UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ROLES
September 2020 - July 2021
September 2019 - July 2021 |
Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE)
ISISE is a Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) Unit created in 2007 that involves researchers with different expertise mostly from the Departments of Civil Engineering from the Universities of Coimbra and Minho. ISISE currently comprises about 240 researchers (80 PhD members and 160 PhD students). Over this period, I was responsible for the career development of young researchers within the institute. Member of the Directive Committee of the Master’s in Structural Engineering of the University of Minho, Guimarães (Portugal) The Master’s Program in Structural Engineering is advanced training for Civil Engineers in the Structural field. This Master meets the current challenges of the construction and the management of the built environment industries, by addressing Smart Structures, Eco-Efficient Structures, Advanced Structural Analysis and Design, Risk Management and Extreme Events, and Geotechnics. It has a robust curricular component of integrative projects (one per semester), which aim, in addition to developing technical and scientific skills, to form professionals with high behavioural skills, such as the ability to integrate the knowledge of different areas, oral presentation, argumentation, leadership and teamwork. |