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Keen Industrial and Electrical Engineer, researcher, and academic with over 15 years of experience spanning industry, research, and higher education. She holds a Master’s degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, where her research focused on the development of an intelligent charge control system using fuzzy logic and PID controllers for nickel–hydrogen satellite batteries, establishing a strong foundation in control systems, optimization, and intelligent decision-making. She earned a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with expertise in sustainable logistics, residual biomass supply chains, circular economy, digital transformation (Industry 4.0/5.0), simulation modeling, and decision-support systems. Her doctoral research developed simulation-based and web-enabled models to enhance supply chain sustainability, resilience, and operational efficiency, translating scientific knowledge into actionable solutions for complex socio-technical systems. She has held senior technical and management roles, including Chief Engineer at the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria, where she led multidisciplinary teams and supported data-driven decision-making in technology-intensive environments. She is currently an Invited Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco and a researcher affiliated with the University of Aveiro, contributing to teaching and research in quality management, lean and green production, and engineering economics. Her research is published in high-impact international journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and she actively contributes to the academic community through peer review and scientific volunteering. She is AnyLogistix certified, ISO 9001:2015/Amd 1:2024 Quality Management Systems certified, and a registered electrical engineer (COREN), driven by sustainability, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Bernardine Chigozie Chidozie

Nomes de citação

  • Chidozie, Bernardine

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
BC13-A08C-D13B
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4137-2970

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • chido.chigoz@ua.pt (Profissional)
  • bernadine@ipcb.pt (Profissional)

Telefones

Telemóvel
  • 920231443 (Pessoal)

Moradas

  • Rua manuel de melo freitas 37 1 DTO, 3800-217, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Pessoal)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática - Engenharia Eletrotécnica e Eletrónica
  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Outras Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês (Idioma materno)
Iorubá Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Ibo (Idioma materno)
Português Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2021/10/11 - 2025/06/25
Concluído
Industrial Engineering and Management (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Simulation of Residual Agroforestry Biomass Supply Chains: A Digital Dynamic Mapping " (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Approved
2016/03 - 2020/02/20
Concluído
Electronic and Computer Engineering (Master)
Especialização em Control and Computer Engineering
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigéria
"Design of an Intelligent Charge Controller for Nickel-Hydrogen Battery Using Fuzzy Logic" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Merit
2011/03 - 2012/03
Concluído
Electrical Engineering (Postgraduate Certificate)
Especialização em Electrical and Compute Engineering
Ahmadu Bello University, Nigéria
"Design and Construction of a Mobile Phone Signal Detector" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Distinction
2003/09 - 2007/08
Concluído
Electrical Engineering (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Especialização em Power and Machines
Federal Polytechnic Bida, Nigéria
Distinction
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2022/11 - Atual Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010/03/01 - Atual Gestão de Ciência e Tecnologia National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigéria
National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigéria

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2025/09/25 - 2026/07/17 Professor Auxiliar Convidado (Docente Universitário) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2022/10/01 - 2025/02/28 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Model for Residual Agro-forestry Biomass supported in an Web Platform.
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Economia Gestão Engenharia Industrial e Turismo, Portugal
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Reinaldo Gomes; Bernardine Chigozie Chidozie; João C. O. Matias; Ruxanda Godina Silva. "Real-Time IoT-Enabled Decision Support for Forest Supply Chains: An Optimization-Simulation Approach to Mitigating Wildfire Risk". Forests (2026): https://doi.org/10.3390/f17020279.
    10.3390/f17020279
  2. Bernardine Chidozie; Ana Ramos; José Vasconcelos; Luis Pinto Ferreira; Reinaldo Gomes. "Highlighting Sustainability Criteria in Residual Biomass Supply Chains: A Dynamic Simulation Approach". Sustainability (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/su16229709.
    10.3390/su16229709
  3. Bernardine Chidozie; Ana Ramos; José Vasconcelos; Luis Pinto Ferreira. "Development of a Residual Biomass Supply Chain Simulation Model Using AnyLogistix: A Methodical Approach". Logistics (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics8040107.
    10.3390/logistics8040107
  4. Bernardine Chidozie; Ana Ramos; José Ferreira; Luis Pinto Ferreira. "The Importance of Digital Transformation (5.0) in Supply Chain Optimization: An Empirical Study". Production Engineering Archives (2024): https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2024.30.12.
    10.30657/pea.2024.30.12
  5. Bernardine Chigozie Chidozie; Ana Luísa Ramos; José Vasconcelos Ferreira; Luís Pinto Ferreira. "Residual Agroforestry Biomass Supply Chain Simulation Insights and Directions: A Systematic Literature Review". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15139992.
    10.3390/su15139992
  6. Chidozie, Bernardine. Autor correspondente: Chidozie, Bernardine. "Development of an Intelligent Charge Control System Using Fuzzy Logic and PID Controllers for Nickel-Hydrogen Satellite Battery". International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 10 10 (2019): 1112-1119. http://www.ijser.org.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
Capítulo de livro
  1. Bernardine Chigozie Chidozie; Ana Luísa Ramos; José Vasconcelos Ferreira; Luís Pinto Ferreira. "Impacts of Simulation and Digital Tools on Supply Chain in Industry 4.0". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-54664-8_43
  2. Bernardine Chigozie Chidozie; Ana Luísa Ramos; José Vasconcelos Ferreira. "Simulation-Based Approaches to Enhance Operational Decision-Support in Healthcare 5.0: A Systematic Literature Review". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_78
  3. Bernardine Chigozie Chidozie; Ana Luísa Ramos; José Vasconcelos Ferreira; Luís Pinto Ferreira. "Analytical and Simulation Models as Decision Support Tools for Supply Chain Optimization - An Empirical Study". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-54671-6_15
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/10/07 Analytical and Simulation Models as Decision Support Tools for Supply Chain Optimization- An Empirical Study 16th international conference e Interdisciplinarity in Engineering (INTER-ENG 2023)
UMFST (Roménia)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2022/06/22 - 2022/06/23 Participated as a student volunteer in the organizing committee of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX 2022) from the 22-24 June 2022. (2022/06/22 - 2022/06/24)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Portugal

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2025/09/10 - 2025/09/11 Contributed as a Distinguished speaker at the 3rd Global Summit on Renewable and Sustainable Energy held on 10th - 11th September 2025 at Barcelona Spain.
Congresso
3rd Global Summit on Renewable and Sustainable Energy
United Research Forum Ltd, Reino Unido
2024/01/12 - 2024/03/01 Volunteered as an International Buddy to incoming students
Encontro
ESN- Aveiro Buddy Programme
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/10/06 - 2023/10/07 Presented 2 papers at the 16th international conference e Interdisciplinarity in Engineering (INTER-ENG 2023)
Conferência
16th international conference e Interdisciplinarity in Engineering (INTER-ENG 2023)
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Târgu Mure¿, Roménia
2023/07/05 - 2023/07/06 Contributed as a volunteer to Ciência 2023 – Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, July 5-7, 2023.
Congresso
Ciência 2023- – Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/06/18 - 2023/06/22 Participated and presented a paper at the 32nd international FAIM Conference 2023
Conferência
32nd international FAIM Conference 2023
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/05/29 - 2023/05/29 Attended and present a paper at the IX IMFAHE´s International Conference Innovation Camp “Career Success with a Global Mindset”
Conferência
IMFAHE Conference
2022/11/24 - 2022/11/25 Attended and presented the paper "Crowd Simulation to Foster Business Resilience" during the Regional Helix'22-Fostering Regional Development and Resilience in a Changing Environment at the University of Aveiro Portugal from 24-25 November 2022.
Conferência
Regional Helix '22
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2025/11/13 - 2026/01/16 2025_2026 session Produção Lean/Green (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/09/26 - 2026/01/16 2025_2026 Academic session Organização e Gestão da Qualidade (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/09/25 - 2026/01/16 2025_2026 Academic session Introdução Engenharia Económica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2025/11/20 - 2025/11/27 iScience ( 2589-0042)
2025/08/06 - 2025/08/07 Energy Economics (0140-9883)
2025/06/18 - 2025/06/19 Supplychain Analytics (2949-8635)
Distinções

Prémio

2012 Post Graduate Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Distinction
Ahmadu Bello University, Nigéria
2007 Higher National Diploma In Electrical Engineering with Distinction
Federal Polytechnic Bida, Nigéria