Ana Sofia Mendes Pessoa (4011-501A-5226)

Curriculum Vitae

Graduated from the Engineering Faculty of the University of Porto (FEUP) in 2018. In 2019 began her PhD on the "Experimental and numerical study towards thermally efficient 3D printed walls". Resilient, able to work autonomously and with excellent communication skills. Curious about new components and materials for Construction, with a genuine love for learning. Looking forward to finding new ways of creating synergies between Technology and Construction.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Sofia Mendes Pessoa

Citation names

Pessoa, Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4011-501A-5226
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6368-5348
Scopus Author Id: 57218252506

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiapessoa/ (Professional)
https://www.digifeup3dc.com/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/04 - 2023/05 Concluded	Generative Design with Rhino + Grasshopper (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2023 Ongoing	Doctoral Programme in Civil Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/09 - 2018/07 Concluded	Integrated Master's Degree in Civil Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Major in Building Construction Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Improvement of the acoustic performance of a classroom with waste materials" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 out of 20
2017/05 - 2017/06 Concluded	Autodesk Revit (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Centro de Serviços e Apoio às Empresas (CESAE), Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/04 Concluded	Excel - Macros and VBA (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Centro de Serviços e Apoio às Empresas (CESAE), Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/11 Concluded	AutoCad (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Centro de Serviços e Apoio às Empresas (CESAE), Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/05 - 2022/08	Researcher (Research)	Erasmus Plus, Belgium
	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
2019/01 - 2019/09	Researcher (Research)	University of Porto - Engineering Faculty, Portugal
	University of Porto - Engineering Faculty, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/01	Researcher (Research)	University of Porto - Institute of R&D in Structures and Construction (CONSTRUCT), Portugal
	University of Porto - Engineering Faculty, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/09 - Current	Experimental and numerical study towards thermally efficient 3D printed walls PD/BD/150398/2019 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/05 - 2022/08	Study of the application of thermal mortar in 3D printed walls OCEAN4 (2020-I-PT0I-KAI03-077746) Researcher Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2018/10 - 2019/01	Social GREEN project, Regional Policies towards Greening the Social Housing Sector (funded by INTERREG Europe program) IP4.3/9.8 of ROP NORTE 2020 Research Fellow University of Porto - Engineering Faculty, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/01 - 2022/08	TherBlock 3DP, MIT-EXPL/TDI/0041/2019 MIT-EXPL/TDI/0041/2019 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Jesus, Manuel; Costa, Joana; Teixeira, João; Pessoa, Sofia; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Rangel, Bárbara; Moreira, Luís; et al. "Use of Waste Materials to Reduce Cement and Natural Aggregates in 3D Printing Mortars". 2023. Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-09319-7_6 Jesus, Manuel; Teixeira, João; Lino Alves, Jorge; Pessoa, Sofia; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Rangel, Bárbara. "Potential Use of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Cementitious Mortars for 3D Printing". In Materials Design and Applications IV. 2022. Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-18130-6_7
Conference paper	Pessoa, Sofia; Jesus, Manuel; Freitas, Vasco Peixoto de; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Lucas, Sandra; Simões, Nuno. "Numerical study on the conditioned drying process of a thermal mortar applied in 3D printed concrete walls". Paper presented in CEES2023 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Funchal, 2023. Published Jesus, Manuel; Pessoa, Sofia; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Rangel, Bárbara; Lino Alves, Jorge. "A reflection on sustainable opportunities for 3D Printing in Construction". Paper presented in CEES 2023 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Funchal, 2023. Published Prata, Joana; Abreu, Luís; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Pessoa, Sofia; Pinto, Armando; Simões, Nuno. "Evaluation of dynamic behaviour of linear thermal bridges of 3D Printing Construction". Paper presented in CEES2023 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Funchal, 2023. Published Pessoa, Sofia; Jesus, Manuel; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Lucas, Sandra; Simões, Nuno. "Upcoming challenges on the application of thermal insulation in 3D printed building elements". Paper presented in CEES2021 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Coimbra, 2021. Published Carvalho, António P. O.; Pessoa, Sofia. "Improvement of the acoustic performance of a classroom with waste materials". Paper presented in International conference FIA 2018 - 11th IberoAmerican Congress on Acoustics held by the Engineering Faculty of Cadiz University, Cadiz, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Martins, Gonçalo; Pessoa, Sofia; Jesus, Manuel; Ana Mafalda Matos; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Pereira, Pedro; Rangel, Bárbara. "Characterization of a Cement Mixture for 3D Printing". Paper presented in 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2023. Pessoa, Sofia; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Lucas, Sandra; Simões, Nuno. "Thermally efficient solutions for 3D printing". Paper presented in Digital Concrete 2020 - RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication, 2020. Conceição, P.; Freitas, Vasco Peixoto de; Vázquez, I. B.; Guimarães, Ana Sofia; Pessoa, Sofia; Cruz, F.; Magalhães, S.; Curado, A.. "Social Green Interreg Europe: regional policies towards greening the social housing sector". Paper presented in Construct Day 2019, 2019.
Journal article	Sofia Pessoa; Manuel Jesus; Ana S. Guimarães; Sandra S. Lucas; Nuno Simões. "Experimental characterisation of hygrothermal properties of a 3D printed cementitious mortar". Case Studies in Construction Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02355. Published • 10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02355 S. Pessoa; A.S. Guimarães; S.S. Lucas; N. Simões. "3D printing in the construction industry - A systematic review of the thermal performance in buildings". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 141 (2021): 110794-110794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.110794. Published • 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110794 Pessoa, Sofia; Guimarães, Ana Sofia. "The 3D printing challenge in buildings". E3S Web of Conferences 172 (2020): 19005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017219005. Published • 10.1051/e3sconf/202017219005
Thesis / Dissertation	Pessoa, Ana. "Improvement of the acoustic performance of a classroom with waste materials". Master, University of Porto - Engineering Faculty, 2018.
Working paper	Conceição, Paulo; Freitas, Vasco; Vásquez, Isabel; Guimarães, Ana; Pessoa, Ana; Magalhães, Sílvia; Cruz, Filipe; Curado, António. 2019. "Regional Agenda for the Improvement of Energy Efficiency in Social Housing in the Northern Region of Portugal".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/06	Numerical study on the conditioned drying process of a thermal mortar applied in 3D printed concrete walls	CEES2023 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability (Funchal, Portugal)
2023/06	Preliminary study of the application of thermal mortar in 3D printed concrete walls	NSB 2023 - 13th Nordic Symposium on Buidling Physics (Aalborg, Denmark)
2018/10	Improvement of the acoustic performance of a classroom with waste materials	International conference FIA 2018 - 11th IberoAmerican Congress on Acoustics University of Cadiz - Engineering Faculty (Cadiz, Spain)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2017/04 - 2017/04	Civil Engineering Conference (2017/04 - 2017/04) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	IACES - LC Porto (International Association of Civil Engineering Students - Porto Local Committee), Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020/09/06 - 2020/09/09	NSB2020 Tallinn - 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics Conference	NSB2020 Tallinn - 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estonia
2020/07/06 - 2020/07/09	Digital Concrete 2020 - 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication Conference	Digital Concrete 2020 - 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Technology Innovation and Society, Netherlands

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2015/09 - 2017/09	IACES - LC Porto (International Association of Civil Engineering Students - Porto Local Committee)	Member of the Logistics Department

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2015/10 - 2016/07	Tutor in the CIVIL'in Extracurricular Project - support program for new civil engineering students at FEUP	Alvaro Eduardo da Silva de Abreu; Mafalda de Castro Ferreira

Distinctions

Award

2018	Award Prof. João Lopes Porto Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal