Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Cecília Vale
Citation names
- Vale, Cecília
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C610-3FD1-0893
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2470-9834
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Transport Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2010
Concluded
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Doutoramento em Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Influence of track geometrical quality on the dynamic behaviour of tracks and on scheduling preventive maintenance for high-speed
railway lines (in Portuguese)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovada |
2004
Concluded
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Mestrado em Estruturas de Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Comportamento Estrutural de Pavimentos Rodoviários Flexíveis.Contributos para modelação.
(Structural behaviour of road pavements. Contributions for modelling)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom |
2001
Concluded
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Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)
Major in Geotecnia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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16 valores |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2010 - 2016 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2004 - 2009 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2002 - 2004 | Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2001/10 - 2002/02 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | NEXUS: Pacto de Inovação – Transição Verde e Digital para Transportes, Logística e Mobilidade
PRR - C645112083-00000059
Researcher
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Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
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2022/01 - 2025/12 | PRODUZIR MATERIAL CIRCULANTE FERROVIÁRIO EM PORTUGAL
Aviso 02/C05-i01/2022
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2022 - 2025 | SMART WAGONS - DESENVOLVIMENTO DE CAPACIDADE PRODUTIVA EM PORTUGAL DE VAGÕES INTELIGENTES PARA MERCADORIAS
Aviso 02/C05-i01/2022
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | IN2TRACK3
GRANT_NUMBER: 101012456
Researcher
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European Commission
Concluded
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2021/09/01 - 2023/06/30 | WAY4SAFERAIL - Wayside monitoring system for safe rail transportation
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-069595
Principal investigator
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
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2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30 | FERROVIA 4.0
Researcher
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
Concluded
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2018 - 2021 | In2Track2 - Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 2
826255
Researcher
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construções
UID/ECI/04708/2019
Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2015 - 2018 | In2Rail - INNOVATIVE INTELLIGENT RAIL
635900
Researcher
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European Commission
Concluded
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2015 - 2017 | PEDDIR DEMO - Demonstrador do projeto PEDDIR - PEsagem Dinâmica e Deteção de Irregularidades dos Rodados
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-006397
Researcher
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
Concluded
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2012 - 2015 | MAXBE - INTEROPERABLE MONITORING, DIAGNOSIS AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR AXLE BEARINGS
314408
Principal investigator
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European Commission
Concluded
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2012 - 2015 | PEDDIR - Sistema de Pesagem Dinâmica e Detecção de Irregularidades dos Rodados
SI IDT - 23161/2011
Researcher
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | Strategic Project - UI 733 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/ECI/UI0733/2011
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2009 - 2012 | SIPAV- Soluções Inovadoras Pré-fabricadas para vias-férreas de Alta Velocidade
SI IDT - 3440/2008
Researcher
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Edited book |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2014 | Interoperable monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance strategies for axle bearings - the MAXBE project, | TRA2014 Transport Research Arena 2014 |
2010/12 | Scheduling tamping by an integer programming approach | Railways and Environment 2010, 16-17 December, Delft |
2010/12 | Numerical estimation of track foundation stiffness and damping by receptance analysis using simplified models: an application to continuous slab track | Railways and Environment 2010, 16-17 December, Delft |
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024 - Current | Smart Onboard Monitoring System for Early Detection, Classification, and Prediction of Railway Track Damage by Artificial
Intelligence Techniques
Co-supervisor of António Guedes
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Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2023/01 - Current | Smart Wayside Monitoring System for Early Detection, Classification, and Prediction of Railway Wheel Damage by Artificial
Intelligence Techniques
Supervisor of Mohammad Reza
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Doctoral Programm in Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021 - Current | Use of RCDs and Plastic waste for Asphalt Concrete
Supervisor of Manuel Joaquim Sá Lopes Tavares Caló
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Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
2023/01 - 2023/09 | Damage identification in wheels of Alfa Pendular train based on the track dynamics
(IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE DANOS NAS RODAS DO VEÍCULO FERROVIÁRIO ALFA-PENDULAR COM BASE NOS EFEITOS DINÂMICOS INDUZIDOS PELO VEÍCULO
NA VIA)
Co-supervisor
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Master in Civil Engineering - Structures (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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2023/02 - 2023/07 | Detection and indentification of damage in ballasted railways from on-board measurements and artificial intelligence tecniques
Supervisor
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Master in Structures of Civil Engineering (MESTEC) (Master) |
2023/02 - 2023/07 | Identification of multiple wheel defects from wayside monitoring systems and artificial intelligence tecniques
Supervisor
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Master in Civil Engineering (MEC) (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/02 - 2022/09 | Railway vehicle out-of-roundness detection with multiple records: simulation and algorithm validation
Supervisor of Vítor Tiago Castro Gonçalves
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master) |
2022/01 - 2022/09 | Automatic detection of railway track defects" (AI4Rail project)
Supervisor of Nelson Félix Traquinho
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Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/09 - 2022/03 | "Smart track onboard condition monitoring", ( "Ferrovia 4.0" project)
Supervisor of Bruno Miguel Ricon Peres Pintão
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Supervisor of project research (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/01/01 - 2021/07/30 | Avaliação de metodologia para pesagem dinâmica de comboios/
Weigh in Motion Estimation for Railway Vehicles
Supervisor of Bruno Miguel Ricon Peres Pintão
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master) |
2018/01 - 2018/12 | Gestão do risco em vias ferroviárias/Asset management in railway lines
Supervisor of Ana Carolina Teixeira de Magalhães
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Supervisor of project researcher (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2016 - 2016 | Caracterização das Condições Climáticas em Timor Leste para o Dimensionamento de Pavimentos
Supervisor of Humbelina Maia Soares Viegas
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Previsão da irregularidade longitudinal em pavimentos flexíveis
Supervisor of Miguel Gomes dos Santos Ferreira da Silva
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Dimensionamento de pavimentos em áfrica e na américa do sul: análise de manuais de pré-dimensionamento
Supervisor
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Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2014/01/01 - 2014/07/31 | Estado da arte sobre a utilização de solos lateríticos em pavimentos rodoviários
Supervisor of Sónia Vanessa Meneses Dutra
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Master in Civil Engineering |
2014 - 2014 | Análise do Assentamento Permanente do Balastro no Processo de Degradação de Vias Férreas
Supervisor of Diogo Miguel da Silva Pires Rua Catarino
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2012/01/01 - 2012/07/31 | Transportation problems: applications
Supervisor of André Vilaça Moreira
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | Aplicação de solo-cimento em pavimentos flexíveis
Supervisor of Manuel Alexandre Valentim Monte
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master) |
2012 - 2012 | Validação estrutural dos pavimentos flexíveis indicados no "manual de conceção de pavimentos para a rede rodoviária nacional"
Supervisor of Margarida Isabel Matos Brás
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2012/04 - Current | Organization of the special session "Track condition monitoring and maintenance" at Railways 2012 Conference, Gran Canaria,
Spain, 18-20 April 2012.
(2012/04)
Conference
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2006/10 - Current | Workshop Track for High Speed Railways, FAculty of Engineering of University of Porto,
Portugal, 12 - 13 October 2006. (2006/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2022/03 - 2022/03 | Special lecture on Introduction to Railway Engineering (2022/03)
Seminar
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2016 - 2016 | Organization of the special session "RW2016-S06 Interoperable Track and Rolling Stock: Testing, Homologation, Condition Monitoring and Maintenance" at Railways 2016 Conference (2016 - 2016) | |
2014 - 2014 | Organization of the special session "RW2014-S13: Interoperable Track and Rolling Stock: Testing, Homologation, Condition Monitoring and Maintenance" (2014 - 2014) |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2018/11/28 | The Use of Advanced Technologies on Life-cycle Assessment of Infrastructures
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Bruno Samuel Ferreira Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2017/02/22 | An efficient method for modeling the nonlinear train-bridge interaction
(Thesis) Arguer
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Sérgio Gonçalves Moreira Das Neves (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2014/12/12 | Transition zones in railway tracks: an experimental and numerical study on the structural behaviour
(Thesis) Arguer
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André Luís Marques Paixão (PhD) |
2013/12/02 | Improving Railway Track Maintenance Using Power Spectral Density (PSD)
(Thesis) Arguer
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Abdur Rohim Boy Berawi (PhD) |
2012/05/18 | Transições Aterro-Estrutura em Linhas Ferroviárias de Alta Velocidade: Análise Experimental e Numérica/
Embankment-structure transitions for High Speed Railway Lines: experimental and numerical analysis
(Thesis) Arguer
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Ana Cristina Carvalhinho Alves Ribeiro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2018/07 - Current | Member in the Standardisation Committees -Working Group CT 153 - Ligantes betuminosos/Bitumen binders | |
2015 - Current | Member in Standardisation Committees, Technical Commission CT 129 - Paving Materials. |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2020/09/04 - Current | Evaluation of the bituminous mixtures properties in Rua Dr. Artur Seixas em Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo | Câmara Municipal de Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Portugal |
2014 - Current | Expert for the Portuguese Court Tribunal Judicial de Oliveira de Azeméis for a question related to road pavement design. | Tribunal Judicial de Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2018 - 2018 | Leccionação do módulo «Dimensionamento de Pavimentos Flexíveis» da unidade de formação "Drenagem e dimensionamento de pavimentos rodoviários" (33 h) Teaching of the module «Design of Flexible Pavements» of the training course "Drainage and design of road pavements" (33 h) | "Drenagem e dimensionamento de pavimentos rodoviários" (33 h) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | |
2017/10 - 2017/10 | Traçado Ferroviário: Introdução e quadro normativo europeu Railway design: introduction and European legal framework | (Outros) | |
2014 - 2014 | Leccionação dos módulos «Dimensionamento de Pavimentos Flexíveis» (6h) e «Dimensionamento de Pavimentos Rígidos» da Unidade de Formação "Pavimentos Rodoviários" (33 h); Teaching of the modules «Design of Flexible Pavements» (6h) and «Design of Rigid Pavements» of the Training Course "Road Pavements" (33h) | Pavimentos Rodoviários" (33 h) | |
2012 - 2012 | Leccionação do módulo «Pavimentos Flexíveis» (3h) da Unidade de Formação "Beneficiação/Reabilitação de Estradas"(33 h) Teaching the module «Flexible Pavements» (3h) of the Training Course "Rehabilitation of Roads" (33 h) | (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2016 - Current | Evaluation of 9 I&D projects submitted for national funding by ANI- Agência Nacional de
Inovação and reporting project review.
Evaluator
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal, Portugal | Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2015 | Article on Advanced approaches for axle bearing condition monitoring, for EURAILmag, no31, http://eurailmag.com/advanced-approaches-for-axle-bearing/ |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2015/10 - Current | Web Rail TV |
Distinctions
Award
2001 | 3 o prize CODE 2001- Composite Original Design - International Conference CCC2001-Composites in Construction |
2001 | Award Flow Systems, Lda 2000/2001 for the best student in FEUP in Fluids Mechanics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Other distinction
2008 | Research grant for the project "Estudio del Comportamiento a Médio e Largo Plazo de las Estruturas Ferroviárias de Balasto
y Placa"
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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2005 | Grant from FCT for doctoral studies - SFRH/BD/25020/2005
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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