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PhD in Civil Engineering - Constructions branch from Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), obtained in 2023. M.Sc. in Materials Engineering FCTUC, obtained in 2020. M.Sc. in Civil Engineering - Structures branch from FCTUC, obtained in 2015. Researcher at Research and Technological Development Unit, Head of Section at Metrology Unit at Itecons. Main research area of interest are dynamic behaviour of bridges and structures, mechanical behaviour of materials, building materials, sustainable construction, etc. Has been involved in several R&D projects developed by Itecons. Collaboration in scientific events and consulting services. Co-author of 8 publications in international scientific journals. Member of the organizing committee of 2 scientific events. Collaborator of CERIS Coimbra - Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Maria Santos Soares Dias
Date of birth
1991/11/25
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Dias, Sara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0513-E3A6-470C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7698-346X

Email addresses

  • sara.dias@itecons.uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2023
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Major in Construções
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
"Design, development and validation of construction elements made of composite wood waste" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with praise and distinction
2017 - 2020
Concluded
 Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
"Thermal and mechanical behaviour of sandwich panels for climatic chambers of high performance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2009 - 2015
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Estruturas
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Atenuação de vibrações por apoios constituídos por aglomerado de cortiça expandida (ICB)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - 2018 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12/20 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/02/01 - 2024/01/31 Design, development and validation of construction elements made of composite wood waste
PD/BD/150575/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current Co-Promotion R&TD project: CONFIBIO| Recycled CONcrete with FIBers and BIOtechnology
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00530700
Researcher
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2023/06/30 Co-Promotion R&TD project: iSteelGrid - Large Spans Flooring Steel Grid
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070158
Researcher
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Concluded
2020 - 2021/07/31 Co-Promotion R&TD project: PROCK - Conception, development and validation of new agriculture posts made of concrete-wood
CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-039790
Researcher
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Concluded
2018/09 - 2020/08 Co-Promotion R&TD project: NewGenShell - New generation high performance shells for climatic chambers
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033413 / LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-033413
Researcher
2019/01 - 2020/01 Co-Promotion R&TD project: CorkAl - Development of a window frame system in which polyamides are replaced by a recyclable composite for thermal barrier
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033814 / LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-033814
Researcher
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Concluded
2017/12 - 2019/11 Co-Promotion R&TD project: NEXTSTEP - Next distribution substation improved platform within collaborative R&D project
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-018006
Researcher
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Concluded
2016/09 - 2019/02 Co-Promotion R&TD project: mcRICE - Development of innovative materials, from composites made of rice husk wastes, cork and rubber
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017710
Technical development
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Concluded
2015/10 - 2018/03 Co-Promotion R&TD project: coMMUTe - Multifunctional Modular Train Floor - Development of a modular and multifunctional floating floor prototype for railway interiors
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003474
Researcher
Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Beatriz Marques; António Tadeu; João Almeida; Sara Dias; Filipe Pedro. "Mitigation of vibrations using composite materials produced from rice husk and recycled rubber". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-30938-1
  2. Dias, Sara; Tadeu, António; Pedro, Filipe; Serra, Catarina. "Experimental Study of Vibration Isolators Made of Expanded Cork Agglomerate". Paper presented in ICSV 2018: 20th International Conference on Sound and Vibration, Boston, 2018.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Sara Dias; João Almeida; António Tadeu; Jorge de Brito. "Alternative concrete aggregates - Review of physical and mechanical properties and successful applications". Cement and Concrete Composites (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105663.
    10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105663
  2. Sara Dias; Antonio Tadeu; João Almeida; Julieta António; Jorge de Brito. "Steel-concrete bond behaviour of concrete mixes with wood waste: pull-out and bending tests of full-scale beams and columns". Construction and Building Materials 383 (2023): 131343-131343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131343.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131343
  3. Tadeu, António; Romero, António; Dias, Sara; Pedro, Filipe; Brett, Michael; Serra, Miguel; Galvín, Pedro; Bandeira, Filipe. "Vibration serviceability assessment of the world's longest suspended footbridge in 2020". Structures 44 (2022): 457-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.08.015.
    10.1016/j.istruc.2022.08.015
  4. Sara Dias; António Tadeu; João Almeida; Pedro Humbert; Julieta António; Jorge de Brito; Pedro Pinhão. "Physical, Mechanical, and Durability Properties of Concrete Containing Wood Chips and Sawdust: An Experimental Approach". Buildings 12 8 (2022): 1277-1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081277.
    10.3390/buildings12081277
  5. Sara Dias; António Tadeu; Amílcar Ramalho; Michael Brett; Filipe Pedro. "Thermal and Mechanical Characterisation of Sandwich Core Materials for Climatic Chamber Shells Subjected to High Temperatures". Energies 15 6 (2022): 2089-2089. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062089.
    10.3390/en15062089
  6. Tadeu, António; Romero, António; Bandeira, Filipe; Pedro, Filipe; Dias, Sara; Serra, Miguel; Brett, Michael; Galvín, Pedro. "Theoretical and experimental analysis of the quasi-static and dynamic behaviour of the world's longest suspension footbridge in 2020". Engineering Structures 253 (2022): 113830. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113830.
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113830
  7. Dias, Sara; Almeida, João; Santos, Bruna; Humbert, Pedro; Tadeu, António; António, Julieta; de Brito, Jorge; Pinhão, Pedro. "Lightweight cement composites containing end-of-life treated wood – Leaching, hydration and mechanical tests". Construction and Building Materials 317 (2022): 125931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.125931.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.125931
  8. Marques, Beatriz; António, Julieta; Almeida, João; Tadeu, António; de Brito, Jorge; Dias, Sara; Pedro, Filipe; Sena, João Dinis. "Vibro-acoustic behaviour of polymer-based composite materials produced with rice husk and recycled rubber granules". Construction and Building Materials 264 (2020): 120221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120221.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120221
  9. Dias, Sara; Tadeu, António; António, Julieta; Almeida, João; Pedro, Filipe; Martins, Saúl; Serra, Catarina. "Experimental study of expanded cork agglomerate blocks – Compressive creep behavior and dynamic performance". Construction and Building Materials 181 (2018): 551-564. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950061818314119.
    Published • 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.06.021
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - 2023/06/30 Second International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023 organized by Itecons / University of Coimbra in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Construction Research Centre. (2023/06/27 - 2023/06/30)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/10/15 International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2021 organized by Itecons. (2021/10/12 - 2021/10/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/11 - 2020/11 Avaliação do comportamento estático e dinâmico da ponte pedonal suspensa 516Arouca (Relatório TES150/20) Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2015 Prémio da Universidade de Coimbra para os 3% melhores alunos
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal