Francisco Carvalho Neto de Queirós Pimenta (FA15-3E90-0E85)

Curriculum Vitae

Francisco Carvalho Neto de Queirós Pimenta

Francisco Carvalho Neto de Queirós Pimenta. Completed the Integrated Master in Civil Engineering in 2014/06/20 by Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, PhD in Civil Engineering in 2023/09/07 by Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Master in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 2023/11/28 by Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências and Bachelor in Physics in 2020/06/30 by Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências. Is Invited Assistant Professor in Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia and Postdoc in Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia. Published 12 articles in journals. Organized 3 event(s). Supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 4. Has received 5 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 5 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Civil Engineering and Exact Sciences with emphasis on Physical Sciences.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Francisco Carvalho Neto de Queirós Pimenta

Citation names

Pimenta, Francisco
F C N Q Pimenta
F Pimenta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FA15-3E90-0E85
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3266-8510
Scopus Author Id: 57606005400

Email addresses

fnpimenta@fe.up.pt (Professional)
francisco.n.pimenta@gmail.com (Personal)

Websites

https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=640967 (Scholar)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-pimenta-299b6985/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/09/01 - 2023/11/28 Concluded	Astronomia e Astrofísica (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Analytical solutions for the evolution of current carrying cosmic strings" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2018/10/01 - 2023/09/07 Concluded	Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Estruturas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "New methodologies for dynamic monitoring of floating wind turbines validated with experimental data" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09/01 - 2020/06/30 Concluded	Física (Licenciatura) Major in Astrofísica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	18
2009/09/01 - 2014/06/20 Concluded	Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Major in Estruturas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Caraterização experimental do comportamento din^amico de estruturas: aplicação na ponte sobre o douro da A41" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/07/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/01 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02/03 - 2024/01/31	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018 - 2023	PhD Scholar	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

2014/09/01 - 2018/09/30	Structural Engineer	Adão da Fonseca - Engenheiros Consultores, Lda, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/09/01 - Current	IntelliWind: Intelligent systems for autonomous wind power plant operations 101168725 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	European Commission Horizon Europe Ongoing
2023/09/01 - Current	Enhanced INterfaces and train categories FOR dynamic compatibility assessment of EUropean railway BRIDGEs 101121765 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Horizon Europe Ongoing
2023/02/01 - Current	M4WIND: Monitoring, Modelling and Machine learning for Managing the operating life of WIND farms 10.54499/2022.08120.PTDC Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/09 - 2023/07/08	Financiamento Plurianual 2020-2023 da Unidade de I&D CONSTRUCT - Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construção UIDB/04708/2020_UIDP/04708/2020 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30	Definição de estratégias de monitorização estrutural para geradores eólicos flutuantes com recurso a modelações numéricas avançadas SFRH/BD/138980/2018	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/09/17 - 2022/09/16	Desenvolvimento, validação e otimização de estratégias de monitorização da condição estrutural de parques eólicos em terra e no mar. PTDC/ECI-EST/29558/2017 Universidade do Porto, Portugal Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/10/01 - 2024/10/01	Structural monitoring of wind float Atlantic: Tower fatigue consumption characterization IC LE009723 Researcher	Concluded
2021/08/06 - 2022/12/02	Wind Float Atlantic SHM IC LE004721 Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	F C N Q Pimenta; F Magalhães. "Exploratory study on fatigue damage extrapolation in a floating offshore wind turbine from experimental data". Paper presented in EURODYN 2023, Delft, 2023. J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; S Guimarães; F Magalhães. "Experimental characterization of the impact of wakes on tower and blades fatigue consumption". Paper presented in WESC 2023, Glasgow, 2023. F C N Q Pimenta; Filipe Manuel Rodrigues Leite Magalhães. "Experimental campaign of a full scale floating offshore wind turbine: Data analysis methodologies". Paper presented in WESC 2023, Glasgow, 2023. F C N Q Pimenta; F Magalhães. "Experimental campaign of a floating offshore wind turbine: Preliminary results". Paper presented in 18th EAWE PhD Seminar, Bruges, 2022. F C N Q Pimenta; F Magalhães. "Definition of monitoring strategies for floating offshore wind turbines". Paper presented in 17th EAWE PhD Seminar, Porto, 2021. J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; S Guimarães; F Magalhães; A Cunha. "Tower and Blades Fatigue Assessment of an Onshore Wind Turbine from Monitoring Strains". Paper presented in WESC 2021, Hannover, 2021. F C N Q Pimenta; F Magalhães. "Validation of a Numerical Model in the Fatigue Assessment of an Onshore Wind Turbine". Paper presented in WESC 2021, Hannover, 2021. J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; F Magalhães; A Cunha. "Use of strain monitoring data for fatigue assessment of wind turbine tower". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Porto, 2021. F C N Q Pimenta; J Pacheco; M Berezyak; F Magalhães. "Lifetime Fatigue Damage Estimation From Numerical Models and Validation With Experimental Data". Paper presented in 16th eawe PhD Seminar, Porto, 2020. F C N Q Pimenta; C M Branco; C M Teixeira; F Magalhães. "Calibration of onshore wind turbine numerical model using experimental data". Paper presented in 15th eawe PhD Seminar, Nantes, 2019. Published
Conference paper	F C N Q Pimenta; G Mata; F Magalhães. "New methodology to estimate fatigue from acceleration time series experimentally validated in an onshore and floating offshore wind turbine". Paper presented in TORQUE 2024, ´Florence, 2024. 10.1088/1742-6596/2767/3/032029 F Magalhães; S Pereira; G Mata; F C N Q Pimenta. "Operational Modal Analysis of Wind Turbines: Onshore and Offshore Floating". Paper presented in IOMAC 2024, Naples, 2024. 10.1007/978-3-031-61425-5_56 F C N Q Pimenta; F Magalhães. "First Results from Operational Modal Analysis of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine". Paper presented in EVACES 2023, Milan, 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-39109-5_12 S Pereira; J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; C Moutinho; A Cunha; F Magalhães. "Validation of an Automated Approach for the Definition of Reference Modal Properties on Onshore Wind Turbines". Paper presented in EVACES 2023, Milan, 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-39109-5_3 F C N Q Pimenta; J Pacheco; S Pereira; F Magalhães. "Reconstructing the bending moments time history of wind turbine tower from acceleration measurements using Gaussian processes". Paper presented in TORQUE 2022, Delft, 2022. 10.1088/1742-6596/2265/3/032080 J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; A Cunha; F Magalhães. "Experimental evaluation of bending moments at the tower of an onshore wind turbine". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2020, Athens, 2020. Published F C N Q Pimenta; J Pacheco; C M Branco; C M Teixeira; F Magalhaes. "Development of a digital twin of an onshore wind turbine using monitoring data". Paper presented in TORQUE 2020, Delft, 2020. 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/2/022065 J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; A Cunha; F Magalhães. "Experimental evaluation of bending moments at the tower of an onshore wind turbine". Paper presented in EURODYN 2020, 2020. 10.47964/1120.9179.19890
Conference poster	J A Ribeiro; B A Ribeiro; F C N Q Pimenta; S M O Tavares; F Ahmed. "AI-Driven Design Optimization of Offshore Wind Turbine Towers: Unlocking the Path to Upscaling". Paper presented in MIT Portugal Annual Conference 2024, 2024.
Journal article	J R C C C Correia; C J A P Martins; F C N Q Pimenta. "Evolution of current-carrying string networks". Physics Letters B 855 (2024): 138788. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138788. Published • 10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138788 F C N Q Pimenta; C J A P Martins. "Scaling solutions for current-carrying cosmic string networks". Physical Review D (2024): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.023540. 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.023540 F C N Q Pimenta; V L Pedrelli; T Vanelli; F Magalhães. "On the Effect of Nonlinear Damping Sources in Output-Only Identification Methods Applied to Floating Wind Turbines". Energies (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/en17071671. 10.3390/en17071671 F C N Q Pimenta; D Ribeiro; A Román; F Magalhães. "Predictive model for fatigue evaluation of floating wind turbines validated with experimental data". Renewable Energy (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.119981. 10.1016/j.renene.2024.119981 F C N Q Pimenta; D Ribeiro; A Román; F Magalhães. "Modal properties of floating wind turbines: Analytical study and operational modal analysis of an utility-scale wind turbine". Engineering Structures (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117367. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117367 J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; S Guimarães; G Castro; A Cunha; J C Matos; F Magalhães. "Experimental evaluation of fatigue in wind turbine blades with wake effects". Engineering Structures 300 (2024): 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117140 F C N Q Pimenta; C Moutinho; F Magalhães. "Wind Turbine Geometrical and Operation Variables Reconstruction from Blade Acceleration Measurements". Energies (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/en17010229. 10.3390/en17010229 J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; S Pereira; A Cunha; F Magalhães. "Experimental evaluation of strategies for wind turbine farm-wide fatigue damage estimation". Engineering Structures 285 (2023): 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115913 L Vacher; N Schöneberg; J D F Dias; C J A P Martins; F C N Q Pimenta. "Runaway dilaton models: Improved constraints from the full cosmological evolution". Physical Review D (2023): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.104002. 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.104002 S Pereira; J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; C Moutinho; A Cunha; F Magalhães. "Contributions for enhanced tracking of (onshore) wind turbines modal parameters". Engineering Structures 274 (2023): 10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115120 J Pacheco; F C N Q Pimenta; S Pereira; A Cunha; F Magalhães. "Fatigue Assessment of Wind Turbine Towers: Review of Processing Strategies with Illustrative Case Study". Energies 15 13 (2022): 4782-4782. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15134782. 10.3390/en15134782 F C N Q Pimenta; C Ruzzo; G Failla; F Arena; M Alves; F Magalhães. "Dynamic Response Characterization of Floating Structures Based on Numerical Simulations". Energies 13 21 (2020): 5670-5670. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13215670. 10.3390/en13215670
Thesis / Dissertation	"Analytical solutions for the evolution of current carrying cosmic strings". Master, Universidade do Porto, 2023. "New methodologies for dynamic monitoring of floating wind turbines validated with experimental data". PhD, Universidade do Porto, 2023. https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/pub_geral.pub_view?pi_pub_base_id=641660. Francisco Carvalho Neto Queirós Pimenta. "Caraterização experimental do comportamento dinâmico de estruturas: aplicação na ponte sobre o douro da A41". Master, 2014. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/75967.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/05	New methodology to estimate fatigue from acceleration time series experimentally validated in an onshore and floating offshore wind turbine	TORQUE 2024 Universita degli studi Firenze (Florence, Italy)
2024/01	Experimental validation of new data processing strategies for dynamic monitoring of floating wind turbines	EERA DeepWind 2024 (Trondheim, Norway)
2023/08	First results from Operational Modal Analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine	EVACES 2023 Politecnico Milano (Milan, Italy)
2023/07	Exploratory study on fatigue damage extrapolation in a floating offshore wind turbine from experimental data	EURODYN 2023 TU Delft (Delft, Netherlands)
2023/05	Experimental campaign of a full scale floating offshore wind turbine: Data analysis methodologies	WESC 2023 (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2023/04	Analytical solutions for current carrying cosmic string evolution: Preliminary results	17th Iberian Cosmology Meeting (Ponte de Lima, Portugal)
2022/11	Experimental campaign of a floating offshore wind turbine: Preliminary results	18th EAWE PhD Seminar PhairywinD (Bruges, Belgium)
2022/06	Reconstructing the bending moments time history of wind turbine tower from acceleration measurements using Gaussian processes	TORQUE 2022 TU Delft (Delft, Netherlands)
2021/11	Definition of monitoring strategies for floating offshore wind turbines	17th EAWE PhD Seminar Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05	Validation of a Numerical Model in the Fatigue Assessment of an Onshore Wind Turbine	WESC 2021 Leibniz Universitat Hannover (online) (Hannover, Germany)
2020/12	Lifetime Fatigue Damage Estimation From Numerical Models and Validation With Experimental Data	16th EAWE PhD Seminar Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (online) (Porto, Portugal)
2020/09	Development of a digital twin of an onshore wind turbine using monitoring data	TORQUE 2020 TU Delft (online) (Delft, Netherlands)
2019/10	Calibration of onshore wind turbine numerical model using experimental data	15th EAWE PhD Seminar École Centrale de Nantes (Nantes, France)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10 - Current	Definição de modelos avançados para previsão de fadiga de geradores eólicos flutuantes validados com dados experimentais Co-supervisor	Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024 - 2024	Influence of Environmental and Operational Conditions on Structural Integrity of Wind Turbines Blades Supervisor	Master in Computational Mechanics (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024 - 2024	Identification of modal properties in Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Co-supervisor	Master in Civil Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Influence of operating conditions on the damping of floating wind turbines Co-supervisor	Master in Civil Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Analysis of alternative monitoring systems for floating wind turbine platforms Co-supervisor	Master in Civil Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Influência da modelação numérica na avaliação da fadiga em torres de geradores eólicos Co-supervisor	Master in Civil Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	IberiCOS 2023 was the seventeenth in a series of meetings which aim to encourage interactions and collaborations between researchers working in cosmology and related areas in Portugal and Spain. Researchers from other countries are also very welcome. The meeting will also include a programme of social and educational/outreach activities. (2023/04/03 - 2023/04/05)
2021/01 - 2021/11/05	17th EAWE PhD Seminar was organized for PhDs by PhDs, and both starting and concluding students are welcome. The seminar is a great opportunity for PhD students to present their work to peers and to get involved with the wind energy community. (2021/11/03 - 2021/11/05) Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/12/16	16th EAWE PhD Seminar was organized for PhDs by PhDs, and both starting and concluding students are welcome. The seminar is a great opportunity for PhD students to present their work to peers and to get involved with the wind energy community. (2020/12/14 - 2020/12/16) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/07/10	Influence of Environmental and Operational Conditions on Structural Integrity of Wind Turbines Blades Supervisor	Honório Natalício Francisco Dombo (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/07/08	Automated modal analysis for monitoring of wind turbines (Thesis) Arguer	Susana Gomes Dias (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024 - Current	Journal of marine science and engineering (2077-1312)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2024 - Current	Measurement (0263-2241)	Elsevier Editorial
2024 - Current	Ocean engineering (0029-8018)	Elsevier Editorial
2024 - Current	Sustainable energy technologies and assessment (2213-1388)	Elsevier Editorial
2023 - Current	Engineering structures (0141-0296)	Elsevier Editorial

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021 - 2023	Master in Astronomy and Astrophysics Monitoring Committee student member Member	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11 - 2022/10	European Academy of Wind Energy PhD Student Committee President / Vice-president	European Academy of Wind Energy, Germany

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/02/27 - Current	Física	Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10/17 - Current	Eletromagnetismo	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/02/21 - 2021/06/05	Física I	Engenharia Informática e Computação (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09/20 - 2020/12/19	Física II	Engenharia Informática e Computação (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02/09 - 2020/05/30	Física	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024 - Current	Guest Editor in Special Issue "Development and Validation of Methodologies for Structural Monitoring of Floating Wind Turbines", Energies (1996-1073)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Distinctions

Award

2023	Best Oral Communication in Astronomy in IJUP 2023 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020	Reconhecimento a Estudantes de Licenciatura em Física - ramo (perfil) em Astrofísica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017	Prémio SECIL Universidades Engenharia Civil 2014
2014	Prémio Mota Engil 2014

Other distinction

2018	Bolsa de Estudo por Mérito Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal