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Patrícia Lopes is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering (ISEP)- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, since 2015. Currently, as an integrated researcher member of the research unit CONSTRUCT- Institute of R&D in Structures and Constructions, has been developing scientific work within the strategic line of research dedicated to railway infrastructures, being author and co-author of several scientific papers published in international journals and in proceedings of national and international congresses. Has developed scientific activity in the area of civil and geotechnical engineering, being the current research area soil dynamics and numerical modelling of vibrations in geotechnical ground, with special emphasis on problems related to vibrations induced by railway traffic. The main research interests are propagation of human-induced vibrations, with particular focus on problems related to railway traffic in tunnels, numerical modelling of vibrations induced by rail traffic.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carla Patrícia Filipe da Costa e Lopes

Citation names

  • Lopes, P.
  • P. Lopes
  • Patricia Lopes
  • P.C. Lopes
  • P. Costa-Lopes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7E1F-9D1D-2E42
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7171-499X
Researcher Id
IST-7743-2023
Scopus Author Id
57201220656

Telephones

Telephone
  • 228340500 (Professional)

Addresses

  • ISEP- Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto; Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4200-072, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010 - 2015/09/11
Concluded
 Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Vibrações induzidas por tráfego ferroviário em túneis / Vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved (unanimously)
1998 - 2001/04/20
Concluded
 MSc in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Estudo da interacção solo-geossintético através de ensaios de corte em plano inclinado / Study of soil-geosynthetic interaction through inclined plane shear tests" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good (unanimously)
1993 - 1998/07/25
Concluded
 Civil Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 14 values
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/09/25 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2004/04/19 - 2015/09/24 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2003/10/01 - 2004/09/01 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Fernando Pessoa Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Fernando Pessoa Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2000/09/01 - 2001/08/01 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2003/11/04 - 2004/09/30 Production Adjunct Director / Diretor de Produção Adjunto SILVIL - Construções SilvaLopes Lda, Portugal
SILVIL - Construções SilvaLopes Lda, Portugal
2002/11/04 - 2003/11/03 Project Manager of Engineering Department / Gestora de Projeto da Direção de Engenharia Águas do Douro e Paiva, S.A. (Grupo Águas de Portugal), Portugal
Águas do Douro e Paiva, S.A. (Grupo Águas de Portugal), Portugal
1998/04/01 - 2000/08/01 Research fellow / Bolseira de investigação Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/02 - 2015/09/11 Vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels / Vibrações induzidas por tráfego ferroviário em túneis
SFRH/BD/69290/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1998/04 - 2000/08 Study of geosynthetics as environmental control materials / Estudo dos geossintéticos como materiais de controlo ambiental
PRAXIS XXI 3/3.1/CEG/2598/95
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/06/01 - 2022/05/31 Noise and Vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels: an integrated approach / Ruído e vibrações induzidas por tráfego ferroviário em túneis: uma abordagem integrada
PTDC/ECI-EGC/29577/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/03/01 - 2020/03/31 Vibration shielding periodic metamaterials / Atenuação de vibrações por meta-materiais com estrutura periódica
PTDC/ECM-COM/1364/2014
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Lopes, P.; Costa, P.A.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.S.. Numerical modeling of vibrations induced in tunnels: A 2.5D FEM-PML approach. 2013.
Book chapter
  1. Costa, P.A.; Lopes, P.; Cardoso, A.S.. "Lower Bound Shakedown Limit Analysis of Slab Railway Tracks: Numerical Approach". 479-492. 2020.
    10.1007/978-981-15-2349-6_30
Conference abstract
  1. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Silva Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.. "Soil shakedown analysis in slab railway tracks: a simple numerical approach". Paper presented in Railways 2018, Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology, 2018.
Conference paper
  1. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Fernández, J.; Silva Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.. "Some approaches for the mitigation of vibrations induced by subway railway traffic". Paper presented in CMN 2019, Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2019.
  2. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Fernández, J.; Silva Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.. "Experimental validation of a numerical model for the prediction of vibrations in buildings induced by subway railway traffic". Paper presented in TEST&E 2019, 2º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil- Monitorar e Preservar, 2019.
  3. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Silva Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.; Fernández, J.. "Numerical modelling of vibration mitigation due to subway railway traffic". Paper presented in NUMGE 2018, 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, 2018.
  4. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Lower bound shakedown limit analysis of slab railway tracks: numerical approach". Paper presented in ISEV 2018, 8th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics, 2018.
  5. Pinto, A.; Costa, P.A.; Colaço, A.; Lopes, P.; Hussein, M.. "Ground-borne vibrations due to railway traffic in urbanized areas: A numerical study about traffic in trench cross-sections". Paper presented in COMPDYN 2017, 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017.
  6. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Fernández, J.; Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.. "Experimental validation of a numerical model for the prediction of vibrations induced by subway railway traffic". Paper presented in ISEV 2016, 7th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics, 2016.
  7. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Fernández, J.; Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.. "Prediction of vibrations inside buildings due to subway traffic. Experimental validation of a numerical model". Paper presented in EuroRegio 2016, 2016.
  8. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Fernández, J.; Silva Cardoso, A.; Calçada, R.. "Vibrations inside buildings due to subway railway traffic. Experimental validation of a comprehensive prediction model". Paper presented in 15º Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia, 2016.
  9. Fernández Ruiz, J.; Alves Costa, P.; Lopes, P.; Medina Rodríguez, L.. "The influence of degradation of shear modulus of soil on predicted railway vibrations in tunnels excavated with TBM: A numerical analysis". Paper presented in COMPDYN 2015, 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015.
  10. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.. "Vibrations in buildings due to railway traffic in tunnels: Modelling strategies and influence of soil stiffness". Paper presented in COMPDYN 2015, 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015.
  11. Lopes, P.; Costa, P.A.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.S.. "Mitigation of vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels through floating slab systems: Numerical study". Paper presented in Eurodyn 2014, 2014.
  12. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Calçada, R.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Mitigation of vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels through floating slab systems". Paper presented in IBRACON 2014, 2014.
  13. Lopes, P.; Costa, P.A.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.S.. "An efficient numerical model for the simulation of vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels". Paper presented in ISEV 2013, International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations, 2013.
  14. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Ferraz, M.; Calçada, R.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Modelling of vibrations induced by traffic in tunnels: from the source to the receiver". Paper presented in ICOVP 2013, 11th International Conference on Vibration Problems, 2013.
  15. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Calçada, R.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Numerical modelling of vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels based on 2.5D models". Paper presented in 12º Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia, 2010.
  16. Lopes, P.; M. Pinho Lopes; Lopes, M. Lurdes; M. G. Lopes. "Evaluation of soil-geosynthetic interface resistance using inclined plane shear tests and pullout tests". Paper presented in Seventh International Conference on Geosynthetics, 2002.
  17. Lopes, P.; M. Pinho Lopes; Lopes, M. Lurdes. "Behaviour and durability of geosynthetics as liner system components". Paper presented in 4th AECEF International Symposium on Environmental Aspects in Civil Engineering Education, 2002.
  18. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes. "Inclined plane shear test of geosynthetics. Influence of the test methodology.". Paper presented in 8º Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia, 2002.
  19. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes. "Weathering resistance of PP and PET fabrics - an experimental study". Paper presented in International Conference Composites in Constructions, 2001.
  20. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes. "Study of the mechanical behaviour of associated geotextiles". Paper presented in 7º Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia, 2000.
Journal article
  1. Santos, R.; Ribeiro, D.; Lopes, P.; Cabral, R.; Calçada, R.. "Detection of exposed steel rebars based on deep-learning techniques and unmanned aerial vehicles". Automation in Construction 139 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85129473967&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104324
  2. Costa, P.A.; Soares, P.; Colaço, A.; Lopes, P.; Connolly, D.. "Railway critical speed assessment: A simple experimental-analytical approach". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 134 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85082698581&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106156
  3. Patrícia Lopes; Pedro Alves Costa; António Silva Cardoso; Rui Calçada. "Modeling of vibrations induced in tunnels: a 2.5D FEM-PML approach". Geotecnia 144 (2018): 89-118. https://doi.org/10.24849/j.geot.2018.144.08.
    10.24849/j.geot.2018.144.08
  4. Alves Costa, P.; Lopes, P.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Soil shakedown analysis of slab railway tracks: Numerical approach and parametric study". Transportation Geotechnics 16 (2018): 85-96. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050922815&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.trgeo.2018.07.004
  5. Alves Costa, P.; Amado-Mendes, P.; Godinho, L.M.C.; Lopes, P.. "Prediction of vibrations due to underground railway traffic through a 2.5 D MFS-FEM approach". Civil-Comp Proceedings 110 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964409750&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  6. Lopes, P.; Ruiz, J.F.; Alves Costa, P.; Medina Rodríguez, L.; Cardoso, A.S.. "Vibrations inside buildings due to subway railway traffic. Experimental validation of a comprehensive prediction model". Science of the Total Environment 568 (2016): 1333-1343. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962525928&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.016
  7. Colaço, A.; Alves Costa, P.; Lopes, P.. "Dynamic ground stress-path evolution due to the railway traffic: A parametric study,Análise numérica da alteração do estado de tensão geomecânico induzida pelo tráfego ferroviário". Revista Internacional de Metodos Numericos para Calculo y Diseno en Ingenieria 31 2 (2015): 120-131. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925682325&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rimni.2014.02.001
  8. Amado-Mendes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Godinho, L.M.C.; Lopes, P.. "2.5D MFS-FEM model for the prediction of vibrations due to underground railway traffic". Engineering Structures 104 (2015): 141-154. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943737936&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.09.013
  9. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Calçada, R.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Mitigation of vibrations in buildings induced by railway traffic in Tunnels: A numerical study". Civil-Comp Proceedings 104 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963736976&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  10. Lopes, P.; Alves Costa, P.; Calçada, R.; Silva Cardoso, A.. "Influence of soil stiffness on building vibrations due to railway traffic in tunnels: Numerical study". Computers and Geotechnics 61 (2014): 277-291. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903575428&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compgeo.2014.06.005
  11. Lopes, P.; Costa, P.A.; Ferraz, M.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.S.. "Numerical modeling of vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels: From the source to the nearby buildings". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 61-62 (2014): 269-285. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897446901&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.soildyn.2014.02.013
  12. Lopes, P.; Costa, P.A.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.S.. "Modelling of vibrations in tunnels using the finite element method with perfectly matched layers". Civil-Comp Proceedings 98 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068371309&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4203/ccp.98.117
  13. Costa, P.A.; Lopes, P.; Calçada, R.; Cardoso, A.S.. "Efficiency of ballast mats for the reduction of vibrations induced by traffic: A parametric study". Civil-Comp Proceedings 98 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068412036&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4203/ccp.98.121
  14. Lopes, P.C.; Lopes, M.P.. "Shear behaviour of geosynthetics in the inclined plane test - Influence of soil particle size and geosynthetic structure". Geosynthetics International 8 4 (2001): 327-342. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035670762&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  15. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes. "Inclined plane shear test to study soil-geosynthetic interaction phenomena". Geotecnia 92 (2001): 69-86.
  16. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes; F. Queirós e Melo. "An equipment to perform inclined plane shear tests of geosynthetics". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas 50 (2001): 11-20.
  17. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes; A. Vieira Monteiro. "Study of the action of atmospheric agents on nonwoven geotextiles". Águas & Resíduos 14/15 (2001): 11-16.
  18. Lopes, P.; Lopes, M. Lurdes. "Associated geosynthetics - tensile, static puncture and tearing mechanical behaviour evaluation". Geotecnia 90 (2000): 91-105.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lopes, P.. "Vibrações induzidas por tráfego ferroviário em túneis / Vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2015.
  2. Lopes, P.. "Estudo da interacção solo-geossintético através de ensaios de corte em plano inclinado / Study of soil-geosynthetic interaction through inclined plane shear tests". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2001.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2020/07/17 Geossintéticos em estruturas de reforço / Geosynthetics in reinforcement structures
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil / Degree in Civil Engineering (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/07/19 Ensaios Laboratoriais- Execução e Análise de Resultados / Laboratory Tests- Execution and Analysis of Results
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil / Degree in Civil Engineering (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/11/22 Análise comparativa da rede ferroviária de Portugal e do Estado de São Paulo / Comparative analysis of the railway network of Portugal and the State of São Paulo
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Civil / Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/11/20 Estudo e identificação das necessidades e dos equipamentos de suporte à deslocação em percursos de bicicleta na cidade do Porto / Study and identification of the necessities and the equipment of support to the displacement in bicycle routes in the city of Porto
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Civil / Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2006/02 - 2006/07 Geossintéticos no reforço de bases de aterros sobre solos moles / Geosynthetics in the reinforcement of embankment bases on soft soils
Supervisor
 Bacharelato em Engenharia Civil / Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2006/02 - 2006/07 Taludes reforçados com geossintéticos / Slopes reinforced with geosynthetics
Supervisor
 Bacharelato em Engenharia Civil / Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2019 Member of the local organizing committee of the 2nd Congress of Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering (TEST&E 2019) Porto, Portugal, February 19-21, 2019. (2019/02/19 - 2019/02/21) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Member of the organising committee of the "Meeting the Grand Challenges of Civil Engineering: Intelligent Solutions in Civil Engineering", Porto, Portugal, April 19, 2017. (2017/04/19 - 2017/04/19) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/07/20 Solos reforçados com micro grelhas: resposta em corte direto
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ranieri Couto Terra (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2018/11/16 Análise de risco em estações elevatórias de abastecimento de água
President of the jury
 Tiago Caetano Barreira (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2018/11/16 Implementação da metodologia BIM em um gabinete de estruturas
President of the jury
 Pedro Di Luccio Geraldes (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2018/11/07 Jet-Grouting: reforço da fundação de um edifício assente sobre solos moles
(Thesis) Main arguer
 António Porto dos Santos Júnior (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2018/11/07 Estudo e acompanhamento de reabilitações de arruamentos localizados no município de Vila Nova de Gaia
President of the jury
 João Miguel da Silva Carvalho Pereira (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2017/11/22 Análise comparativa da rede ferroviária de Portugal e do Estado de São Paulo
Supervisor
 Vanessa Inegues (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2017/11/20 Estudo e identificação das necessidades e dos equipamentos de suporte à deslocação em percursos de bicicleta na cidade do Porto
Supervisor
 Victoria Lamas Hannah (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015/01/01 - Current CONSTRUCT Institute R&D in Structures and Constructions. Faculty of Engeneering of the University of Porto Investigator

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Journal of Vibration and Control SAGE
2019 - Current Applied Acoustics Elsevier
2019 - Current Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Taylor & Francis
2019 - Current Engineering Structures Elsevier
2018 - Current Shock and Vibration Hindawi
2017 - Current Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration & Active Control SAGE
2016 - Current Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration Springer
Distinctions

Award

2017 Scientific recognition award under the Programme to Support Publication in High Quality Scientific Journals (PAPRE) / Prémio de reconhecimento científico no âmbito do Programa de Apoio à Publicação em Revistas Científicas de Elevada Qualidade (PAPRE)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2013 Best Paper Award of the Conference ISEV 2013, Shanghai, China
ISEV 2013 Scientific Commitee, China

Other distinction

2013 PhD Individual Scholarship (SFRH/BD/69290/2010)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal