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Bruna Sá Couto has a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. The Master's included a research on the development of a tool to assess the level of sustainability integration in different engineering study cycles. Since October 2023, she has been a Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE), having previously participated in the same project as a Scientific Initiation Fellow. Her main research focus currently revolves around sustainability, specifically in the development of an assessment tool to measure the integration of sustainable development in engineering education and facilitate effective changes.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruna Aurélia Oliveira Sá Couto

Citation names

  • Sá Couto, Bruna
  • Oliveira, Bruna

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
171B-2014-F6DE

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10/02 - 2027/07/06
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10/12 - 2023/07/06
Concluded
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Baseline for the development of a sustainability assessment tool for engineering degrees" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2018/09/12 - 2021/07/02
Concluded
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10/03 - 2024/10/03 Research (Project Grant) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2022/09/11 Summer Internship Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/10/04 - 2024/10/03 EDS@FEUP
EDS@FEUP
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/04/27 - 2023/09/26 EDS@FEUP
EDS@FEUP
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Nobre, Maria L.F.; Tavares, Daniel; Fraga, Carolina; Sá Couto, Bruna; Dias, Mafalda; Mesquita, Sara; Oliveira, Catarina M.; Pires, José C.M.. "Techno-economic analysis of a circular microalgal approach for enhanced wastewater treatment and resource recovery in Northern Portugal". Journal of Cleaner Production 434 (2024): 140389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140389.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/18 Crafting a Sustainable Development Assessment Framework in Engineering Education: The Education Offering Dimension 6ª Conferência Campus Sustentável
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/09/08 A Collective intelligence workshop entitled "Assessment framework to improve integration of sustainable development in engineering education" was conducted to get feedback and different perspectives on how to improve the assessment framework. Higher Education Summit 2024