Cláudio Carlos da Silva Horas (6F12-AB5F-1250)

Curriculum Vitae

Cláudio Carlos da Silva Horas

Cláudio Carlos da Silva Horas is a Structural Engineer currently conducting his scientific career as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He is an integrated member of the Institute for R&D in Structures and Construction (CONSTRUCT). With multiple publications in leading international peer-reviewed journals, his research focuses on the structural analysis of railway bridges and vehicles, and multiscale fatigue assessment. He has developed global-local fatigue approaches to predict the remaining service life of aging bridges. His tools have made a tangible impact in the industry, with the Portuguese Infrastructure Manager adopting them as a guideline for analysing the Portuguese railway bridge stock. Currently, he is advancing two main research lines: i) Integrating multiscale approaches enhanced by Artificial Intelligence techniques to implement local fatigue methods in digital twin architectures; and ii) exploring green multi-material strengthening strategies to maximise the fatigue life of critical details, exploring 3D printing with additive manufacturing to produce structural materials, including the development of fatigue resistance models to be incorporated into the multiscale approaches (i). In 2011, after completing the MSc in Civil Engineering at FEUP with a final grade of 17 out of 20, and defending his MSc thesis titled "Dynamic Behaviour of Bridges with Precast Decks on High-Speed Railways" (graded 19 out of 20), he started his professional journey as a Structural Engineer at Adão da Fonseca, Eng. Consultores (AdF). During this industrial experience from 2011 to 2015, he honed diverse skills, contributing to the design of high-rise buildings, bridges, and special structures. Between 2015 and 2021, Cláudio Horas was a PhD student at FEUP, completing his doctoral studies in 2021 with the defence of his dissertation titled "Integrated Methodology for Fatigue Life Prediction of Existing Metallic Railway Bridges", which was approved with distinction (Cum Laude). Following this, he began his career as a postdoctoral researcher. Specialisations: Railway structures; Fatigue assessment; Structural dynamics; Global-local analysis; fatigue strengthening.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cláudio Carlos da Silva Horas

Citation names

Horas, Cláudio S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 6F12-AB5F-1250
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9868-3270

Email addresses

claudiohoras@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=585413 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/09/15 - 2021/07/20 Concluded	Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento) Major in Estruturas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Integrated methodology for fatigue life prediction of existing metallic railway bridges" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved (Cum Laude)
2008/09/15 - 2011/07/27 Concluded	Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Major in Estruturas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Dynamic behaviour of railway bridges with precast deck for high speed traffic" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2005/09/15 - 2008/07/15 Concluded	Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/07/21 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/09/15 - 2021/07/20	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2011/09/15 - 2015/09/15	Engenheiro de Estruturas	Adão da Fonseca, Engenheiros Consultores, Lda., Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/05/04 - 2022/01/19	Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 3 (IN2TRACK3) 101012456 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2020/10/01 - 2021/05/03	Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 2 (IN2TRACK2) 826255 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	European Commission Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/07/26 - Current	Producing railway rolling stock in Portugal PRR - C645644454-00000065 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP Ongoing
2023/06/01 - 2024/07/25	SMART WAGONS - Development of production capacity in Portugal for intelligent freight wagons PRR - C644940527-00000048 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
2022/01/20 - 2023/05/30	Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 3 (IN2TRACK3) 101012456 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construções UID/ECI/04708/2019 Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Renato Natal Jorge; Diogo Ribeiro; Jorge Belinha; Calçada, Rui; Luísa Costa; Horas, Cláudio S.; Ramiro Martins; Ricardo Santos. Proceedings of the XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023). Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto. 2024. 10.5281/ZENODO.10991636 Ana Ramos; Carolina Furtado; Aires Colaço; Albertino Arteiro; André Furtado; Horas, Cláudio S.; Igor Lopes; Rodrigo Carvalho; Sérgio Pereira. Proceedings of the 7th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (ECCOMAS YIC 2023). Zenodo. 2023. 10.5281/ZENODO.8393048 Horas, Cláudio S.; Fazeres-Ferradosa, T.; Costa, Jorge. Book of Abstracts 2nd Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering. Porto. 2017. Published
Conference paper	Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Advanced numerical analysis of fatigue-critical details of existing metallic railway bridges". 2022. 10.1201/9781003322641-287 Horas, Cláudio S.; Alencar, Guilherme; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Evaluation of fatigue crack propagation considering the modal superposition technique". 2018. Horas, Cláudio S.; Correia, José A.F.O.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui; Aenlle, M.L.; Kripakaran, P.; Pelayo, F.; Fernandez-Canteli, A.. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Application of Modal Superposition Technique in the Fatigue Analysis Using Local Approaches". Paper presented in XVIII International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM XVIII), Gíjon, 2016. 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.861
Journal article	Ritermayer Teixeira; Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui; Túlio N. Bittencourt. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Multiscale fatigue modelling for riveted railway bridges: A case study for real damage validation". Engineering Failure Analysis (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2024.108776. 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2024.108776 Ritermayer Teixeira; Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui; Túlio N. Bittencourt. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Innovative hierarchical fatigue analysis of critical riveted railway bridges: A case study". Engineering Structures (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118629. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118629 Mendes, Paulo; Correia, José; António Mourão; Rita Dantas; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Horas, Cláudio S.; Nicholas Fantuzzi; Lance Manuel. "High-cycle fatigue design curves of mild- and high-strength steels for offshore applications". Structures (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106827. 10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106827 Horas, Cláudio S.. "Editorial: Integrated view of the transport system". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jtran.2024.177.4.201. 10.1680/jtran.2024.177.4.201 Gao, Qinglin; Xin, Haohui; Horas, Cláudio S.; Mosallam, Ayman S.; Liu, Yuqing; Berto, Filippo; Ma, Jianxun; Sun, Qing; Correia, José. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Probabilistic fatigue stiffness variation of angle-ply GFRP composites considering stress ratio effect". Engineering Structures 304 (2024): 117622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117622. Published • 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117622 Mendes, Paulo; Monteiro, Mário; Correia, José; Vieira, Manuel; Reis, Ana; Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "High-cycle rotating-bending fatigue performance of S690QL welded joints". Journal of Constructional Steel Research 214 (2024): 108488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2024.108488. Published • 10.1016/j.jcsr.2024.108488 Horas, Cláudio S.; João N. Silva; Correia, José; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Fatigue damage assessment on aging riveted metallic railway bridges: A literature review". Structures (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.105664. 10.1016/j.istruc.2023.105664 Idilson Nhamage; Ngoc-Son Dang; Horas, Cláudio S.; João Poças Martins; José Matos; Calçada, Rui. "Performing fatigue state characterization in railway steel bridges using digital twin models". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13116741. 10.3390/app13116741 Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "New multiphase methodology for fatigue damage screening of aging metallic railway bridges". International Journal of Fatigue 169 (2023): 107498-107498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107498. 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107498 Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Efficient progressive global-local fatigue assessment methodology for existing metallic railway bridges". Journal of Constructional Steel Research 196 (2022): 107431-107431. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2022.107431. 10.1016/j.jcsr.2022.107431 Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Ribeiro, Diogo; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Efficient multiscale methodology for local stress analysis of metallic railway bridges based on modal superposition principles". Engineering Failure Analysis 138 (2022): 106391-106391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.106391. 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.106391 Horas, Cláudio S.; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Efficient computational approach for fatigue assessment of riveted connections". Journal of Constructional Steel Research 153 (2019): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2018.10.005. 10.1016/j.jcsr.2018.10.005 Horas, Cláudio S.; Alencar, Guilherme; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Development of an efficient approach for fatigue crack initiation and propagation analysis of bridge critical details using the modal superposition technique". Engineering Failure Analysis 89 (2018): 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2018.03.009. 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2018.03.009 Horas, Cláudio S.; Correia, José; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Kripakaran, P.; Calçada, Rui. Corresponding author: Horas, Cláudio S.. "Application of the modal superposition technique combined with analytical elastoplastic approaches to assess the fatigue crack initiation on structural components". Engineering Fracture Mechanics 185 (2017): 271-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.06.001. 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.06.001
Thesis / Dissertation	"Integrated methodology for fatigue life prediction of existing metallic railway bridges". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/136063. Horas, Cláudio Carlos da Silva. "Dynamic Behaviour of Bridges with Precast Decks on High-Speed Railways". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/66380.

Other

Technical standard

Methodology for assessing the remaining service life of railway bridges (part 1 and 2). Lead Member of the Team responsible for developing a technical guideline titled "Development of a Methodology for Evaluating the Remaining Useful Life of Railway Bridges", designed for use by entities contracted by Infraestruturas de Portugal to assess existing metallic bridges.. 2020. Horas, Cláudio S.; Montenegro, P. A.; Correia, José; De Jesus, Abilio Manuel Pinho; Calçada, Rui.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11/14	Fatigue models applied to railway bridges: Considerations based on real case studies	XLV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE2024) Alagoas Federal University (Maceió, Brazil)
2024/02/02	Advanced two-phase fatigue analysis in railway engineering	Portuguese Conference on Fracture (Setúbal, Portugal)
2023/11/14	Enhanced fatigue life prediction in ancient riveted metallic railway bridges	XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE2023) Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia; Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/07/03	New multiphase methodology for fatigue damage screening of aging metallic railway bridges	XII International Conference on Structural Dynamics (Eurodyn 2023) Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands)
2022/11/23	Integrated methodology for fatigue life prediction of existing metallic railway bridges	XLIII Congresso Ibero-Latino-Americano em Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia (CILAMCE 2022) ABMEC (Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil)
2022/08/23	Integrated methodology for fatigue assessment of existing metallic railway bridges	The Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology (Railways, 2022) (Montpellier, France)
2022/07/13	Advanced numerical analysis of fatigue-critical details of existing metallic railway bridges	Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges (IABMAS 2022) UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya/IABMAS (Barcelona, Spain)
2021/09/16	Advanced numerical modelling combined with analytical tools to implement local fatigue methods	XX International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM XX) University of Wroclaw (Wroclaw, Poland)
2019/02/20	Validation of the numerical model of the Várzeas Bridge based on a dynamic test	TESTE 2019 - Monitorizar e Preservar (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/06	Development of an efficient approach for fatigue cracking assessment of bridge riveted details	XIX International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM XIX) (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/05	Assessment of total fatigue life in complex bridge welded connections	The Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology (Railways, 2018) (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/07/11	Evaluation of fatigue crack propagation considering the modal superposition technique	Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges (IABMAS 2018) IABMAS (Melbourne, Australia)
2017/09/06	Development of an efficient approach for fatigue analysis of bridge critical details using modal superposition of stress intensity factors	2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI) (Funchal, Portugal)
2017/09/06	Fatigue crack propagation analysis of bridge details by parallel computation of modal stress intensity factors	2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI) (Funchal, Portugal)
2016/05/16	Application of modal superposition technique in the fatigue analysis using local approaches	XVIII International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM XVIII) (Gijón, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/07/26 - Current	Multiscale methodologies for fatigue design of railway steel bridges Co-supervisor of António Manuel de Barros Figueiredo da Silva Mourão	Engenharia Civil (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/11 - Current	Application of high strength structural steels in freight wagon structures. A fatigue perspective Co-supervisor of Amirhossein Baraati	Engenharia Mecânica (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Probabilistic multimechanical fatigue modelling of railway vehicles engineered details Co-supervisor of João Nuno Silva	Engenharia Civil (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09 - Current	Integration of digital twins models in fatigue assessment of steel railway bridges Co-supervisor of Idilson António Nhamage	Engenharia Civil (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/09/26	Bridge over the Lima River in Viana do Castelo - Study of an alternative solution Supervisor of Mafalda Ramos de Carvalho	Engenharia Civil (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07/05	Composite steel-concrete beams: Comparative study of solutions Supervisor of João Manuel Alves Tavares	Engenharia Civil (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/20 - 2023/09/29	Strengthening for improved fatigue capacity of railway bridges Supervisor of Ana Isabel Carvalho Almeida	Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/20 - 2023/09/29	Structural analysis of a freight wagon Co-supervisor of Ana Leonor de Oliveira Ribeiro	Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/20 - 2023/09/28	Multi-body dynamic analysis of a railway passenger car Co-supervisor of Jorge Afonso Hora de Carvalho Martins	Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/20 - 2023/09/28	Multibody dynamic analysis of a freight wagon Co-supervisor of Francisca Cerqueira Manso	Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/06	Modelling and analysis of railway rolling stock structures Co-supervisor of Henrique Ribeiro Oliveira	Engenharia Mecânica (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/11/14 - 2024/11/14	2nd Numerical and experimental approaches applied to railway infrastructure (CILAMCE2024) (2024/11/14 - 2024/11/14) Conference (Co-organisor)	Alagoas Federal University, Brazil
2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16	XLIV Ibero-Latin American congress on computational methods in engineering (CILAMCE 2023) (2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16	XLIV Ibero-Latin American congress on computational methods in engineering (CILAMCE 2023) (2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16	1st Numerical and experimental approaches applied to railway infrastructure (CILAMCE2023) (2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21	ECCOMAS 7th Young Investigators Conference (YIC2023) (2023/07/19 - 2023/07/21) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21	ECCOMAS 7th Young Investigators Conference (YIC2023) (2023/07/19 - 2023/07/21) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21	Advanced numerical approaches applied to the analysis of railway infrastructures (YIC2023) (2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21	Challenges on the numerical simulation from small to large-scale Civil Engineering structures (YIC2023) (2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/06/08 - 2017/06/09	2nd Doctoral Congress of Engineering (DCE2017) (2017/06/08 - 2017/06/09) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/06/08 - 2017/06/08	2nd Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCE 2017) (2017/06/08 - 2017/06/08) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/12/07	Characterization of fatigue in bolts for wind turbines. (Thesis) Main arguer	Afonso Miguel Antunes Gabriel (Master) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2023/12/04	A methodology for fatigue performance analysis of leaf springs suspensions in freight wagons (Thesis) Arguer	Vítor Manuel Godinho Gomes (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/08/08	Evaluation of the dynamic behavior of integral railway bridges with soil-structure interaction (Thesis) Main arguer	David Queirós Moreira Baldaia (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/11/07	Fatigue assessment based on several damage methods and design curves of a railway bridge (Thesis) Main arguer	João Nuno Silva (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024/09/12 - Current	Early Career Editorial Board of International Journal of Structural Integrity	Editor

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2024/01/29	Evaluation of the effects caused by the introduction of a new CT vehicle on the bridges of the common trunk and lines B and C of the light metro system in the Porto metropolitan area	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01/29	Evaluation of the effects on Porto Metro bridges of the Lines D and F related to the introduction of the new vehicle TT	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Study on the causes of structural damage at the Lankhorst Factory in Murça - Expert evaluation for Lankhorst Euronete Portugal (DanEst-LK)	Instituto para a Construção Sustentável, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2023/07/31	Aging Tests of Metallic Materials (Envi2M-Railway)	Instituto para a Construção Sustentável, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2023/07/31	Monotonic Tensile Strength and Fatigue Tests (ERTMF-Railway)	Instituto para a Construção Sustentável, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2023/07/31	Tensile Strength and Fracture Toughness Tests (2T-HV)	Instituto para a Construção Sustentável, Portugal
2023/03/09 - 2023/04/24	Evaluation of the effects on Porto Metro bridges of the Lines D and F related to the introduction of the new vehicle CT	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10/13 - 2021/12/31	Tests for the experimental characterization of the monotonic behavior of bolted and riveted connections	Instituto para a Construção Sustentável, Portugal
2021/11/18 - 2021/12/15	Fatigue tests	Instituto para a Construção Sustentável, Portugal
2019/03/15 - 2020/11/13	Methodology for assessing the remaining service life of railway bridges - Part 1: methodology definition	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02/18 - 2020/07/21	Methodology for assessing the remaining service life of railway bridges - Part 2: calculation example	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/09/24 - 2024/12/17	Physics II/Electromagnetism	Engenharia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02/14 - 2024/05/22	Physics I/Newtonian physics	Engenharia Informática e Computação (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09/11 - 2024/02/16	Mechanics 2/Structural Mechanics	Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/11 - 2023/02/17	Mechanics 2/Structural Mechanics	Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/11/25 - 2024/11/25	Construction and Building Materials	Elsevier
2024/11/21 - 2024/11/21	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/10/16 - 2024/10/16	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2024/09/22 - 2024/09/22	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/09/18 - 2024/09/18	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/09/16 - 2024/09/16	International Journal of Structural Integrity	Emerald Insight
2024/06/29 - 2024/08/27	IBRACON Structures and Materials Journal
2024/08/26 - 2024/08/26	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/07/11 - 2024/07/11	Algorithms	MDPI
2024/06/21 - 2024/06/21	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/06/18 - 2024/06/18	AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal	Elsevier
2024/05/20 - 2024/05/20	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2024/05/09 - 2024/05/09	Engineering Structures	Elsevier
2024/04/18 - 2024/04/18	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/02/24 - 2024/03/25	Infrastructures	MDPI
2024/03/21 - 2024/03/21	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	Elsevier
2024/02/07 - 2024/02/07	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2024/01/24 - 2024/01/24	Electronics	MDPI
2023/12/18 - 2024/01/08	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2023/12/21 - 2023/12/21	IBRACON Structures and Materials Journal
2023/11/09 - 2023/12/20	AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal	Elsevier
2023/11/30 - 2023/12/06	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2023/10/26 - 2023/11/04	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2023/10/16 - 2023/10/16	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	MDPI
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/25	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2023/09/08 - 2023/09/08	Designs	MDPI
2023/08/29 - 2023/08/29	Sustainability	MDPI
2023/08/08 - 2023/08/08	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2023/07/20 - 2023/07/20	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/25	Engineering Fracture Mechanics	Elsevier
2022/10/15 - 2022/10/15	AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal	Elsevier
2021/12/25 - 2021/12/25	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction	ICE Proceesings
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/27	Advances in Materials Science and Engineering	Hindawi

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/07/22 - 2024/07/22	Multiscale methodologies for fatigue design of railway bridges (Research Project Thesis)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2023	Prof. Doutor Joaquim Sarmento Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal
2021	2nd place in the "Best Student Paper Award" in the International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (2021)
2012	Secil Universities Award 2011 Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento SA, Portugal Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal