Construct

PhD Students

  • Ahmad Qasim Mohammad Almomani

    PhD Student

    +351 920311541

    Energy efficiency; Energy management; Indoor environment quality; Natural ventilation and thermal comfort; Building simulation.
    LFC

  • Ahmed Mansour Ali Ali Elbarbary

    PhD Student

    +351 225081546

    Soil liquefaction; Liquefaction mitigation;  Desaturation; Cyclic tests; Shaking table.
    GEO

  • Ahmed Moustafa Kamel Mohamed Abouelmaty Omar

    PhD Student

    +351 915620747

    Ground-borne noise and vibrations; Soil-structure interaction; Vibration mitigation measures; Machine learning and surrogate model; Drive piles.
    LESE

  • Ahmed Tarek Fathy Hamed

    PhD Student

    Fibre reinforced concrete; HPFRC; Cement based composites; Tensile behavior; Nanosilica.
    LABEST

  • Alireza Ghayour Najafabadi

    PhD Student

    +351 932542015

    Composite structures; Green concrete; Buckling-restrained brace; Recycled aggregate concrete; Earthquake engineering.
    LESE

  • Amanda Diniz Barros

    PhD Student

    Energy efficiency; New materials; Infrared thermography; Thermal mortars; Waste.
    LFC

  • Amâncio da Cruz Filgueira Filho

    PhD Student

    Structures; Reinforced concrete; Walls; Finite element method; Seismic assessment.
    LESE

  • Amir Houshang Farivar Rad

    PhD Student

    +351 933403540

    Risk analysis; Time-dependent seismic resilience; Seismic sequences; Corrosion and environmental hazards effects; Industrial structures.
    LESE

  • Ana Rita Carvalho Gonçalves Veloso

    PhD Student

    +351 225081921

    Nanomaterials; Near-Infrared Reflectance; Coatings; Envelope systems;  Energy efficiency.
    LFC

  • Ana Sara Stingl Leal Araújo de Freitas

    PhD Student

    +351 225081478

    Green roofs; Hygrothermal behaviour; Building pathology; Moisture transfer; Hygrothermal simulation.
    LFC

  • Ana Sofia Mendes Pessoa

    PhD Student

    Thermal performance; 3D printing; Thermal insulation; Building construction; Energy efficiency.
    LFC

  • André Filipe de Bastos Resende

    PhD Student

    Bridge construction; Steel structures design; Structural monitoring; Operational modal analysis; Prestressed concrete bridges. 
    LESE

  • Andréa Resende Souza

    PhD Student

    Reflective coatings; Durability; ETICS.
    LFC

  • Anelise Dick

    PhD Student

    Structural dynamics and vibration control; Structural analysis under static and dynamic loadings; Experimental and numerical analysis; Seismic engineering; Structural instabilities.
    LESE

  • Anis Issam Mohabeddine

    PhD Student

    +351 225081814

    Fatigue; Rehabilitation; Metallic structures; Composite materials; Seismic.
    LESE

  • António Manuel de Barros Figueiredo da Silva Mourão

    PhD Student

    Fatigue; Multiscale fatigue; Railway; Structural ingetrity; Steel structures.
    LESE

  • António Miguel Carvalho Guedes

    PhD Student

    Structural engineering; Machine learning; Monitoring systems; Railway systems; Artificial intelligence.
    LESE

  • António Pedro Galhardo Vieira Santos Ferreira

    PhD Student

    Wind turbines; Structural health monitoring; Machine learning; Computational fluid dynamics; Aeroelastic numeric models.
    VIBEST

  • Antônio Aanias de Mendonça

    PhD Student

    +351 225081988

    Tailings laboratory test; Rare earth mining; Mining & tailings; Critical states; Test on unconventional solis.
    GEO

  • Artur José Pereira da Silva

    PhD Student

    Dynamic of railway bridges; Modal identification; Experimental tests.
    LESE

  • Carlos Francisco Pecapedra Souza

    PhD Student

    Seismic behavior of structures; Reinforced concrete buildings; Modeling reinforced concrete walls; Risk assessment; Numerical simulation.
    LESE

  • Catarina Miranda Oliveira

    PhD Student

    Structural integrity monitoring; Structure populations; Artificial inteligence; Wind generators; Bridges.
    VIBEST

  • Catarina Sofia Freitas Teixeira Ribeiro

    PhD Student

    Indoor environmental quality; Comfort; Energy efficiency; Balconies; Building passive strategies.
    LFC

  • Chanalisa Ruggini Salvi

    PhD Student

    +351 938964974

    Dynamics of structures; Structural health monitoring of transport and energy infrastructure; Operational modal analysis; Damage and fatigue analysis; Research on new sensors.
    VIBEST

  • Cyrus Eshaghi

    PhD Student

    +351 910463136

    Performance-based seismic design; Reliability design and risk analysis; Structural health monitoring; Damage detection; Retrofitting structure.
    LESE

  • Danial Haselibozchaloee

    PhD Student

    +351 931473530

    Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Offshore structures; Wind turbine; Steel structures.
    LESE

  • Davi Valente Santos

    PhD Student

    Eurocode 8; Irregularity in elevation; Seismic design; RC structures.
    LESE

  • Davide Besenzon

    PhD Student

    +351 225081546

    Liquefaction; Tailings; In situ tests; Laboratory tests.
    GEO

  • Dóris Mafalda Dias Queiroz

    PhD Student

    Acoustic retrofit; Cork; Sound insulation.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Ding Liao

    PhD Student

    Probabilisitc fatigue; Notched components; Size effect; Life prediction; Size effect.
    LESE

  • Diogo Filipe Ramos Parracho

    PhD Student

    Drones; BIM; Digitalization in construction; Photogrammetric survey; Scan-to-BIM.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Elisa Losada Cerqueira

    PhD Student

    +351 913426851

    Cyclic loading; Biaxial bending; Experimental test; Steel structure; Numerical model.
    LESE

  • Esmeralda Maria Dias de Castro Paupério Vila Pouca

    PhD Student

    +351 225081840

    Cultural heritage; Conservation; Rehabilitation; Risk assessement;  Inspection and diagnosis of heritage structures.
    LESE

  • Fausto Andrés Molina Gómez

    PhD Student

    +351 225082026

     Soil mechanics; Laboratory testing; Liquefaction; Wave propagation; Statistical methods.
    GEO

  • Fábio Alexandre Matoseiro Dinis

    PhD Student

    Building information modelling; Virtual reality; Augmented reality; Semantic enrichment; Usability.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Fernando Henrique Paim da Silva

    PhD Student

    Railway dynamics; Track-bridge interaction; Soil-structure interaction; Numerical modelling.
    LESE

  • Filipe André Leitão de Almeida

    PhD Student

    +351 225081613

    Sustainable cementitious binders; Alkali-activated materials; Reuse and recycling of construction and demolition waste; Geosynthetics; Sustainable construction.
    GEO

  • Frutuoso Tiago Cardoso de Sousa

    PhD Student

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

  • Ghassan Abdalla Mohammed Malik

    PhD Student

    Steel-CFRP joints; Mechanical behaviour; Experimental tests; Numerical simulation; Steel fatigue.
    LESE

  • Gonçalo Cabral Ferreira

    PhD Student

    +351 220414775

    High-speed railways; Bridge dynamics.
    LESE

  • Gonçalo Luís da Silva Mata

    PhD Student

    +351 961013760

    Wind turbines; Fatigue; Mooring lines; Numerical modelling; Structural monitoring.
    VIBEST

  • Iara Gripp Oliveira

    PhD Student

    Structural integrity; Microstructure; Mechanical properties; Metallic materials.
    LESE

  • Idilson António Nhamage

    PhD Student

    Structural health monitoring; Metallic bridges; Fatigue; BIM.
    LESE

  • Isabela da Silva Caetano

    PhD Student

    Liquefaction; Mine tailings; Tailings storage facilities; Alkaline activation; Stability analysis.
    GEO

  • Isabelle Ietka

    PhD Student

    Dynamic; Vibration; Bridges; Structural control; Instrumentation.
    VIBEST

  • Ivo Almino Gondim

    PhD Student

    GEQUALTEC

  • Jaime Francisco de Sousa Resende

    PhD Student

    Nearly zero energy buildings; nZEB Applicability; Energy certification of buildings; nZEB regulations.
    LFC

  • João Daniel de Oliveira Arrojado Viana

    PhD Student

    Metallic railway bridges; Fatigue and fracture mechanics; Retrofitting; Finite element analysis.
    LESE

  • João Hildeberto Silva Teixeira

    PhD Student

    3D printing; Sustainable construction materials; Circular Economy; Digital construction.
    GEQUALTEC

  • João Manuel Coelho Rodrigues

    PhD Student

    Cable dynamics; Suspension bridges; Operational modal analysis; Structural health monitoring.
    VIBEST

  • João Miguel Lázaro dos Santos

    PhD Student

    Acoustic barriers; Railway noise; Noise and vibration.
    LESE

  • João Miguel Sousa Pacheco

    PhD Student

    Wind turbines and wind farms monitoring; Operational modal analysis; Dynamic structural health monitoring; Fatigue assessment; Damage detection.
    VIBEST

  • João Nuno Silva

    PhD Student

    Fatigue; Probabilistic modeling; Fatigue accumulation; Railway bridges.
    LESE

  • José Alexandre Dias Neto

    PhD Student

    On-board monitoring systems; Vehicle-track interaction; Track maintenance condition; Safety assessment; Train running safety.
    LESE

  • Julieth Paola Quintero Baños

    PhD Student

    Liquefaction; Soil-structure interaction; Seismic engineering.
    GEO

  • Karim Fahfouhi

    PhD Student

    +351 915540359

    3D printing; Digital fabrication; Earthen materials; Construction; Additive manufacturing.
    LESE

  • Letícia Antunes Corrêa

    PhD Student

    +351 911785612

    Railway bridge decks; Precast beams; High-performance fibre reinforced concrete; Non-prestressed continuity connection.
    LABEST

  • Letícia Carvalho Moreira Dafico

    PhD Student

    +351 930604917

    Infrared thermography; Non-destructive techniques; Moisture damage; Building inspection; Machine learning.
    LFC

  • Levi Teixeira Pinheiro

    PhD Student

    55 (85) 34553026

    Earth construction; Bioclimatic architecture; Thermal performance; Sustainable buildings; Construct system.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Luís Carlos Ricardo Carvalho

    PhD Student

    Seismic vulnerability; Azores schools; Risk mitigation; Seismic assessment.
    LESE

  • Luís Ribeiro Jacques de Sousa

    PhD Student

    Machine learning; Natural language processing; Building information modelling; Procurement; Artificial inteligence.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Lucas Augusto de Carvalho

    PhD Student

    Beam-column joints; Strut-and-tie models; Seismic design; Pre-cast solutions; Railway bridges.
    LABEST

  • Luis Gerardo Flores Salazar

    PhD Student

    +351 220414775

    Risk analysis; Loss assessment methodologies; Risk management; Structural analysis; Historical and heritage constructions.
    LESE

  • Manuel Dias de Jesus

    PhD Student

    Cultural heritage rehabilitation; Mortars; Building physics .
    LFC

  • Manuel Joaquim Sá Lopes Tavares Caló

    PhD Student

    Bituminous mixtures; Waste valorization; Sustainable materials; Laboratory testing.
    LESE

  • Marco Antonio Peixer Miguel de Antonio

    PhD Student

    Train-bridge interaction; High-speed rail; Bridge dynamics.
    LESE

  • Mariana Pereira da Fonseca

    PhD Student

    3D printing; Cement-based materials; Mixture design for 3DCP; Resource-efficiency; Upcycling strategies for waste valorisation.
    LABEST

  • Marta Alexandra Baptista Agante

    PhD Student

    +351 244830010

    Strong infill masonry walls; In-plane and out-of-plane behaviour; Seismic vulnerability; Dynamic behaviour; Numerical modelling.
    LESE

  • Mário João Moreira Sobrinho

    PhD Student

    Structural concrete; Structural dynamics; Nonlinear finite element analysis; Soil-structure interaction; Operational modal analysis.
    LABEST

  • Mennaallah Gamal Eldine Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim

    PhD Student

    +351 225081896

    Ero energy neighbourhood; Renovation; Energy poverty; Renewable energy communities; Energy simulation and monitoring.
    LFC

  • Miguel Lopes de Figueiredo

    phD Student

    Durability; Corrosion; Reinforced concrete; Existing structures; Monitoring.
    LABEST

  • Miriam Guadalupe López Chávez

    PhD Student

    +52 443 146 5496

    RC structures; Bridges; Seismic isolation; Seismic analysis; Structural engineering.
    LESE

  • Mohamed Noureldin Khedr Noury Adbelrahman Abushamma

    PhD Student

    Digital twins; BIM standards; Asset management; Performance-based contracts; Energy management.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Mohammad Darabseh

    PhD Student

    BIM; Blockchain; Construction; Intellectual property; Asset management.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

    PhD Student

    Conditional monitoring; Intelligent transport system; Damage identification; Railway engineering; Earthquake engineering.
    LESE

  • Murilo de Pádua Marcolini

    PhD Student

    +55 63992453333

    Hygrothermal monitoring; Passive cooling; Test cell; Surface temperatures; Thermal performance.
    LFC

  • Nara Miranda de Oliveira Cangussu

    PhD Student

    Building materials; Quality control; Design of experiments; Circular economy; Life cycle assessment.
    LABEST

  • Nádia Martina Lopes Batalha

    PhD Student

    Precast structures; Industrial buildings; Beam-to-column connections; Seismic assessment; Nonlinear analyses.
    LESE

  • Nelson Félix Traquinho

    PhD Student

    Simulation and early warning of damage in railway tracks and bridges; Early warning of damages using vibrations signals of in-service vehicles; Early warning of damages using machine learning, signal processing and data analytics; Dynamic modeling of vehicle-structure-foundation systems; Dynamic monitoring systems onboard of in-service railway vehicles.
    LESE

  • Nelson Gomes Mica

    PhD Student

    +351 938304392

    Steel slag; ASIC; Expansibility; Resilient modulus; Physical model.
    GEO

  • Omar Khoder As Saadi

    PhD Student

    Suspension bridges; Cable dynamics; Suspenders damage and fatigue; Structural health monitoring; Numerical modelling.
    VIBEST

  • Patrícia Filipa Pinheiro da Silva

    PhD Student

    Railways; Passenger confort; Vibration.
    LESE

  • Paulo Jorge Brochado Soares

    PhD Student

    Railway; Vibration; Reradiated noise; Hybrid methodology; Critical velocity.
    LESE

  • Paulo Jorge Soeima Carmona Mendes

    PhD Student

    Structural engineering; Offshore structures; Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Numerical analysis.
    LESE

  • Paulo Miguel Peixoto Pereira

    PhD Student

    +351 225081613

    Circular economy; Management of construction and demolition waste; Sustainable geotechnics;  Construction and demolition recycled materials; Geosynthetic reinforced soil structures.
    GEO

  • Pedro Leonel Pamplona Folhento

    PhD Student

    +351 938801609

    Structural dynamics; Earthquake engineering; Vibration control of structures; Earthquake-induced structural pounding.
    LESE

  • Rafael de Araujo Cabral

    PhD Student

    +351 220414775

    Remote inspection; Computer vision; Digital construction; BIM; Artificial intelligence.
    LESE

  • Raphael Faria de Mendonça

    PhD Student

    Overhead high-voltage transmission lines; Structural health monitoring; Numerical modeling.
    VIBEST

  • Raquel Carvalho Pedreiras

    PhD Student

    Seismic engineering; Existing structures; Seismic retrofit; Numerical modeling.
    LESE

  • Rashid Shahgholian

    PhD Student

    Soil damping measurement; Liquefaction; Cone penetration test (CPT); Standard penetration test (SPT).
    GEO

  • Reihane Shafie Panah

    PhD Student

    Earthquake engineering; Numerical models; Reinforced concrete structures.
    LESE

  • Rita Gonçalves Reis Dantas

    PhD Student

    Fatigue; Fracture; Steel; Structures; Damage.
    LESE

  • Rubens Diego Fernandes Alves

    PhD Student

    Railway; Geomechanics; Geotechnical engineering; Experimentation in geotechnics; Foundations.
    GEO

  • Rui Macário Gomes Valente

    PhD Student

    High and ultra-high performance cementitious composites; Mechanical characterization; Nonlinear analysis of concrete structures.
    LABEST

  • Rui Miguel Almeida Vieira de Sousa

    PhD Student

    +351 220413738

    Masonry; Facades; Construction technology; Thermal behavior; Mechanical behavior.
    GEQUALTEC

  • Sajjad Babamohammadi

    PhD Student

    Fatigue; Sub-modelling; Environmental modelling; Oceanic structures; Composite structures.
    LESE

  • Sergio Alonso Sunley Pocasangre

    PhD Student

    Seismic engineering; Confined masonry; Experimental characterization.
    LESE

  • Teresa Manuel Stingl Leal Araújo de Freitas

    PhD Student

    Cultural heritage; Climate change; Floods; Moisture monitoring; Drying.
    LFC

  • Vitor Dacol

    PhD Student

    Viscoelasticity; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Loss factor; Damping; Polymer-based composite.
    VIBEST

  • Vitor Emanuel Martins Cardoso

    PhD Student

    Air infiltration; Airtightness; Thermal comfort; BIM.
    LFC

  • Yuri Bessa Cesarino

    PhD Student

    +351 934 866 734

    Reinforced concrete structures; Prestress concrete design; Seismic engineering; Structural steel design; Building performance.
    LESE