Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Maria Elisabete Ferreira Silva
Citation names
- Silva, Elisabete
- Silva, M.E.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5D17-9AF2-944C
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9478-623X
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2022/01 - 2022/06
Concluded
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Aprendizagem com base em processos de co-criação (Outros)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
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Aprovado |
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2013/12/06
Concluded
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"OPTIMIZATION OF THE HUMIFICATION PROCESS DURING COMPOSTING AND RECOVERY EVALUATION OF THE HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2003
Concluded
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Co-composting of poultry and forest wastes." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom |
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1997
Concluded
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Kinetic study of a combustion reaction in a fluidezed bed reactor" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/12/07 - Current | Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| 1999/03/01 - 2013/12/06 | Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/12/28 - Current | Coordinator of the Professional Higher Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal | ||
| 2019/05/31 - Current | Secretary of the Scientific Technical Council of the Higher School of Technology of Viseu | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal |
| 2023/01/02 - 2024/12/31 | Director of the Master Degree in Environmental Technologies | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| 2023/02/01 - 2024/07/01 | Pro-president | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal | ||
| 2016/09/01 - 2021/09/30 | Coordinator of the Professional Higher Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal |
| Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998/01/01 - 1999/01/01 | Profissional Internship | Extrusal, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | OPTIMIZAÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE HUMIFICAÇÃO DURANTE A COMPOSTAGEM E AVALIAÇÃO DO POTENCIAL DE RECUPERA-ÇÃO DE SUBSTÂNCIAS HÚMICAS
SFRH/BD/43807/2008
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02/10 - Current | RED CRUSOÉ
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centro de Estudos em Educação, Tecnologias e Saúde
UID/Multi/04016/2019
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Centro de Estudos em Educação Tecnologia e Saúde, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biológicas
UID/AGR/04033/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UID/EQU/00511/2019
154652UID
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | Strategic Project - UI 528 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/AGR/UI0528/2011
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/15 - 2023/10/15 | BioVALOR - Florestal Ecopoint : Integrated Valorization of Biomass and digitalization of its management
PI&Di/CISeD/003/2021
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Centro de Investigação em Serviços Digitais, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2021/01/02 - 2022/12/30 | Forest4Future | PP 21 - Pilot project for the economic valorization of pine cones and pine nuts in the Central Region (VEPP)
Forest4Future
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2020/04/01 - 2021/09/30 | PROJ/IPV/ID&I/0019_WASTECLEAN - Integration of agri-food waste rich in phytochemical and bioactive compounds into sustainable
agriculture
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/0019
Researcher
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Caixa Geral de Depositos
Ongoing
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| 2020/03/02 - 2021/09/02 | PROJ/IPV/ID&I/0018_ Environmental Assessment of Sustainable Products in the Granite Processing Industry (AAPSITG)
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/0018
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Caixa Geral de Depositos
Ongoing
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| 2019/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | S2D Solar Dehydrator - Thermodynamic study and optimization of the solar dryer
Desidratador Solar S2D
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2021/01/13 - 2021/07/18 | 21004 - Planning study of the bio-waste collection and recovery system in the 18 AMRPB Municipalities
21004
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2020/07/27 - 2020/10/27 | Summer With Science - Circular Economy: Development of Sustainable Solutions
Verão Com Ciência
Supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2019/09/01 - 2020/09/30 | LIFE LANDSCAPE FIRE PROJECT - New methodologies for forest fire prevention - LIFE18 ENV/PT/000361
LIFE18 ENV/PT/000361
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2015/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | PROJ/CI&DETS/2015/0003: Optimization of the material and energy recovery of organic waste from the Association of Municipalities
of the Planalto Beirão Region
PROJ/CI&DETS/2015/0003
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Centro de Estudos em Educação Tecnologia e Saúde
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book chapter |
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| Conference abstract |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Preprint |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/06/27 | Burned Soils Regeneration Practices: preliminary studies | 12th International Conference on Sustainable Solid waste management
University of Athens (Pafos, Cyprus)
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| 2023/06/23 | Forest waste biomass valorisation: Effect of mixed materials and operational management in the compost quality | 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
National Technical University of Athens (Chania, Greece)
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| 2022/06/17 | Assessment of Energetic Potential from Automobile Industry Textile Wastes - Potential for RDF Production | 9th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
National Technical University of Athens (Corfu, Greece)
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| 2022/06/16 | CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY-POTENTIAL RECOVERY BY THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE COMPOST PRODUCED FROM BIO-WASTE | 9th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
National Technical University of Athens (Corfu, Greece)
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| 2021/12/06 | A Tool for a Sustainable Tourism sector in Portugal – A Carbon Footprint Calculator | ICCESUS – International Conference on Communication and Environmental Sustainability
(Viseu, Portugal)
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| 2021/10/21 | QUANTIFICATION OF LAMINATED CARTON PACKAGES PRESENT IN THE REJECTED FRACTION OF THE SCREENING SYSTEM AVAILABLE FOR VALORIZATION. | 9.º ENASB/12ª JTIR
Politécnico de Viseu (Viseu, Portugal)
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| 2021/07/02 | Green Chemistry: Determination of Humic Compounds, Humic Acids and Fulvic Acids by Low Volume Colorimetry | CMR | International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research
Politécnico de Viseu (Viseu, Portugal)
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| 2021/07/01 | Environmental Impact Assessment of a Waste Management in a Countertop Production Based on LCA Approach | CMR | International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research
Politécnico de Viseu (Viseu, Portugal)
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| 2021/05/21 | Carbon Footprint of Tourism Sector in Portugal – Calculator development | TOURMAN 2021 Restarting tourism, travel and hospitality: The day after
( Thessaloniki, Greece)
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| 2021/04/03 | Carbon Footprint of Tourism sector in Portugal – study case of a 3 stars hotel | International Conference MTCON´21 – Managing Tourism Across Continents
(Turkey)
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| 2019/09/04 | Influence of heavy metals fractions on compost quality. | WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities 5th International Conference, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, September 4– 6. WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities 5th International Conference, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, September 4– 6. |
| 2018/10/29 | Characterization of wastewater from landfills – amount and type of humic substances extracted from leachate. | International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering (REEE 2018), Paris, França
(Paris)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/11/01 - Current | Life Cycle Assessment of a New Material for Use in Furniture SimplyCeram Panel - Case Study
Supervisor
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Master in Environmental Technologies (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2022/12/04 - 2023/12/04 | Development of a Carbon Footprint Calculator with application to the industrial sector. Case study of the textile industry
sector
Supervisor
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Master in Environmental Thecnologies (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2022/12/04 - 2023/11/28 | Assessment of Ecosystem Services in the Fraguinha area in the Arada mountain range
Supervisor
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Master in Environmental Technologies (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2022 - 2022 | Potencial de produção de biogás e de bioestimulante para plantas resultantes da digestão anaeróbia por via seca aplicada a
resíduos agro-florestais
Supervisor
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Tecnologias Ambientais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2021/05/07 - 2021/06/15 | Urban Waste Management: case study from the Municipality of Moimenta da Beira
Supervisor
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Licenciatura em Engenharia do Ambiente (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2021/04/06 - 2021/05/24 | Gestão de Resíduos numa Indústria de Cortiça: Caso de Estudo da Cork Supply Portugal 4 - Rolhas Técnicas.
Supervisor
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Licenciatura em Engenharia do Ambiente (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2021 - 2021 | Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida de um Novo Material para Utilização em Mobiliário – Caso de Estudo do Painel SimplyCeram
Supervisor
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Tecnologias Ambientais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2019/12/01 - 2020/12/21 | Development and Validation of a Carbon Footprint Calculation Tool Applied to the National Tourism Sector
Supervisor
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Master in Environmental Technologies (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/06/05 - 2023/06/06 | GREENWEEK 2023_ 3.º WORKSHOP: TOWARDS ZERO POLLUTION (2023/06/05 - 2023/06/06)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| 2021/03/08 - 2021/06/04 | 1st International Workshop - Towards Zero Pollution (2021/06/04 - 2021/06/04)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/02/11 | Otimização das Operações de Recolha de Resíduos e Limpeza Urbana
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rui Pedro Costa Santos (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2014/12/19 | Otimização de procedimentos de Gestão Ambiental na empresa F. Ramada, aços e Indústria, S.A
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Carina Alexandra Almeida Branco (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2014/12/19 | Otimização da Operação e Manutenção de um Sistema de Separação de Resíduos – Centro de Tratamento de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos
da AMRPB
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria Glória Rodrigues Rojas (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2014/12/17 | Gestão Ambiental na Duqubel: Planeamento ambiental
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sofia Alexandre Santos Neves (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
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Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/12/06 - 2021/12/07 | ICCESUS – International Conference on Communication and Environmental Sustainability | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu |
| 2021/09/12 - 2021/09/16 | 9.º ENASB/12ª JTIR | APESB |
| 2021/06/04 - 2021/06/04 | 1st International Workshop - Towards Zero Pollution | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2017 | Certificate of best article at 9th International Conference on Waste Management, Recycling and Environment |
| 2015 | Certificate of best published article 2015 - engineering, technology, management and tourism group |
| 2014 | Certificate of best published article 2014 - engineering, technology, management and tourism group |
