Construct

Integrated Members

  • Aires Manuel Silva Colaço

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 225081295

    Railway infrastructure engineering; Railway track dynamics; Soil dynamics; Ground-borne noise and vibrations; Soil-structure interaction.
    LESE

  • Alexandre Aníbal Meira Guimarães da Costa

    Invited Adjunct Professor (ISEP-IPP)

    +351 228340500

    Masonry; Out-of-plane; Earthquake engineering; Rehabilitation; Experimental tests.
    LESE

  • Ana Luísa Gonçalves Ramos

    PostDoc Researcher

    Transition zones; Ballasted and ballastless tracks; Long-term dynamic behaviour; Numerical modelling; Cyclic loads.
    LESE

  • Ana Mafalda Matos Teixeira Barbosa

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 220413782

    Cement-based composites; Earth construction (new technologies); 3D printing for construction; Performance-based design and optimization (DOE); Waste recycling/valorisation; Supplementary cementitious materials.
    LABEST

  • Ana Sofia Moreira dos Santos Guimarães Teixeira

    Assistant Professor

    +351 220414754

    Building physics; Building pathology and rehabilitation; 3D Printing building solutions; Building energy efficiency; Recycle and reuse building materials.
    LFC

  • Andreia Gomes Meixedo

    PostDoc Researcher

    Structural health monitoring; Damage identification; Machine learning techniques; Data-driven approaches; Railway infrastructures.
    LESE

  • António Abel Ribeiro Henriques

    Associate Professor

    +351 220413777

    Structural safety assessment; Assessment of existing structures; Advanced techniques for reliability analysis; Numerical modelling of concrete structures; Behaviour and design of structural concrete.
    LABEST

  • António Joaquim Pereira Viana da Fonseca

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081730

    Geotechnical engineering; Soil mechanics; Experimental characterization and modelling; Instability and liquefaction; Soil improvemnent and mitigation of georisk.
    GEO

  • António José Coelho Dias Arêde

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081845

    Experimental and numerical assessment of cyclic and seismic behaviour of structures; Built heritage - traditional and reinforced concrete structures; Strengthening and repair of existing structures; In-situ testing for structural characterization; Structural monitoring of built heritage.
    LESE

  • António Milton Topa Gomes

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081729

    Underground construction; Geotechnical risk; Unsaturated soils; Retaining structures.
    GEO

  • Araliya Mosleh

    Researcher

    +351 915657441

    Dynamic railway; Damage detection; Wayside conditional monitoring; Weigh in motion & wheel defect detection; Seismic concrete bridge.
    LESE

  • Álvaro Alberto de Matos Ferreira da Cunha

    Full Professor

    +351 225081580

    Dynamics of Bridges and Special Structures; Measurement of Vibrations; Modal Identification of Large Structures; Dynamic Structural Health Monitoring; Control of Vibrations.
    VIBEST

  • Carlos Filipe Ferreira de Sousa

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081914

    Reinforced concrete; Serviceability; Cracking; Creep and shrinkage; Precast bridges.
    LABEST

  • Carlos Manuel Ramos Moutinho

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081980

    Dynamics of structures; Vibration control; Structural monitoring; Field and laboratory tests; Sensor development.
    VIBEST

  • Castorina Fernanda Silva Vieira

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081586

    Sustainable Geotechnics; Construction and Demolition Waste; Recycled Construction and Demolition materials; Soil-geosynthetic interaction; Geosynthetic-reinforced systems.
    GEO

  • Cecília Maria Nogueira Alvarenga Santos do Vale

    Assistant Professor

    +351 220413769

    Railway dynamics; Train-infrastructure dynamic interaction; Condition monitoring of railway; Optimal maintenance of railway tracks; Pavement materials for sustainability.
    LESE

  • Cláudio Carlos da Silva Horas

    PostDoc Researcher

    Fatigue; Metallic; Railway; Bridges.
    LESE

  • Cristiana Maria Fonseca Ferreira

    Auxiliar Researcher

    +351 225081752

    Soil characterisation; Bender elements; Liquefaction; Seismic waves; Geotechnical site investigation.
    GEO

  • Cristina Margarida Rodrigues Costa

    Adjunct Professor

    +351 249328100

    Structural assessment of stone arch bridges; FE and DE nonlinear structural modelling of masonry structures; Experimental characterization and numerical modelling of masonry mechanics; Updating and validation of structural models.
    LESE

  • Diego Calvetti Ney

    Researcher

    Worker 4.0; Electronic performance monitoring; Project management; Circular Economy; Construction 4.0.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Diogo Rodrigo Ferreira Ribeiro

    Assistant Professor (ISEP-IPP)

    +351 228340500

    Railway bridges; Dynamic testing; Train-bridge interaction; Model updating; Damage identification.
    LESE

  • Elsa de Sá Caetano

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081904

    Cable structures; Experimental dynamics; Structural health monitoring; Pedestrian induced vibrations; Wind studies.
    VIBEST

  • Eva Sofia Botelho Machado Barreira

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225082120

    Building Physics - Hygrothermal behaviour; Infrared thermography; Building diagnosis; Natural ventilation and thermal comfort; Energy efficiency and thermal comfort.
    LFC

  • Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 225081613

    Soil-geosynthetic interaction; Geosynthetic-reinforced structures; Construction and demolition wastes; Sustainability and circular economy; Rail geotechnics.
    GEO

  • Fernando Pedro Fernandes Pereira

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 220413732

    Energy efficiency; Indoor environmental quality; Building performance simulation; Digital twins; Occupant behaviour.
    LFC

  • Filipe Manuel Rodrigues Leite Magalhães

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081854

    Structural monitoring; Operational modal analysis; Wind turbines; Bridges;  Dams.
    VIBEST

  • Francisco Carvalho Neto de Queirós Pimenta

    Researcher

    Wind turbines; Numerical modeling; Operational modal analysis.
    VIBEST

  • Hipólito José Campos de Sousa

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081937

    Building Technologies; Masonry materials; Thermal and mechanical materials optimization; Project management, Construction information systems.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Humberto Salazar Amorim Varum

    Full Professor

    +351 919369393

    Earthquake engineering; Assessment of structures; Seismic strengthening; Structural testing and modelling; Heritage conservation and rehabilitation.
    LESE

  • Isabel Cristina da Silva Martins Ribeiro

    Associate Professor

    +351 220414777

    Global optimization; Complementarity problems; Operational investigation; Mathematical modeling in civil engineering.
    LFC

  • Joana Fernandes Maia

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 220413732

    Hygrothermal; Durability; Building surroundings; Material properties; Numerical simulation.
    LFC

  • João Manuel do Paço Quesado Delgado

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 225081478

    Energy efficiency; Numerical simulation; Hygrothermal behavior; Passive and active comfort; 3D Printing.
    LFC

  • João Paulo Sousa Costa de Miranda Guedes

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081887

    Structural engineering, seismic behaviour, Structural reinforcement; Old constructions; Experimental analysis.
    LESE

  • João Pedro da Silva Poças Martins

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081927

    BIM; Automation; Rule-checking; Scan-to-BIM; Digital Twins.
    GEQUALTEC

  • José António Fonseca de Oliveira Correia

    Postdoc Researcher

    +351 225081562

    Structural integrity; Fatigue analysis and design; Fracture mechanics; Structural analysis; Probabilistic modelling.
    LESE

  • José Filipe Miranda Melo

    Postdoc Researcher

    +351 220414506

    Reinforced concrete structures; Earthquake engineering; Assessment and retrofitting of existing RC structures; Experimental testing; Numerical modeling.
    LESE

  • José Manuel Leitão Borges

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081928

    Numerical modelling of geotechnical structures; Ground improvement and reinforcement; Soft soils; Embankments on soft ground; Excavations and retaining structures in soft soils.
    GEO

  • José Miguel de Freitas Castro

    Associate Professor

    +351 220413795

    Steel structures; Earthquake engineering; Seismic assessment; Structural integrity; Risk assessment.
    LESE

  • José Ricardo da Cunha Carneiro

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 225081613

    Geosynthetics; Long-term behaviour of geosynthetics; Photo and thermo-oxidation of polymers; Recycled construction materials; Analytical Chemistry.
    GEO

  • Lino Manuel Serra Maia

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 220413727

    Construction; Construction material; Concrete; Durability; Sustainability.
    LABEST

  • Maria de Lurdes da Costa Lopes

    Full Professor

    +351 220413748

    Construction materials; Construction sustainability; Geosynthetics; Waste as raw materials; Environmental geotechnics.
    GEO

  • Maria de Lurdes de Oliveira Simões

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081918

    Simulation; Stochastic systems; Statistical analysis;  Traffic control; Statistical methods in engineering.
    LFC

  • Maria Helena Póvoas Corvacho

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081646

    Building physics; Energy efficiency; Thermal comfort; Construction sustainability; Assessment methods.
    LFC

  • Maria Joana Álvares Ribeiro de Sousa Coutinho

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081936

    Concrete; Durability; Cement replacement materials; Circular economy; Waste materials.
    LABEST

  • Mário Jorge de Seixas Pimentel

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081561

    Ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced composites; Structural concrete; Constitutive models; Nonlinear finite element analysis of concrete structures; Structural health monitoring.
    LABEST

  • Miguel Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues Gonçalves

    Assistant Professor

    22 508 2116

    Fire risk; Fire safety engineering; Fire resistance; Construction management; Construction digitalization.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Nelson Saraiva Vila Pouca

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081840

    Structural engineering; Strengthening and repair of existing RC structures ; Seismic analysis of RC structures; Seismic retrofitting of structural elements; Laboratory tests for structural characterization .
    LESE

  • Nuno Manuel Monteiro Ramos

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081770

    Building physics, Building technology; Energy efficiency; Durability; Indoor environmental quality.
    LFC

  • Pedro Aires Moreira Montenegro Marques e Almeida

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 225081562

    Railway engineering; Bridge dynamics; Vehicle-structure interaction; Train running safety; Fatigue of railway bridges.
    LESE

  • Pedro Miguel Barbosa Alves Costa

    Associate Professor

    +351 225081495

    Soil dynamics; Railway noise and vibrations; Soil structure interaction; Numerical modelling; Wave propagation.
    LESE

  • Rúben Filipe Pereira da Silva

    Researcher

    +351 225081390

    Masonry bridges; Railway infrastructures; Numerical modelling; Structural analysis. 
    LESE

  • Ricardo Manuel dos Santos Ferreira de Almeida

    Adjunct Professor (IPV)

    +351 232480643

    Indoor environmental quality; Thermal comfort; Ventilation; Energy efficiency; Building simulation.
    LFC

  • Rui Artur Bártolo Calçada

    Full Professor

    +351 225081739

    Train-infrastructure dynamic interaction; Dynamic effects on bridges and transition zones; Fatigue assessment of railway bridges;  Track-structure interaction; Condition monitoring systems (wayside and on-board).
    LESE

  • Rui Manuel Carvalho Marques de Faria

    Full Professor

    +351 225081950

    Nonlinear analysis of structures; Constitutive models for structural concrete; Thermo-hygro-mechanical behaviour of concrete since early ages; Structural behaviour due to restraints to the free deformation of concrete; Concrete dam engineering.
    LABEST

  • Rui Manuel de Menezes e Carneiro de Barros

    Associate Professor

    +351 5081882

    Structural dynamics; Earthquake and wind engineering; Transmission and telecommunication towers; Computational modelling and analysis of special structures; SHM using interferometric radar.
    LESE

  • Rui Manuel Gonçalves Calejo Rodrigues

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081541

    Building maintenence; POE - Post ocupancy evaluation; FM - Facility management; Building acoustics; Management of urban noise .
    GEQUALTEC

  • Sara Rios da Rocha e Silva

    Auxiliar Researcher

    +351 225081728

    Ground improvement; Characterization of static and cyclic behaviour; Constitutive modelling; Industrial by-products; Earth structures and infrastructures.
    GEO

  • Sérgio Bouça Pereira

    PostDoc Researcher

    +351 225081295

    Operational modal analysis; Structural health monitoring; Data normalization; Damage detection; Structural dynamics.
    VIBEST

  • Vasco Manuel Araújo Peixoto de Freitas

    Full Professor

    +351 225081932

    Moisture; Energy efficiency; Building physics; Pathology; Hygrothermal properties.
    LFC

  • Xavier das Neves Romão

    Assistant Professor

    +351 225081956

    Risk assessment; Performance-based earthquake engineering; Existing constructions; Cultural heritage; Probabilistic methods.
    LESE