Dina Maria Fernandes da Silva (C210-5ACA-78CB)

Curriculum Vitae

Dina Maria Fernandes da Silva

Mrs. Dina Silva finished her graduation in marine sciences- field of oceanography and fisheries, at Lusófona University in 2008. She has been working since then at CENTEC (Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering), funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, in the marine environment group. Her research area is the study of wave climate and waves energy resources using the third-generation spectral wave model SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) simulations. Her work through these years has been published in 9 journal papers, wherein 5 of them she is the first author, 11 book chapters (presented at International Conferences) and 5 Conference proceedings. One of her papers as first author won the Energies 10th anniversary best paper, due to be a Highly Cited Paper in the Web of Science from 2014 to 2017 (109 citations in WoS).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Dina Maria Fernandes da Silva

Citation names

Silva, D.
Silva, Dina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C210-5ACA-78CB
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8043-6231

Email addresses

dina.silva@centec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Ocean Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English

Education

	Degree	Classification
2008/09/25 Concluded	Ciências do mar (Licenciatura) Major in Oceanografia Universidade Lusófona, Portugal	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2008 - Current	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
	Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01 - 2022/01	Extreme wind and wave modeling and statistics in the Atlantic Ocean (ExWAV) PTDC/EAM_OCE/31325/2017 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2019/07 - 2019/12	FCT annual funding 2019 UID/Multi-00134/2019 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2018/05 - 2019/06	Adaptation and implementation of floating wind energy conversion technology for the Atlantic region (ARCWIND) EAPA_344/2016 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Ongoing
2014/05 - 2014/10	Hydro-environmental modelling of multi-purpose marine renewable energy platform (MAREN 2) 2013-1/225 - Maren2 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2011/06 - 2013/09	Hydrodynamic analysis of wave energy converters with different motion characteristics (WAVE CONVERTERS) PTDC/EME-MFE/105006/2008 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2011/02 - 2011/06	Design for ship safety in extreme seas (EXTREME SEAS) SCP8-GA-2009-234175 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2009/12 - 2011/02	Development of a real-time nearshore wave prediction system for the Portuguese ports (NEARPORT) PTDC/ECM-64373/2006 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2009/08 - 2009/12	Decision support system for ship operation in rough weather (HANDLING WAVES) TST5-CT-2006-031489 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2009/02 - 2009/08	FCT Annual Funding 2008-2010 MECG-LVT-Lisboa-134 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/08/01 - 2025/07/31	Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC) UIDB/00134/2020 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/02/01 - 2024/07/31	Operational Wave Forecast using Artificial Intelligence CIRCNA/OCT/0300/2019 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Latas, M.; Ali, A.; Silva, D.; Guedes Soares, C.. "Improving the accuracy of significant wave height hindcast data with long short-term memory models". In Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, 651-658. London: Taylor and Francis, 2024. Published • 10.1201/9781003508779-71 Silva, D.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Assessment of the wave power resource at Madeira archipelago with SWAN model". In Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore, 45-54. Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Published Bernardino, Mariana; Silva, Dina; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Evaluating trends and variability in the Portuguese coastal wave energy potential using a 22 years high resolution hindcast". In Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, 529-538. Leiden, Netherlands: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Published Silva, D.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Validation with satellite data of SWAN model for wave conditions at the Madeira archipelago". In Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. Published Lucas, C. (D71A-FAF8-DCC6); Silva, D.; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Assessment of the wave spectral characteristics in the Portuguese test zone". In Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore, 59-66. Taylor and Francis Group, 2019. Published Lucas, C; Silva, D; Soares, C. "Influence of water depth on the characteristics of spectra at the entrance of major Portuguese ports". 1055-1064. Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. Published • 10.1201/b21890-141 Silva, D.; Martinho, P.; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Trends in the available wave power at the Portuguese pilot zone". In Progress in Renewable Energies Offshore, 53-59. Taylor and Francis Group, 2016. Published Silva, D.; Rusu, E.; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Evaluation of the expected power output of wave energy converters in the north of the Portuguese nearshore". In Progress in Renewable Energies Offshore, 875-882. Taylor and Francis Group, 2016. Published Rusu, E; Silva, D. (C210-5ACA-78CB); Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Evaluation of the shoreline dynamics in a coastal sector of the Portuguese nearshore". In Maritime Technology and Engineering III, 1079-1086. CRC Press, 2016. Published • 10.1201/b21890-144 Silva, D.; Martinho, P.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Wave power resources at Portuguese test sites from 11-year hindcast data". In Renewable Energies Offshore, 113-121. Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. Published Guedes Soares, Carlos; Bento, A; Gonçalves, Marta; Silva, Dina; Martinho, Paulo. "Assessment of the mean wave energy potential of the Atlantic European coast using numerical models". In Developments in Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Sea Resources, 1003-1010. CRC Press, 2014. Published • 10.1201/b15813-126 Rusu, E; Silva, D (C210-5ACA-78CB); Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Efficiency assessment for different WEC types operating in the Portuguese coastal environment". 961-969. Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. Published • 10.1201/b15813-120 Silva, D.; Bento, A. R.; Martinho, P.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Modelling wave energy for the portuguese nearshore". In Maritime Engineering and Technology, 647-653. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. Published
Conference paper	Gavazzoni, T.; Guedes Soares, Carlos; Silva, D.. "On the performance of wave models in coastal areas". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH), Lisbon, 2024. Submitted Ramos, S.; Diaz, H.; Silva, D.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Levelized cost of energy of offshore floating wind turbines in different case scenarios of Madeira Island". Paper presented in MARTECH- 5th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering, Lisboa, 2020. Silva, D.; Martinho, P.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Modelling wave energy in the Pilot areas of Aguçadoura e São Pedro de Moel". Paper presented in 7as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária, Porto, 2011. Published Silva, D.; Bento, A. R.; Rusu, L.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Evaluation of the wave climate at the entrance of the ports of Faro and Setúbal". Paper presented in 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica, Lisboa, 2010. Published Bernardino, M.; Rusu, L.; Pilar, P; Silva, D.; Bento, A. R.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Performance assessment of the wave forecast system implemented for the ports of Sines and Leixões". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária, Funchal, 2009. Published Silva, D.; Rusu, E.; Guedes Soares, C. (411E-B911-1D2A). "Modelling of sea conditions on the Figueira da Foz coastal with the SWAN spectral model". Paper presented in Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia costeira e Portuária, Funchal, 2009. Published
Journal article	Lucas, C.; Silva, D.; Guedes Soares, Carlos. Corresponding author: Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Climatic directional wave spectra in coastal sites". Coastal Engineering 180 (2023): 104255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104255. Published • 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104255 Díaz, H.; Silva, D.; Bernardo, C.; Guedes Soares, Carlos. Corresponding author: Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Micro sitting of floating wind turbines in a wind farm using a multi-criteria framework". Renewable Energy 204 (2023): 449-474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.016. Published • 10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.016 Silva, Dina; Gonçalves, Marta; Bentamy, Abderrahim; Guedes Soares, Carlos. Corresponding author: Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Assessment of the use of scatterometer wind data to force wave models in the North Atlantic Ocean". Ocean Engineering 266 (2022): 112803. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112803. Published • 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112803 Castro-Santos, Laura; Silva, Dina; Bento, A. Rute; Salvação, N.; Guedes Soares, C.. "Economic feasibility of floating offshore wind farms in Portugal". Ocean Engineering 207 (2020): 107393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107393. Published • 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107393 Castro-Santos, Laura; Bento, A. Rute; Silva, Dina; Salvação, Nadia; Guedes Soares, C.. "Economic Feasibility of Floating Offshore Wind Farms in the North of Spain". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8 1 (2020): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010058. Published • 10.3390/jmse8010058 Castro-Santos, Laura; Silva, Dina; Bento, A.; Salvação, Nadia; Guedes Soares, C.. "Economic Feasibility of Wave Energy Farms in Portugal". Energies 11 11 (2018): 3149. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11113149. Published • 10.3390/en11113149 Silva, Dina; Rusu, Eugen; Guedes Soares, C.. "The Effect of a Wave Energy Farm Protecting an Aquaculture Installation". Energies 11 8 (2018): 2109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11082109. Published • 10.3390/en11082109 Silva, Dina; Martinho, Paulo; Guedes Soares, C.. "Wave energy distribution along the Portuguese continental coast based on a thirty three years hindcast". Renewable Energy 127 (2018): 1064-1075. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.037. Published • 10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.037 Silva, Dina; Rusu, Eugen; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "High-Resolution Wave Energy Assessment in Shallow Water Accounting for Tides". Energies 9 9 (2016): 761. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en9090761. Published • 10.3390/en9090761 Silva, Dina; Bento, A. Rute; Martinho, Paulo; Guedes Soares, C.. "High resolution local wave energy modelling in the Iberian Peninsula". Energy 91 (2015): 1099-1112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.08.067. Published • 10.1016/j.energy.2015.08.067 Guedes Soares, Carlos; Bento, A. Rute; Gonçalves, Marta; Silva, Dina; Martinho, Paulo. "Numerical evaluation of the wave energy resource along the Atlantic European coast". Computers & Geosciences 71 (2014): 37-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2014.03.008. Published • 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.03.008 Silva, Dina; Rusu, Eugen; Soares, Carlos. "Evaluation of Various Technologies for Wave Energy Conversion in the Portuguese Nearshore". Energies 6 3 (2013): 1344-1364. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en6031344. Published • 10.3390/en6031344

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2020	Assessment of the wave power resource at Madeira archipelago with the SWAN model	RENEW 2020 (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020	Validation with satellite data of SWAN model for wave conditions at the Madeira archipelago	MARTECH 2020 (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016	Trends in the available wave power at the Portuguese pilot zone	RENEW 2016 (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016	Evaluation of the expected power output of wave energy converters in the north of the Portuguese nearshore	RENEW 2016 (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009	Modelling of sea conditions on the Figueira da Foz coastal with the SWAN spectral model (in Portuguese)	6th seminar on coastal and port engineering (in Portuguese) (Funchal, Portugal)

Distinctions

Award

2018	Energies 10th Anniversary best paper