Romain Ribeiro de Sousa (B51F-077A-89DB)

Curriculum Vitae

Romain Ribeiro de Sousa

Graduated with the Civil Engineer degree in 2007 by the University of Aveiro (Portugal), Romain Sousa focused his higher education in the field of Earthquake Engineering, attending the Erasmus Mundus Master in Earthquake Engineering organised by a consortium of institutions in Europe, namely the University of Patras (Greece) and the University Institute for Advanced Studies in Pavia (Italy), where he attended post graduated courses and present is Master thesis in 2010. More recently, in 2015, he obtained the PhD degree in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology at the University Institute for Advanced Studies in Pavia (Italy). In addition, whilst in Pavia, Romain also coordinated a 12-months research programme at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE), involving a team of 5 researchers carrying out a deep and thorough parametric study on the use of Nonlinear Static Procedures for seismic assessment of real 3D structural models. After receiving the doctoral degree he received a grant from the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) in Lisbon and the Portuguese Society for Civil Engineering (SPES) to conduce a study aiming to develop and calibrate a nouvelle expedite methodology that represents a breakthrough with respect to conventional detailed and expedite methods for the seismic assessment of existing buildings. The merits of these methods are currently recognized in the Portuguese legislation that enables the use of these methods as alternative to the ones prescribed in the seismic code in practice (EC8 - Part 3). During its stay in LNEC (2016-2018) he also collaborate in experimental shake table tests and in the development of seismic risk studies both at the building and regional scale. The latter aimed to propose new fragility functions for pre-code reinforced concrete buildings and to identify optimised cost-effective retrofitting solutions. Since 2019 he is Assistant Researcher at the Civil Engineering Department of the Polytechnic of Leiria (IPLeiria) and member of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), in Portugal. He has been particularly engaged in the seismic risk of existing precast buildings and proposal of innovative and sustainable retrofitting solutions. Among other scientific, academic and experimental activities, he maintains a close collaboration with the nearby municipalities, participating in the preparation of technical reports addressing structural issues in public infrastructures such as buildings, bridges or cultural monuments. The proximity with an academic institution (IPLeiria) has also offered opportunities to progressively become more active in supervising research activities, from Master and PhD students. Romain Sousa is author of more than 50 scientific and technical documents on several areas of his interest such as development and optimisation of numerical modelling solutions, structural assessment or seismic risk analysis. Alongside, he organised open classrooms and taught graduate and short courses on numerical modelling and seismic design and assessment of existing buildings. He participated in the organization of scientific events as chair, member of the executive and scientific committees. Finally he has been actively promoting the cooperation between the IPLeiria and private construction companies to approach the scientific developments to the real economy and attract funds to develop innovative projects in the prefabrication and automation in construction areas.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Romain Ribeiro de Sousa
Date of birth: 1983/08/11
Gender: Male

Citation names

Sousa, Romain
Sousa, R
Romain Sousa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B51F-077A-89DB
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1213-8376
Google Scholar ID: gfJ-CYMAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id: 53867134400

Email addresses

romain.sousa@gmail.com (Professional)
romain.sousa@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

Vigobloco SA, Estrada Principal de Urqueira, , 2435-715, Urqueira, Ourém, Portugal (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)
Italian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/12/11 Concluded	Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (Doctor of Philosophy) Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy "Development and Verification of Innovative Modelling Approaches for the Analysis of Framed Structures Subjected to Earthquake Action" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	n/a
2010/05/21 Concluded	MSc Erasmus Mundus Programme in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES) (Master) Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy "A Displacement Based Design Approach for Seismic Retrofitting of RC Frames with Steel Braces" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	n/a
2007/09/14 Concluded	Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil (5-year curriculum) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Projecto Final de Curso: Comparação estrutural de duas pontes: Ponte do Pinhão e Puente Infiernillo II (México)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/28 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

2019/01/15 - 2022/12/31	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2019/01/15	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Estruturas, Portugal

2010/08/01 - 2011/07/31	Research Trainee (Research)	Eucentre, Italy

2008/01/09 - 2008/07/08	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Eucentre, Italy

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/12/31 - Current	Research and Development Engineer	Vigobloco - pré-fabricados S.A., Portugal

2010/08/01 - 2011/07/31	Structural Engineer	Earthquake Consulting s.r.l., Italy

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2009/11/01 - 2011/08	SYNER G - Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Analysis for Buildings, Lifeline Networks and Infrastructures Safety Gain info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/244061/EU	European Commission Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/01/01 - Current	R2UTechnologies \| modular systems Researcher
2022/01/01 - Current	PRE-SHELL (Prefabricated Ultra Thin Concrete Shells) POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735 Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current	LowC-Bionic (Low carbon concrete organic shape structures by 3D printing) ANI/Portugal 2020 - nº 47074 Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Ongoing
2019/01/15 - 2021/12/31	SeismicPRECAST (Seismic Performance Assessment of Existing Precast Industrial Buildings and Development of Innovative Retrofitting Sustainable Solutions) POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028439 Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/03/01 - Current	Post Earthquake Fire Risk AssessMEnt at Urban Scale 2022.02100.PTDC Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2023/03/01 - Current	Shaking table tests of precast RC buildings with added DOUBLEDAMP: A novel 2D dissipative connection for seismic risk mitigation 101058684-HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-07 Researcher Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy	Horizon 2020

Outputs

Publications

Book	Seismic precast. Seismic performance assessment of existing precast industrial buildings. Leiria, Portugal: Polytechnic of Leiria. 2021. Published • https://doi.org/10.25766/nhbv-9f79 • Editor
Book chapter	Vitorino, Hugo; Batalha, Nádia; Sousa, Romain; Fernandes, Paulo; Varum, Humberto; Rodrigues, Hugo. "Assessment of Seismic Behavior of an RC Precast Building". In Sustainability and Automation in Smart Constructions, 303-308. Springer International Publishing, 2020. 10.1007/978-3-030-35533-3_36
Conference paper	Ostetto L.; Rodrigues, H.; Romain Sousa; Fernandes, Paulo. "Experimental characterization of horizontal cladding panel connections in industrial precast RC buildings". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Constrution, Energy, Environment & Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal, 2023. Vitorino, H.; Vila Real, Paulo; Rodrigues, H.; Couto, C.; Sousa, R. "Análise numérica da resistência ao fogo após um sismo em estruturas de betão armado sem dimensionamento sísmico". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas, Lisbon, 2022. Batalha, N.; Rodrigues, H.; Arêde, A.; Furtado, A.; Sousa, R; Varum, H.. "Reforço de ligações viga-pilar em estruturas pré-fabricadas de betão armado". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas, Lisboa, 2022. Ostetto, Liana; Sousa, R; Rodrigues, H.; Fernandes, P.. "O efeito do diafragma ao nível da cobertura em edifícios industriais pré-fabricados sob ação sísmica". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas, Lisboa, 2022. FALCÃO MOREIRA, RODRIGO; Sousa, R; Varum, H.; Castro, José Miguel. "Seismic risk reduction of existing RC buildings retrofitted with steel braces". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas, Lisboa, 2022. Ostetto, L.; Sousa, R; Fernandes, P.; Rodrigues, H.. "Investigation of the effectiveness of the roof in-plane stiffness in industrial precast reinforced concrete buildings". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 2022. Vitorino, H.; Vila Real, Paulo; Rodrigues, H.; Couto, Carlos; Sousa, R. "Post-earthquake fire assessment of reinforced concrete frame structures without seismic design". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 2022. Sousa, R; Silva, V.; Rodrigues, H.. "The importance of indirect losses in the seismic risk analysis of precast RC buildings in Portugal". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 2022. Sousa, R; Batalha, N; Silva, V.; Fernandes, P.; Varum, H.; Rodrigues, H.. "Curvas de fragilidade para edifícios industriais pré-fabricados em betão armado em Portugal". Paper presented in Reabilitar & Betão Estrutural, Lisbon, 2021. Published Sousa, R; Batalha, N.; Rodrigues, H.; Silva, V.; Fernandes, P.; Varum, H.. "Seismic Fragility of Precast RC Buildings in Portugal". Paper presented in 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, 2021. Batalha, N.; Rodrigues, H.; Arêde, A.; Furtado, A.; Sousa, R; Varum, H.. "Caracterização experimental de ligações pré-fabricadas em betão armado sob ações cíclicas". Paper presented in CNME - Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, Leiria, 2021. Batalha, N.; Rodrigues, H.; Sousa, R; Varum, H.. "Simulação numérica do reforço de uma ligação viga-pilar de edifícios industriais pré-fabricados em betão armado". Paper presented in CONREA - The Rehabilitation Congress, Aveiro, 2021. Bernardo, V.; Sousa, R; Candeias, P.; Costa, A.; A. Campos-Costa. "Geometric Characterization of Pre-code Masonry Buildings in Lisbon for Seismic Risk Assessment". Paper presented in CONREA - The Rehabilitation Congress, Aveiro, 2021. Batalha, N; Rodrigues, H.; Sousa, R; Varum, H.; Fernandes, P.. "Assessment of Existing RC Precast Industrial Buildings According with Eurocode 8 - Part 3". Paper presented in fib Symposium, Lisbon, 2021. Ostetto, L.; Sousa, R; Rodrigues, H.; Fernandes, P.. "Analysis of the Influence of Cladding Panels in the Seismic Behaviour of a PRC Industrial Building". Paper presented in fib Symposium, Lisbon, 2021. Accepted Moghimi, S.; Sousa, R; André, J; Alfredo Campos Costa; Alexandra Carvalho; Lourenço, P.. "Updating Fragility Curves for Portuguese Pre-Seismic Code Reinforced Concrete Buildings". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Lisboa, 2019. Published Sousa, R; Alfredo Campos Costa; Prof. Aníbal Costa ; Paulo Candeias. "Proposta de uma Metodologia para a avaliação Expedita de Edifícios Existentes de Betão Armado". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Lisboa, 2019. Published Sousa, R; Alfredo Campos Costa; Aníbal Costa; Paulo Candeias. "Fiabilidade Estrutural de Edifícios Existentes de Betão Armado sem Dimensionamento Sismorresistente". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Lisboa, 2019. Published Batalha, Nádia; Rodrigues, Hugo; Varum, Humberto; Fernandes, Paulo; Sousa, R. "Comportamento Sísmico de um Pavilhão Pré-Fabricado de Betão Armado". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Lisboa, 2019. Published Sousa, R; Batalha, Nádia; Rodrigues, H. "Review of Strategies for Modelling Beam-to-Column Connections in Existing Precast Industrial Rc Buildings". Paper presented in Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia, Guimarães, 2019. Published Caruso, Claudia; Rita Bento; António A. Correia; Sousa, R. "Modelling Strain Penetration Effects in Rc Walls with Smooth Steel Bars". Paper presented in International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions, Lisboa, 2017. Published Sousa, R; António A. Correia; João P. Almeida; Rui Pinho. "A Fibre-Based Frame Element with Explicit Consideration of Bond-Slip Effects". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017. Published Sousa, R; António A. Correia; João P. Almeida; Rui Pinho. "Simulação Numérica da Resposta de Pórticos em Betão Armado com Consideração Explícita do Escorregamento das Armaduras". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Pontal Delgada, 2016. Sousa, R; António A. Correia; João P. Almeida; Rui Pinho. "Avaliação de Modelos Numéricos com Elementos de Fibra Recorrendo a Ensaios em Mesa Sísmica". Paper presented in Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas, Lisboa, 2014. Published Sousa, R; António A. Correia; João P. Almeida; Rui Pinho. "Blind Prediction Tests as a Benchmark to Improve the Seismic Response of Fibre Models". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Istambul, 2014. Vitor Silva; Humberto Varum; Helen Crowley; Sousa, R; Rui Pinho. "Evaluation of Analytical Methodologies to Derive Vulnerability Functions". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisboa, 2012. Published Sousa, R; Eroglu, T; Kazantzidou, D.; Kohrangi, M.; Luis Sousa; Nascimbene, R.; Rui Pinho. "Effect of Different Modelling Assumptions on the Seismic Response of RC Structures". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2012. Sousa, R; Eroglu, T; Kazantzidou, D.; Kohrangi, M.; Sousa, L.; Nascimbene, R,; Pinho, R.. "Using Nonlinear Static Procedures for the Seismic Assessment of Irregular RC Buildings". Paper presented in World conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisboa, 2012. Sousa, R; Prof. Miguel Castro. "Seismic design of RC frames retrofitted with concentric steel braces". Paper presented in Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Santiago, 2012. Sousa, R; Bianchi, F.; Nascimbene, R.; Rui Pinho. "Problematiche di Modellazione nella Valutazione Sismica delle Strutture Esistenti". Paper presented in CONVEGNO AIST, Bologna, 2011. Biachi, F.; Sousa, R; Pinho, R.. "Modellazione di una pila da ponte nell’ambito di un “Blind Prediction Contest"". Paper presented in Convegno ANIDIS, Bari, 2011. Sousa, R; Biachi, F.; Nascimbene, R.; Pinho, R.. "Analysis Issues on Seismic Assessment of Existing Structures". Paper presented in Convegno ANIDIS, Bari, 2011. Sousa, R; Bianchi, F.; Pinho, R.; Nascimbene, R.; Kazantzidou, D.. "Modelling Issues on Seismic Assessment of Irregular RC Structures". Paper presented in International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Corfu, 2011. Bianchi, F.; Sousa, R; Pinho, R.. "Blind Prediction of a Full-Scale RC Bridge Column Tested Under Dynamic Conditions". Paper presented in International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Corfu, 2011. Bianchi, F.; Sousa, R.; Pinho, R.. "Blind prediction of a full-scale RC bridge column tested under dynamic conditions". 2011. Sousa, R.; Bianchi, F.; Pinho, R.; Nascimbene, R.; Kazantzidou, D.. "Modelling issues on seismic assessment of irregular RC structures". 2011. Sousa, R; Miguel Castro. "Dimensionamento de Contraventamentos Metálicos para Reforço sísmico de estruturas de Betão Armado". Paper presented in Conrgresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Aveiro, 2010.
Journal article	Rodrigues, Hugo; Batalha, Nádia; Furtado, André; Arêde, António; Sousa, Romain; Varum, Humberto. "Retrofitting solution for beam-to-column connections of precast reinforced concrete industrial buildings". Engineering Structures 302 (2024): 117424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117424. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117424 FALCÃO MOREIRA, RODRIGO; Romain Sousa; Varum, H.; Castro, José Miguel. "Seismic risk reduction of existing RC buildings retrofitted with steel braces". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas 3 22 (2023): 56-66. Published Ostetto, Liana; Sousa, Romain; Fernandes, Paulo; Rodrigues, Hugo. "Influence and effectiveness of horizontal diaphragms and cladding wall panels on the seismic behaviour of precast RC industrial buildings". Engineering Structures 285 (2023): 116046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116046. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116046 Batalha, Nádia; Rodrigues, Hugo; Sousa, Romain; Varum, Humberto. "Seismic assessment of existing precast RC industrial buildings in Portugal". Structures 41 (2022): 777-786. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.05.040. Published • 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.05.040 Sousa, R.; Silva, V.; Rodrigues, H.. "The importance of indirect losses in the seismic risk assessment of industrial buildings – An application to precast RC buildings in Portugal". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 74 (2022): 102949. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102949. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102949 Batalha, N.; Rodrigues, H.; Arêde, A.; Furtado, A.; Sousa, R; Varum, H.. "Cyclic behaviour of precast beam-to-column connections with low seismic detailing". Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (2022): Published • 10.1002/eqe.3606 Bernardo, V.; Sousa, R; Candeias, P.; Costa, A.; Campos Costa, A.. "Geometric characterization of pre-code masonry buildings in Lisbon for seismic risk assessment". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas III 17 (2021): 31-38. Open access • Published Liana Ostetto; Romain Sousa; Hugo Rodrigues; Paulo Fernandes. "Assessment of the Seismic Behavior of a Precast Reinforced Concrete Industrial Building with the Presence of Horizontal Cladding Panels". Buildings (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/11/9/400. 10.3390/buildings11090400 Rodrigues, H.; Vitorino, H.; Batalha, N.; Sousa, R; FERNANDES, PAULO; Varum, H.. "Influence of the beam-to-column connection in the seismic performance of precast concrete industrial facilities". Structural Engineering International (2021): Published • 10.1080/10168664.2021.1920082 Bernardo, V.; Sousa, R; Candeias, P.; Costa, A.; Campos Costa, A.. "Historic Appraisal Review and Geometric Characterization of Old Masonry Buildings in Lisbon for Seismic Risk Assessment". International Journal Of Architectural Heritage (2021): Published • 10.1080/15583058.2021.1918287 Sousa, R.; Batalha, N.; Silva, V.; Rodrigues, H.. "Seismic fragility functions for Portuguese RC precast buildings". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-01007-7. Published • 10.1007/s10518-020-01007-7 Rodrigues, H.; Sousa, R.; Vitorino, H.; Batalha, N.; Varum, H.; Fernandes, P.. "Characterisation of Portuguese RC Precast Industrial Building Stock". Advances in Civil Engineering 2020 (2020): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7517205. Published • 10.1155/2020/7517205 Batalha N.; Sousa, R; Vitorino, Hugo; Varum, H.; FERNANDES, PAULO; Rodrigues H.. "Modelação do comportamento sísmico de edifícios prefabricados de betão armado". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas III 12 (2020): 77-88. Open access • Published Sousa, Romain; Batalha, Nádia; Rodrigues, Hugo. "Numerical simulation of beam-to-column connections in precast reinforced concrete buildings using fibre-based frame models". Engineering Structures 203 (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/4301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109845 Sousa, R; Alfredo Campos Costa; Prof. Aníbal Costa. "Avaliação da Segurança Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes em Betão Armado". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas III 10 (2019): 115-128. http://rpee.lnec.pt/Ficheiros/rpee_serieIII_n10/rpee_sIII_n10_pg115_128.pdf. Open access • Published Caruso, Claudia; Bento, Rita; Sousa, Romain; Correia, António A.. "Modelling strain penetration effects in RC walls with smooth steel bars". Magazine of Concrete Research 71 17 (2018): 894-906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.18.00052. Published • 10.1680/jmacr.18.00052 Sousa, Romain; Almeida, João P.; Correia, António A.; Pinho, Rui. "Shake Table Blind Prediction Tests: Contributions for Improved Fiber-based Frame Modelling". Journal of Earthquake Engineering (2018): 1-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2018.1466743. Published • 10.1080/13632469.2018.1466743 Sousa, R; Aníbal Costa; Alfredo Campos Costa; Xavier Romão. "Caracterização do comportamento sísmico de edifícios de betão armado representativos do edificado português sem dimensionamento sismorresistente". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas III 3 (2017): 105-114. Open access Sousa, R; António A. Correia; João P. Almeida; Rui Pinho. "Modelação numérica do escorregamento de armaduras em elementos de betão armado". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas III 2 (2016): 33-42. Published Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Varum, H.; Pinho, R.; Sousa, R.. "Evaluation of analytical methodologies used to derive vulnerability functions". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 43 2 (2013): 181-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2337. 10.1002/eqe.2337 Varum, Humberto; Sousa, Romain; Delgado, Walter; Fernandes, Catarina; Costa, Aníbal; Jara, Jose M.; Jara, Manuel; Álvarez, Jose J.. "Comparative structural response of two steel bridges constructed 100 years apart". Structure and Infrastructure Engineering 7 11 (2011): 843-855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15732470903059390. 10.1080/15732470903059390 Ceresa, P.; Petrini, L.; Pinho, R.; Sousa, R.. "A fibre flexure-shear model for seismic analysis of RC-framed structures". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 38 5 (2009): 565-586. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.894. 10.1002/eqe.894
Manual	Sousa, R; Alfredo Campos Costa; Prof. Aníbal Costa. Guião de Avaliação da Segurança Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes de Betão Armado. Lisboa, Portugal: Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil. 2019. Published
Report	FERNANDES, PAULO; Sousa, Romain. 2022. Caracterização e Avaliação Estrutural de Patologias da Estrutura do PT/PS da ETAR de Olhalvas. Fernandes, P.; Florindo, G.; Sousa, R; Rodrigues, H.. 2021. Cisternas do Núcleo Amuralhado do Castelo - Ensaio de Carga. Fernandes, P.; Gaspar, F.; Sousa, R; Duarte, R.; Rodrigues, H.. 2021. Campanha de ensaios para avaliação das propriedades mecânicas dos materiais existentes no Topo Norte do Estádio Municipal de Leiria. FERNANDES, PAULO; Gaspar, Florindo; Rodrigues, Hugo; Sousa, R. 2021. Condominio Arrabalde da Ponte - Leiria - Avaliação dos Revestimentos das Fachadas dos Lotes 4 e 5. Assistant staff Sousa, R; Rodrigues, H.; Batalha, N.; Fernandes, P.. 2020. "Seismic fragility curves for RC Portuguese precast industrial buildings", SeismicPrecast Project, IPLeiria, Leiria, Portugal. FERNANDES, PAULO; João Veludo; Sousa, R. 2020. Central Termoelétrica de Porto de Mós - Avaliação Estrutural das Paredes de Alvenaria. FERNANDES, PAULO; Gaspar, Florindo; Sousa, R; Rodrigues, Hugo. 2020. Cisternas do Núcleo Amuralhado do Castelo - Avaliação Estrutural. FERNANDES, PAULO; Gaspar, Florindo; Sousa, R; Rodrigues, Hugo. 2020. MercadoMunicipal de Leiria - Caracterização e Avaliação de Patologias da Estrutura. Paulo Fernandes; hugo rodrigues; Sousa, R. 2019. Estudo de avaliação do estado de conservação estrutural de duas pontes no concelho de Leiria. Sousa, R; Batalha, N.; Rodrigues, H.. 2019. "Typical properties of the Portuguese precast industrial buildings", SeismicPrecast Project, IPLeiria, Leiria, Portugal. Sousa, R; Alfredo Campos Costa; Prof. Aníbal Costa. 2019. Metodologia para a Avaliação da Segurança Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes Baseada em Análises de Fiabilidade Estrutural. http://www.lnec.pt/fotos/editor2/DE/rel081_2019_versao_revista.pdf. Florindo Gaspar; Rodrigues, Hugo; João Veludo; Paulo Fernandes; Sousa, R. 2019. Villa Portela - Relatório de caracterização estrutural. Batalha, N.; Vitorino, H.; Rodrigues, H.; Sousa, R. 2019. "State-of-the-art on seismic performance of RC Precast industrial buildings", SeismicPrecast Project, IPLeiria, Leiria, Portugal. Paulo Candeias; António A. Correia; Alexandra Carvalho; Rogério Mota; Maria João Coelho; Sousa, R. 2017. "Estudo de Risco Sísmico nos Edifícios de Data Centers da IBM, em Alfragide E Tagus Park", Report LNEC 344/2017, DE/NESDE (Confidential).
Thesis / Dissertation	Sousa, R. "Development and Verification of Innovative Modelling Approaches for the Analysis of Framed Structures Subjected to Earthquake Action". PhD, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, 2015. Sousa, R. "A Displacement-Based Design Approach for Seismic Retrofitting of RC FRames with Steel Braces". Master, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, 2010.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/01/04	A importância das perdas indiretas na avaliação do risco sísmico de estruturas industriais (The importance of indirect losses in the seismic risk assessment of industrial structures)	Seminar SeismicPrecast
2019/05/11	Metodologia Expedita para a Avaliação de Edifícios de Betão Armado em Portugal (Expedite Methodology for the Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings in Portugal)	Dia Regional do Engenheiro Ordem dos engenheiros (Santarém, Portugal)
2018/04/11	Avaliação Sísmica de Edifícios em Portugal - Proposta de uma metodologia expedita calibrada para níveis de fiabilidade uniforme (Seismic Assessment of Buildings in Portugal - Proposal of an expedite methodology calibrated for uniform reliability levels)	SPES Seminar National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/04/04	Certificação Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes – Ponto de situação (Seismic Certification of Existing Buildings: current situation)	SPES Seminar National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/03/31	Avaliação da vulnerabilidade sísmica de edifícios: contributo para uma estratégia de certificação sísmica (Seismic Assessment of Buildings: contributions for a seismic certification strategy)	VI Week of Urban Rehabilitation of Lisbon – Structural Retrofitting of Buildings Câmara Municipal de Lisboa; Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa; Associação de Turismo de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/03/22	Certificação Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes - Apresentação e Proposta Preliminar (Seismic certification of Existing Buildings - Presentation and Preliminary Proposal)	SPES Seminar National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/05/17	Some critical issues on the seismic modelling and analysis of irregular RC buildings	XII International ROSE School Seminar European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (Pavia, Italy)
2010/05/20	A displacement-based design approach for seismic retrofitting of RC frames with steel braces	X International ROSE School Seminar European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (Pavia, Italy)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/03 - Current	Monitorização Estrutural da Cobertura do Estádio de Leiria Através de Sensores Dinâmicos de Baixo Custo Co-supervisor	Master Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Avaliação da Segurança e Reabilitação de uma Ponte de Alvenaria de Pedra - O Caso da Ponte Hintze Ribeiro Co-supervisor	Master Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2021/02/01 - Current	Estudo de Soluções de Pontes em Fim de Vida (Study of solutions for end-of-life bridges) Co-supervisor of Manuel Nascimento dos Santos da Luz	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021 - Current	Comparative Design of High-Rise Buildings Based on Eurocode 8 and Azerbaijan Seismic Construction Norms Co-supervisor	Master Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2020/10/01 - Current	Improvement of cladding wall panels on RC Precast Buildings in Seismic prone areas Co-supervisor of Liana Ostetto	PhD in Civil Engineering (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/02/01 - Current	Avaliação da importância das paredes de enchimento no comportamento sísmico de edifícios de betão armado em Portugal (Evaluation of the importance of infill walls in the seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete buildings in Portugal) Supervisor	Master in Civil Engineering (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/21	Importância do nível de conhecimento na avaliação sísmica de edifícios existentes Co-supervisor of Henrique Barbeta	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2011 - 2012	Critical Evaluation of Modelling Parameters on Seismic Assessment of RC Irregular Structures Co-supervisor of Danai Kazantzidou Firtinidou	Master in Earthquake Engineering (Master) Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/01/04 - 2022/01/04	Seminário SeismicPrecast (2022/01/04 - 2022/01/04)
2021/06/29 - 2021/07/01	Chair in CONREA - O Congresso da Reabilitação (2021/06/29 - 2021/07/01) Congress (Other)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08	CIAC - Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction - Executive Committee (2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08	Chair in the 1st Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction (2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08) Conference (Other)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2019/04/29 - 2019/04/30	Chair in the 11th National Congress in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2019/04/29 - 2019/04/30) Congress (Other)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/07	Seminário Arquitectura e a Engenharia Sísmica (Seminar Architecture and Earthquake Engineering) (2018/06/07) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Estruturas, Portugal
2016/06/08 - 2016/06/08	Seminar Risco Sísmico no Ordenamento do Territorio - Contribution in the preparation and support during the seminar (2016/06/08) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2017/09/26 - 2017/09/27	Work Group 2 of the National Platform for the Reduction of Catastrophes Risk, ANPC, Lisbon, Portugal. A work group dedicated to define and test a seismic assessment procedure in post-seismic events. Meeting	Work Group 2 of the National Platform for the Reduction of Catastrophes Risk Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022/04 - Current	APEE - Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas (Portuguese Association of Structural Engineering)
2016 - Current	SPES - Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica (Portuguese Society for Earthquake Engineering)
2015 - Current	Ordem dos Engenheiros (Order of Engineers)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Review Editor in Frontiers in Built Environment - Earthquake Engineering

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2021/06/29 - 2021/07/01	CONREA - The rehabilitation congress	University of Aveiro

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/01 - 2020/03	Project Review - Review of the execution project of the rehabilitation of the Villa Portela as Centre of Contemporary Art	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/01/12 - Current	Seismic Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings Using Expedited Methods		Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2023/12/02 - Current	Open Classroom - Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Existing Buildings		Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/25	Seismic Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings Using Expedited Methods		Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2021/04/13 - 2021/04/19	Introduction to the Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures according to Eurocode 8	(Pós-Graduação)	Universidade de Aveiro Associação para a Formação Profissional e Investigação, Portugal
2021/03/16 - 2021/03/22	Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 6	(Pós-Graduação)	Universidade de Aveiro Associação para a Formação Profissional e Investigação, Portugal
2020/09/21 - 2020/09/28	Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 5	(Pós-Graduação)	Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/09/07 - 2020/09/14	Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 4	(Pós-Graduação)	Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/07/20 - 2020/07/27	Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 3	(Pós-Graduação)	Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/07/13 - 2020/07/20	Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 2	(Pós-Graduação)	Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/02/14 - 2020/02/15	Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 1	(Pós-Graduação)	Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2019/12/13 - 2019/12/13	Open Classroom - Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Existing Buildings		Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09/14 - 2019/09/14	Open Classroom - Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Existing Buildings		Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2011/02/08 - 2011/03/04	Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Structures	Master and Doctoral degree in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (Doctor of Philosophy)	Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2017/04/12	Seismic Vulnerability of Portuguese Building Stock	Construir

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/09 - Current	Sustainability (2071-1050)	MDPI
2022/07/09 - Current	Structures (2352-0124)	Elsevier
2022/07 - Current	Buildings (2075-5309)	MDPI
2021/11/09 - Current	Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (2522)	Springer
2021/04/01 - Current	Applied Sciences (2076-3417)	MDPI
2020/07 - Current	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (1573-1456)	Springer
2019/03 - Current	Structures and Buildings (0965-0911)	ICE Virtual Library
2017/12 - Current	Journal of Building Engineering (2352-7102)	Elsevier
2016/04 - Current	Journal of Earthquake Engineering (1363-2469)	Taylor and Francis
2011/11 - Current	Engineering Structures (0141-0296)	Elsevier

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/11/20 - Current	Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project Post Earthquake Fire Risk AssessMEnt at Urban Scale 2022.02100.PTDC	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/10/04 - Current	Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project Post Earthquake Fire Risk AssessMEnt at Urban Scale 2022.02100.PTDC	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/05 - Current	Comissão de Acompanhamento de Tese de Doutoramento de Ricardo Martins	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/06 - Current	Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project PRE-SHELL - Prefabricated Ultra-Thin Concrete Shells, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/01/21 - Current	Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project PRE-SHELL – Prefabricated Ultra-Thin Concrete Shells, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/07/05 - Current	Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project PRE-SHELL – Prefabricated Ultra-Thin Concrete Shells, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2019	Honorable Mention - Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2013	2nd Place Award – Strengthening CFRP Challenge Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010	Award of Excellence on the 2010 Concrete Column Blind Prediction University of California Berkeley Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, United States

Other distinction

2016	Postdoctoral fellowship Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica, Portugal
2011	Doctoral fellowship Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2010	Research Fellowship Eucentre, Italy
2008	Research Initiation Fellowship European Commission, Belgium Leonardo da Vinci Programme, Belgium
2008	Master fellowship European Commission, Belgium Erasmus Mundus Programme, Belgium