ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduated in Civil Engineering (IST - Tech. Univ. Lisbon) (1976)
• Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada ) (1981)
• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, (IST - Tech. Univ. Lisbon) (1985)
• Title of Agregado in Civil Engineering, (IST - Tech. Univ. Lisbon) (1991)
  
  

• 1996 - Full Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, IST – Tech. Univ. Lisbon;
• 1998 - Counselor and Structures Specialist by the Portuguese Chamber of Engineers (OE);
• 2004 - Founder and Head of the Construction Section at IST – Tech. Univ. Lisbon;
• 2007 - President of Civil Engineering Department, IST – Tech. Univ. Lisbon;
  
• 2007 - President of the General Council of the Foundation for Teaching Civil Engineering (FUNDEC);
  
• 2007 - Member of the Accreditation Commission at the Portuguese Chamber of Engineers (OE);
  
• 2008 - President of the Portuguese Association for Structural Engineering
  
  

INTERNATIONAL:

• 1985 .... Member of technical committees at IABSE (Intern. assoc. for bridge and struct. engineer.), ACI (American concrete institute), CSCE (Canadian society of civil engineers), CIB (International building association), RILEM (Laboratory intern. Association), PCSA (European perm. commit. for stress analysis), IABMAS (int. assoc. for bridge management)
• 2002 …. Editor of the technical journals: Structures and Construction (International Construlink Journal) and PSEM (Wiley);
• 2004 - National Representative at the European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE);
• 2005 - Chairman of the Technical Committee at Internat. Assoc. for Bridge and StructuralEngineering (IABSE);
• 2005 - Member of the Administrative and Executive Committees at IABSE;
• 2006 - Chair of Standing Committee on Professional Recognition (ECCE);
• 2006 - National Representative at the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE);
• 2008 - 2010 Member of the Exec. Board of ECCE; Chair of Standing Committee on Professional Recognition;
• 2009 - presentVice-president of IABSE;
• 2010 - present Vice-president / President Elect of ECCE.  

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• 1986-97 Vice-President of the Experimental Stress Analysis Association
• 1987-92 Director of the Structures Research Center, at IST – Tech. Univ. Lisbon
• 1994-98 Vice-President of the Civil Eng. Department at IST– Tech. Univ. Lisbon
• 1988-06 Member of direction of the Portuguese Association for Structural Engineering
• 1999-03 Chairman of Working Commission 8 - "Operation, Maintenance and Repair of Structures" IABSE - Internat. Assoc. for Bridge and Structural Engineering
• 2002-05 National Representative at RED REHABILITAR (Ibero-American network CYTED)
  
• 2003-06 Member of the Commission for the new National Building Code
  
• 2004-07 Construction Representative in the Portuguese Council for Public Works (CSOPT)
  
• 2004-07 President of the College of Civil Engineers (OE)
  

• 1990 -.. Coordinator of IST participation in several European and USA-Europe Research Projects (Brite-Euram, CRAFT, INOVATION, LIFE, EUCEET III, etc.).
  The research activity is illustrated by the supervision of: 11 Ph.D. thesis, 36 Msc. thesis and publication of 5 international books, 250 scientific papers (3 with international awards), 600 technical reports and 7 patents.
  
  

• 2000 -.. President of CONSTRULINK, SA, Information Technologies;
• 2003 -.. Manager and Director of SACIV, Ld., Civil Engineering Services;
  

• 1985- International Cable-Stayed Guadiana Bridge (wind and seismic studies);
• 1985-91 S. João Railway Bridge project (design and construction control)- world longest railwaycantilever construction;
• 1987-90 Belém Cultural Center (design and construction control);
• 1990- Macau-Taipa Cable-Stayed Bridge (wind and seismic studies);
• 1990-07 6 Large Shopping Centers (design and construction control);
• 1993- 25th of April Suspension bridge and Viaducts (inspection work and evaluation);
• 1994-98 Vasco da Gama Bridge, 12km long (design and construction control, and special studies);
• 2004-07 Lezíria Bridge, 11km long (design and construction control);
• 2004-08 Bridges and viaducts of A17 Motorway (design control of 146 structures);
• 2006-.. Bridges and Viaducts of S. Miguel, Azores, Motorway (design control of 153 structures);
• 2008-.. Bridges and Viaducts of Douro Litoral Motorway (design control of 107 structures)

• 1998 - Counselor by the Portuguese Chamber of Engineers (OE);
• 2008 - Merit Award of the Technical University of Lisbon;
•         - 3 papers with International Awards; 2 with National Awards.