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Bertha Santos is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Beira Interior (Portugal) and a researcher at GeoBioTec - University of Beira Interior (member) and CERIS - University of Lisbon (collaborator). She holds an MSc and PhD in Civil Engineering and her research interests include road and airport pavement management systems (PMS), statistical data analysis and modelling in transport and road safety, road user costs, road work zones, soft mobility and applications of GIS in transport (GIS-T). She has over 75 research publications, including international conference papers and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. Since 1998, she has been responsible for teaching courses in the fields of Transportation, GIS and GIS-Transportation in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geographical Information Systems BSc and MSc programmes. She has supervised more than 30 Master's theses and is supervising 4 PhD students. Bertha Santos is Vice-President of the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Beira Interior and has been Course Director of two Masters Degrees for 8 years. As an engineer, she holds two specialist titles from the Portuguese Order of Engineers, one in Transport and the other in Geographical Information Systems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bertha Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Bertha
  • Santos, B
  • Bertha Maria Batista dos Santos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BE1A-879F-8282
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5545-892X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=jJO_58IAAAAJ
Researcher Id
D-4151-2016
Scopus Author Id
56522530700

Email addresses

  • bsantos@ubi.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • University of Beira Interior. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Calçada Fonte do Lameiro, 6200-358, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Transport Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008/01/29
Concluded
 Civil Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Modeling Road User Costs in Road Management" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2002/06/06
Concluded
 Civil Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Urban Engineering
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Implementation of a pavement maintenance management system for the city of Lisbon" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1997/12/04
Concluded
 Civil Engineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Planning and Urbanism
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"A new planning approach for the main road network accessing the city of Covilhã" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior GeoBioTec Geobiociências Geotecnologias e Geo-engenharias, Portugal, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2011 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/06 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2014 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro GeoBioTec Geobiociências Geotecnologias e Geo-engenharias, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/01/29 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2002/06/06 - 2008/01/28 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
1998/02/09 - 2002/06/05 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Vice-Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021 - Current Member of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020 - Current Member of the Course Committee for the 1st Cycle of Studies in Civil Engineering (Undergraduate) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2008 - Current Member of the Course Committee for the 2nd Cycle in Geographic Information Systems (Master's Degree) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2020/12/11 - 2024/12/02 Member of the General Council of the University of Beira Interior (body of elected professors and researchers) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Member of the Pedagogical Council of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Director of the Integrated Masters in Civil Engineering Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Member of the Course Committee for the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Civil Engineering (Master's Degree) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Member of the Course Committee for the Integrated Masters in Civil Engineering Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Member of the Course Committee for the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Civil Engineering (Master's Degree) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009 - 2013 Member of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2009 - 2013 Course Director of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Geographic Information Systems (Master's Degree) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2008 - 2013 Member of the Course Committee for the 1st Cycle of Studies in Civil Engineering (Undergraduate) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Member of the Course Committee for the 2nd Cycle in Applied Geotechnics (Master's Degree) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
UID/ECI/04625/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 4035 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/CTE/UI4035/2011
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro GeoBioTec Geobiociências Geotecnologias e Geo-engenharias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 148 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/ECI/UI0148/2011
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003 - 2006 A Deterministic Segment-Linked Pavement Management System
POCTI/ECM/46461/2002
Researcher
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2000 - 2003 Road Pavement Management Systems: A Segment-linked Optimisation Tool
POCTI/ECM/32909/1999
Researcher
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Bertha Santos; Pedro Gavinhos; Pedro G. Almeida; Dayane Nery. "Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Transport Pavement Inspection". 2025.
    10.1007/978-981-97-8213-0_1
  2. B. Santos, J. Gonçalves, P. G. Almeida and A. M. T. Martins. "On the Application of GIS to Architectural Heritage Safeguarding". In Advances in Engineering Research. Nova Science Publisher, 2022.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Pollyanna Lucena; Sandro Ferreira. "Spatial multi-criteria analysis to assess urban roads suitability for soft mobility". Paper presented in ESRI Portugal Education Submmit 2023, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  2. Bertha Santos, Pedro G. Almeida, Pedro Gavinhos, Ianca Feitosa, Dayane Nery. "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and geomatics in road pavement inspection: Early developments". Paper presented in 29th International Scientific Conference SCEgeo 2022 - Surveying, Civil Engineering and Geoinformation for Sustainable Development, Wroclaw, 2022.
    Published
  3. André Nogueira, Bertha Santos, Jorge Gonçalves, Jan Kempa, Jacek Chmielewski. "Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis for Walking Suitability Assessment". Paper presented in EcoSET International Closing Conference, Bydgoszcz, 2022.
    Published
  4. Isabel Matias, Bertha Santos, Jorge Gonçalves, Jan Kempa, Jacek Chmielewski. "EU and Portuguese Strategic Vision for Cycling". Paper presented in EcoSET International Closing Conference, Bydgoszcz, 2022.
    Published
  5. André Nogueira, Bertha Santos, Jorge Gonçalves. "Avaliação do potencial da infraestrutura pedonal para promoção da mobilidade suave em cidades de encosta (Assessing the potential of pedestrian infrastructure to promote soft mobility in hilly cities)". Paper presented in SEC - 1.º Simpósio em Engenharia Civil (1st Civil Engineering Symposium), Porto, 2021.
    Published
  6. Ianca Feitosa, Bertha Santos, Pedro G. Almeida. "Validação de um método indireto de auscultação de degradações para avaliação da qualidade de pavimentos aeroportuários (Validation of an indirect distress detection method for assessing the quality of airport pavements)". Paper presented in SEC – 1.º Simpósio Engenharia Civil (1st Civil Engineering Symposium), Porto, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Nery, Dayane; Santos, Bertha; Pedro Gabriel de Faria Lapa Barbosa de Almeida. "Inspection of road pavements using geomatics and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)". Paper presented in International Congress on Engineering (ICEUBI2024) - Sustainability and Resilience: Innovation and Solutions, Covilha, 2024.
    Published
  2. Oliveira, Maria Carolina; Santos, Bertha. "Review on road pavement distress detection with YOLO". Paper presented in International Congress on Engineering (ICEUBI2024) - Sustainability and Resilience: Innovation and Solutions, Covilha, 2024.
    Published
  3. Branco, Luís; Santos, Bertha. "GIS network analysis to support the elderly population". Paper presented in International Congress on Engineering (ICEUBI2024) - Sustainability and Resilience: Innovation and Solutions, Covilha, 2024.
    Published
  4. Santos, Bertha; José Gabinhos; Pedro Almeida; Dayane Nery. Corresponding author: Santos, Bertha. "Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Transport Pavement Inspection". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics 2024 (ICTG 2024), Sydney, 2024.
    Accepted
  5. Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge; Amin, Shohel; Vieira Sandra; Lopes, Carlos. Corresponding author: Santos, Bertha. "Evaluation of pedestrian crossing accidents using Artificial Neural Network". Dublin, 2024.
    Accepted
  6. Pollyanna Lucena; Sandro Ferreira; Santos, Bertha. "Spatial multi-criteria analysis to assess urban roads suitability for soft mobility". Paper presented in ICEUBI 2022 – International Congress in Engineering, Innovation and Sustainable Praxis, Covilha, 2022.
    In press
  7. Cláudia Mendes; Santos, Bertha. "Sustainable Municipal Services: Network Analysis to Optimize Bio-Waste Route Collection". Paper presented in ICEUBI 2022 – International Congress in Engineering, Innovation and Sustainable Praxis, Covilha, 2022.
    In press
  8. Helena Marisa Cerca; Santos, Bertha. "GIS-Based Network Analysis to Support First Intervention in Forest Fires". Paper presented in Bertha Santos, Covilha, 2022.
    In press
  9. Jan Kempa; Jacek Chmielewski; Santos, Bertha; Jorge Gonçalves. "Research of the impact of bumps on vehicle speeds". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 7th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, Praga, 2022.
    In press
  10. Isabel Matias; Santos, Bertha; Jorge Gonçalves; Jan Kempa; Jacek Chmielewski. "EU and Portuguese Cycling Strategy for Sustainable Urban Mobility". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 7th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, Praga, 2022.
    In press
  11. Bertha Santos; Pedro G. Almeida; Jorge Gonçalves. "GIS IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION: CHALLENGES OF ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC". 2021.
    10.21125/iceri.2021.0799
  12. Nogueira, André; Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge; Kempa, Jan; Chmielewski, Jacek. "Transportation Network Spatial Analysis to Measure Pedestrian Suitability. The Case of Hilly Cities". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 6th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, 2021.
    10.1088/1757-899x/1203/2/022107
  13. Zalewski, Andrzej; Chmielewski, Jacek; Kempa, Jan; Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Traffic calming in historic city centres - a case study". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 6th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, 2021.
    10.1088/1757-899x/1203/2/022106
  14. Olenkowicz-Trempala, Paulina; Sobota, Aleksander; Chmielewski, Jacek; Kempa, Jan; Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Mobility in Transportation Surveys". 2021.
    10.1088/1757-899x/1203/3/032007
  15. Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge; Martins, Ana M. T.; Almeida, Pedro. "Safeguarding Portuguese traditional glazed tile cultural heritage with GIS". Paper presented in International Conference Florence Heri-tech: the Future of Heritage Science and Technologies, Florence, 2020.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899X/949/1/012071
  16. Santos, Bertha; Feitosa, I.; Almeida, Pedro. "Validação de um método indireto de recolha de dados para avaliação do estado de pavimentos aeroportuários (Validation of an indirect data collection method for assessing the condition of airport pavements)". Paper presented in ICEUBI2019 - International Conference on Engineering – Engineering for Evolution, Covilha, 2019.
    Published
  17. Lima, Debora; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Proposal of an Airport Pavement Maintenance Management System for Cape Verde". Paper presented in STARTCON19 - International Doctorate Students Conference + Lab Workshop in Civil Engineering, Covilha, 2019.
    Published • 10.18502/KEG.V5I5.6917
  18. Matias, Isabel; Santos, Bertha; Virtudes, Ana. "Making Cycling Spaces in Hilly Cities". Paper presented in STARTCON19 - International Doctorate Students Conference + Lab Workshop in Civil Engineering, Covilha, 2019.
    Published • 10.18502/keg.v5i5.6933
  19. Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro; Maganinho, Leonor. "Data Collection Methodology to Assess Road Pavement Condition Using GNSS, Video Image and GIS". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 4th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, Praga, 2019.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899X/603/4/042083
  20. Santos, Bertha; Carvalheira, C.. "Pedestrian Road Accident Index for Municipalities: The Portuguese Case". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 4th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, Praga, 2019.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899X/603/4/042084
  21. Gonçalves, Jorge; Santos, Bertha. "Enhancing Civil Engineering teaching through 3D Computer Aided Design". Paper presented in CCE2019 15th Computational Civil Engineering Conference, Iasi, 2019.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899X/586/1/012045
  22. Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge; Almeida, Pedro. "Identifying factors for academic misconduct using logistic regression". Paper presented in INTED2019 - International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, 2019.
    Published • 10.21125/inted.2019.1020
  23. Martins, Ana M. T.; Gonçalves, Jorge; Santos, Bertha; Marques, Susana. "Learning from the historic city: architectural heritage rehabilitation and gis, the URS-Viseu novo (Portugal) legacy". Paper presented in INTED2019 - International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, 2019.
    Published • 10.21125/inted.2019.2238
  24. Santos, Bertha; Calado, Maria; Sales, Catarina. "Careers without gender: Strategies to promote gender equality in engineering". Paper presented in INTED 2019 - 13th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, 2019.
    Published • 10.21125/INTED.2019.1753
  25. Santos, Bertha; Martins, Ana; Campos, Inês; Gonçalves, Jorge; Almeida, Pedro. "When Past and Future Meet in Architecture Teaching: Heritage and GIS". Paper presented in ICERI 2018 - 11th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Sevilha, 2018.
    Published • 10.21125/ICERI.2018.1211
  26. Santos, Bertha; VIRTUDES, ANA LÍDIA ; Gonçalves, Jorge; Amin, Shohel. "Multicultural Education in Civil Engineering: Planning and Transportation Approach". Paper presented in EDULEARN18 - 10th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma de Mallorca, 2018.
    Published • 10.21125/edulearn.2018.1233
  27. Sousa, Adriana; Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Pedestrian Environment Quality Assessment in Portuguese Medium-Sized Cities". Paper presented in WMCAUS – 3rd World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, Praga, 2018.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899X/471/6/062033
  28. Tomé, André; Santos, Bertha; Carvalheira, Carmen. "GIS-Based Transport Accessibility Analysis to Community Facilities in Mid-Sized Cities". Paper presented in WMCAUS - 3rd World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Symposium, Praga, 2018.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899X/471/6/062034
  29. VIRTUDES, ANA LÍDIA ; Rodrigues, I; Santos, Bertha; Pop, Maria. "Teaching methodologies in civil engineering: a multidisciplinary approach". Paper presented in XVIIth edition of National Technical-Scientific Conference - Modern Technologies for the 3rd Millennium, Oradea, 2018.
    Published
  30. Tomé, André; Santos, Bertha; Carvalheira, Carmen. "Evaluation of accessibilities in the municipality of Covilhã using GIS". Paper presented in ICEUBI2017 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2017 A Vision for the Future, Covilha, 2017.
    Published
  31. Lima, Debora; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Data collection methodology to assess airport pavement condition". Paper presented in ICEUBI2017 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2017 A Vision for the Future, Covilha, 2017.
    Published
  32. Oliveira, Alexandra; Gonçalves, Jorge; Santos, Bertha. "Priority definition for railway activities". Paper presented in ICEUBI2017 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2017 A Vision for the Future, Covilha, 2017.
    Published
  33. Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Ana Sofia. "Overlay design methodologies for flexible road pavements". Paper presented in ICEUBI2017 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2017 A Vision for the Future, Covilha, 2017.
    Published
  34. Trindade, Valdemiro; Santos, Bertha. "Logistic and probit regression models for road work zone crash analysis". Paper presented in ICEUBI2017 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2017 A Vision for the Future, Covilha, 2017.
    Published
  35. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis. "Avaliação do impacto das zonas em obras nas condições de circulação, segurança e custos suportados pelos utentes (Assessment of the impact of work zones on traffic conditions, safety and user costs)". Paper presented in XIX CILA - Congreso Ibero-Latinoamericano del Asfalto, Medellín, 2017.
    Published
  36. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Trindade, Valdemiro. "Using binary logistic regression to explain the impact of accident factors on work zone crashes". Paper presented in RSS2017 - Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Delft, 2017.
    Published
  37. Lima, Debora; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Methodology to assess airport pavement condition using GPS, laser, video image and GIS". Paper presented in World Conference on Pavement and Asset Management (WCPAM 2017), Baveno, 2017.
    Published
  38. Santos, B.; Picado-Santos, L.. "Impact assessment of road work zones in operating conditions, safety and user costs". Paper presented in World Conference on Pavement and Asset Management (WCPAM 2017), Baveno, 2017.
    Published
  39. Santos, Bertha; Sousa, Adriana; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Avaliação da qualidade do ambiente pedonal para promoção da mobilidade urbana (Assessing the quality of the pedestrian environment to promote urban mobility)". Paper presented in International and Interdisciplinary Seminar Living (In) Mobilities: Towards New Cultures of Time, Distance and Space, Covilha, 2016.
    Published
  40. Santos, Bertha; Fernandes, João; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Determining level of service on Portuguese freeways: HCM 2010 methodology". Paper presented in ICEUBI2015 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2015 Engineering for Society, Covilha, 2015.
    Published
  41. Santos, Bertha; Polónia, Cláudia; Carvalheira, Carmen. "Diagnosis of Portuguese road accidents in work zones". Paper presented in ICEUBI2015 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2015 Engineering for Society, Covilha, 2015.
    Published
  42. Santos, Bertha; Tavares, Manuel; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Sistema de apoio à conservação corrente de pavimentos rodoviários (Support system for routine pavement maintenance)". Paper presented in XVIII CILA - Congreso Ibero Latinoamericano del Asfalto, Bariloche, 2015.
    Published
  43. Gonçalves, Jorge; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Do students in higher education know the real meaning of plagiarism?". Paper presented in EDULEARND - 6th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, 2014.
    Published
  44. Maganinho, Leonor; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Desenvolvimento de uma base de dados de patologias para a avaliação da qualidade de pavimentos rodoviários com recurso a GPS, imagem vídeo e SIG (Development of a pathology database for pavement condition assessment using GPS, video imagery and GIS)". Paper presented in ICEUBI2013 – International Conference on Engineering UBI2013 Engineering for Economic Development, Covilha, 2013.
    Published
  45. Ajú, Adelaide; Silva, Ana Rita; Vedana, Camila; Santos, Bertha. "A sinistralidade rodoviária e os troços em obras (Road accidents and work zones)". Paper presented in ICEUBI2013 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2013 Engineering for Economic Development, Covilha, 2013.
    Published
  46. Santos, Bertha; Ferraz, Inês; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Aplicação de SIG em sistemas de informação ao cliente de transportes públicos (Application of GIS in public transport customer information systems)". Paper presented in ICEUBI2013 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2013 Engineering for Economic Development, 2013.
    Published
  47. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Neves, José; Cavaleiro, Victor. "User costs in road life-cycle cost evaluation and optimization". Paper presented in EPAM4 - 4th European Pavement and Asset Management Conference, Malmö, 2012.
    Published
  48. Alves, Diogo; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Proposta de implementação de um sistema de inventariação para infraestruturas rodoviárias com recurso a GPS e SIG (Proposal to implement a road infrastructure inventory system using GPS and GIS)". Paper presented in ICEUBI2011 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2011 Innovation and Development, Covilha, 2011.
    Published
  49. Teixeira, João; Santos, Bertha. "Análise do efeito dos troços em obras nos custos suportados pelos utentes das estradas (Analysis of the impact of road works on road user costs)". Paper presented in ICEUBI2011 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2011 Innovation and Development, Covilha, 2011.
    Published
  50. Francisco, Ângela; Cavaleiro, Victor; Pereira-de-Oliveira, Luiz; Santos, Bertha. "Inventário do ciclo de vida de pavimentos rodoviários". Paper presented in XVI CILA - Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano do Asfalto, Rio de Janeiro, 2011.
    Published
  51. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Avaliação da influência do estado dos pavimentos rodoviários nos custos dos utentes das estradas". Paper presented in XVI CILA - Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano do Asfalto, Rio de Janeiro, 2011.
    Published
  52. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Additional costs for road users due to pavement state and maintenance actions: Initial approach for Portuguese conditions". Paper presented in 2nd ICTI - Second International Conference in Transport Infrastructure, São Paulo, 2010.
    Published
  53. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Definition, analysis and application of a simplified road user costs model for Portuguese trunk roads". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Asphalt Pavements – ISAP2010, Nagoya, 2010.
    Published
  54. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Definição, análise e aplicação de um modelo de custos dos utentes simplificado para a rede rodoviária Portuguesa". Paper presented in XV CILA - Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano do Asfalto, Lisboa, 2009.
    Published
  55. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "A road user costs model for Portuguese trunk roads". Paper presented in 3rd European Pavement & Asset Management Conference (EPAM3), Coimbra, 2008.
    Published
  56. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Vehicle operating, accident and user time costs in pavement management systems: Approach for Portuguese conditions". Paper presented in Fifth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV5), Park City UT, 2007.
    Published
  57. Santos, B.; Picado-Santos, L.; Cavaleiro, V.. "Road user costs in pavement management systems: Methodologies and costs". Paper presented in MAIREPAV4 – Fourth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, Belfast, 2005.
    Published
  58. Picado-Santos, Luis; Ferreira, Adelino; Santos, Bertha; Antunes, António Pais; Carvalheira, Carmen. "The Lisbon's Pavement Management System". Paper presented in 2nd European Pavement and Asset Management Conference, Berlin, 2004.
    Published
  59. Picado-Santos, Luis; Antunes, António Pais; Ferreira, Adelino; Carvalheira, C; Santos, Bertha; Bicho, M H; Quadrado, I; Silvestre, S. "GIS-based Pavement Management System for Lisbon". Paper presented in MAIREPAV'03 - Third International Symposium on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, Guimarães, 2003.
    Published
  60. Picado-Santos, Luis; Antunes, António Pais; Ferreira, Adelino; Carvalheira, C; Santos, Bertha; Bicho, M H; Quadrado, I; Silvestre, S. "O sistema de gestão de pavimentos de Lisboa: actividades iniciais e desenvolvimentos futuros". Paper presented in 1.as Jornadas de Estradas e Pontes dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, 2001.
    Published
  61. Picado-Santos, Luis; Antunes, António Pais; Ferreira, Adelino; Carvalheira, C; Santos, Bertha; Bicho, M H; Quadrado, I; Silvestre, S; Morais, C. "The Lisbon PMS: Initial activities and planned developments". Paper presented in First European pavement management systems conference, Budapest, 2000.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Domingos, Adriana; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro. "Pavement condition index determination and interpretation for airport pavement evaluation". Paper presented in ICEUBI2017 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2017 A Vision for the Future, 2017.
Exhibition catalog
  1. Ana Maria Tavares Martins, Bertha Santos, Jorge Gonçalves, Pedro Almeida. HERITAGE AND GIS | When Past and Future Meet in Architecture Teaching. 2019.
Journal article
  1. Bertha Santos; Sandro Ferreira; Pollyanna Lucena. "Automated Geographic Information System Multi-Criteria Decision Tool to Assess Urban Road Suitability for Active Mobility". Urban Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci8040206.
    10.3390/urbansci8040206
  2. Feitosa, Ianca; Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro G.. "Pavement Inspection in Transport Infrastructures Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)". Sustainability 16 5 (2024): 2207. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16052207.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/su16052207
  3. Bertha Santos; Cláudia Mendes. "GIS-based approach for optimizing biowaste collection services in rural small sized municipalities". Waste Management Bulletin (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wmb.2023.12.001.
    10.1016/j.wmb.2023.12.001
  4. Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge; Almeida, Pedro G.; Martins-Nepomuceno, Ana M. T.. Corresponding author: Santos, Bertha. "GIS-based inventory for safeguarding and promoting Portuguese glazed tiles cultural heritage". Heritage Science 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00976-7.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-023-00976-7
  5. Adriana Vieira; Bertha Santos; Luís Picado-Santos. "Modelling Road Work Zone Crashes’ Nature and Type of Person Involved Using Multinomial Logistic Regression". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032674.
    10.3390/su15032674
  6. Bertha Santos; Sílvia Passos; Jorge Gonçalves; Isabel Matias. "Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis for Road Segment Cycling Suitability Assessment". Sustainability (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169928.
    10.3390/su14169928
  7. Gonçalves, Jorge; Santos, Bertha; Oliveira, Alexandra. "Prioritization of railway proximity interventions: The case of the Portuguese railway network". Case Studies on Transport Policy 10 1 (2022): 559-571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.016.
    10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.016
  8. Bertha Santos; Jorge Gonçalves; Ana M. Martins; Maria T. Pérez-Cano; Eduardo Mosquera-Adell; Despina Dimelli; Apostolos Lagarias; Pedro G. Almeida. "GIS in Architectural Teaching and Research: Planning and Heritage". Education Sciences 11 6 (2021): 307-307. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11060307.
    10.3390/educsci11060307
  9. Santos, Bertha; Trindade, Valdemiro; Polónia, Cláudia; Picado-Santos, Luis. "Detecting Risk Factors of Road Work Zone Crashes from the Information Provided in Police Crash Reports: The Case Study of Portugal". Safety 7(1) 12 (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/7/1/12.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/safety7010012
  10. Santos, Bertha; Almeida, Pedro; Feitosa, I.; Lima, Debora. "Validation of an indirect data collection method to assess airport pavement condition". Case Studies in Construction Materials 13 e00419 (2020): https://publons.com/publon/31303143/.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/J.CSCM.2020.E00419
  11. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Refinement of a simplified road-user cost model". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport 167 6 (2014): 364-376. https://publons.com/publon/12161106/.
    Published • 10.1680/TRAN.12.00057
  12. Ferraz, Inês; Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Aplicação de sistemas de informação geográfica (SIG) em sistemas de informação ao cliente de transportes públicos: O futuro dos transportes". ENGenharia – Revista Técnica de Engenharia da Ordem dos Engenheiros Técnicos 7 (2014): 9-17.
    Open access • Published
  13. Santos, Bertha; Picado-Santos, Luis; Cavaleiro, Victor. "Vehicle operating, accident and user time costs in pavement management systems: Approach for Portuguese conditions". Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 5 8 (2011): 723-731. http://www.davidpublishing.com/davidpublishing/Upfile/4/4/2012/2012040470514169.pdf.
    Published
  14. Dos Santos, B.M.B.; De Picado-Santos, L.G.; Cavaleiro, V.M.P.. "Simplified model of road-user costs for Portuguese highways". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport 2225 1 (2011): 3-10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855223918&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3141/2225-01
  15. Picado-Santos, L; Ferreira, A; Antunes, A; Carvalheira, C; Santos, B; Bicho, M; Quadrado, I; et al. "Pavement management system for Lisbon". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer 157 3 (2004): 157-165. https://publons.com/publon/5466891/.
    10.1680/MUEN.2004.157.3.157
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Modeling Road User Costs in Road Management". PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2008.
  2. "Implementation of a pavement maintenance management system for the city of Lisbon". Master, 2002.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/03/01 Road work zones crash analysis to identify risk factors Kutahya Dumlupinar University (Erasmus+)
Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Faculty of Engineering (Kutahya, Turkey)
2023/03/01 Road pavement inspections using UAV and geomatics: early developments Kutahya Dumlupinar University (Erasmus+)
Kutahya Dumlupinar University - Faculty of Engineering (Kutahya, Turkey)
2023/03/01 Transport Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at UBI Kutahya Dumlupinar University (Erasmus+)
Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Faculty of Engineering (Kutahya, Turkey)
2021/11/25 GIS tool to support the creation of cycling and pedestrian potential maps University of Maribor (Erasmus+)
University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering and Architecture (Maribor, Slovenia)
2021/11/23 Road work zone crash data analysis to identify accident risk factors University of Maribor (Erasmus+)
University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering and Architecture (Maribor, Slovenia)
2021/10/28 Application of unmanned aerial systems in road pavement condition assessment Faculty International Seminar (Bydgoszcz)
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
2021/10/27 Road network suitability assessment for soft mobility: multi-criteria model and automated tools
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
2021/06/26 Engenharia no Feminino @ UBI
Universidade da Beira Interior, Faculdade de Engenharia (Covilha, Portugal)
2019/10/31 Overlay design methodologies for flexible road pavements Università Politecnica delle Marche (Erasmus+)
UNIVPM - Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy)
2019/10/29 Methodology to assess airport pavement condition using GPS, laser, video image and GIS: The case of Cape Verde international airports Università Politecnica delle Marche (Erasmus+)
UNIVPM - Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy)
2019/02/26 Road work zone crash data analysis to identify accident factors Faculty International Seminar, UTP
UTP University of Science and Technology (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
2019/02/25 Transportation network analysis for bicycle and pedestrian suitability: The case of hilly cities Faculty International Seminar, UTP
UTP University of Science and Technology (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
2018/10/17 GIS-based transport accessibility analysis in medium-sized cities School of Architecture (Erasmus+)
Technical University of Crete (Creta, Greece)
2018/02/15 Impact assessment of road work in safety and user costs Series of Seminars on Highways and Transportation
University of Coventry (Coventry, United Kingdom)
2016/12/08 Teaching methodologies for integration of international students | Curricular Unit: Complements of Roads Erasmus 1st Symposium - Strategies towards a better integration of international students
University of Oradea - Faculty of Construction, Cadaster and Architecture - Department of Civil Engineering (Oradea, Romania)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Análise de pontos críticos (hotspots) de acidentes rodoviários do tipo atropelamento em ambiente SIG
Supervisor
 Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023 - Current Avaliação da qualidade de pavimentos rodoviários com recurso a novos métodos de inspeção
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019/10/01 - Current Inovação na auscultação de degradações superficiais de pavimentos aeroportuários
Supervisor of Ianca Teixeira Feitosa
 3.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2018/10 - Current Mobilidade sustentável: O potencial ciclável em cidades com declives acentuados
Supervisor of Isabel Maria Barata Matias
 3.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017/10 - Current Gestão da conservação de pavimentos aeroportuários
Supervisor of Débora Sofia Gomes Maurício Lima
 3.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2022 - 2024/07/22 Os Sistemas de Informação Geográfica aplicados à gestão municipal do património edificado nos centros históricos
Supervisor of Cláudia Margarida Dias de Pina Mendes
 Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/10 - 2024/07/22 Avaliação do nível de serviço em autoestradas: análise comparativa entre as metodologias HCM2010 e HCM6
Supervisor of Flávio André Carrola Soares
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2024 - 2024/07/19 Aplicação de técnicas de Inteligência Artificial - Machine Learning na avaliação da qualidade de pavimentos aeroportuários
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/11 - 2023/06/01 Uso de veículos aéreos não tripulados na inspeção de infraestruturas de transporte
Supervisor of José Pedro Roque Tarouca Duarte Gavinhos
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Otimização de métodos de auscultação de pavimentos rodoviários com recurso a geomática e veículos aéreos não tripulados (VANTs)
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021 Análise multicritério espacial aplicada à avaliação do potencial de mobilidade suave de espaços urbanos construídos. O caso das cidades de encosta
Supervisor of Pollyanna Marsi de Lucena
 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021 Automatização de um modelo de análise espacial em SIG para avaliação do potencial de mobilidade urbana
Supervisor of Sandro Alfaro Ferreira
 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2018/10 - 2020/07/28 Validação de um método indireto de auscultação de degradações para avaliação da qualidade de pavimentos aeroportuários
Supervisor of Ianca Teixeira Feitosa
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2018/10 - 2020/05/15 Avaliação do potencial da infraestrutura pedonal para promoção da mobilidade suave em cidades de encosta
Supervisor of André Filipe da Costa Nogueira
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017/10 - 2019/07/26 Análise de dados de sinistralidade rodoviária nas zonas em obras com recurso à regressão logística multinomial
Supervisor of Adriana Coelho Vieira
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/12/06 Instrumento de apoio à criação de um mapa de potencial ciclável da rede viária com recurso a SIG
Supervisor of Sílvia Valentina González de Passos
 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/10/27 Determinação e interpretação do índice PCI de pavimentos aeroportuários
Supervisor of Adriana Sofia Madeira Domingos
Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/10/27 Análise de dados de sinistralidade rodoviária nas zonas em obras
Supervisor of Valdemiro Marques Trindade
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/11/18 Avaliação do sistema pedonal para melhoria da mobilidade urbana
Supervisor of Adriana Proença Sousa
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/11/17 Definição de uma estratégia de priorização de intervenções de proximidade na Rede Ferroviária Nacional, para um horizonte de 5 anos
Co-supervisor of Alexandra Isabel Patrício Oliveira
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/11/17 Metodologias para dimensionamento do reforço de pavimentos rodoviários flexíveis
Supervisor of Ana Sofia Coito Almeida
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/10/27 Sistema de gestão de pavimentos aeroportuários para Cabo Verde
Supervisor of Débora Sofia Gomes Mauricio Lima
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/10/18 Avaliação das acessibilidades no concelho da Covilhã com recurso a SIG
Supervisor of André Filipe Saraiva Coelho Tomé
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2014/10 - 2015/11/06 Avaliação de rodeiras de pavimentos rodoviários com recurso a varrimento laser
Supervisor of Ana Sofia Silva Nogueira
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2013/10 - 2014/11/21 Análise do Nível de Serviço em estradas multivias: uma avaliação com recurso à metodologia HCM2010
Supervisor of João Miguel Machado Fernandes
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2013/10 - 2014/11/21 Registo e diagnóstico da sinistralidade rodoviária nos troços em obras
Supervisor of Cláudia Sofia Coelhas Polónia
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2012/10 - 2014/11/10 Metodologias de avaliação do custo do ciclo de vida de pavimentos rodoviários
Supervisor of Josefina das Dores Mota Morais
 2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2012/10 - 2013/11/08 Desenvolvimento de uma base de dados de patologias para avaliação da qualidade de pavimentos rodoviários com recurso a GPS, imagem vídeo e SIG
Supervisor of Leonor Graciete de Oliveira Maganinho
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2012/10 - 2013/11/07 Técnicas de conservação e reabilitação para pequenas reparações de pavimentos rodoviários
Supervisor of Luís Carlos de Almeida
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2012/10 - 2013/11/06 Sistema de apoio à conservação corrente
Supervisor of Manuel Jacinto Gonçalves Tavares
2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2011/10 - 2012/11/09 Aplicação de SIG em sistemas de informação ao cliente de transportes públicos
Supervisor of Inês Sofia de Oliveira Ferraz
 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2010/10 - 2011/11/14 Custos adicionais de operação dos veículos devidos ao estado dos pavimentos
Supervisor of João Carlos Simão Guerra
2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2010/10 - 2011/11/14 Implementação de um sistema de inventariação para infra-estruturas rodoviárias com recurso a GPS e SIG. O caso da sinalização e dispositivos de segurança
Supervisor of Diogo Manuel Dantas Alves
2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2010/10 - 2011/07/20 Análise do efeito dos troços em obras nos custos suportados pelos utentes das estradas
Supervisor of João Fernando Garcês Teixeira
 2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/11/17 Aplicação de SIG para localização e auxílio ao diagnóstico da sinistralidade rodoviária em meio interurbano
Supervisor of Pedro Fernando da Costa Figueiredo
 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/11/17 Mitigação dos problemas de estacionamento na área do Hospital Pêro da Covilhã
Supervisor of Hugo Filipe Simões Garcia Rebordão
 2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/11/12 A importância das medidas de acalmia de tráfego na redução da sinistralidade rodoviária
Supervisor of André Vicente Alexandre
 2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/11/11 As acessibilidades como factor de desenvolvimento sustentável na região da Beira Interior
Supervisor of Ana Isabel de Almeida Quaresma
 2.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current Portuguese Order of Engineers Sénior Member
2005 - Current iSMARTi - International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures Membro regular
2013 - 2016 AIMob - Agência Independente de Mobilidade (Independent Mobility Agency) Membro

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021 - Current CCE2021 Computational Civil Engineering Conference Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, Iasi, Romenia
2025/05 - 2025/05 11º CRP - Congresso Rodoferroviário Português Centro Rodoferroviário Português
2025/01/05 - 2025/01/09 TRB Annual Meeting – The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board
2024/11/27 - 2024/11/29 ICEUBI 2024 – International Congress on Engineering – Sustainability and Resilience: Innovation and Solutions University of Beira Interior
2024/11/20 - 2024/11/22 ICTG 2024, 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics 2024 - Sustainable and Evolving Technologies for Urban Transport Infrastructure Sydney, Australia
2024/04/22 - 2024/04/26 XXII CILA - XXII Congresso Ibero-Latino-Americano de Asfalto Granada, Spain
2024/04/14 - 2024/04/18 TRA 2024, Transport Research Arena 10º Conference, Transport Transitions: Advancing sustainable and inclusive mobility Dublin
2023/05/24 - 2023/05/25 Computational Civil Engineering, CCE2023 Iasi, Romenia
2023/01/08 - 2023/01/12 TRB Annual Meeting, The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102th Annual Meeting Washington, D.C.
2022 - 2023/01/12 2023 TRB Annual Meeting - The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102th Annual Meeting Washington, D.C.
2022/11/28 - 2022/11/30 ICEUBI 2022 International Congress on Engineering and Innovation and Sustainability Praxis Universidade da Beira Interior, Faculdade de Engenharia, Covilhã
2022/11/14 - 2022/11/17 Transport Research Arena Conference Lisbon 2022 Lisbon
2022/07/05 - 2022/07/07 10º Congresso Rodoferroviário Português LNEC, Lisboa
2022/01/09 - 2022/01/13 2022 TRB Annual Meeting – The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101th Annual Meeting Washington, D.C
2021 - 2021 SEC - 1.º Simpósio em Engenharia Civil Porto
2020 - 2020 2021 TRB Annual Meeting - The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 100th Annual Meeting Washington
2020 - 2020 Florence Heri-Tech: The Future of Heritage Science and Technologies, 2020 Florence
2019 - 2019 2020 TRB Annual Meeting - The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting Washington
2019 - 2019 ICEUBI2019 - International Conference of Engineering UBI 2019 - Engineering for Evolution Covilhã
2019 - 2019 STARTCON19 - International Doctorate Students Conference + Lab Workshop in Civil Engineering Covilhã
2019 - 2019 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português Lisboa
2018 - 2018 2019 TRB Annual Meeting - The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting Washington
2017 - 2017 ICEUBI2017 - International Conference of Engineering UBI 2017 - A Vision for the Future Covilhã
2016 - 2016 8CRP - 8º Congresso Rodoviário Nacional Lisboa
2015 - 2015 ICEUBI2015 - International Conference of Engineering UBI 2015 - Engineering for Society Covilhã
2014 - 2014 14CNG - Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia: Geotecnia nas Infraestruturas: Água/Energia/Transportes/Ambiente Covilhã
2013 - 2013 ICEUBI2013 - International Conference of Engineering UBI 2013 - Innovation and Development Covilhã
2013 - 2013 7CRP - 7º Congresso Rodoviário Nacional - Novos Desafios para a Atividade Rodoviária Lisboa
2012 - 2012 EPAM4 - 4th European Pavement and Asset Management Conference Malmö
2012 - 2012 MAIREPAV 7 - Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control Conference Auckland
2011 - 2011 ICEUBI2011 - International Conference of Engineering UBI 2011 - Innovation and Development Covilhã
2010 - 2010 ICTI - 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure São Paulo
2009 - 2009 XV CILA - Congresso Ibero-Latino-Americano do Asfalto Lisboa
2009 - 2009 5.ª Conferência de Engenharia - Engenharia' 2009 - Inovação e Desenvolvimento Covilhã
2008 - 2008 EPAM3 - 3rd European Pavement and Asset Management Conference Coimbra

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current SIG para Infraestruturas de Transportes (SIG-T) (GIS-T: GIS for Transportation Infrastructures) Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023 - Current Análise de Redes em SIG (GIS Network Analysis) Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021 - Current Complementos de Vias de Comunicação (Complements of Roads) Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2010 - Current Complementos de Vias de Comunicação (Complements of Roads) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2009 - Current Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (GIS - Geographic Information Systems) Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2007 - Current Vias de Comunicação (Roads) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Dissertação ou Projeto (Dissertation or Project) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Engenharia de Infraestruturas de Transporte (Transport Infrastructure Engineering) 3.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Desenho para Engenharia Civil (Drawing for Civil Engineering) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Sistemas de Informação Geográfica I (GIS I - Geographic Information Systems I) 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Mobilidade e Transportes (Mobility and Transport) 3.º ciclo em Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Sistemas de Informação Geográfica na Gestão de Vias de Comunicação (GIS for Road Management) 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Topografia (Topography) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (GIS - Geographic Information Systems) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2008 - 2013 Topografia (Topography) Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2008 - 2011 Sistemas de Informação Geográfica na Gestão de Vias de Comunicação (GIS for Road Management) 2.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Engenharia de Tráfego (Traffic Engineering) Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
1997 - 2009 Vias de Comunicação II (Roads II) Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal
1998 - 2008 Vias de Comunicação I (Roads I) Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Transportation Safety and Environment (26316765) Oxford University Press
2023 - Current Heritage Science (20507445) Springer Science + Business Media
2022 - Current Symmetry (2073-8994) MDPI
2022 - Current Transport and Territory Magazine (RTT) (1852-7175) University of Buenos Aires
2022 - Current ISPRS International Journal for Geo-Information (IJGI) (22209964) MDPI
2022 - Current Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (13467581) Taylor and Francis Ltd.
2021 - Current Safety (2313-576X) MDPI
2021 - Current International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (19966814, 19971400) Springer
2020 - Current IEEE Access (21693536) IEEE
2020 - Current Transactions in GIS (13611682, 14679671) Wiley
2019 - Current Materials (1996-1944) MDPI
2019 - Current Coatings (2079-6412) MDPI
2019 - Current International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management (1742-7975) Inderscience
2019 - Current Mathematics (2227-7390) MDPI
2019 - Current Infrastructures (2412-3811) MDPI
2019 - Current Applied Sciences (2076-3417) MDPI
2019 - Current Open Engineering (2391-5439) De Gruyter
2019 - Current Forum Sociológico (2182-7427) CICS.NOVA, Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2018 - Current Sustainability (2071-1050) MDPI
2018 - Current Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (03611981) SAGE
Distinctions

Award

2024 Honourable Mention in the ‘SOS Azulejo Awards 2022-2023’(Prémios SOS Azulejo 2022-2023)
Museu de Polícia Judiciária, Portugal

Instituto de Polícia Judiciária e Ciências Criminais (IPJCC), Portugal

Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses (ANMP), Portugal

Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Portugal

Instituto de História de Arte (IHA), Portugal

Rede de Investigação m Azulejo, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal

Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (FBAUL), Portugal

Guarda Nacional Republicana, Portugal

Polícia de Segurança Pública, Portugal
2024 2nd PLACE in the UNITA Innovation Prize (3rd Edition), in the framework of Re-UNITA project - 2024.
UNITA GEIE (UNITA European Economic Interest Grouping), Portugal
2024 CEI-IIT Prize - Research, Innovation and Territory 2024 (Prémio CEI-IIT – Investigação, Inovação e Território 2024)
Centro de Estudos Ibéricos, Portugal
2018 3rd PLACE in the 2nd transnational competition for market-oriented prototypes (ProtoTransfer INESPO III): DegraPav - Inspection of surface damage of road and a airport pavements
2013 2nd PRIZE in the 3rd edition of the competition: It's better to lose a minute of life than a minute of life! (Mais vale perder um minuto na vida, do que a vida num minuto!)
Fundação da Juventude, Portugal
2005 PARKMAN MEDAL 2005 - Best Paper: "The Pavement Management System for Lisbon", ICE-Municipal Engineer.
Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom

Title

2023 Specialist in Geographical Information Systems - Portuguese Order of Engineers (Título de Especialista em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica - Ordem dos Engenheiros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2013 Specialist in Transport and Roads - Portuguese Order of Engineers (Título de Especialista em Transportes e Vias de Comunicação - Ordem dos Engenheiros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2012 Level of professional qualification: Senior Member of the Portuguese Order of Engineers (Membro Sénior da Ordem dos Engenheiros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal