of concrete
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - Current Alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of mortars
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2024 Bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as partial cement replacement in the production of concrete
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Mechanical performance of alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of concrete with recycled aggregates
Supervisor
2021 - 2022 Durability-related performance of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of concrete with recycled aggregates
Supervisor
2018 - 2019 Alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of mortars with recycled aggregates: Influence of thermal curing
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of mortars: Optimization of the alkali activator
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Mortars with recycled aggregates produced with different types of reactive magnesium oxide as partial cement replacement
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Production of ternary mixtures of self-compacting concrete with bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Binary mixtures of self-compacting concrete with the incorporation of bottom ash resulting from the incineration of municipal solid waste
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/06/06 - 2018/06/06 Masterclass on Construction and Demolition Waste: PCDW Project - Prevention of Construction and Demolition Waste (2018/06/06 - 2018/06/06)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/09/08 - 2015/09/10 XIII Latin American Congress of Construction Pathology / XV Congress of Quality Control in Construction / Construction 2015: Luso-African Congress of Construction ALCONPAT International Congress (2015)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025 CO2 Sinks in Urban Habitats Dr. David Cantador Fernández (PhD)
2024 Gypsum-based products containing waste fishing nets, coffee capsules and cigarette filters
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Dr. María Isabel Romero Gómez (PhD)
2019 Alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of mortars with recycled aggregates: Influence of thermal curing
Supervisor
 Ana Sofia Lopes Casanova Fernandes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste as a binder in the production of mortars: Optimization of the alkali activator
Supervisor
 Ricardo Jorge Sequeiros Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 Pathology of prefabricated façades in reinforced concrete
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João António Alberto Abreu (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 Mortars with recycled aggregates produced with different types of reactive magnesium oxide as partial cement replacement
Supervisor
 Tiago Miguel Cleto Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 Production of ternary mixtures of self-compacting concrete with bottom ash from the incineration of municipal solid waste
Supervisor
 Bruno Filipe Simões Lourenço (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 Binary mixtures of self-compacting concrete with the incorporation of bottom ash resulting from the incineration of municipal solid waste
Supervisor
 Joel Ricardo Cavaco Leitão (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current RILEM

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025 - Current International Connect on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, CIVILCONNECT2025
2025 - Current IX International Conference of the Spanish Association for Structural Engineering (ACHE)
2025 - Current World Summit and Expo on 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (WSE3DPAM-2025)
2024 - Current 1st International Congress on Compliance with the Environmental SDGs
2024 - Current 5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis
2022 - Current 2nd International Conference on Construction Engineering: Towards More Sustainable Structures 2022 (ICCE 2022),
2020 - Current VIII International Conference of the Spanish Association for Structural Engineering (ACHE)
2020/06/24 - 2020/06/26 VIII International Conference of the Spanish Association for Structural Engineering (ACHE) Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - Current “End-of-life of the Laureano Gómez Bridge” - Consultant for the University of La Costa and the Colombian National Institute for Roads (INVIAS). I am the primary advisor of the entities demolishing the 1.5-km bridge on how to recycle the crushed concrete into aggregates and towards the creation of guidelines for their use in a nation-wide scale. Corporacion Universitaria de la Costa, Colombia
2021 - Current “First Portuguese Case Study on the use of Structural Recycled Aggregate Concrete” - Consultant for Gravidade International Lda, Unibetão and Vimajas (construction, concrete producer, and aggregate recycler companies, respectively). I am the main advisor on the use of recycled aggregates for structural concrete in a hotel in Sintra, Portugal.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03 - Current Advances Topics on Construction - Doctoral Program (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - Current Building and Construction Tecnology (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/02 Construction Materials II (Mestrado) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/07 Construction Materials (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/06 Advanced Topics in Construction - Recycling Waste for Concrete and Mortar Production (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Research stay in the University of Cordoba within the scope of RInoPolyCrete - The main purpose of this expedition was to study the raw materials, used in the research project, using advanced characterization methods. Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
2018 - Current Research Stay in the University of Belgrade within the scope of a bilateral research project with IST - The main purpose of this research stay was to conduct research on the use of recycled aggregates for the production of concrete and to fortify relationship with the research team in Belgrade. Univerzitet u Beogradu, Serbia
Distinctions

Award

2022 "Worlds most influential researchers in 2021"

Other distinction

2024 "Worlds most influential researchers in 2023"
2023 "Worlds most influential researchers in 2022"
2020 "Worlds most influential researchers in 2020"
2019 "Worlds most influential researchers in 2019"