I worked in a high-speed trains project called smartrack, where I developed expertise in full-scale modelling of railway infrastructure under dynamic loading. In 2014, I started my PhD at the University of Warwick, UK, which concluded in 2018. I have authored several scientific publications related to Structural Health Monitoring in long suspension bridges in the UK and abroad, achieving a “best paper” award by the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure.

Between 2010 and 2017, I worked as a teaching fellow for the Nova University of Lisbon and the University of Warwick, respectively, lecturing modules of solid dynamics, continuum mechanics, structural analysis and concrete structures. In 2019, I was appointed as a Lecturer in Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where I developed additional expertise in human-structure interaction. I have also developed and taught BSc and MSc modules in the Civil Engineering Programme, such as Computational Civil Engineering, Nonlinear Structural Analysis, among other subjects.

Teaching

I have developed and led several modules during my appointment as a Lecturer in Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of the West of England and the University of Warwick. Topics covered in these modules ranged from basic and fundamental aspects in engineering principles up to more specific and applied engineering subjects, e.g., reinforced concrete and seismic performance-based design.

Professional affiliations

• Portuguese Engineering Association – Ordem dos Engenheiros
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the Engineering Modelling and Simulation Group at UWE
• Member of the “Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling”
• Member collaborator of “UNIC - The Research Center in Structures and Construction of the Nova, University of Lisbon”

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Awards

• December 2017 – recipient of the “Best paper” award as lead author of a paper published in the proceedings of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure conference (SHMII 2017, Brisbane)
• April 2017 – Winner of the best oral presentation competition in the civil research group, School of Engineering University of Warwick

External activities

• Visiting Professor at Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy (2023-present)
• Member of the Engineering Modelling and Simulation Group at University of the West of England
• Member of the “Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling”
• Expert reviewer of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Key collaborators

My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including:

• University of Exeter
• Motor Control & Biomechanics of Sport at Loughborough University
• NOVA, University of Lisbon
• University of Bristol
• Oregon State University
• The University of Tokyo
• Polytechnic University of Milan
• Consultants: Cundall