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A chemical engineer and researcher with a PhD in Chemical Engineering as a part of the FCT Catalysis and Sustainability doctoral programme. I obtained my master's degree in 2015, and passed my PhD with distinction from Instituto Superior Técnico in 2021. Between 2021 and 2023 I worked as an R&D engineer at Secil Outão, in the context of the Clean Cement Line project. Therein, I developed software models for production process optimization including process and equipment digital twins, hydrogen combustion and pulsed combustion. Additionally I developed significant work in the realm of data science and data engineering, developing and deploying machine learning/deep learning models for the purpose of process control optimization and predictive maintenance. I have currently published 11 articles in scientific journals.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Duarte Morais Cecílio

Citation names

  • Cecílio, Duarte

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4A1B-DE65-EBCB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0578-1841

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Japanese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/13
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Catalysis and Sustainability
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Novel approaches to polyolefin catalysts and high performance commodity polyolefins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction
2015
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Modelling of Gas and Slurry Phase Polyolefin Production: The importance of thermodynamics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2015
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Modelling of Gas and Slurry Phase Polyolefin Production: The importance of thermodynamics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
2014
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/05/01 - 2023/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/07/01 - 2021/06/30 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/07/01 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento SA, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/02/01 - 2021/01/13 PhD Student Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/08/01 Estágio académico Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés, France
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Domingues, Bruno C.; Santos, Diogo M. F.; Mateus, Margarida; Cecílio, Duarte. "Techno-Economic Analysis of Cement Decarbonization Techniques: Oxygen Enrichment vs. Hydrogen Fuel". Hydrogen 5 1 (2024): 59-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen5010005.
    Published • 10.3390/hydrogen5010005
  2. Cecílio, Duarte M.; Mateus, Margarida; Ferreiro, Ana Isabel. "Industrial Rotary Kiln Burner Performance with 3D CFD Modeling". Fuels 4 4 (2023): 454-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fuels4040028.
    Published • 10.3390/fuels4040028
  3. Fernandes, Irina; Correia, Maria Joana Neiva; Condeço, José; Cecílio, Duarte M.; Bordado, João; Mateus, Margarida. "Industrial Scale Direct Liquefaction of E. globulus Biomass". Catalysts 13 10 (2023): 1379. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal13101379.
    Published • 10.3390/catal13101379
  4. Duarte M. Cecílio; J. Ricardo M. Gonçalves; Maria Joana Neiva Correia; Maria Margarida Mateus. "Aspen Plus® Modeling and Simulation of an Industrial Biomass Direct Liquefaction Process". Fuels (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/fuels4020014.
    10.3390/fuels4020014
  5. Mateus, Maria Margarida; Neuparth, Teresa; Cecílio, Duarte Morais. "Modern Kiln Burner Technology in the Current Energy Climate: Pushing the Limits of Alternative Fuel Substitution". Fire 6 2 (2023): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire6020074.
    Published • 10.3390/fire6020074
  6. Cecílio, Duarte M.; Cerrada, Maria L.; Pérez, Ernesto; Fernandes, Auguste; Lourenço, João Paulo; McKenna, Timothy F.L.; Ribeiro, M. Rosário. "A novel approach for preparation of nanocomposites with an excellent rigidity/deformability balance based on reinforced HDPE with halloysite". European Polymer Journal 184 (2023): 111765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111765.
    Published • 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111765
  7. Mateus, Maria Margarida; Cecílio, Duarte; Fernandes, M. Cristina; Neiva Correia, M. Joana. "Refuse derived fuels as an immediate strategy for the energy transition, circular economy, and sustainability". Business Strategy and the Environment 32 6 (2023): 3915-3926. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.3345.
    Published • 10.1002/bse.3345
  8. José R. M. Gonçalves; Duarte M. Cecílio; Raisa C. P. Oliveira; Maria M. Mateus; Diogo M. F. Santos. "Development of an Aspen Plus® Model for the Process of Hydrogen Production by Black Liquor Electrolysis". Symmetry (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14081676.
    10.3390/sym14081676
  9. "Unique stiffness-deformability features of dendrimeric silica reinforced HDPE nanocomposites obtained by an innovative route". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 331 (2022): 111619-111619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111619.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111619
  10. Duarte M. Cecílio; Auguste Fernandes; João Paulo Lourenço; Timothy F. L. McKenna; M. Rosário Ribeiro. "Innovative route for the preparation of high-performance polyolefin materials based on unique dendrimeric silica particles". Polymer Chemistry (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1PY00453K.
    10.1039/D1PY00453K
  11. "Aluminum Containing Dendrimeric Silica Nanoparticles as Promising Metallocene Catalyst Supports for Ethylene Polymerization". ChemCatChem 10 17 (2018): 3761-3769. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800534.
    10.1002/cctc.201800534