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Luísa Costa Sousa is an Associate Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto. In 1993, she obtained the PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the same University. In 1987, she concluded the Master Degree in Structural Engineering, also in the field of Mechanical Engineering, at University of Porto. She obtained her degree in Civil Engineering in 1982, also at University of Porto. She is a Member of the Mechanical Engineering Department Executive Committee, of the faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. She is a senior researcher and project coordinator at LAETA - Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics and a member of the European Society of Biomechanics. Her main research areas include Computational Fluid dynamics, Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, Metal forming processes, Thermal Optimization of Masonry Units and New Product Development. She has been reviewer of about 20 prestigious international journals and member of Juries for PhD or Master degree at Universities of Porto, Aveiro and Lisbon. In the last years, she has been participating in several scientific research projects, as coordinator and as investigator, and involved in the supervising of some MSc and PhD thesis. She is author of 51 documents indexed at SCOPUS, with an h-factor of 13, with 471 citations. She contributed to 10 books and 40 articles in International Journals on his main areas research and received a Scientific Recognition prize. She has been Member of the Scientific Committee of some national and international conferences, and co-organizer of some Symposiums included in international conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luísa Maria Abreu Costa Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Luísa
  • Sousa LC
  • Sousa Luísa C

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6613-2A35-20DB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8726-0942

Email addresses

  • lcsousa@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Fax
  • 225081445 (Professional)
Mobile phone
  • 962186383 (Personal)
Telephone
  • 220413467 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
  • Rua do Rosário 308, 4430-213, Santo Ovídio, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Applied Mechanics
  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Thermodynamics
  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1993 - 2020 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1987 - 1993 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1982 - 1987 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - Current Member Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
1993 - Current Integrated Member Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
1994 - 2016 Member Unidade de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica e Engenharia Estrutural (CENUME), , Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/03/01 - 2024/03/01 Simulação numérica e avaliação funcional da doença arterial coronária por tomografia computorizada avançada
PTDC/EMD-EMD/0980/2020
PTDC/EMD-EMD/0980/2020
Research Fellow
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/04/01 - 2022/09/30 Safe Cities - Inovação para Construir Cidades Seguras
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-041435 (Safe Cities)
Research Fellow
2016/04 - 2019/03 Parede eficiente plus Saint-Gobain Weber (Efficient wall plus Saint-Gobain Weber)
POCI-C6-2016-17
Researcher
Instituto da Construção, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/05/31 Simulação computacional do sistema cardiovascular tendo em vista aplicação hospitalar (Blood flow simulation in arterial networks towards application at hospital)
PTDC/SAU-BEB/102547/2008
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2010/03 - 2013/05 Simulação computacional do sistema cardiovascular tendo em vista aplicação hospitalar (Blood flow simulation in arterial networks towards application at hospital)
PTDC/SAU-BEB/102547/2008
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
2007 - 2009 OPTMAPS: Optimização térmica e mecânica de elementos para alvenaria em pano simples. (Thermal and mechanical optimization of elements for single leaf masonry walls)
13-05-04-FDR-00038
Researcher
Instituto da Construção, Portugal
 MAXIT - Prefabricação Em Betão Leve S.A.

Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2007 - 2008 CBLOCOS - Desenvolvimento de tijolos cerâmicos com elevado desempenho (Development of high performance clay masonary units)
AdI/0184
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Centro Tecnológico da Cerâmica e do Vidro, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2007 - 2008 CBLOCOS - Desenvolvimento de tijolos cerâmicos com elevado desempenho (Development of high performance clay masonary units)
AdI/0184
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Fernandes, Maria Carolina; Sousa, Luísa Costa; de Castro, Catarina Ferreira; da Palma, José Manuel Laginha Mestre; António, Carlos Conceição; Pinto, Sónia Isabel Silva. "Implementation and Comparison of Non-Newtonian Viscosity Models in Hemodynamic Simulations of Patient Coronary Arteries". In Theoretical Analyses, Computations, and Experiments of Multiscale Materials, 403-428. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-04548-6_19
  2. Matias, Luís; de Castro, Catarina Ferreira; António, Carlos Conceição; Sousa, Luísa Costa; Pinto, Sónia Isabel Silva; a. "Semi-automatic Method of Stent Development for Hemodynamic Simulations in Patient Coronary Arteries with Disease". In Theoretical Analyses, Computations, and Experiments of Multiscale Materials, 443-458. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-04548-6_21
  3. Romano E.; Sousa, Luísa; Antonio, C.C.; Catarina C. F.; Sónia S.I.S.. "Non-Linear or quasi-linear viscoelastic property of blood for hemodynamic simulations". In Advanced Structured Materials. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2020.
    In press
  4. Romano, E.; Sousa, Luísa; António C:C:; Castro, C.F.; Sónia S.I.S.. "WSS descriptors in a patient RCA taking into account the non-linear viscoelasticity of blood". In Advanced Structured Materials. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2020.
  5. Saraiva, I.S.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Ladeiras-Lopes, R.; Ferreira, N.D.; Bettencourt, N.; Sousa, L.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Geometry Reconstruction of a Patient-Specific Right Coronary Artery with Atherosclerotic Plaque for CFD Study". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 531-539. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-32040-9_54
  6. Fidalgo, D.S.; Areias, B.; Sousa, L.C.; Parente, M.; Jorge, R.N.; Sousa, H.; Goncalves, J.M.. "Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery at Level L5-S1". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 467-473. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-32040-9_47
  7. Fitas, R.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.; António, C.C.; Santos, R.; Azevedo, E.. "Analysis of Sequential Transverse B-Mode Ultrasound Images of the Carotid Artery Bifurcation". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 521-530. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-32040-9_53
  8. Pinho, N.; Bento, M.; Sousa, L.C.; Pinto, S.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Azevedo, E.. "Patient-specific study of a stenosed carotid artery bifurcation using fluid–structure interactive simulation". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 495-503. 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_54
  9. Sousa, L.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; de Sousa, H.; Sousa, R.. "The design, properties and performance of shape optimized masonry blocks". In Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks Design, Properties and Durability, 249-269. 2014.
    10.1016/B978-1-78242-305-8.00011-5
  10. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.. "Blood flow simulation and applications". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 67-86. 2012.
    10.1007/978-94-007-4068-6_4
  11. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Relvas, B.. "Blood flow in artificial bypass graft: A numerical study". In Technology and Medical Sciences - TMSi 2010, 57-61. 2011.
  12. Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Multi-objective optimization of bypass grafts in arteries". In Technology and Medical Sciences - TMSi 2010, 191-196. 2011.
Conference paper
  1. Festas J.; António C.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Silva S.; Pinto S.I.S.; a. "Exploring a Python-Based Semi-automatic Approach for Coronary Artery Segmentation". Paper presented in The XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), 2023.
  2. Fernandes M.; Sousa, L.C.; António C.C.; Pinto S.I.S.. "Computational Methods to Predict the Fractional Flow Reserve in Coronary Arteries - A Literature Review". Paper presented in The XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), 2023.
  3. Pinto, S.I.S.; Martins, A.A.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Impact of resistance distribution and pressure measurement in the computed FFR". Paper presented in ESB 2023, 2023.
  4. Fernandes, M.; Sousa, L.C.; Antonio, C.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Modelling hemodynamics with real physiological conditions of patient-specific coronaries". Paper presented in ESB 2023, 2023.
  5. Festas, J.; Sousa, L.C.; Antonio, C.C.; Silva, S; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Coronary artery segmentation in hyperemia conditions for computed FFR analysis". Paper presented in ESB 2023, 2023.
  6. Fernandes, M.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.; Antonio, C.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Computed FFR based on Windkessel models with different number of elements". Paper presented in CMBBE 2023, 2023.
  7. Festas, J.; Matias, L.; Castro, C.F.; Antonio, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Silva, S.; Pinto, S.I.S.; a. "Segmentation of Patient Coronary Arteries using Python for Future Hemodynamic Simulations". Paper presented in ICEM20 2023, 2023.
  8. Fernandes, M.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.; Antonio, C.C.; Natal Jorge, Renato ; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Impact of Fluid-Structure Interaction in the Fractional Flow Reserve of a Coronary Artery". Paper presented in ICEM20 2023, 2023.
  9. Reis A.R.; Areias, B.; Sousa, L.C.; Parente M.; Jorge R.N.; Sousa H.; Goncalves J.M.. "A dorsolumbar complete burst fracture and the posterior short segment fixation". Paper presented in ICEM20 2023, 2023.
  10. E. Miranda; L.C. Sousa; Antonio, C.C.; C.F. Castro; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Aterosuscetibilidade em artérias coronárias esquerdas de pacientes saudáveis – sPTT/CFD". Paper presented in CLME2022/VICEM - 9º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia / VI Congresso de Engenharia de Moçambique, 2022.
  11. Martins, A.A.; Castro, C.F; Antonio, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.; a. "Implementation of a 3-element Windkessel model for an accurate computed FFR in coronary arteries of patients". Paper presented in M2D2022 - 9th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, 2022.
  12. Felgueiras, J.A.; Sousa, L.C.; Antonio, C.C.; Azevedo, E; Castro, C.F.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Impact of flow ratio in carotid hemodynamics - use of the viscoelastic property of blood in CFD". Paper presented in M2D2022 - 9th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, 2022.
  13. Fernandes, M.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.; António, C.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Influence of shear-thinning non-Newtonian models of blood on the computational fractional flow reserve". Paper presented in M2D2022 - 9th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, 2022.
  14. Matias, L.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.; Silva, S.. "Dealing with CT cardiac imaging using Python: an approach for future hemodynamic simulations". Paper presented in M2D2022 - 9th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, 2022.
  15. Pinto, S.I.S.; Freitas, D.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Patient-specific FFR quantification using Windkessel models: code development". Paper presented in ICoNSoM 2022 - International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, 2022.
  16. Pinto, S.I.S; Barbosa, M.J.; Castro, C.F.; Antonio, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Automatic construction of stents in patient-specific coronary arteries with disease". Paper presented in ICoNSoM 2022 - International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, 2022.
  17. Elsa Miranda ; Sousa, Luísa Costa; Carlos Alberto Conceição António; Catarina Castro ; Sónia I. S. Pinto. "On the impact of using the non-linear viscoelastic property of blood and FSI simultaneously for arterial hemodynamic simulations". Paper presented in IRF2020-7th International Conference Integrity-Reliability-Failure p. 1017-1022, 2020.
    Published
  18. Daniel S fidalgo ; Areias, Bruno; Sousa, Luísa Costa; Parente, MPL ; Natal Jorge, Renato; Henrique Sousa; João Maia Gonçalves. "A MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION AT THE L5-S1 LEVEL". Paper presented in IRF2020-7th International Conference Integrity-Reliability-Failure, 2020.
  19. Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.S.. "Carotid ultrasound image analysis using artificial neural networks". Paper presented in M2D2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, 2019.
  20. Saraiva, I.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Ladeiras-Lopes, R.; Ferreira, N.D.; Nuno Bettencourt; Sousa, L.C.; Sónia, S.I.S.. "Wall shear stress description in patient-specific right coronary arteries with stenosis - CFD". Paper presented in M2D2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, 2019.
  21. Romano, E.; Sousa, L.S.; António, C.C; Castro, C.F.; Sónia, S.I.S.. "WSS descriptors in a patient RCA considering nonlinear viscoelasticity of blood". Paper presented in ICoNSoM 2019 - International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, 2019.
  22. Romano, E.; Sousa, L.C.; António, C.C.; Castro, C.F.; Sónia, S.I.S.. "Nonlinear viscoelastic property of blood for hemodynamic simulations - code development". Paper presented in ICoNSoM2019, International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, 2019.
  23. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, Luísa; Fitas, R.; António, C.A.C.; Santos, R.; Azevedo, E.. "Automatic reconstruction of the luminal carotid bifurcation axis using transverse ultrasound images.". Paper presented in M2D2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, 2019.
  24. Fidalgo, D.S.; Areias, B.; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, M.; Natal Jorge, R.; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J.. "L5-S1 minimaly invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a finite element model". Paper presented in M2d2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design,, 2019.
  25. Caetano, S.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Parente, M.P.L.; Natal Jorge, R.; Sousa, H.; Goncalves, J.M.. "LATERAL LUMBAR FUSION, A MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL APPROACH FOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION". Paper presented in IRF 2018 - 6th International Conference Integrity, Reliability and Failure, 2018.
  26. Pinho, N.; Castro, C.C.; António, C.C.; Nuno Bettencourt; Sousa, L.C.; Sónia, S.I.S.. "FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION FOR HEMODYNAMIC STUDY IN PATIENT CORONARY ARTERIES - VALIDATION". Paper presented in IRF 2018 - 6th International Conference Integrity, Reliability and Failure, 2018.
  27. Pinho, N.; Castro, C.F; António, C.C.; Nuno Bettencourt; Sousa, L.C.; Sónia, S.I.S.. "CORRELATION BETWEEN GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF LEFT CORONARY ARTERY AND PLAQUE DEPOSITION IN LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY". Paper presented in IRF2018 - 6th International Conference Integrity, Reliability and Failure, 2018.
  28. Castro, C.F; Sousa, L.C.; António, C.C.; Azevedo, E.. "Automatic segmentation in transverse ultrasound images representative of the carotid artery". Paper presented in 1st Iberic Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics and Materials/ 11th National Congress on Experimental Mechanics, 2018.
  29. Nelson, P.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C; Nuno Bettencourt; Sousa, L.C.; Sónia, S.I.S.. "Tendency to atherosclerotic plaque formation in the right coronary artery of healthy cases - FSI simulations". Paper presented in 1st Iberic Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics and Materials/ 11th National Congress on Experimental Mechanics, TEMM2018, 2018.
  30. Sónia, S.I.S.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C; Nuno Bettencourt; Sousa, L.C.. "Importance of blood elastic property in the arterial hemodynamics: a patient specific numerical study". Paper presented in 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, 2018.
  31. Castro, C.F.; António, C.C; Sousa, L.C.. "VESSEL DETECTION IN CAROTID ULTRASOUND IMAGES USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS". Paper presented in IRF2018 - 6th International Conference Integrity, Reliability and Failure, 2018.
  32. Caetano, S.C.; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, M.; Natal Jorge, R; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J.M.. "Kinematic response of the l4-l5 functional spinal unit after a lateral lumbar fusion surgery.". Paper presented in 1st Iberic Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics and Materials/ 11th National Congress on Experimental Mechanics, TEMM2018, 2018.
  33. Pinto, S.I.S.; castro, F.C.; Sousa, Luísa; Campos, J.B.L.M.. "Numerical study of atherogenesis risk associated to different stenotic arteries". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2017, 2017.
  34. Sousa, Luísa; castro, F.C.; António, C.A.C.; Azevedo, E.. "Fluid-structure interaction modelling of blood flow in a non-stenosed common carotid artery bifurcation". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2017, 2017.
  35. castro, F.C.; Sousa, Luísa; António, C.A.C.. "A decision system for plaque detection in the carotid artery". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2017, 2017.
  36. Henriques, H.A.M.; Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Blood flow in the common carotid artery with stenosis". Paper presented in ECCOMAS Congress 2016 - VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, 2016.
    10.7712/100016.1795.9043
  37. Sousa, H.; Sousa, R.; Sousa, L.. "Influence of enclosure masonry walls on energy consumption of buildings". Paper presented in 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference – Trends, Innovations and Challenges, Padova, 2016.
  38. Sousa, Luísa; Mendes, C.S.; Parente, M.; Natal Jorge, R.; Gonçalves, J.M.; Freitas, R.. "Biomechanics of Lumbar Spine". Paper presented in IRF2016 - 5th International Conference, on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, IRF2016, 2016.
  39. Sónia, S.I.S.; Campos, J.B.L.M.; Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.. "Use of hexa and tetrahedral mesh cells for a specific carotid blood flow simulation - case validation". Paper presented in IRF2016 - 5th International Conference, on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, IRF2016, 2016.
  40. Henriques, H.A.M.; Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.. "Numerical simulation of carotid artery stenosis before stenting". Paper presented in IRF2016 - 5th International Conference, on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, IRF2016, 2016.
  41. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, Luísa; António, C.A.C.. "Virtual stenting of carotid artery stenosis". Paper presented in IRF2016 - 5th International Conference, on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, 2016.
  42. Sousa, Luísa; Castrro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Azevedo, E.. "On the importance of outflow boundary conditions for hemodynamic modelling of the carotid artery". Paper presented in IRF 2016 - 5th International Conference, on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, IRF2016, 2016.
  43. Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Integrating ultrasound images using modular artificial neural networks". Paper presented in Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, 2015.
  44. Sousa, Luísa; Henriques, H.A.M.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Reconstructing stenotic carotid models from ultrasound images". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2015, 2015.
  45. Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Sousa, Luísa; Henriques, H.A.M.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Exploring ultrasound images of the carotid arteries using neural network tools". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2015, 2015.
  46. Henriques, H.A.M.; Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, R.; Azevedo, E.. "Reconstructing stenotic carotid models from ultrasound images". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2015, 2015.
  47. Teixeira, T.; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, M.; Natal Jorge, R.; Goncalves, J.M.; Freitas, R.. "Biomechanical Study of Cervical Spine with Pathology". Paper presented in M2D2015 - 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, 2015.
  48. Reis, L.; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, M.; Natal Jorge, R.; Gonçalves, J.M.; Freitas, R.. "Biomechanical Study of Idiopathic Scoliosis". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials Design, M2D2015, 2015.
  49. Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Santos, R.; Azevedo, E.. "Near-optimum carotid disease analysis using ultrasound image data". Paper presented in Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, CST2014, 2014.
  50. Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C; Sousa, H.; Sousa, R.. "Thermal and Mechanical Performance of an Optimized Lightweight Masonry Block". Paper presented in Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, CST2014,, 2014.
  51. Santos, A.M.F.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.; Sousa, L.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Automatic segmentation of the lumen of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images". Paper presented in International Conference SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013.
    10.1117/12.2007259
  52. Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Chaves, R.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Hemodynamics of a stenosed carotid bifurcation". Paper presented in International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation, ADMOS 2013, 2013.
  53. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, Luísa; António, C.A.C.. "Vascular reconstruction modelling of lumen-adapted arteries with stiffened grafts". Paper presented in International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation, ADMOS 2013, 2013.
  54. Castro, C.F.; Antonio, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Vascular reconstruction modelling of lumen- Adapted arteries with stiffened grafts". 2013.
  55. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Chaves, R.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Hemodynamics of a stenosed carotid bifurcation". 2013.
  56. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.; Chaves, R.; António, C.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Mesh generation and blood flow simulation in human carotid bifurcation". Paper presented in Eighth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, ECT2012, 2012.
  57. Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "The design of artificial grafts using multi-objective genetic algorithms". Paper presented in The Eighth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, ECT2012, 2012.
  58. Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Multi-objective optimization of bypass grafts in arteries". 2011.
  59. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Relvas, B.. "Blood flow in artificial bypass graft: A numerical study". 2011.
  60. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.. "Cardiovascular simulation using the Finite Element Method". Paper presented in Seventh International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, ECT2010, 2010.
  61. Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Multi-objective optimisation of hot forging processes using a genetic algorithm". Paper presented in Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, CST2010, 2010.
  62. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, H.. "Optimization of lightweight aggregate concrete units using a genetic algorithm". Paper presented in Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, CC 2009, 2009.
  63. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.. "Optimization of forming processes with different sheet metal alloys". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes. NUMIFORM´07, 2007.
    10.1063/1.2740855
  64. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.; António, C.A.C.; De Sá, J.C.. "A multilevel approach to optimization of bulk forming processes". Paper presented in ECCOMAS 2000, European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, incorporating the VI International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS VI), 2000.
  65. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, Luísa; António, C.A.C.; César De Sá, J.. "An inverse technique on the optimization of rolling and drawing process parameter". Paper presented in sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes - NUMIFORM´98, 1998.
  66. Sousa, Luísa. "Virtual prototyping of radial extruded components. Simulation of Materials Processing". Paper presented in The sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes - NUMIFORM´98, 1998.
Journal article
  1. Maria Fernandes; Luisa C. Sousa; Carlos A. Conceição António; Sónia I. S. Pinto. "Modeling the Five-Element Windkessel Model with Simultaneous Utilization of Blood Viscoelastic Properties for FFR Achievement: A Proof-of-Concept Study". Mathematics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/math11244877.
    10.3390/math11244877
  2. A. Martins, André; F. Castro, Catarina; C. António, Carlos; C. Sousa, Luísa; I. S. Pinto, Sónia. "FFR quantification in a left coronary artery using a three-element Windkessel model and the nonlinear viscoelastic property of blood". Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems 11 3 (2023): 349-379. http://dx.doi.org/10.2140/memocs.2023.11.349.
    10.2140/memocs.2023.11.349
  3. Miranda, E.; Sousa, L.C.; António, C.C.; Castro, C.F.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Role of the left coronary artery geometry configuration in atherosusceptibility: CFD simulations considering sPTT model for blood". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 24 13 (2021): 1488-1503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2021.1894555.
    10.1080/10255842.2021.1894555
  4. J.A. Felgueiras ; Sousa, Luísa Costa; Carlos Alberto Conceição António; Azevedo, Elsa; Catarina Castro ; S.I.S. Pinto. "Efeito da propriedade viscoelástica do sangue em simulações hemodinâmicas de artérias carótidas/ Effect of blood viscoelastic property in hemodynamic simulations of carotid arteries". Mecânica Experimental 33 (2021): 39-50.
    Published
  5. B. Areias; S. C. Caetano; L. C. Sousa; M. Parente; R. N. Jorge; H. Sousa; J. M. Gonçalves. "Numerical simulation of lateral and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, two minimally invasive surgical approaches". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (2020): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2020.1734579.
    10.1080/10255842.2020.1734579
  6. Fidalgo, D. S.; Areias, B.; Sousa, L. C.; Parente, M.; Jorge, R. N.; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Minimally invasive transforaminal and anterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery at level L5-S1". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (2020): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2020.1731482.
    10.1080/10255842.2020.1731482
  7. Pinto, S.I.S.; Romano, E.; António, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.. "The impact of non-linear viscoelastic property of blood in right coronary arteries hemodynamics — A numerical implementation". International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 123 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85082382270&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2020.103477
  8. Pinho, N.; Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Carvalho, M.; Ferreira, W.; Ladeiras-Lopes, R.; et al. "The Impact of the Right Coronary Artery Geometric Parameters on Hemodynamic Performance". Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology 10 2 (2019): 257-270. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066073553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13239-019-00403-8
  9. Pinho, N.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Bettencourt, N.; Sousa, L.C.; Pinto, S.I.S.. "Correlation between geometric parameters of the left coronary artery and hemodynamic descriptors of atherosclerosis: FSI and statistical study". Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 57 3 (2019): 715-729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85055957287&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11517-018-1904-2
  10. S.I.S. Pinto; J.B.L.M. Campos; E. Azevedo; C.F. Castro; L.C. Sousa. "Numerical study on the hemodynamics of patient-specific carotid bifurcation using a new mesh approach". International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering (2018): e2972-e2972. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.2972.
    10.1002/cnm.2972
  11. Faculdade de Medicina; Sousa, L.C.; Fitas, R.; António, C.A.C.; Azevedo, E.. "Segmentação automática de imagens doppler transversais modo-b da bifurcação carotídea / Automatic segmentation in transverse ultrasound bmode images of the carotid artery". Mecânica Experimental 30 (2018): 71-76. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125862.
  12. Caetano, S.C.; Areias, B.; Sousa, L.C.; Parente, M; Renato Natal, J.; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J.M.. "KINEMATIC RESPONSE OF THE L4-L5 FUNCTIONAL SPINAL UNIT AFTER A LATERAL LUMBAR FUSION SURGERY". Mecânica Experimental 30 (2018): 29-33. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125942.
  13. Teixeira, T.; Sousa, L.C.; Parente, M.; Natal, R.; Gonçalves, J.M.; Freitas, R.. "Biomechanical study of cervical spine with pathology, Estudo biomecânico da coluna cervical com patologia". Revista Internacional de Metodos Numericos para Calculo y Diseno en Ingenieria 33 1-2 (2017): 72-78. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954348807&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rimni.2015.10.004
  14. Castro, C.F.; Sousa, Luísa; Henriques, H.A.M.; António, C.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Hemodynamic Abnormalities in a Carotid Bifurcation Based on Doppler Ultrasound Imaging". Medical Engineering, 02(05), 85-95 2 5 (2017): 85-95. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/400f/deefec31e042def8d91879e16acedfc14868.pdf.
  15. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, F.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Computational simulation of carotid stenosis and flow dynamics based on patient ultrasound data - A new tool for risk assessment and surgical planning". Advances in Medical Sciences 61 1 (2016): 32-39. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960081797&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.advms.2015.07.009
  16. Teixeira, T.; Sousa, L.C.; Natal Jorge, R.M.; Parente, M.; GonÇalves, J.M.; Freitas, R.. "Biomechanical study of the cervical spine". Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics 21 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925259484&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3_7
  17. Castro, C.F.; AntÓnio, C.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Prediction of carotid hemodynamic descriptors based on ultrasound data and a neural network model". Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics 21 (2015): 157-171. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925248520&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3_12
  18. Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Integrating ultrasound images using modular artificial neural networks". Civil-Comp Proceedings (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013382438&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  19. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Santos, A.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.. "Haemodynamic conditions of patient-specific carotid bifurcation based on ultrasound imaging". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization 2 3 (2014): 157-166. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981366275&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/21681163.2013.875486
  20. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Santos, A.M.F.; dos Santos, R.M.; Castro, P.M.A.C.; Azevedo, E.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.. "Toward hemodynamic diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis based on ultrasound image data and computational modeling". Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 52 11 (2014): 971-983. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911001774&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11517-014-1197-z
  21. Sousa, L.C.; Sousa, H.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, R.. "A new lightweight masonry block: Thermal and mechanical performance". Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 14 1 (2014): 160-169. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887614866&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.acme.2013.08.003
  22. Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; Antonio, C.C.; Santos, A.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Simulated hemodynamics in human carotid bifurcation based on Doppler ultrasound images". International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health 1 1 (2014):
  23. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; Antonio, C.C.; Sousa, H.; Sousa, R.. "Thermal and mechanical performance of an optimized lightweight masonry block". Civil-Comp Proceedings 106 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963593826&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  24. Santos, A.M.F.; Dos Santos, R.M.; Castro, P.M.A.C.; Azevedo, E.; Sousa, L.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.. "A novel automatic algorithm for the segmentation of the lumen of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images". Expert Systems with Applications 40 16 (2013): 6570-6579. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880057031&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.eswa.2013.06.003
  25. Santos, A.; Tavares, J.M.R.S.; Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Carotid artery bifurcation modelling from patient CT angiography and ultrasound technics". Cerebrovascular Diseases 35 2 (2013):
  26. Santos, A.; Sousa, Luísa; Tavares, J.M.R.S.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Computer simulation of the cardiovascular system". Cerebrovascular Diseases 35 2 (2013):
  27. Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Ferreira, M.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Inter-individual variations in wall shear stress distributions at the carotid artery bifurcation". .Cerebrovascular Diseases 35 2 (2013):
  28. António, C.A.C.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, Luísa; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Carotid flow predictions based on artificial neural network and Doppler signal". Cerebrovascular Diseases 35 2 (2013):
  29. Sousa, Luísa; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Hemodynamics in human carotid bifurcation based on Doppler". Cerebrovascular Diseases 35 2 (2013):
  30. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Chaves, R.. "Blood flow simulation and vascular reconstruction". Journal of Biomechanics 45 15 (2012): 2549-2555. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866768971&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.033
  31. Castro, C.F.; Antonio, C.C.; Sousa, Luísa. "Optimização da geometria de próteses arteriais: caso estacionário". Revista Iberoamericana de Ingeniería Mecánica 16 2 (2012): 19-27.
  32. Santos, A.; Sousa, Luísa; Tavares, J.M.R.S.; Santos, R.; Castro, P.; Azevedo, E.. "Computer simulation of the carotid artery". Cerebrovascular Diseases 33 1 (2012):
  33. Sousa, L.; Castro, C.; António, C.; Chaves, R.. "Computational techniques and validation of blood flow simulation". WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine 8 4 (2011): 145-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80055116397&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  34. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.C.; Sousa, H.. "Topology optimisation of masonry units from the thermal point of view using a genetic algorithm". Construction and Building Materials 25 5 (2011): 2254-2262. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79551588164&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.010
  35. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.. "Optimal design of v and U bending processes using genetic algorithms". Journal of Materials Processing Technology 172 1 (2006): 35-41. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-31344437343&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2005.08.011
  36. António, C.C.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.. "Eliminating forging defects using genetic algorithms". Materials and Manufacturing Processes 20 3 (2005): 509-522. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-19944366291&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1081/AMP-200053557
  37. Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Sousa, L.C.. "Optimisation of shape and process parameters in metal forging using genetic algorithms". Journal of Materials Processing Technology 146 3 (2004): 356-364. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1242298442&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2003.11.027
  38. António, C.C.; Castro, C.F.; Sousa, L.C.. "Optimization of metal forming processes". Computers and Structures 82 17-19 (2004): 1425-1433. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3042702368&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.03.038
  39. Poursina, M.; António, C.A.C.; Castro, C.F.; Parvizian, J.; Sousa, L.C.. "Preform optimal design in metal forging using genetic algorithms". Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales) 21 6 (2004): 631-650. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4344586207&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/02644400410545209
  40. Pires, F.M.A.; De Sá, J.M.A.C.; Sousa, L.C.; Jorge, R.M.N.. "Numerical modelling of ductile plastic damage in bulk metal forming". International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 45 2 (2003): 273-294. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038625321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0020-7403(03)00051-1
  41. Sousa, L.C.; Castro, C.F.; António, C.A.C.; Santos, A.D.. "Inverse methods in design of industrial forging processes". Journal of Materials Processing Technology 128 1-3 (2002): 266-273. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037032150&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00464-8
  42. Castro, C.F.; Costa Sousa, L.; António, C.A.C.; César de Sá, J.M.A.. "An efficient algorithm to estimate optimal preform die shape parameters in forging". Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales) 18 7-8 (2001): 1057-1077. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035712075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  43. Sousa, Luísa; Ferreira, A.J.M.; de Sá J. M. A. C.. "Elasto-plastic analysis of sandwich beams by joint elements". Journal of Composite Mechanics and Design 7 2 (2001): 158-168.
  44. Ferreira, A.J.M.; Sousa, Luísa. "Modelling of Sandwich structures by the use of interface finite elements". Buletinul Stiintific al Universitâtii “Politehnica” din Timisora 46 60 (2001): 13-20.
  45. Sousa, Luísa; Ferreira, A.J.M.. "Modelling of Cracked Sandwich Specimen". Cybernetics and Informatics 6 4 (1999): 330-331.
  46. César De Sá, J.; Costa Sousa, L.; Madureira, M.L.. "Simulation model for hot and cold forging by mixed methods including adaptive mesh refinement". Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales) 13 2-4 (1996): 339-360. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029710024&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Magazine article
  1. Daniel fidalgo ; Sousa, Luísa Costa; Areias, Bruno; Parente, MPL ; Natal Jorge, Renato; Henrique Sousa; João Maia Gonçalves. "A minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion at the L5-S1 level", Mecânica Experimental Vol. 33 p. 39-50 , 2021
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/02 - 2019/07 Modelação Numérica de Técnicas não Invasivas para Fusão Intervertebral tendo em Vista a Otimização de Resultados
Supervisor of Daniel Santos Fidalgo
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/07 Estudo Hemodinâmico em Artérias Coronárias Direitas com Diferentes Graus de Estenose - CFD
Co-supervisor of Inês Maria Soares Saraiva Rodrigues
 Curso: Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/09 Modelação Numérica de Cirurgias da Coluna Vertebral para Otimização de Resultados
Supervisor of Susana Catarina Cardoso Caetano
 Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07 Modelo mecânico da parede da artéria carótida: elasticidade linear ou não linear em formulação lagrangeana
Supervisor of Marco Filipe Rodrigues Bento
 Curso: Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07 Análise da interação fluido-estrutura na bifurcação da artéria carótida comum com estenose
Supervisor of Nelson Filipe da Silva Pinho
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/07 Caracterização do fluxo sanguíneo duma bifurcação da artéria carótida com estenose
Supervisor of Hélder José Gonçalves da Silva Curso:
Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/07 Caracterização do fluxo sanguíneo de uma bifurcação da artéria carótida com estenose
Supervisor of Helena Andreína Monteiro Henriques
Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/07 Estudo biomecânico de coluna com escoliose idiopática do adolescente
Supervisor of Liliana Lages Reis
Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/07 Estudo biomecânico da coluna cervical com patologia
Supervisor of Tatiana Filipa Salgado da Costa Teixeira
Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/02 - 2013/07 Biomecânica da Coluna Lombar
Supervisor of Catarina Spratley Vieira Mendes Curso
Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/02 - 2013/07 Estudo Hemodinâmico da Bifurcação da Artéria Carótida Tendo em Vista Aplicação Hospitalar
Supervisor of Mário César Cunha Madeira Ferreira
Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2007/09 - 2008/07 Estudo do Comportamento Térmico e Mecânico em Paredes de Alvenaria.
Supervisor of João Pedro Marques Poças
Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2007/09 - 2008/07 Melhoria do Comportamento Térmico e Mecânico de Elementos para Alvenaria da Envolvente.
Co-supervisor of Luís Manuel dos Santos e Silva
Mestrado em Reabilitação do Património Edificado (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1996/01 - 2000/05 Métodos Inversos em Processos de Enformação Plástica
Co-supervisor of Catarina Rosa Santos Ferreira de Castro
Doutoramento em Ciências da Engenharia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/04 - 2023/12 Organizing Committee of CILAMCE 2023 - XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (2023/11 - 2023/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/09 Coorganizer with Prof. Sónia Pinto of VPH 2022 CONFERENE VIRTUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL HUMAN Session 1 - Cardiovascular (2022 - 2022) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/07 Coorganizer with Prof. Sónia Pinto of M2D2022 - 9th International Conference on MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DESIGN Symposium nº 7 - ENGINEERING IN CARDIOVASCULAR, BREATHING AND MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMS (2022 - 2022) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

University of Toronto, Canada
2019/11/01 - 2020/06 Co-organizer, together with Sónia Pinto of Symposium nº 10 - CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING AND BONE MECHANICS in IRF2020 - 7th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Lisboa, Portugal, july 14-18, 2020 (2020 - 2020)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/04 EDUCON2020 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (2020 - 2020)
Conference
2019 - 2019 Co-organizer, together with Sónia Isabel Silva Pinto and Catarina Ferreira Castro of Symposium nº 1 - Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular and Orthopaedic Diseases: Imaging And Modelling in VipIMAGE 2019 - VII ECCOMAS, Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, October 16-18, 2019 (2019 - 2019)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Co-organizer, together with Sónia Pinto of Symposium nº 7, Cardiovascular and Orthopedic Mechanics in M2D2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Bolonha, Italy, September 4-6, 2019 (2019)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2018/01 - 2018/07 Co-organizer, together with Sónia Pinto of Symposium nº 10 - Biomechanics of Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic Disease in IRF2018 - 6th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Lisboa, Portugal, july 22-26, 2018 (2018 - 2018)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Co-organizer, together with Sónia Pinto, of Symposium nº 10 - Biomechanics of Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic Disease in IRF2018 - 6th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Lisboa, Portugal, july 22-26, 2018 (2018)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Co-organizer, together with Catarina Ferreira Castro of Symposium nº 11 - Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic Computational Design and Moderator of the Parallel Sessions: SIMP_11 ( 2E session) - Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic Computational Design and ( 7F session) - Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification in M2D2017 - 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Albufeira, Portugal,June 11-15, 2017 (2017)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Co-organizer, together with Catarina Ferreira Castro of Symposium nº 11 - Advances in Cardiovascular and Orthopedics Biomechanics and moderator of the Parallel Sessions: SYMP_11 (5D session) - Advances in Cardiovascular and Orthopedics Biomechanics and (1E session ) - Computational Mechanics in IRF2016 - 5th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Porto, Portugal, july 24-28, 2016 (2016)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Co-organizer, together with Catarina Ferreira Castro of Symposium nº 13 - Cardiovascular and Orthopedic Mechanics Design, and moderator of the Parallel Sessions: SYMP_13 (7E session) - Cardiovascular and Orthopedics Mechanics Design and ( 2nd session) - Analytical and Numerical Tools in M2D2015 - 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, P. Delgada/Azores, July 26-30, 2015 (2015)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/01 - 2013/06 Co-organizer, together with Catarina Ferreira Castro of Symposium nº 5 - Blood flow mechanical behaviour, in IRF2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Funchal, Portugal, June 23-27, 2013 (2013)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Co-organizer, together with Catarina Ferreira Castro of Symposium nº 17 - Experimental assessment of mechanical behaviour and simulation of blood flow, in ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Porto, Portugal, july 22-27, 2012 (2012)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Oral presentation in M2D2017 - 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design Albufeira Portugal, June 11-15, 2017
Conference
 M2D2017 - 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - Current Moderator of the Parallel Session nº 13 and oral presentation in CNB2017 - 7º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Guimarães, Portugal, february 10-11, 2017
Congress
 CNB2017 - 7º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - Current Oral presentation in IRF2016 - 5th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Porto, Portugal, July 24-28, 2016
Conference
 IRF2016 - 5th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - Current Oral presentation in ECCOMAS 2016 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Crete Island, Greece, June 5-10, 2016
Conference
 ECCOMAS 2016 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
2019 - 2019 Moderator of the Parallel Session , Thematic Sessions on Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular and Orthopaedic diseases Imaging and Modelling and oral presentation in VipIMAGE 2019 - VII ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, October 16–18, 2019.
Conference
 VipIMAGE 2019 - VII ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Moderator of the Parallel Session I, Civil Engineering applications and oral presentation in M2D2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Bolonha, Italy, Septmber 4-6, 2019.
Conference
 M2D2019 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Oral presentation in the 13th North American Masonry Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 16-19, 2019.
Conference
 13th North American Masonry Conference
Brigham Young University, United States
2018 - 2018 Moderator of the Parallel Session 2C Topics - E & F and oral presentation in congresso CNME2018 & TEMM2018 - 11th National Congress Of Experimental Mechanics in conjunction with 1st Iberic Conference On Theoretical And Experimental Mechanics And Materials, Porto, Portugal, november 4-7 ,2018
Congress
 CNME2018 & TEMM2018 - 11th National Congress Of Experimental Mechanics in conjunction with 1st Iberic Conference On Theoretical And Experimental Mechanics And Materials
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Oral presentation in IRF2018 - 6th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Lisboa, Portugal, july 22-26, 2018.
Conference
 IRF2018 - 6th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Oral presentation in VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Visionand Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, October 18–20, 2017.
Conference
 VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Visionand Medical Image Processing
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Oral presentation in M2D2015 - 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Ponta Delgada/Azores, Portugal, July 26-30, 2015
Conference
 M2D2015 - 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Ponta Delgada/Azores
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Moderator of the Parallel Session 4 and oral presentation in CNB2015 - 6º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (), Monte Real, Portugal, February 6-7, 2015
Congress
 CNB2015 - 6º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Oral presentation in CST2014 - The Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Naples, Italy, September 2-5, 2014.
Conference
 CST2014 - The Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology
2014 - 2014 Oral presentation in ECT2014 - The Ninth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Naples, Italy, September 2-5, 2014
Conference
 ECT2014 - The Ninth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology
2014 - 2014 Oral presentation in V Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Patologia da Coluna Vertebral, March 27-29, 2014.
Congress
 V Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Patologia da Coluna Vertebral
2013 - 2013 Moderator of the Parallel Session: SYMP_05 - Blood Flow Mechanical Behaviour, and oral presentation in IRF2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Funchal, Portugal, June 23-27, 2013
Conference
 IRF2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Oral presentation in ADMOS 2013 - International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation, Lisbon, Portugal, June 3-5, 2013 ADMOS 2013 - International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation
2013 - 2013 Invited lecture in ESNCH2013 - 18th Meeting of European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics and 3rd Meeting of Cerebral Autoregulation Network, Porto, Portugal, May 24-27, 2013.
Meeting
 ESNCH2013 - 18th Meeting of European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics and 3rd Meeting of Cerebral Autoregulation Network
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurossonologia , Portugal
2013 - 2013 Moderator of the Parallel Session - Biomecânica Cardiovascular, Biofluidos e Hemodinâmica and oral presentation in CNB2013 - 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Espinho, Portugal, February 8-9, 2013.
Congress
 CNB2013 - 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânic
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Moderator of the Parallel Session Experimental Assessment of Mechanical Behaviour and Simulation of Blood Flow, and oral presentation in ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Porto, Portugal, July 22-27, 2012
Conference
 ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Moderator of the Parallel Session Bio-Inspired and oral presentation in EngOpt 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, July 1-5, 2012
Conference
 EngOpt 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Engineering Optimization
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011 - 2011 Moderator of the Parallel Session Métodos Numéricos – Mecânica Computacional e Simulação, and oral presentation in CIBEM10 - X Congresso Ibero-americano em Engenharia Mecânica, Porto, Portugal, Septmber 4-7, 2011
Congress
 CIBEM10 - X Congresso Ibero-americano em Engenharia Mecânica, Porto
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Oral presentation in CMNE 2011 - Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2011, Coimbra, Portugal, june 14-17, 2011.
Congress
 CMNE 2011 - Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2011
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Moderator of the Parallel Session, Oral presentations VI, and oral presentation in TMSI 2010 - 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010
Conference
 TMSI 2010 - 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Oral presentation in CST2010 - The Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Valencia, Spain, September 14-17, 2010
Conference
 CST2010 - The Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology
Universitat de València, Spain
2010 - 2010 Oral presentation in ECT2010 - The Seventh International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Valencia, Spain, September 14-17, 2010 ECT2010 - The Seventh International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology
Universitat de València, Spain
2010 - 2010 Oral presentation in EngOpt2010 - 2nd, International Conference on Engineering Optimization, IST Lisboa, Portugal, September 6-9, 2010
Conference
 EngOpt2010 - 2nd, International Conference on Engineering Optimization
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Oral presentation in the 8th International Masonry Conference, Dresden, Germany, June 4-7, 2010
Conference
 8th International Masonry Conference, Dresden
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2010 - 2010 Conferência (e)Learning @FEUP, Porto, Portugal, May the 6th, 2010
Conference
 (e)Learning @FEUP
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Oral presentation in IRF’2009 – 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure Challenges and Opportunities, Faculty of Engineering, Porto, Portugal, July 20-24, 2009.
Conference
 IRF’2009 – 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure Challenges and Opportunities
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Oral presentation in CLME’2008 - 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, Maputo, Moçambique, September 2-4, 2008
Congress
 CLME’2008 - 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Moderator of the Parallel Session Casting, Molding, Quenching e das Sessões paralelas - Numerical Methods and Applications (ii) and (iii), and oral presentation in NUMIFORM’ 07 - The fourth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Porto, Portugal, June 17-21, 2007
Conference
 NUMIFORM’ 07 - The fourth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Oral presentation in M2D2006 - 5th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Porto, Portugal, July 24-26, 2006
Conference
 M2D2006 - 5th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Oral presentation in the III European Conference on Computational Mechanics - Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Lisboa, Portugal, june 5-8, 2006
Conference
 III European Conference on Computational Mechanics - Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering
2005 - 2005 Oral presentation in Congresso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingenieria 2005, Granada, Espanha, July 4-7, 2005.
Congress
 Congresso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingenieria
Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería SEMNI, Spain
2004 - 2004 Oral presentation in CST2004 - The Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Lisboa, Portugal, Septmber 07–09, 2004
Conference
 CST2004 - The Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2004 - 2004 Oral presentation in Congresso de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, CMCE2004 - incorporando VIII Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional (APMTAC) and in VI Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería (SEMNI), Lisboa, Portugal, May 31 - June 2, 2004
Congress
 Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería
Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional, Portugal

Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería SEMNI, Spain
2004 - 2004 Oral presentation in Congresso Nacional da Construção, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, December 13-15, 2004
Congress
 Congresso Nacional da Construção
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Oral presentation in The 6th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, Salerno, Italy, April 28-30, 2003.
Conference
 The 6th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming
Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
2003 - 2003 Moderator of the Plenary Session Optimização Multidisciplinar e Estrutural, and oral presentation in VII Congresso Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, April 14-16, 2003
Congress
 VII Congresso Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Oral presentation in 8as Jornadas Portuguesas de Tribologia, Novos Desenvolvimentos da Tribologia: Análise Teórica e Aplicações em Processos Industriais, Aveiro, Portugal, May 7-9, 2002.
Meeting
 8as Jornadas Portuguesas de Tribologia, Novos Desenvolvimentos da Tribologia: Análise Teórica e Aplicações em Processos Industriais
2001 - 2001 Oral presentation in The 4th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, Liege, Bélgica, 23-25 de abril de 2001.
Conference
 The 4th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming
Université de Liège, Belgium
2001 - 2001 Moderator of the Plenary Session 2-A - Gestão e Engenharia Industrial -Tecnologias de Informação e Informática, and oral presentation in CLME’ 2002 - 2º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, Maputo, Moçambique, September 3-6, 2001
Congress
 CLME’ 2002 - 2º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2000 - 2000 Oral presentation in VI Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional, Aveiro, Portugal, April 17-19, 2000.
Congress
 VI Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
1999 - 1999 Moderator of the Plenary Session 8-C - Joining of Composite & Sandwich Structure IIII and oral presentation in IRF1999 – the first International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Porto, Portugal, July 19-22, 1999
Conference
 IRF1999 – the first International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1998 - 1998 Oral presentation in NUMIFORM’ 98 - The Sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Enschede, Países Baixos, June 22-25, 1998
Conference
 NUMIFORM’ 98 - The Sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes
Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
1998 - 1998 Oral presentation in First International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, Sophia Antipolis, França, March 16 -20, 1998
Conference
 First International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming
Mines ParisTech, France
1997 - 1997 Oral presentation in Simposium on Mechanics of Composites Materials, Lisboa, Portugal, July 22, 1997.
Meeting
 Simposium on Mechanics of Composites Materials
1997 - 1997 Oral presentation in V Encontro de Mecânica Computacional, Guimarães, Portugal, October 20-22, 1997.
Meeting
 V Encontro de Mecânica Computacional
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
1995 - 1995 Oral presentation in conferência COMPLAS IV - the Fourth International Conference on Computational Plasticity- Fundamentals and Applications, Barcelona, Spain, April 3-6, 1995
Conference
 COMPLAS IV - the Fourth International Conference on Computational Plasticity- Fundamentals and Applications, Barcelona
Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería SEMNI, Spain
1995 - 1995 Oral presentation in IV Encontro de Mecânica Computacional, Lisboa, Portugal, April 10-12, 1995
Meeting
 IV Encontro de Mecânica Computacional,
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1993 - 1993 VEC/PAR’ 93 - 1st International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing, Porto, Portugal, September 29 -October 1, 1993
Meeting
 VEC/PAR’ 93 - 1st International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing
1993 - 1993 Oral presentation in the II Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Ingenieria, Corunha, Espanha, June 7-11, 1993
Congress
 II Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Ingenieria
Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería SEMNI, Spain
1992 - 1992 Oral presentation in NUMIFORM’ 92- The fourth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Sophia Antipolis, França, September 14-18, 1992
Conference
 NUMIFORM’ 92- The fourth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes
1992 - 1992 Oral presentation in III Encontro de Mecânica Computacional, Coimbra, September 28-30, 1992
Meeting
 III Encontro de Mecânica Computacional
1991 - 1991 FE Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes in Automotive Industry, Zurique, Suiça, May 14-16, 1991
Meeting
 FE Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes in Automotive Industry
1988 - 1988 EUROMECH Meeting nº 233, Modelling Metal Forming Processes, Sophia Antipolis, França, August 29-31, 1988
Meeting
 EUROMECH Meeting nº 233, Modelling Metal Forming Processes
1988 - 1988 Oral presentation in Jornadas Técnicas Sectoriais Novas Tecnologias na Industria Tradicional Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, November 23-29, 1988
Meeting
 Jornadas Técnicas Sectoriais Novas Tecnologias na Industria Tradicional Portuguesa
1988 - 1988 Jornadas sobre Aplicação da Nova Regulamentação de Estruturas, Porto, Portuga, Marchl 23-25, 1988
Meeting
 Jornadas sobre Aplicação da Nova Regulamentação de Estruturas

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/07 Modelação Numérica de Técnicas não Invasivas para Fusão Intervertebral tendo em Vista a Otimização de Resultados
Supervisor
 Daniel Santos Fidalgo (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/09 Modelação Numérica de Cirurgias da Coluna Vertebral para Otimização de Resultados
Supervisor
 Susana Catarina Cardoso Caetano (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/07 Development of a new computational approach to simulate blood flow
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Sousa Santos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/07 Modelo mecânico da parede da artéria carótida: elasticidade linear ou não linear em Formulação Lagrangeana
Supervisor
 Marco Filipe Rodrigues Bento (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/06 Análise da interação fluido-estrutura na bifurcação da artéria carótida comum com estenose
Supervisor
 Nelson Filipe Da Silva Pinho (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/07 Caracterização do fluxo sanguíneo duma bifurcação da artéria carótida com estenose
Supervisor
 Hélder José Gonçalves Da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 Caracterização do fluxo sanguíneo de uma bifurcação da artéria carótida com estenose
Supervisor
 Helena Andreína Monteiro Henriques (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/07 Estudo biomecânico da coluna cervical com patologia
Supervisor
 Tatiana Filipa Salgado Da Costa Teixeira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/07 Estudo hemodinâmico da bifurcação da artéria carótida tendo em vista aplicação hospitalar
Supervisor
 Mário César Cunha Madeira Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/07 Biomecânica da coluna lombar
Supervisor
 Catarina Spratley Vieira Mendes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/07 Otimização da geometria da prótese arterial para intervenção cirúrgica
Thesis Member
 Linda Vanessa Dos Santos Alves (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/12 Avaliação e otimização do potencial da exposição solar no contexto da malha urbana
Thesis Member
 João Manuel Brasileiro Monteiro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2008/11 Métodos sem malha em problemas de mecânica computacional. Aplicação a processos de enformação plástica
Thesis Member
 Cristina Maria Clementino Fernandes de Faria (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2008/07 Estudo do comportamento térmico e mecânico em paredes de alvenaria
Supervisor
 João Pedro Marques Poças (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008 Optimização da maquinagem do peek e seus compósitos peek/cf30 e peek/gf30
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Vítor Manuel da Cruz Lapa (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008 Melhoria do comportamento térmico e mecânico de elementos para alvenaria da envolvente
Supervisor
 Luís Manuel dos Santos Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2004 Investigação ao comportamento do contacto elasto-plástico de superfícies rugosas
Thesis Member
 João Alfredo Paixão Mendes Soares (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2003/07 Estudos teóricos e experimentais no domínio da enformabilidade e do regime estacionário de processos de deformação plástica na massa
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bárbara Perry Pereira Alves Gouveia Almeida (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2000/05 Métodos inversos em processos de enformação plástica
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Rosa Ferreira de Castro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1996/11 Estudo do erro e processos adaptativos em problemas de enformação pelo método dos elementos finitos
Thesis Member
 Maria Luísa Romariz Madureira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current European Society of Biomechanics Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019/04 - Current Member of the Executive Committee of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto since April 1, 2019, with the coordination of management work, contest and monitoring of maintenance and rehabilitation works of the built heritage allocated to the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/10 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee VipIMAGE 2019 - VII ECCOMAS, Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, October 16-18, 2019
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/11 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of CNME2018 & TEMM2018 - 11th National Congress of Experimental Mechanics in conjunction with 1st Iberic Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics and Materials, Porto, Portugal, November 4-7, 2018
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/06 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee - M2D2017 - 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Albufeira, Portugal, June 11-15, 2017 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/07 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of IRF2016 - 5th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Porto, Portugal,July 24-28, 2016
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015/07 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of M2D2015 - 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, Ponta Delgada/Açores, Portugal, July 26-30, 2015
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/02 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of the 6º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Monte Real, Leiria, Portugal, February 6-7, 2015
Member
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/04 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of CLME2014 - 7º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, Inhambane, Moçambique, April 14-18, 2014
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/01 - 2013/11 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of CISPEE 2013 - 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education, Porto, Portugal, October 31 - November the first, 2013 Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2013/01 - 2013/06 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel, Açores, October 20-22, 2013
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/01 - 2013/06 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of IRF 2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure, Funchal, Portugal, June 23-27, 2013
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/09 - 2013/02 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Espinho, Portugal, February, 2013
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/01 - 2012/07 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Porto, Portugal, July 22-27, 2012
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/01 - 2012/07 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of EngOpt 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, June 1-5, 2012
Member
 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011/01 - 2011/09 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of CIBEM10 - X Congresso Ibero-americano em Engenharia Mecânica, Porto, Portugal, September 4-7, 2011 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2009/01 - 2009/07 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of IRF 2009 – 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Faculty of Engineering, Porto, Portugal, July 20-24, 2009
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2002/01 - 2002/05 Member of the Conference Scientific Committee of 8as Jornadas Portuguesas de Tribologia- Novos Desenvolvimentos da Tribologia: Análise Teórica e Aplicações em Processos Industriais, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, May 7-9, 2002
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
1999 - 1999 Co-organizer of the Symposium on Reliability and Efficiency of Numerical Tools in Engineering Analysis and Practice in IRF1999 – The first International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, Porto Portugal, July 19-22, 1999
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2013 - Current Dissertation of the Master in Biomedical Engineering Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2007 - Current Dissertation - Course Unit of the 5th year of the Master in Mechanical Engineering Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2007 - Current Computer Programming I Course Unit of the 1st year of Master in Mechanical Engineering: lectures and tutorials Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2006 - Current Mathematical Analysis Course Unit of the 1st year of the Master in Mechanical Engineering: tutorials and lectures (since 2019) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2006 - Current Mathematical Analysis Course Unit of the 1st year of the Master in Engineering and Industrial Management: tutorials and lectures (since 2019) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Mathematical Analysis Course Unit of the 1st year of the Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering: lectures and tutorials Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Informática e Computação (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2006 - 2009 Informatics Laboratory Course Unit of the 1st year of the Master in Environmental Engineering: lectures and tutorials Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2005 - 2007 Finite Element Method Course Unit of the 5th year of the Master in Mechanical Engineering: tutorials Licenciatura em Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2003 - 2007 Finite Element Complements (Master): lectures Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Pré-Bolonha) (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2004 - 2006 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry I Course Unit of the 1st year of the Master in Engineering and Industrial Management: tutorials Licenciatura em Gestão e Engenharia Industrial (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1988 - 2006 Computer Programming I Course Unit of the 1st year of the Graduation in Mechanical Engineering: tutorial and lectures (since 1995) Licenciatura em Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1994 - 2005 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry I Course Unit of the 1st year of the Graduation in Mechanical Engineering: tutorials and lectures (2004/2005). Licenciatura em Engenharia Mecânica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1999 - 2001 Finite Element II (Master): lectures Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Pré-Bolonha) (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1994 - 1999 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry II Course Unit of the 1st year of the Graduation in Mechanical Engineering: tutorials Licenciatura em Engenharia Mecânica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1986 - 1996 Numerical Analysis Course Unit of the 2nd year of the Graduation in Mechanical Engineering: tutorials Licenciatura em Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1982 - 1990 Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry Course Unit of the 1st year of the Graduation in Mechanical Engineering: tutorials Álgebra Linear e Geometria Analítica (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2016 Scientific Recognition Diploma - 2016
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal