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Rúben Silva holds a Master in Civil Engineering (2010) from University of Aveiro and a PhD in Civil Engineering (2022) from the University of Porto. He is member of the Portuguese Association of Engineers (OE). He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and a Member of the Institute of R&D in Structures and Construction (CONSTRUCT). His main research interests are railway bridges, masonry structures, artificial intelligence, damage identification, structural testing and experimentation, structural health monitoring, model updating and validation. Rúben Silva was a researcher in 6 R&D projects funded by FCT and EU programs in the field of railway infrastructures. Author of more than 40 scientific publications, including 14 international journal papers, 30 articles in international and national conferences, 3 international book chapters; and regular reviewer of 6 indexed journals.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ruben Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Ruben

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8612-CD4E-449A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5809-7971
Scopus Author Id
56939768800

Email addresses

  • rubenfsilva@fe.up.pt (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)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/11/01 - 2023/06/01
Concluded
 Big Data and Decision Making (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2016 - 2022/10/18
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Advanced non-linear numerical simulation tools for in-service and retrofitting assessment of stone masonry railway arch bridges - Experimental calibration and validation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008 - 2010
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Major in Structures
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
2005 - 2008
Concluded
 Ciências da Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011 - 2013 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Research Trainee (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/10 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2020 PhD Grant holder Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2023/06/30 WAY4SAFERAIL - WAYside monitoring system FOR SAFE RAIL transportation
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-069595
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund

Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2022/01 - 2022/04 Bilateral Cooperation R&D project FCT-NAWA
2021.09571.CBM
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/09/01 - 2020/12/31 PhD Civil Engineering
PD/BD/127812/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 - 2016 STONARCRAIL - Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Structural Behaviour of Stone Masonry Arch Bridges under the Railway Traffic Loading - Application to Existing Portuguese Bridges
PTDC/ECM-EST_1691/2012
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2013 SMARTRACK - SysteM dynamics Assessment of Railway TRACKs: a vehicle-infrastructure integrated approach
PTDC/EME-PME/101419/2008
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/07/01 - Current PRODUCING RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK IN PORTUGAL
PRR - C645644454-00000065
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/07/01 - Current SMART WAGONS - Development of production capacity in portugal of smart wagons for freight
C644940527-00000048
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Silva, Ruben; Diogo Ribeiro; Araliya Mosleh; Maria Lurdes Simões; Meixedo, Andreia; António Guedes. "Methodologies for damage detection". In e-book: Data-driven damage detection in railway systems, edited by Cecília Vale; Diogo Ribeiro. Portugal, 2023.
    Published
  2. Silva, Ruben; Costa, Cristina; Arêde, António. "Nonlinear Analysis of a Multispan Stone Masonry Bridge Under Railway Traffic Loading". In Proceedings of ARCH 2019. ARCH 2019, edited by Arêde, A.. Springer, Cham, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_8
  3. Silva, Ruben; Costa, Cristina; Arêde, António. "Dynamic and Quasi-static Load Tests in a Railway Stone Multispan Masonry Arch Bridge". In Proceedings of ARCH 2019, edited by Arêde, A.. Springer, Cham, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_55
Conference abstract
  1. Canduco, Carlos; Mosleh, Araliya; Meixedo, Andreia; Vale, Cecilia; Ribeiro, Diogo; Montenegro, Pedro; Silva, Ruben; Mohammadi, M. "Damage detection in track railways using onboard monitoring system". Paper presented in VBE2023 - 1st International Conference on Vehicle Body Engineering, 2023.
  2. Ribeiro, Diogo; Silva, Ruben; Jorge, Pedro; Calçada, Rui; Costa, Cristina. "Calibration of the numerical model of a freight wagon based on dynamic tests". Paper presented in Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology (Railways 2018), Stiges, 2018.
Conference paper
  1. Silva, Ruben; Costa, C.; Arêde, A.. "Validation of the Nonlinear Numerical Model of a Stone Masonry Bridge Under Railway Traffic". Paper presented in Railways 2024 - The Sixth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Prague, 2024.
  2. Guedes, A.; Silva, Ruben; Gonçalves, V.; Manso, F.; Meixedo, Andreia; Montenegro, P. A.; Fernandes, J.. "Assessment of Safety Against Derailment using Simulations and the Simplified Method of EN 14363 Standard". Paper presented in Railways 2024 - The Sixth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Prague, 2024.
  3. Magalhaes, J.; Jorge, T.; Meixedo, A.; Guedes, A.; Silva, Ruben; Ribeiro, D. "Machine Learning Methodology for Identification of Multiple Out-of-Round Railway Wheels using Data from Wayside Monitoring Systems". Paper presented in Railways 2024 - The Sixth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Prague, 2024.
  4. Silva R., Guedes A., Ribeiro D., Vale C., Meixedo A., Mosleh A., Montenegro P.. "Early detection of unbalanced freight traffic loads based on wayside monitoring systems and artificial intelligence". Paper presented in EURODYN 2023 - XII International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Delft, 2023.
    Accepted
  5. Guedes A., Silva R., Ribeiro D., Montenegro P., Mosleh A., Meixedo A., Vale C.. "Detection of wheel polygonization in railway vehicle’s based on dynamic responses of the track induced by the vehicle". Paper presented in XII International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2023, Delft, 2023.
  6. Ribeiro, D.; Silva, R.; Guedes, A.; Vale, C.; Mosleh, A.; Montenegro, P. A.; Meixedo, A.. "Clustering-based classification of unbalanced freight traffic loads based on wayside monitoring". Paper presented in CORE 2023 - Conference on Railway Excellence, Melbourne, 2023.
  7. Vale, Cecília; Ribeiro, Diogo; Mosleh, A.; Montenegro, P. A.; Meixedo, Andreia; Marreiros, Goreti; Meira, Jorge; et al. Corresponding author: Vale, Cecília. "WAYSIDE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SAFE RAIL TRANSPORTATION - THE WAY4SAFERAIL PROJECT". Paper presented in conference on railway excellence (CORE), Melbourne, 2023.
    Published
  8. Magalhães, Jorge; Jorge, Tomás; Guedes, António; Silva, Ruben; Ribeiro, Diogo; Meixedo, Andreia; Mosleh, A.. "Application of a Sparse Autoencoder model for OOR damage wheels identification in a passenger train using wayside track responses". Paper presented in XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), Porto, 2023.
  9. Silva, Rúben; Bragança, Cássio; Guedes, António; Ribeiro, Diogo; Meixedo, Andreia; Mosleh, A; Vale, Cecília. "AI-Driven Methodology for Early Detection of Unbalanced Loads in Freight Railway Vehicles using a Wayside System". Paper presented in XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), Porto, 2023.
  10. Guedes, António; Silva, Ruben; Jorge, Tomás; Magalhães, Jorge; Ribeiro, Diogo; Meixedo, Andreia; Mosleh, Araliya; Vale, Cecilia; Montenegro, Pedro. "Clustering-based classification of polygonal wheels in freight trains based on wayside monitoring". Paper presented in XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), 2023.
  11. Jorge, Tomás; Magalhães, Jorge; Silva, Ruben; Guedes, António; Ribeiro, Diogo; Meixedo, Andreia; Mosleh, Araliya; et al. "Out-Of-Roundness Damage Wheels Identification in a Freight Railway Vehicle using a Stacked Sparse Autoencoder". Paper presented in XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), 2023.
  12. Vale, Cecília; Ribeiro, Diogo; Mosleh, A.; Montenegro, P. A.; Silva, Ruben; Mohammadi, M; Guedes, António. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Diogo. "Simulation of wheel defects and train unbalanced loads for smart detection based on wayside monitoring systems". Paper presented in CILAMCE, 2022.
    Published
  13. Silva, Ruben; Paupério, Esmeralda; Arêde, António. "Survey Methodologies and Intervention in Stone Masonry Arch Bridges: The Case Study of Esmoriz Bridge". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Arch Bridges - Arch 19, Porto, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_100
  14. Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António. "Structural analysis of a stone arch bridge under incremental railway static loading". Paper presented in IABSE Symposium, Guimaraes 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management, Guimarães, 2019.
  15. Silva, Ruben; Ribeiro, Diogo; Costa, Cristina; Arêde, António; Calçada, Rui. "Ensaios dinâmicos de veículos ferroviários de mercadorias". Paper presented in 2º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil - Monitorizar e Preservar (Test&E 2019), 2019.
  16. Silva, Ruben; Costa, Cristina; Arêde, António; António T. Gomes; José Quintanilha Menezes. "Análise experimental das características mecânicas dos componentes e materiais de pontes em arco de alvenaria de pedra". Paper presented in 2º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil - Monitorizar e Preservar (Test&E 2019), 2019.
  17. Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António. "Experimental and numerical approaches for calibration of the material parameters used in models of stone masonry railway bridges". Paper presented in The Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology - Railways 2018, Sitges, 2018.
  18. Costa, C.; Arêde, A.; Silva, R.. "Seismic analysis of a stone masonry arch railway bridge". Paper presented in MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, RISK, MANAGEMENT AND LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES (IABMAS 2018), Melbourne, 2018.
  19. Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António. "Numerical assessment of the load-carrying capacity of a masonry bridge". Paper presented in MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, RISK, MANAGEMENT AND LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES (IABMAS 2018), Melbourne, 2018.
  20. Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António. "Inspection Methodologies, Damage Typification and Interventions in Stone Masonry Bridges". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions - Prohitec 17, Lisboa, 2017.
  21. Costa, Cristina; Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António. "Mechanical characteristics of stone masonry bridges: experimental evaluation and numerical simulations". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions (Prohitech’17), Lisboa, 2017.
  22. Arêde, A.; Costa, C.; Topa Gomes, A.; Menezes, J.; Silva, R.; Gonçalves, R.; Morais, M.. "Experimental assessment of the components and materials of stone arch railway bridges". Paper presented in International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2016, Foz do Iguaçu, 2016.
  23. Arêde, António; Costa, Cristina; Silva, Ruben; Topa Gomes, António; Menezes, José. "Experimental characterization of the structural behaviour of stone arch railway bridges". Paper presented in 8th International Conference on Arch Bridges (ARCH’16), Wroclaw, 2016.
  24. Ribeiro, Diogo; Jorge, Pedro; Costa, Cristina; Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António; Calçada, Rui. "Calibração e validação experimental de modelos numéricos de pontes ferroviárias em alvenaria de pedra". Paper presented in XXXVII Iberian Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering - CILAMCE 2016, Brasília, 2016.
  25. Arêde, António; Costa, Cristina; Morais, Maria; Topa Gomes, António; Silva, Ruben. "Avaliação experimental do comportamento dos componentes e dos materiais de uma ponte ferroviária em alvenaria de pedra". Paper presented in 4º Congresso Nacional sobre Segurança e Conservação de Pontes (ASCP 2015), 2015.
  26. Costa, Cristina; Ribeiro, Diogo; Jorge, Pedro; Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António; Calçada, Rui. "Identificação dos parâmetros modais de uma ponte ferroviária de pequeno vão em alvenaria de pedra". Paper presented in 4º Congresso Nacional sobre Segurança e Conservação de Pontes (ASCP2015), 2015.
  27. Costa, Cristina; Ribeiro, Diogo; Jorge, Pedro; Silva, Ruben; Arêde, António; Calçada, Rui. "Avaliação experimental e numérica dos parâmetros modais da ponte ferroviária de Durrães". Paper presented in 5as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas/Encontro Nacional Betão Estrutural 2014/9º Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica (JPEE/BE/Sísmica2014), 2014.
  28. Silva, Ruben. "Ground vibration induced by railway traffic in areas with corrugated rail". Paper presented in 12th International Conference and Exhibion, London Rail Conference, Londres, 2013.
  29. Varandas, J.N.; Silva, R.; Silva, M.A.G.; Lopes, N.; Hölscher, P.. "The Impact of Rail Corrugation on the Degradation of Ballast". Paper presented in First International Conference on Railway Technology, Railways 2012, Las Palmas, 2012.
    10.4203/ccp.98.42
Journal article
  1. Jorge Rui Barroso Magalhães; Tomás Jorge; Silva, Ruben; António Guedes; Diogo Ribeiro; Andreia Meixedo; Araliya Mosleh; et al. "A strategy for out-of-roundness damage wheels identification in railway vehicles based on sparse autoencoders". Railway Engineering Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40534-024-00338-4.
    10.1007/s40534-024-00338-4
  2. R. Silva; D. Ribeiro; C. Costa; A. Arêde; R. Calçada. "Experimental validation of a non-linear train-track-bridge dynamic model of a stone arch railway bridge under freight traffic". International Journal of Rail Transportation (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2022.2133783.
    10.1080/23248378.2022.2133783
  3. Rúben Silva; Cristina Costa; António Arêde; Diogo Ribeiro. "Numerical simulations of experimental material testing in stone masonry arch railway bridges". Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2022.2119585.
    10.1080/15732479.2022.2119585
  4. António Guedes; Rúben Silva; Diogo Ribeiro; Jorge Magalhães; Tomás Jorge; Cecília Vale; Andreia Meixedo; Araliya Mosleh; Pedro Montenegro. "Clustering-Based Classification of Polygonal Wheels in a Railway Freight Vehicle Using a Wayside System". Applied Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/app14093650.
    10.3390/app14093650
  5. Jorge, Tomás; Magalhães, Jorge; Silva, Ruben; Guedes, António; Ribeiro, Diogo; Vale, Cecília; Meixedo, Andreia; et al. Corresponding author: Jorge, Tomás. "Early identification of out-of-roundness damage wheels in railway freight vehicles using a wayside system and a stacked sparse autoencoder". Vehicle System Dynamics (2024): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2024.2333771.
    Published • 10.1080/00423114.2024.2333771
  6. António Guedes; Ruben Silva; Diogo Ribeiro; Cecília Vale; Araliya Mosleh; Pedro Aires Montenegro; Andreia Meixedo. "Detection of Wheel Polygonization Based on Wayside Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence". Sensors (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/4/2188.
    10.3390/s23042188
  7. R. Silva; A. Guedes; D. Ribeiro; C. Vale; A. Meixedo; A. Mosleh; P. Montenegro. "Early Identification of Unbalanced Freight Traffic Loads Based on Wayside Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031544.
    10.3390/s23031544
  8. Ribeiro, D.; Bragança, C.; Costa, C.; Jorge, P.; Silva, R.; Arêde, A.; Calçada, R.. "Calibration of the numerical model of a freight railway vehicle based on experimental modal parameters". Structures 38 (2022): 108-122. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85124092026&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.istruc.2022.01.085
  9. Silva, R.; Costa, C.; Arêde, A.. "Numerical methodologies for the analysis of stone arch bridges with damage under railway loading". Structures 39 (2022): 573-592. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85127070167&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.istruc.2022.03.063
  10. Silva, R.; Ribeiro, D.; Bragança, C.; Costa, C.; Arêde, A.; Calçada, R.. "Model updating of a freight wagon based on dynamic tests under different loading scenarios". Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 11 22 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85119277985&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/app112210691
  11. Costa, C.; Arede, A.; Silva, R.. "Seismic analysis of a stone masonry arch railway bridge". Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-cycle Performance of Bridges (2018): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/30486463/.
    10.1201/9781315189390-168
  12. Silva, R.; Costa, C.; Arede, A.. "Numerical assessment of the load-carrying capacity of a masonry bridge". Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-cycle Performance of Bridges (2018): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/30486457/.
    10.1201/9781315189390-330
  13. Arêde, António; Costa, Cristina; Gomes, António Topa; Menezes, José Eduardo; Silva, Rúben; Morais, Maria; Gonçalves, Rui. "Experimental characterization of the mechanical behaviour of components and materials of stone masonry railway bridges". Construction and Building Materials 153 (2017): 663-681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.069.
    Published • 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.069
  14. Mesquita, Esequiel; Arêde, António; Silva, Ruben; Rocha, Patrício; Gomes, Ana; Pinto, Nuno; Antunes, Paulo; Varum, Humberto. "Structural health monitoring of the retrofitting process, characterization and reliability analysis of a masonry heritage construction". Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring 7 3 (2017): 405-428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13349-017-0232-9.
    10.1007/s13349-017-0232-9
  15. Costa, C.; Ribeiro, D.; Jorge, P.; Silva, R.; Arêde, A.; Calçada, R.. "Calibration of the numerical model of a stone masonry railway bridge based on experimentally identified modal parameters". Engineering Structures 123 (2016): 354-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.05.044.
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.05.044
  16. Costa, Cristina; Ribeiro, Diogo; Jorge, Pedro; Silva, Rúben; Calçada, Rui; Arêde, António. "Calibration of the Numerical Model of a Short-span Masonry Railway Bridge Based on Experimental Modal Parameters". Procedia Engineering 114 (2015): 846-853. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.038.
    10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.038
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/12 Nonlinear numerical simulation tools for in-service assessment of masonry arch bridges WOMAB - 1st International Workshop on inspection, testing, monitoring, assessment and maintenance of Masonry Arch Bridges
Padova University (Padova, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/10 - Current Smart Onboard Monitoring System for Early Detection, Classification, and Prediction of Railway Track Damage by Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/03/21 Implementação de metodologia de identificação de defeitos em rodados de comboios com base em medições experimentais
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Deteção e identificação de multi-damage em veículos ferroviários baseada na resposta dinâmica veículo-via
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/06 Deteção de defeitos múltiplos em rodados de comboios a partir de metodologia de inteligência artificial
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07 Modelação numérica da ponte ferroviária em alvenaria de pedra sobre o rio Leça
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04 9th International Conference on Arch Bridges (ARCH 2019) (2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/12 - 2024/09/13 Participation in the 1st International Workshop on inspection, testing, monitoring, assessment and maintenance of Masonry Arch Bridges - WOMAB
Workshop
 Padova, Italy
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
2024/09/01 - 2024/09/05 Participation in the Sixth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance - RAILWAYS 2024
Conference
 Prague, Czech Republic
2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16 XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023)
Conference
 Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21 Participation in the International Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE)
Conference
 Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA), Melbourne, Australia
2023/05/03 - 2023/05/03 Participation in the Portuguese Railway Summit, Railway Summit 2023
Seminar
 Associação da Plataforma Ferroviária Portuguesa, Entroncamento, Portugal
2019/11/27 - 2019/11/27 Participation in the Portuguese Railway Summit 2019
Seminar
 Associação da Plataforma Ferroviária Portuguesa, Portugal
2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04 Participation in the 9th International Conference on Arch Bridges (ARCH 2019)
Conference
 Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/02/19 - 2019/02/21 Participation in TEST&E 2019 - 2º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil
Conference
 Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2018/09/03 - 2018/09/07 Participation in the Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology - RAILWAYS 2018
Conference
 Stiges, Spain
2017/07/12 - 2017/07/15 Participation in the 3rd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions, PROHITECH’17
Conference
 Lisbon, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/23 Detection and Classification of Damage in Railway Tracks using Onboard Monitoring System
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos William Teixeira Canduco (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/07/31 Interação via-estrutura em pontes ferroviárias de alta velocidade
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tomás José Ferreira Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/06/27 Análise dinâmica de uma ponte de alta velocidade com tabuleiro pré-fabricado de betão: análise da sensibilidade ao espaçamento entre vigas longitudinais
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Pinho Leitão (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - 2024 Railway Engineering Science
2023 - 2024 Engineering Structures
2022 - 2024 Structures Elsevier
2022 - 2024 Sensors MDPI
2022 - 2024 Symmetry MDPI
2023 - 2023 Journal of Applied Geophysics Elsevier
2023 - 2023 Engineering Failure Analysis Elsevier

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016 - 2024 Regular collaboration with Instituto da Construção (IC), a private, scientific and technical non-profit association, which serves as a knowledge interface between the Engineering Department at FEUP and industry Instituto da Construção, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09/09 - Current Teoria de Estruturas (Structural Analysis) Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/06/02 - 2024/05/25 Identificação de danos em estruturas metálicas: monitorização e análise de dados Advanced course CMM Associação Portuguesa de Construção Metálica e Mista, Portugal
2023/02/27 - 2023/03/01 Vehicle subsystem: Components, dynamic characteristics, typical Damages; Vehicle-track dynamic interaction: Applications Data driven damage detection in railway systems (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2013 Research award for the best paper by a University Researcher
Railway Engineering Conference, United Kingdom

Other distinction

2016 PhD grant (PD/BD/127812/2016)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal