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Dr. Pedro Martins has investigated the mechanics and structure of female soft biological tissues and medical implants since he started his PhD in 2004. With the thesis, "Experimental and Numerical Studies of Soft Biological Tissues", he studied the nonlinear mechanical behavior of the human female pelvic tissues and developed experimental and data fitting techniques, with a PhD fellowship from (FCT) Portuguese Science Foundation. With colleagues from UNIZAR (Spain), he developed constitutive models for the mechanical behavior of vaginal tissue that included the nonlinear elastic and the inelastic (damage region) behavior. The mechanical characterization of female pelvic tissues was extended in collaboration with colleagues from UFMG (Brazil), allowing a broad overview of the mechanical behavior of pelvic tissues and organs. In parallel he studied the mechanical properties of implants (textile meshes) used in pelvic floor repair in collaboration with colleagues from UNIFESP (Brazil). He has experience in research as well as teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses. He has supervised 5 PhD students (2 finished, 3 ongoing), 15 Master students (15 finished) and 2 Post-doc researchers. He has been a researcher in 17 R&D projects and the PI of 4 of those projects. During his Post-Doctoral years, he received 2 Post-Doc fellowships and a research contract (FCT), having participated in several research projects and being the PI in 4. These projects provided research funding to support 2 (ongoing) PhD theses and 15 Masters theses, in subjects aligned with his main research line. Project UROSPHINX studied the male urinary sphincter and pelvic tissues in general. This funding supported a PhD work in collaboration with colleagues from KU Leuven (Belgium), which led to investigations on the mechanics, and structure of female pelvic tissues, using animal models. One outcome was the linear correlation between collagen content and nonlinear mechanical behavior of vaginal tissue. The Histologically Motivated (HM) parameter, combining Holzapfel-Gasser-Ogden model coefficients, fitted the correlation. The HM parameter allows to estimate the mechanical behavior of pelvic tissues using histological information. Other supported PhD research was an experimental analysis of rupture of breast implants. This research in collaboration with plastic surgeons, detected fatigue phenomena in implants, pointing to mechanisms of shell failure, and the need to improve fabrication techniques. His current research includes the mechanical compatibility between breast soft tissues and biodegradable scaffolds (ongoing PhD supervision) in collaboration with Gent University and minimally invasive solutions for human motor rehabilitation (ongoing PhD supervision) based on electroactive polymers. This research is supported by project MimBI (FCT) aimed at the mechanical improvement of breast implants, which includes the development and modeling of soft, biomimetic, and biocompatible materials. Since January 2020, he has been a visiting scholar with the Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB) research group from the Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), UNIZAR (Spain). As of November 2021, he is an ARAID Researcher, holding a research contract with the Aragonese Foundation for Research and Development (ARAID), and having i3A has host institution. He has been the director and coordinator of the Biomechanics laboratory at INEGI (Porto, Portugal) until November 2021. The main focus of the laboratory is to provide the tools and means for the mechanical characterization of soft materials, mainly (but not exclusively), soft biological tissues, soft implant materials and biomaterials. He is author and co-author of 56 research papers published in international peer reviewed journals, with over 1800 citations in SCOPUS (over 2600 with Google scholar metrics) and an h-index of 19. He authored and co-authored over 170 conference works.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Alexandre Lopes de Sousa Martins
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Martins, Pedro
  • Pedro A.L.S. Martins
  • Pedro Martins
  • P. Martins
  • P. A. L. S. Martins
  • Pedro A. L. S. Martins
  • Pedro S. Martins

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
651F-8D6A-BB89
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9732-4498
AuthenticusID
R-000-KEJ
Google Scholar ID
fGi8gpoAAAAJ
Researcher Id
H-4313-2011
Scopus Author Id
8069663100

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/11/02
Concluded
 Mechanical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Biomechanics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Experimental and Numerical Studies of Soft Biological Tissues" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Honors
2001
Concluded
 Physics - Scientific Branch (Licenciatura)
Major in Theoretical Physics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Study of the dielectric properties of the ferroelectric phases of a liquid crystal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigacion y Desarrollo, Spain
Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), Spain
2016/09/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2021/10/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
(...)
2016/09/01 - 2019/05/14 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2019/05/14 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
(...)
2010/12/01 - 2016/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2007/12/31 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2010/12/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/01 - 2021/10 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2008/09 - 2015/01 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/09/01 - 2019/05/14 Epidemiological model of Urinary Incontinence (UI) based on mechano-biological models.
SFRH/BPD/111846/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/12/01 - 2016/08/31 Multiscale analysis of the biomechanical behavior of female pelvic cavity tissues.
SFRH/BPD/71080/2010
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2010 Experimental and Numerical Studies of Soft Biological Tissues.
SFRH/BD/41841/2007
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2007/07/31 LITEBUS - Modular Lightweight Sandwich bus Structure
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/83734/PT
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 European Union
Concluded
2000/12 - 2004/05 MODELLING AND PROOF VALIDATION OF HYDROFORMED ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS
Provided by PTCRIS: 33640
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2003/01/01 - 2004/03/31 Modelling of Female Pelvic Floor Damage and its Clinical Significance
POCTI/ESP/46835/2002
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/01/01 - 2004/03/31 Long Life Pipe Technology to save energy, reduce power station CO2 emissions and reduce process plant leakage
TST5-CT-2006-031321
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2001/09/01 - 2003/12/31 Long term properties of polymer concretes
POCTI/ECM/35955/1999
Provided by PTCRIS: 35955
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aerospace
LA/P/0079/2020
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2024/08/31 PID2020-113822RB-C21: Mechanical evaluation of tendinomuscular regeneration and application of digital twins.
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidad de Zaragoza Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Spain

Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), Spain
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Ongoing
2021/03 - 2024/03 Filamentos dentados pre-tensionados para correção transvaginal do prolapso do compartimento anterior e posterior
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EMD-EMD/2229/2020
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/03 - 2024/02 Efeitos de cargas cíclicas em células cancerígenas da bexiga
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EME-APL/1342/2020
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDP/50022/2020
UIDB/50022/2020
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/11 - 2021/09 MImBI - Mechanical Improvement of Breast Implants
PTDC/EME-APL/29875/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 UROSPHINX - Physiology and mechanics of the male urinary sphincter
PTDC/BIM-MEC/4507/2014
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/07/01 - 2017/12/31 Characterization, simulation and optimization of prostheses and arterial stents (INTERNAL CALL)
UID/EMS/50022/2013 - Arterial
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics
Concluded
2015/07/01 - 2017/12/31 NEMESIS - Nonlinear Mixed Effects (NLME) Models applied to the Mechanical Testing of Biomaterials (INTERNAL CALL)
UID/EMS/50022/2013 - NEMESIS
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics
Concluded
2011 - 2015 Biomechanics: contributions to the healthcare
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000035
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2013/05/31 Numerical simulation and production of polymeric functionally graded materials
PTDC/EME-PME/110084/2009
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/05 - 2013/04 Methodologies to Analyze Organs from Complex Medical Images - Applications to Female Pelvic Cavity
Provided by PTCRIS: 103320
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009/04/01 - 2012/03/31 Cardiovascular Imaging Modeling and Simulation - SIMCARD
UTAustin/CA/0047/2008
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/07/01 - 2010/09/30 BIOPELVIC - Study of Female Pelvic Floor Disorders
PTDC/SAU-BEB/71459/2006
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01 - 2008/12 Advanced Passive Safety Network
Provided by PTCRIS: 82355
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Martins, Pedro. Atas do 5o Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica · Book of Abstracts 5th Portuguese Congress on Biomechanics. Sersilito-Empresa Gráfica. 2013.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. P. A. L. S. Martins. "EMG Signals as a Way to Control Soft Actuators". 50-58. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10015-4_4
  2. P. A. L. S. Martins. "Elastic Properties of Normal Breast Tissues Using an Indentation Protocol - Preliminary Study". 281-289. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10015-4_24
  3. "Soft materials for exoskeleton development". 5-8. {CRC, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-2
  4. "3D bioprinting: Parameters optimization for agarose". 39-42. {CRC, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-10
  5. "Male Sphincter-Urinary System Behavior Under a Valsalva Maneuver". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-43195-2_54
  6. "Virtual Reality Tools Applied to the Male Urinary System: Visualization and Interaction". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-43195-2_55
  7. Ramião, N.; Zanata, F.; Fortoul, T.; Nahas, F.X.; Ferreira, L.M.; Martins, P.; Fernandes, A.A.; da Luz Barroso, M.; Santos, D.C.. "Breast implants: Far beyond just aesthetic surgery". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71574-2_7
  8. Gentil, Fernanda; Carla Santos; Marco Parente; Pedro Alexandre Lopes de Sousa Martins; Natal Jorge, Renato; Eurico de Almeida. "Otosclerosis-ear disease in women". 181. Porto, Portugal: Taylor & Francis, 2016.
    Published
  9. "Evaluation of the shell properties of the PIP breast implants". edited by Renato Natal Jorge, Teresa Mascarenhas, Jos{\'{e, 85-88. Taylor \& Francis, 2016.
    10.1201/9781315644622-29
  10. "Constitutive modeling of vaginal tissue in the transverse direction of fibers". edited by Renato Natal Jorge, Teresa Mascarenhas, Jos{\'{e, 201-204. Taylor \& Francis, 2016.
    10.1201/9781315644622-58
  11. "Biomechanical study of changes in buccal bone structure induced by expansion screw". edited by Natal Jorge, R.M.; Santos, S\'{o, 17-21. CRC Press, 2010.
Conference paper
  1. Pinto, Sergio; Andre, Antonio; Martins, Pedro; P. A. L. S. Martins. "Virtual Reality in the Study of the Male Urinary System". Paper presented in 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19), Funchal, 2019.
    10.1109/expat.2019.8876528
  2. Martins, Pedro; Pinto, Sergio; Andre, Antonio. "Interactive DEMOnstration of Medical Simulations using a Virtual Reality approach: Application to the Male Urinary System". Funchal, 2019.
    10.1109/expat.2019.8876516
  3. "Visualization and Interaction with the Male Urinary System using Virtual Reality". 2019.
    10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692568
  4. "A histological basis for the nonlinear behavior of pelvic tissues (#073)". 2018.
  5. "Pregnancy induced changes of pelvic floor soft tissues: the relationship between biomechanical and histological parameters (Abstract 739)". 2017.
  6. "Effect of multiple deliveries on biomechanical properties of pelvic organ tissues". 2017.
  7. Ramiao, N.; Martins, P.; Fernandes, A.A.; Da Luz Barroso, M.; Santos, D.. "Mechanical tests in all regions of the PIP breast implants". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088836
  8. Arroyave G., A.I.; Lima, R.G.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Ramião, N.; Jorge, R.M.N.. "Methodology for mechanical characterization of soft biological tissues: Arteries". 2015.
    10.1016/j.proeng.2015.07.012
  9. Martins, R.; Martins, P.; Mascarenhas, T.; Jorge, R.N.. "Evaluation of material model parameters of vaginal tissue with different fiber orientation". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088847
  10. Jorge, R.M.N.; Belinha, J.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Parente, M.P.L.; Leite-Moreira, A.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.. "Preface". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088800
  11. "Numerical and experimental assessement of the displacement field on pdms sample". 2015.
  12. "Using evolutionary optimization to determine the mechanical properties of biomaterials". 2015.
  13. "Rupture of breast implants: a mechanical analysis using uniaxial tensile tests". 2015.
  14. "A quasi user-independent meshless method for the analysis of plates". 2015.
  15. Braga, I.; Rocha, D.; Utsch, R.; Las Casas, E.; Andrade, R.; Braga, R.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "3D Finite Element biomechanical model of the mandible-mucosaexpander apparatus set". 2014.
  16. Ramiao, N.; Martins, P.; Fernandes, A.A.. "Biomechanical properties of breast tissue". 2013.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2013.6518432
  17. Rynkevic, R.; Martins, P.; Parente, M.; Natal, R.; Barroso, M.; Santos, D.. "Implant shape influence on the mechanical behavior of breast implants". 2013.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2013.6518409
  18. Gentil, Fernanda; Parente, Marco; Martins, Pedro; Garbe, Carolina; Almeida, Eurico; Tavares, João Manuel R. S.; Jorge, Renato Natal. "Stapedotomy-hough technique to correct otosclerosis". 2013.
    10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70184-7
  19. Mendonça, Bebiana Alexandra Bragança; Ribeiro, J.E.; Lopes, Hernani; Martins, Pedro; Vaz, M.A.P.; Gomes, J.F.S.. "Displacement and strain field assessment of PDMS using digital image correlation". 2013.
  20. Garbe, C.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Natal Jorge, R.; Gentil, F.; Paço, J.. "Stress analysis of the tympanic membrane through image". 2012.
  21. Garbe, Carolina; Gentil, Fernanda; Parente, Marco; Martins, Pedro; Jorge, Renato Natal. "Study of the stress of the tensor tympani muscle for different cases of the eardrum.". 2012.
    10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70187-2
  22. "(PAPER REF: 2870) Study of the effect of different eardrum through the analysis of stapedius muscle strain". 2012.
  23. "(PAPER REF: 2826) Use of reverse engineering tools to create a test-bed for evaluation of house mechanical ventilation systems". 2012.
  24. "(PAPER REF: 2824) Fem analysis of a face vented mask interface based on one in-vitro model". 2012.
  25. "(PAPER REF: 2854 ) Otosclerosis and its correction". 2012.
  26. Martins, P.A.L.S.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Silva-Filho, A.L.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Mascarenhas, T.; Ferreira, A.J.M.. "Possible relations between female pelvic pathologies and soft tissue properties". 2011.
  27. Gentil, F.; Garbe, C.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Natal Jorge, R.M.. "The action of middle ear muscles using the finite element method". 2011.
  28. Trindade, V.L.A.; Santos, S.; Parente, M.P.L.; Martins, P.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Fernandes, J.. "Mechanical properties of temporalis muscle: A preliminary study". 2011.
  29. "Stapes replacement-different ways to replace its function". 2011.
  30. "Development of computational model to analyze the influence of fiber direction in the Tympanic Membrane". 2011.
  31. Ribeiro, J.E.; Martins, Pedro; Monteiro, Jaime; Vaz, M.A.P.; Lopes, H.. "Caracterização do campo de deslocamentos em tecidos hiperelásticos". 2009.
  32. Gentil, F.; Ferreira, A.; Jorge, R.N.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Alexandre, F.; Almeida, E.. "Biomechanical analysis of the human middle ear". 2008.
  33. Martins, P.; Jorge, R.N.; Fernandes, A.; Ferreira, A.; Mascarenhas, T.. "Image processing on the Poisson ratio calculation of soft tissues". 2008.
  34. Martins, P.; Jorge, R.N.; Ferreira, A.. "Tracking the 3D deformation of hexahedric samples, using video information from two perpendicular faces. Application to uniaxial tension tests of hyperelastic materials". 2007.
  35. Alexandre, F.; Gentil, F.; Milheiro, C.; Martins, P.; Fernandes, A.A.; Jorge, R.N.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Parente, M.P.L.; Mascarenhas, T.. "3D reconstruction of the middle ear for FEM simulation". 2007.
  36. "On the use of numerical simulation techniques to study the deformation field of the pelvic floor muscles". 2007.
  37. Martins, P.A.L.S.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Ferreira, A.J.M.. "Determination of material parameters for different hyperelastic models". 2005.
Journal article
  1. António Diogo André; Bruno Areias; Ana Margarida Teixeira; Sérgio Pinto; P. A. L. S. Martins. "Mechanical Behaviour of Human and Porcine Urethra: Experimental Results, Numerical Simulation and Qualitative Analysis". Applied Sciences 12 21 (2022): 10842-10842. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122110842.
    10.3390/app122110842
  2. P. A. L. S. Martins. "Characterisation of Polycaprolactone scaffolds made by melt electrospinning writing for pelvic organ prolapse correction - a pilot study". Materials Today Communications (2022): 104101-104101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104101.
    10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104101
  3. "Cog Threads for Transvaginal Prolapse Repair: Ex-Vivo Studies of a Novel Concept". Surgeries 3 2 (2022): 101-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/surgeries3020012.
    10.3390/surgeries3020012
  4. "Characterisation of Polycaprolactone Scaffolds Made by Melt Electrospinning Writing for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Correction- a Pilot Study". SSRN Electronic Journal (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4036396.
    10.2139/ssrn.4036396
  5. Martins, Pedro. "The lack of neuropeptide Y-Y 1 receptor signaling modulates the chemical and mechanical properties of bone matrix". The FASEB Journal (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.201902796r.
    10.1096/fj.201902796r
  6. Martins, Pedro. "Mechanical characterisation of an organic phantom candidate for breast tissue". Journal of Biomaterials Applications (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885328219895738.
    10.1177/0885328219895738
  7. Martins, Pedro. "Predicting the mechanical response of the vaginal wall in ball burst tests based on histology". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.34534.
    10.1002/jbm.b.34534
  8. Martins, Pedro. "In vitro simulation of in vivo degradation and cyclic loading of novel degradable electrospun meshes for prolapse repair". Polymer Testing (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2019.105957.
    10.1016/j.polymertesting.2019.105957
  9. Martins, Pedro. "Biomechanical analysis of intact versus ruptured Poly Implant Prothèse breast implants". Interface Focus (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2018.0086.
    10.1098/rsfs.2018.0086
  10. Martins, Pedro. "Mechanical analysis of PDMS material using biaxial test". AIMS Materials Science 6 1 (2019): 97-110.
    10.3934/matersci.2019.1.97
  11. Rynkevic, R.; Ferreira, J.; Martins, P.; Parente, M.; Fernandes, A.A.. "Linking hyperelastic theoretical models and experimental data of vaginal tissue through histological data". Journal of Biomechanics 82 (2019): 271-279. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057046634&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.10.038
  12. Rynkevic, R.; Martins, P.; Andre, A.; Parente, M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Almeida, H.; Fernandes, A.A.. "The effect of consecutive pregnancies on the ovine pelvic soft tissues: Link between biomechanical and histological components". Annals of Anatomy 222 (2019): 166-172. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85060845658&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aanat.2018.12.002
  13. Afonso JS; Martins PS; Barbosa GF; Ferreira L; Girao MJBC. "Pedagogical mediation using the virtual learning environment and the new generation: A search for improved performance in medical education.". Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30013995.
  14. Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "Maximization of fundamental frequency of layered composites using differential evolution optimization". Composite Structures 183 1 (2018): 77-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011277929&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.01.037
  15. Rynkevic, R.; Martins, P.; Hympanova, L.; Almeida, H.; Fernandes, A.A.; Deprest, J.. "Biomechanical and morphological properties of the multiparous ovine vagina and effect of subsequent pregnancy". Journal of Biomechanics 57 (2017): 94-102. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018671429&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.03.023
  16. Ramião, N.G.; Martins, P.S.; Barroso, M.L.; Santos, D.C.; Fernandes, A.A.. "Breast implants rupture induced by fatigue phenomena". Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 70 4 (2017): 552-553. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011034441&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bjps.2017.01.002
  17. Rynkevic, R.; Martins, P.; Pereira, F.; Ramião, N.; Fernandes, A.A.. "In vitro study of the mechanical performance of hernia mesh under cyclic loading". Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 28 11 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029950286&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10856-017-5984-6
  18. Ramião, N.G.; Martins, P.S.; Barroso, M.L.; Santos, D.C.; Fernandes, A.A.. "In vitro degradation of polydimethylsiloxanes in breast implant applications". Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials 15 4 (2017): e369-e375. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85034435932&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5301/jabfm.5000354
  19. Ramião, N.A.G.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Barroso, M.L.; Santos, D.C.; Pereira, F.B.R.; Fernandes, A.A.. "Mechanical Performance of Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) Breast Implants: A Comparative Study". Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 41 2 (2017): 250-264. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010764299&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00266-017-0776-4
  20. Ribeiro, J.; Lopes, H.; Martins, P.; Martins, Pedro. "A hybrid method to characterise the mechanical behaviour of biological hyper-elastic tissues". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization 5 3 (2017): 157-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85006202018&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/21681163.2015.1034295
  21. Ramião, N.G.; Martins, P.S.; Barroso, M.L.; Santos, D.C.; Fernandes, A.A.. "An experimental analysis of shell failure in breast implants". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 72 (2017): 22-28. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018518588&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.04.005
  22. Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Jorge, R.M.N.. "Differential evolution for free vibration optimization of functionally graded nano beams". Composite Structures 156 (2016): 29-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.03.052.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.03.052
  23. Gentil, F.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Garbe, C.; Santos, C.; Areias, B.; Branco, C.; Paço, J.; Jorge, R.N.. "Effects of the fibers distribution in the human eardrum: A biomechanical study". Journal of Biomechanics 49 9 (2016): 1518-1523. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978322446&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.03.030
  24. Berdich, K.; Gentil, F.; Parente, M.; Garbe, C.; Santos, C.; Paço, J.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Martins, P.; Faur, N.. "Finite element analysis of the transfer of sound in the myringosclerotic ear". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 19 3 (2016): 248-256. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947489386&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10255842.2015.1010526
  25. Ramião, N.G.; Martins, P.S.; Rynkevic, R.; Fernandes, A.A.; Barroso, M.; Santos, D.C.. "Biomechanical properties of breast tissue, a state-of-the-art review". Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 15 5 (2016): 1307-1323. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957608546&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10237-016-0763-8
  26. Garbe, C.; Gentil, F.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Santos, C.; Branco, C.; Paço, J.; Natal Jorge, R.. "Study of the middle ear behavior considering the presence of fluid,Estudo do comportamento do ouvido médio considerando a presença de fluido". Revista Internacional de Metodos Numericos para Calculo y Diseno en Ingenieria 32 3 (2016): 188-191. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931858056&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rimni.2015.05.001
  27. "Microstructural vaginal tissue transformations in virgin, pregnant and postpartum ewes.". Neurourology and Urodynamics 35 (2016): S150-S152. https://www.ics.org/Abstracts/Publish/326/000178.pdf.
  28. Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Jorge, R.M.N.. "Differential evolution for optimization of functionally graded beams". Composite Structures 133 (2015): 1191-1197. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940056670&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.08.041
  29. Gentil, F.; Marques, M.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Santos, C.; Jorge, R.N.. "Total ossicular replacement prosthesis of the middle ear: A biomechanical analysis". Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 15 2 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928389803&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0219519415400060
  30. Martins, P.A.L.S.; Ferreira, F.; Natal Jorge, R.; Parente, M.; Santos, A.. "Necromechanics: Death-induced changes in the mechanical properties of human tissues". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 229 5 (2015): 343-349. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930425371&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0954411915581409
  31. Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "Differential evolution optimization for the analysis of composite plates with radial basis collocation meshless method". Composite Structures 124 (2015): 317-326. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940086514&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.01.019
  32. Santos, D.C.; Barroso, M.L.; Gomes, N.; Ramião, N.; Martins, P.; Dias, C.C.; Costa, H.. "PIP breast implant rupture — A retrospective study from Portugal". European Journal of Plastic Surgery 38 4 (2015): 301-308. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943354022&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00238-015-1071-8
  33. Gentil, F.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Santos, C.; Almeida, E.; Ferreira, A.; Natal, R.. "Numerical study of Hough technique in surgery of otosclerosis, using the finite element method". Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics 17 4 (2015): 149-153. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964228157&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5277/ABB-00289-2015-03
  34. Gentil, F.; Garbe, C.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Ferreira, A.; Jorge, R.N.; Santos, C.; Paço, J.. "Analysis of eardrum pathologies using the finite element method". Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 14 3 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896391702&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0219519414500341
  35. Gentil, F.; Garbe, C.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Santos, C.; Almeida, E.; Jorge, R.N.. "The biomechanical effects of stapes replacement by prostheses on the tympano-ossicular chain". International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906009319&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cnm.2664
  36. Martins, P.; Lopes Silva-Filho, A.; Rodrigues Maciel Da Fonseca, A.M.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Mascarenhas, T.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Ferreira, A.J.M.. "Biomechanical properties of vaginal tissue in women with pelvic organ prolapse". Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation 75 2 (2013): 85-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874474231&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000343230
  37. Martins, P.; Silva-Filho, A.L.; Fonseca, A.M.R.M.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Mascarenhas, T.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Ferreira, A.M.. "Strength of round and uterosacral ligaments: A biomechanical study". Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 287 2 (2013): 313-318. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878366729&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00404-012-2564-3
  38. Gentil, F.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Garbe, C.; Paço, J.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.; Jorge, R.N.. "The influence of muscles activation on the dynamical behaviour of the tympano-ossicular system of the middle ear". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 16 4 (2013): 392-402. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876275474&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10255842.2011.623674
  39. Trindade, V.L.A.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Parente, M.P.L.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Fernandes, J.M.. "The influence of regional profiles and senescence on the biomechanical properties of the temporalis muscle". Journal of Biomechanics 46 9 (2013): 1592-1595. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878016362&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.03.015
  40. Martins, Pedro. "Definition of a test-bed for evaluation of house mechanical ventilation systems". Journal of Biomechanics 45 S2 (2012): S2-S2.
    10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70003-9
  41. Martins, Pedro. "Hyperelastic behavior of women pelvic tissues in fresh cadavers". Journal of Biomechanics 45 S1 (2012): S68-S68.
    10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70069-6
  42. Martins, Pedro. "A state of the art review on the mechanical properties of breast tissue". Journal of Biomechanics 45 S1 (2012): S574-S574.
    10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70575-4
  43. Trindade, V.L.A.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Santos, S.; Parente, M.P.L.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Fernandes, J.M.. "Experimental study of the influence of senescence in the biomechanical properties of the temporal tendon and deep temporal fascia based on uniaxial tension tests". Journal of Biomechanics 45 1 (2012): 199-201. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-83555177297&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.09.018
  44. Martins, P.; Peña, E.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Mascarenhas, T.; Calvo, B.. "Mechanical characterization and constitutive modelling of the damage process in rectus sheath". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 8 (2012): 111-122. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857889701&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.12.005
  45. Martins, Pedro. "I-22. EFEITOS DA DESINFEÇÃO QUÍMICA NA TEXTURA E PROPRIEDADES FÍSICAS DOS CONES DE GUTTA-PERCHA". Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial 53 (2012): e9-e9.
    10.1016/s1646-2890(12)60022-3
  46. Peña, E.; Martins, P.; Mascarenhas, T.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Ferreira, A.; Doblaré, M.; Calvo, B.. "Mechanical characterization of the softening behavior of human vaginal tissue". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 4 3 (2011): 275-283. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79751526103&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.10.006
  47. Gentil, F.; Parente, M.; Martins, P.; Garbe, C.; Jorge, R.N.; Ferreira, A.; Joãomanueltavares, R.S.. "The influence of the mechanical behaviour of the middle ear ligaments: A finite element analysis". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 225 1 (2011): 68-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79551664809&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1243/09544119JEIM783
  48. Martins, P.A.L.S.; Filho, A.L.S.; Fonseca, A.M.R.M.; Santos, A.; Santos, L.; Mascarenhas, T.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Ferreira, A.J.M.. "Uniaxial mechanical behavior of the human female bladder". International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction 22 8 (2011): 991-995. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052463052&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00192-011-1409-0
  49. Martins, P.A.L.S.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Ferreia, A.J.M.; Saleme, C.S.; Roza, T.; Parente, M.M.P.; Pinotti, M.; et al. "Vaginal tissue properties versus increased intra-abdominal pressure: A preliminary biomechanical study". Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation 71 3 (2011): 145-150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955483026&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000315160
  50. Silva-Filho, A.L.; Saleme, C.S.; Roza, T.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Parente, M.M.P.; Pinotti, M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Jorge, R.M.N.. "Evaluation of pelvic floor muscle cross-sectional area using a 3D computer model based on MRI in women with and without prolapse". European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 153 1 (2010): 110-111. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77958180182&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.07.005
  51. Peña, E.; Calvo, B.; Martínez, M.A.; Martins, P.; Mascarenhas, T.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Ferreira, A.; Doblaré, M.. "Experimental study and constitutive modeling of the viscoelastic mechanical properties of the human prolapsed vaginal tissue". Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 9 1 (2010): 35-44. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-74349111820&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10237-009-0157-2
  52. Martins, P.; Peña, E.; Calvo, B.; Doblaré, M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Jorge, R.N.; Ferreira, A.. "Prediction of nonlinear elastic behaviour of vaginal tissue: Experimental results and model formulation". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 13 3 (2010): 327-337. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954679403&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10255840903208197
  53. Da Silva-Filho, A.L.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Parente, M.P.; Saleme, C.S.; Roza, T.; Pinotti, M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Jorge, R.M.N.. "Translation of biomechanics research to urogynecology". Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 282 2 (2010): 149-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956467221&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00404-010-1396-2
  54. Afonso, J.S.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Martins, P.S.; Soldi, M.D.S.; Alves, O.L.; Patricio, B.; Mascarenhas, T.; Sartori, M.G.F.; Girao, M.J.B.C.. "Structural and thermal properties of polypropylene mesh used in treatment of stress urinary incontinence". Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics 11 3 (2009): 27-33. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76149083297&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  55. Calvo, B.; Peña, E.; Martins, P.; Mascarenhas, T.; Doblaré, M.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Ferreira, A.. "On modelling damage process in vaginal tissue". Journal of Biomechanics 42 5 (2009): 642-651. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61849125853&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.12.002
  56. "Elasticity of prolapsed vaginal tissue: Is there any influence of Hormonal Replacement Therapies?". International Urogynecology Journal 19 S2 (2008): 167-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-008-0750-4.
    10.1007/s00192-008-0750-4
  57. Afonso, J.S.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Girao, M.J.B.C.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Fernandes, A.A.; et al. "Erratum: Mechanical properties of polypropylene mesh used in pelvic floor repair (International Urogynecology Journal 10.1007/s00192-007-0446-1)". International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction 19 3 (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39049087597&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00192-007-0518-2
  58. Martins, Pedro; Gentil, F.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Parente, M.P.L.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Alexandre, Fátima; Almeida, E.. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MYRINGOSCLEROSIS". Journal of Biomechanics 41 (2008): S381-S381. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021929008703804.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290(08)70380-4
  59. Afonso, J.S.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Girao, M.J.B.C.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Ferreira, A.J.M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Fernandes, A.A.; et al. "Mechanical properties of polypropylene mesh used in pelvic floor repair". International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction 19 3 (2008): 375-380. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39049084326&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00192-007-0446-1
  60. Martins, P.; Mascarenhas, T.; Natal, R.; Ferreira, A.; Fernandes, A.; Costa, F.; Patrício, B.. "UIJ - Influence of age on the characterization of elasticity of prolapsed vaginal tissue on a postmenopausal women group". UroToday International Journal 1 1 SUPPL. (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855981531&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3834/uij.1939-4810.2008.06.16
  61. Martins, Pedro. "Biomechanical simulation of middle ear using hyperelastic models". Journal of Biomechanics 39 (2006): S388-S389. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021929006845690.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290(06)84569-0
  62. Martins, P.A.L.S.; Jorge, R.M.N.; Ferreira, A.J.M.. "A comparative study of several material models for prediction of hyperelastic properties: Application to silicone-rubber and soft tissues". Strain 42 3 (2006): 135-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33746217639&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00257.x
  63. Ferreira, A.J.M.; Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "Analysis of thin isotropic rectangular and circular plates with multiquadrics". Strength of Materials 37 2 (2005): 163-173. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-20344374410&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11223-005-0029-7
  64. Ferreira, A.J.M.; Martins, P.A.L.S.; Roque, C.M.C.. "Solving time-dependent engineering problems with multiquadrics". Journal of Sound and Vibration 280 3-5 (2005): 595-610. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-10444279300&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jsv.2003.12.043
  65. Ferreira, A.J.M.; Batra, R.C.; Roque, C.M.C.; Qian, L.F.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "Static analysis of functionally graded plates using third-order shear deformation theory and a meshless method". Composite Structures 69 4 (2005): 449-457. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-16344362864&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.08.003
  66. Ferreira, A.J.M.; Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "Radial basis functions and higher-order shear deformation theories in the analysis of laminated composite beams and plates". Composite Structures 66 1-4 (2004): 287-293. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4143061285&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.04.050
  67. Ferreira, A.J.M.; Roque, C.M.C.; Martins, P.A.L.S.. "Analysis of composite plates using higher-order shear deformation theory and a finite point formulation based on the multiquadric radial basis function method". Composites Part B: Engineering 34 7 (2003): 627-636. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042229158&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S1359-8368(03)00083-0
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Martins, Pedro. "Experimental and Numerical Studies of Soft Biological Tissues". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2010. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216453509_Experimental_and_Numerical_Studies_of_Soft_Biological_Tissues.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.11437.74720
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Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/02/24 INVITED LECTURE: INEGI | Laboratório de Ensaios em Tecidos - Propostas de RV e RA no domínio da Bioengenharia 22a Edição das Jornadas Tecnológicas da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (JorTec’21 Engenharia Biomédica| AEFCT UNL) - BioImagined Engineering
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/09/25 INVITED LECTURE: Biomechanics: experimental and computational applications. Café com Física | En: Coffee with Physics. Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (CFisUC, LIP).
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal (Coimbra)
2019/06/13 Interactive DEMOnstration of Medical Simulations using a Virtual Reality approach: Application to the Male Urinary System 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19)
Universidade da Madeira (Funchal, Portugal)
2019/05/14 INVITED LECTURE: Pontes entre a Biomecânica e a Biologia | En: Bridges between Biomechanics and Biology. Semana do NEBUP | En: NEBUP week (NEBUP: UP Biology students nucleus)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2018/07/26 3d reconstruction of histological sections with constituent and morphological analyses WCCMXIII - 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics
Columbia University (New York, United States)
2017/10/16 INVITED LECTURE: Mechanical and etiological aspects of female pelvic floor disorders. https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/10/pelvic-floor/ OBSTRACT: interpreting the abstraction of tissue regeneration and re-engineering of female pelvic floor disorders in clinical practice
The Royal Society, United Kingdom (London, United Kingdom)
2017/09/12 Pregnancy induced changes of pelvic floor soft tissues: the relationship between biomechanical and histological parameters (abstract 739) ICS2017, 47th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society
International Continence Society (ICS) (Florence)
2017/06/23 Effect of multiple deliveries on biomechanical properties of pelvic organ tissues. 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association, IUGA2017
International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) (Vancouver, Canada)
2016/06 Constitutive modelling of hyperelastic materials using a hybrid optimization technique. ECCOMAS2016, European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) (Crete, Greece, Greece)
2015/07/29 Using evolutionary optimization to determine the mechanical properties of biomaterials. 6th International Conference MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DESIGN, M2D2015
University of Toronto | University of Porto | University of Azores (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal)
2015/06/29 Mechanical properties of hyperelastic materials using different loading conditions. Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMN 2015)
APMTAC | SEMNI (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/07/21 Mechanical behaviour of soft biological tissues after death 11th World Congress on Computational Biomechanics (WCCM XI)
International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) | SEMNI (Barcelona, Spain)
2013/10/22 Mechanical properties of the male urethra. ICCEBS 2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal)
2012/12/08 Mechanical behavior of gutta percha points under uniaxial tension. In Biodental engineering II : Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Biodental Engineering (Biodental 2012)
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal, 7-8 December 2012b., Portugal)
2012/07/17 Hyperelasticity of rubber-like materials using evolutionary optimization techniques (ICEM15) 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2012/06/18 Image Analysis Of Functionally Graded Particle Distribution Using Otsu’s Method International Conference on Mechanics of Nano, Micro and Macro Composite Structures (ICNMMCS)
Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy, 18-20 June 2012e, Italy)
2011/09/06 Perspectivas Sobre o Comportamento Mecânico da Bexiga Humana X Congresso Ibero-Americano em Engenharia Mecânica, CIBEM10
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2010/10/23 Possible relations between female pelvic pathologies and soft tissue properties.
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2009/09/07 Mechanical characterization of vaginal tissue using a tissue specific model 7th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference, ESMC2009
Instituto Superior Técnico | EUROMECH (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/07/30 Um novo software interactivo para optimizar os parâmetros de modelos materiais hiperelásticos Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2009, CMNE 2009
SEMNI (Barcelona, Spain)
2009/07/24 A mechanical analysis of polypropylene prostheses used in pelvic floor repair (IRF’2009) Integrity, Reliability and Failure
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2009/05/29 Forensic medicine and mechanical engineering: a multidisciplnary approach towards biomechanical simulations page O.H9, Lisbon, Portugal, 28–30 May 2009b XXI Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine
International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM) | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
2008/02/27 Differences on the biomechanical properties between the prolapsed anterior/posterior vaginal tissue. 8th International Symposium On Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE 2008)
Sheraton Hotel (Porto, Portugal)
2007/10/19 Image processing on the Poisson ratio calculation of soft tissues VipIMAGE 2007 : 1st ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2006/10/20 Tracking the 3D deformation of Hexahedric samples, using video information from two perpendicular faces. Application to uniaxial tension tests of Hyperelastic materials International Symposium CompIMAGE 2006 - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications
Hotel D. Luís (Coimbra, Portugal)
2006/07/26 Mechanical Properties of Ligaments/Tendons using the Neo-Hookean material model 5th International Conference on Mechanics And Materials In Design, (M2D’2006)
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal (porto, Portugal)
2006/06/05 Experimental Study of the Middle Ear Biological Support Structures ECCM 2006 - III European Conference on Computational Mechanics. Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Lisbon, Portugal)
2005/09/16 Modeling The Mechanical Behavior of Soft Tissues Using Hyperelastic Constitutive Models II International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, ICCB2005
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2005/09/05 Determination of Material Parameters for Different Hyperelastic Models 8th International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS VIII
European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) (Barcelona, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/06/01 - Current Hybrid Scaffolds for articular cartilage regeneration: design, fabrication and characterization
Co-supervisor of Jorge Emídio Costa Santos
 Engenharia Biomédica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/01/01 - Current Exoskeleton for assisted mobility
Supervisor of António Diogo Figueiredo André
 Engenharia Mecânica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/01/01 - Current Biodegradable Scaffolds for the regeneration of breast tissue
Supervisor of Ana Margarida da Silva Teixeira
 Engenharia Biomédica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Design science and augmented reality in healthcare (wearable technology).
Supervisor
 Design Industrial e de Produto
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Sensorização espacial no contexto da reabilitação humana
Supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Augmented Reality Tools applied to Alzheimer's Disease Research
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014 - 2019/07/27 In vivo models and in silico simulations of mesh augmented prolapse repair
Co-supervisor of Rita Rynkevic
 Segurança e Saúde Ocupacionais (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Mechanical characterization of an organic phantom candidate for breast tissue
Supervisor of Ana Margarida da Silva Teixeira
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Semi-Automatic histology analysis of ovine pelvic tissues with 3D structural and quantitative analysis
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Organic structures under pressure; Experimental validation of a testing device with application to arterial and vascular mechanics
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Non-linear mixed effect models for mechanical trials of biomaterials
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Silicone breast implants: experimental analysis of failure mechanisms
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Estudo de biomateriais sujeitos a grandes deformações multiaxiais usando métodos óticos
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Age-related changes of the pelvic floor ligaments, a biomechanical study
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Desenvolvimento de algoritmo de correlação digital de imagem para avaliação de grandes deformações
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Biomechanical Study of Age-related Changes of the Pelvic Floor Ligaments
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Desenvolvimento de um método híbrido para caracterização dos campos de deslocamentos e de deformações em materiais hiper-elásticos
Co-supervisor
 Tecnologia Biomédica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Estimation of cadaveric rigidity - modifications of the mechanical properties
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Experimental Study of the Human Anterolateral Abdominal Wall: Biomechanical Properties of Fascia and Muscles.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020 - 2022/06/29 ESB2022 - 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (2022/06/26 - 2022/06/28)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 European Society of Biomechanics, Belgium
2019 - 2019/07/03 CMN2019, Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering. Minisymposium organiser: Mechanics of soft tissues (2019/07/01 - 2019/07/03)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica Aplicada e Computacional, Portugal

Spanish Association of Numerical Methods in Engineering (SEMNI), Spain
2015 - 2016/06/10 ECCOMAS2016, European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering. Minisymposium organiser: Computational models in biomechanics and mechanobiology, MS 102 Chairman of sessions: MS 102-1; MS 102-2 (2016/06/05 - 2016/06/10)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Spain
2014 - 2015/07/30 M2D2015 - 6th International Conference on MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DESIGN. Minisymposium organizer: Mechanical behavior of soft biomaterials Chairman of session: Symp-18 (2015/07/26 - 2015/07/30)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal

University of Toronto, Canada

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014 - 2015/06/23 BioMedWomen - International Conference on Clinical and BioEngineering for Women’s Health (2015/06/20 - 2015/06/23)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2014 - 2015/02/28 2015 IEEE - 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG) (2015/02/26 - 2015/02/28)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2014/07/25 11th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI) | 5th European Confer- ence on Computational Mechanics (ECCM V) | 6th. European Conference on Computa- tional Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI). Minisymposium organiser: Computational models for soft tissues (2014/07/20 - 2014/07/25)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Spain
2012 - 2013/10/22 ICCEBS 2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences (2012/10/22 - 2013/10/23)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011 - 2013/02/09 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (2013/02/08 - 2013/02/09)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011 - 2012/09/14 6th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012). Minisymposium organiser: Computational models for soft tissues (2012/09/10 - 2012/09/14)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/12/20 - 2021/12/21 Formación en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales de: PERSONAL DE LABORATORIO E INVESTIGADORES Online, Professional Training (9 Hours). Formation with diploma.
Workshop
 Formación en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales de
MAS PREVENCIÓN | SERVICIO DE PREVENCIÓN, Spain
2019/10/06 - 2019/11/16 Inglês Académico - Presentations - Nível 3 (10 horas) | Academic English - Presentations - Level 3. Formation with diploma.
Workshop
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/10/16 - 2017/10/17 Scientific discussion meeting organised by Dr Sohier Elneil, Professor Sheila MacNeil, Professor Margot Damaser and Dr Gloria Esegbona. This novel interdisciplinary meeting will bring together scientists and clinicians to review our current understanding of the pathophysiology of female pelvic floor disorders (PFD). https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/10/pelvic-floor/
Meeting
 OBSTRACT: interpreting the abstraction of tissue regeneration and re-engineering of female pelvic floor disorders in clinical practice
The Royal Society, United Kingdom
2012/09/24 - 2012/09/29 Course on Numerical Simulation in Physics and Engineering. XV Spanish-French School Jacques-Louis Lions on Numerical Simulation in Physics and Engineering (EHF2012).
Workshop
 XV Spanish-French School Jacques-Louis Lions on Numerical Simulation in Physics and Engineering (EHF2012)
Universidad de Málaga Departamento de Análisis Matemático, Spain
2012/05/29 - 2012/05/29 High Definition Microscopy. Equipment demonstration
Exhibition
 Microscopia de Alta Definição | en: High Definition Microscopy
Paralab, Portugal
2010/10/11 - 2010/10/13 The Finite Element Method - Application to Composite Materials. Finite element course. Professor JN Reddy (Instructor), Texas A&M University, USA
Workshop
 The Finite Element Method - Application to Composite Materials
IRONIX - Global Events Consulting, France
2010/05/15 - 2010/05/22 Workshop de Introdução ao ARDUINO (En: ARDUINO introductory workshop) Porto (Portugal), 15|22 May Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) 2010
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2009/05/30 - 2009/05/30 Programa Pré-Congresso D: Uroginecologia (Pre-Congress Course D: Urogynecology). Suture training to repair anal sphincter fissures.
Workshop
 Pre-Congress Course D: Urogynecology: XI Congresso Português de Ginecologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ginecologia (SPG), Portugal
2007/11/15 - 2007/11/21 NSPDE 2007 - Advanced School on Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations. Theoretical and practical workshop on Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations.
Workshop
 NSPDE 2007 - Advanced School on Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations
Centre de Recerca Matematica, Spain
2007/06/29 - 2007/06/29 EPSA 2007 - Workshop and Advanced School on Eigenvalue Problems, Software and Applications. Included a range of tutorials on methods and tools for the solution of eigenvalue problems and hands-on practices using the high performing clusters from the new Grid Computing infrastructure available at the University of Porto.
Workshop
 ICIAM 07 - 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics: EPSA 2007 - Workshop and Advanced School on Eigenvalue Problems, Software and Applications
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Sensorização espacial no contexto da reabilitação humana.
Thesis Member
 José Pedro Suarez de Oliveira Casanova (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020 Augmented reality tools applied to alzheimer’s disease research
Thesis Member
 Nuno André Brandão Costa Neves (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Remodelação Óssea da Mandíbula Após Inserção de Implante Dentário
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Helena Isabel Gonçalves Gomes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Remodelação Óssea Após a Inserção de Implantes no Osso do Fémur
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Teresa de Azevedo Castro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Development of a medical app for clinical use
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Guilherme Faria Henriques (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Human Motion Analysis Using Inertial Sensors for Rehabilitation Purposes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Beatriz dos Santos Neves de Oliveira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Semi-automatic histology analysis of ovine pelvic tissues with 3d structural and quantitative analysis
Thesis Member
 Carolina da Ponte Rocha (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Organic structures under pressure - experimental validation of a testing device with application to arterial and vascular mechanics.
Thesis Member
 Renata Daniela Ferreira Couto (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 Mechanical characterization of an organic phantom candidate for breast tissue
Thesis Member
 Ana Margarida da Silva Teixeira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Ferramenta numérica de discretização do fémur a partir de radiografia
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Pedro Carvalho Graça (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Análise da interação fluido-estrutura na bifurcação da artéria carótida comum com estenose
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nelson Filipe da Silva Pinho (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Modulação Biomecânica da Pressão na Cavidade Abdomino-Pélvica
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Miguel Barros Dias (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Caracterização do fluxo sanguíneo duma bifurcação da artéria carótida com estenose
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Hélder José Gonçalves da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Silicone breast implants: Experimental analysis of failure mechanisms
Thesis Member
 Nilza Alexandra Gomes Ramião (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 Influência dos Ligamentos do Pavimento Pélvico Feminino na Mobilidade do Colo Vesical durante a Manobra de Valsalva
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Viana Coutinho de Oliveira Figueiredo (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 Desenvolvimento de algoritmo de correlação digital de imagem para avaliação de grandes deformações
Thesis Member
 Pedro Gil Marques Oliveira Moreira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014 Biomechanical study of age-related changes of the pelvic floor ligaments
Thesis Member
 Rita Luísa Rocha Martins (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013 Estimation of cadaveric rigidity - modifications of the mechanical properties.
Thesis Member
 Francisca Leandro Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 Estudo Biomecânico de um Feto Durante um Parto Vaginal
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Elisabete Teixeira Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 Estudo Biomecânico da cavidade pélvica da Mulher
Thesis Member
 Ana Rita Monteiro Gomes da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - 2021 Scientific reports (2045-2322) Nature
2012 - 2021 Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (1878-0180) Elsevier
2020 - 2020 International journal of mechanical sciences (1879-2162) Elsevier
2020 - 2020 Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics (2423-6705) University of Tehran
2018 - 2020 International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (1861-6429) Springer Nature
2015 - 2020 Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering (1476-8259) Taylor & Francis
2019 - 2019 Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (1617-7959) Springer Nature
2019 - 2019 Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering ( 1551-0018 ) AIMS - American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
2018 - 2019 Composite structures (1879-1085) Elsevier
2017 - 2019 Acta biomaterialia (1878-7568) Elsevier
2014 - 2019 Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization (2168-1171) Taylor & Francis
2014 - 2019 Journal of Biomechanics (1873-2380) Elsevier
2018 - 2018 Applied bionics and biomechanics (1754-2103) Hindawi
2018 - 2018 Archives of Mechanics (0373-2029) Institute of Fundamental Technological Research (IPPT)
2018 - 2018 Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation (0378-7346) Karger
2018 - 2018 Polymer international ( 0959-8103) Wiley
2017 - 2017 Materials & design (1873-4197) Elsevier
2017 - 2017 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (2041-3076) Sage
2015 - 2016 Mathematical problems in engineering (1563-5147hi) Hindawi
2015 - 2015 Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (1872-7565) Elsevier
2012 - 2012 European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology (1872-7654) Elsevier
2012 - 2012 International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering (2040-7947) Wiley

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012/07 - Current European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) Active Professional Membership
2012 - Current European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) Active Professional Membership
2005/02/03 - Current Portuguese Society of Biomechanics - (PT) Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica (SPB) Active Professional Membership
2003/04 - Current APMTAC - Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada | Portuguese Association of Theoretical, Applied Mechanics Active Professional Membership
2017 - 2018 Portuguese Society of Biomechanics - (PT) Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica (SPB) Vice-President of the General Assembly of SPB, from February 2017 to February 2019

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019 - 2021/02/20 CNB2021 - 9o Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (En: 9th National Biomechanics Congress) ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal
2019 - 2019/10/18 VipIMAGE 2019 - 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2018 - 2019/02/23 ENBENG 2019 - 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 - 2019/02/16 CNB2019 - 8o Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (En: 8th National Biomechanics Congress) Hotel H2otel Congress & Medical SPA, Unhais da Serra - Covilhã, Portugal
2017 - 2018/09/07 VPH2018 - Virtual Physiological Human Conference Betancourt Building, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, Zaragoza, Spain
2016 - 2017/10/20 VIPIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2015 - 2016/06/23 BIODENTAL 2016 - IV International Conference on Biodental Engineering Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/06/03 CEM 2016 - Mechanical Engineering Conference. Chairperson of session:Key Enable Technologies - Biomechanics II Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2013 - 2015/09/21 VipIMAGE2015 - V ECCOMAS Thematic Conferences on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
2015/06/20 - 2015/06/23 BIOMEDWOMAN - CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL AND BIOENGINEERING FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2013 - 2015/02/07 CNB2015 - 6o Congresso Nacional de Biomecanica Leiria, Portugal
2013 - 2014/06/23 BIODENTAL 2014 - III International Conference on Biodental Engineering. Chairman of Session I Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2013/02/08 - 2013/02/09 5o CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE BIOMECÂNICA. Chairman of session: Mechanobiology Fórum de Arte e Cultura de Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
2012/07/01 - 2012/07/04 ESB2012 - 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics. Chairman of session: Ear Biomechanics Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
2012/06/18 - 2012/06/20 International Conference on Mechanics of Nano, Micro and Macro Composite Structures (ICNMMCS). Chairman of session: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
2011/09/04 - 2011/09/07 X Congresso Ibero-Americano em Engenharia Mecânica-CIBEM10. Chairman of session: Biomecânica-Mecanobiologia-Bioengenharia Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2010 - 2011/09/07 X Congresso Ibero-Americano em Engenharia Mecanica-CIBEM10 Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
2011/02/08 - 2011/02/09 4o CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE BIOMECÂNICA. Chairman: Biomecânica do Sistema Músculo-esquelético Quinta das Lágrimas Hotel, Coimbra, Portugal
2010/10/21 - 2010/10/23 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi). Chairman of session: Oral Presentations II Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - 2020 Dissertation Thesis Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2020 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry | Álgebra Linear e Geometría Analítica Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Computer Programming I (PCI) | Programação de Computadores I (PCI) Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry | Álgebra Linear e Geometría Analítica Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/06/14 - 2013/06/14 INVITED LECTURE: Caracterização mecânica de tecidos moles En: Mechanical Characterization of Soft Tissues. Biomecânica Aplicada à Reabilitação Oral Protética - MEF (Método dos Elementos Finitos) | En: Biomechanics Applied to Prosthetic Oral Rehabilitation - FEM (Finite Element Method) Biomecânica Aplicada à Reabilitação Oral Protética (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2013/05/11 - 2013/05/18 Curso teórico-Prático de introdução á mecânica não linear dos tecidos moles biológicos | En: Introduction to the nonlinear mechanics of biological soft tissues - Theoretical-Practical Program (12 hour course) (Mestrado) Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Computer Programming | Programação de Computadores (PC) Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011/09/02 - 2011/09/02 Curso teórico-Prático de introdução á mecânica não linear dos tecidos moles biológicos | En: Introduction to the nonlinear mechanics of biological soft tissues - Theoretical-Practical Program (6 hour course), under the scope of, X Congresso Ibero-Americano em Engenharia Mecânica (CIBEM10) (Mestrado) Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry | Álgebra Linear e Geometría Analítica Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Algebra Engenharia Informática e Computação (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2005/02 - 2005/08 Introduction to Classical Mechanics | Introdução à Mecânica Clássica Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2016 - Current Expert evaluator for proposals of AAP A*MIDEX - Émergence & Innovation et Interdisciplinarité (2016)
Evaluator
 Aix-Marseille Université, France Aix-Marseille Université

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2008/05/25 Article on urinary incontinence. Diário de Notícias - Notícias Magazine

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/05/10 - 2018/05/10 RADIO: ANTENA1 - 90 Segundos de Ciência Speech, on modeling male urinary sphincter through experimentation.
2012/12/18 - 2012/12/18 TELEVISION: Porto Canal - Mentes que Brilham News Report/Interview on birth simulation and biomaterials testing.
2012/10/25 - 2012/10/25 TELEVISION: RTP 1 - Engenharia num minuto Speech on the aging effects to the human body.
2007/03/26 - 2007/03/26 TELEVISION: SIC Telejornal News Report/Interview on human birth and mechanical testing of soft tissues.
2007/03/02 - 2007/03/02 TELEVISION: RTP 1 Jornal da Tarde Urinary incontinence and soft tissues properties.

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2296-4185) Frontiers Media S.A.

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - 2019 Post-Doctoral Research: Study of the relationship between the microstructure of pelvic tissues and their properties. Rita Rynkevic
2019 - 2019 Post-Doctoral Research: Study of the Mechanical compatibility between mammary prosthesis and mammary tissues. Nilza Alexandra Gomes Ramião

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2012 - Current External evaluator for the PhD thesis 'Mechanical modelling of the abdominal wall and biomaterials for hernia surgery'. Candidate name: Belén Hernández Gascón Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
2012 - Current External evaluator for the PhD thesis 'A study of the physical properties of carbon nanofiber reinforced polypropylene composites.' Candidate name: António Vieito Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2019 Best Poster Award - CMBBE 2019 - 16th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, NY, USA, 14-16 August 2019
2018 Best Abstract Award - V MIPS ANNUAL MEETING, Rome, Italy, 3-5 May 2018
MIPS - Mediterranean Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Society, Italy
2013 1º Prémio para melhor Poster (€1000) - VIII Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Urologia e Uro-Ginecologia
2008 3º Lugar - Concurso de Melhor POSTER; SINUG2008 - X Congresso Iberoamericano - 18-20 Set 2008, Albufeira, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 ARAID Researcher - Research Contract
Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigacion y Desarrollo, Spain
2020 Pedagogic Recognition Diploma for 2018/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 FCT Post-Doctoral Grant - SFRH/BPD/111846/2015
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 Strain 50th Anniversary Editor's Picks - In honor of Strain's 50th Anniversary, the editors selected the best papers. Martins et al. (2006) Strain 42(3). doi: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00257.x
The British Society for Strain Measurement, United Kingdom
2010 Doctoral thesis distinction "Cum Laude"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010 FCT Post-Doctoral Grant - SFRH/BPD/71080/2010
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 FCT Doctoral Grant - SFRH/BD/41841/2007
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal