VERA LÚCIA VIANA LOPES (5913-8A35-2037)

Curriculum Vitae

VERA LÚCIA VIANA LOPES

As a geometer and researcher in CEAU (Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto) Vera Viana has directed her interests and practice towards the enhancement of geometry education with advanced digital tools, focusing on polyhedral theory, structural geometry, the history of polyhedra, the relationships between architecture and mathematics and the transformative potential of digital culture in higher education. Viana authored a Ph.D. Thesis, book chapters, papers, lectures, courses, and a website on these subjects. Director of Aproged (the Portuguese Geometry and Drawing Teachers¿ Association) since 2009. Co-Chair and Organizing Committee member of international conferences aimed at disseminating scientific knowledge and synergies between scholars, researchers, and experimentalists within multidisciplinary frameworks. Editor of conferences-related books published by Springer Nature (2020 and 2022 (upcoming)) and Aproged (2009-2021). Editorial Board member of the Nexus Network Journal. Descriptive Geometry Teacher (1993-2008) and author of Descriptive Geometry schoolbooks.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: VERA LÚCIA VIANA LOPES

Citation names

Vera Viana
Viana, Vera

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5913-8A35-2037
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3589-8853
Researcher Id: AAI-9471-2020.

Email addresses

vlopes@arq.up.pt (Professional)
veraviana@veraviana.net (Personal)

Websites

https://sigarra.up.pt/faup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=606590 (Professional)
http://veraviana.net/ (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Mathematics
Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/07/07 Concluded	Didáctica de Ciências e Tecnologia (Doutoramento) Major in Didatica de Ciências Matemáticas Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "APLICAÇÕES DIDÁCTICAS SOBRE POLIEDROS PARA O ENSINO DA GEOMETRIA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
1989 - 2000 Concluded	Artes Plásticas - Pintura (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/08 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
1993/09/01 - 2009/01/09	Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário)	Ministério da Educação, Portugal
	Ministério da Educação, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/01/09 - Current	Organic Unit President	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal
	Ministério da Educação, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021 - Current	RESET - Redesigning Equality and Scientific Excellence Together 101006560 Researcher Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Union Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Viana, Vera. Duas por Três 11: Geometria Descritiva, 11º ano: ensino secundário. Portugal: Areal Editores. 2014. Published Viana, Vera. Duas por Três 10: Geometria Descritiva, 10º ano: ensino secundário. Portugal: Areal Editores. 2013. Published
Book chapter	Alexandra Castro (3214-A512-B688); Viana, Vera; Xavier, João Pedro; Sousa, Jose Pedro. Corresponding author: Alexandra Castro (3214-A512-B688). "An Introduction to Solid Tessellations with Students of Architecture.". In Polyhedra and Beyond Selected Contributions from Geometrias’19, Porto, Portugal, September 05-07. Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2022. In press Vera Viana; João Pedro Xavier; Ana Paula Aires; Helena Campos. Corresponding author: Vera Viana. "Interactive Expansion of Achiral Polyhedra". 1116-1128. Milão, Italy: Springer International Publishing, 2019. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-95588-9_96 Viana, Vera. "Interactive Resources for an Active Descriptive Geometry Learning". In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching ICTMT 12, edited by Amado, Nélia; Carreira, Susana, 352-360. Faro, Portugal: Universidade do Algarve, 2015. Published
Conference abstract	Viana, Vera. "Spatial structures based on solid tessellations". Paper presented in International Conference on Spatial Structures 2020/21. International Conference on Spatial Structures, Surrey, 2021. Published Viana, Vera; Xavier, João Pedro; Aires, Ana Paula; Helena Maria Barros de Campos. Corresponding author: Viana, Vera. "Interactive Expansion of Achiral Polyhedra". Paper presented in ICGG2018: International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, Milão, 2018. Published
Conference paper	"Spatial structures based on solid tessellations". Paper presented in International Conference on Spatial Structures 2020/21, 7 (University of Surrey, 23/08/2021 - 27/08/2021), Surrey, 2021. Published • 10.15126/900337 Viana, Vera. "Towards a systematic approach of topological interlocked assemblies of polyhedra". Paper presented in Nexus 20/21: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics, Kaiserslautern, 2021. Published Viana, Vera. "Topological Interlocking of Convex Regular Polyhedra.". Paper presented in RCA 2018 Research Culture in Architecture. International Conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration, Kaiserslautern, 2018. Published Viana, Vera. "Architectonic Tessellations as Constructive Modules". Paper presented in Nexus 2018 Architecture and Mathematics, Pisa, 2018. Published
Edited book	Leonardo Baglioni; Federico Fallavollita; Riccardo Foschi; Cristina Càndito; Ilenio Celoria; Andrés Martín-Pastor; Marija Obradovic; et al. Polyhedra and Beyond. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 2022. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-99116-6 • Editor Thinking, Drawing, Modelling. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 2020. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-46804-0 • Editor Geometrias’19 Book of Abstracts. Porto, Portugal: Aproged. 2019. Published • 10.24840/978-989-98926-8-2 • Editor Geometrias'17: Book of Abstracts. Porto, Portugal: Aproged. 2017. Published • Editor Geometrias & Graphica 2015 Proceedings. Porto, Portugal: Aproged. 2016. Published • Editor Geometrias 2014 Proccedings. Porto, Portugal: Aproged. 2014. Published • Editor
Journal article	Viana, Vera. "Tessellations within Tessellations". Symmetry Art and Science 1-4 (2019): 290-293. Published Viana, Vera. "From Solid to Plane Tessellations, and Back". Nexus Network Journal 20 3 (2018): 741-768. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-018-0389-5. Published • 10.1007/s00004-018-0389-5 Viana, Vera. "Dynamic Geometry Software and Augmented Reality Samples for High School Descriptive Geometry Teaching". Revista Electrónica de Investigación, Docencia i Creatividad 3 (2014): 46-60. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Sju9aeFZ8AYTJHc3VhVGdDR3M/edit. Open access • Published Viana, Vera. "Descriptive geometry learning is no more threatened by dynamic geometry software than stairs by elevators". Indagatio Didactica 5 1 (2013): 85-102. https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v5i1.4306. Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v5i1.4306 Viana, Vera. "Materiais didácticos para o Ensino da Geometria Descritiva no Ensino Secundário.". Boletim da Aproged 27 (2007): https://aproged.net/boletim01a27/#BOL27. Published
Journal issue	Viana, Vera; Nagy, Dénes; Xavier, João Pedro; Neiva, Ana; Ginoulhiac, Marco; Mateus, Luís; Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Symmetry: Art and Science \| 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress [Special Issue]". Symmetry: Art and Science 2022 1-4 (2022): https://symmetrycongress.arq.up.pt/proceedings/. Published • Editor Cardoso, Vasco; Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged #35". Boletim da Aproged 35 (2021): https://aproged.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/boletim-35.pdf. Published • Coeditor Cabeleira, João; Viana, Vera. "Jornadas Didácticas 2021: Livro de Resumos". Jornadas Dodácticas: Livro de Resumos 1 1 (2021): https://aproged.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/livroderesumos2021.pdf. Published • Coeditor Viana, Vera; Murtinho, Vítor; Xavier, João Pedro. "Boletim da Aproged #34". Boletim da Aproged 34 (2018): https://www.aproged.pt/geometrias17/boletim34digital.pdf. Published • Coeditor Viana, Vera; Cardoso, Vasco. "Jornadas Didácticas 2018: Livro de Resumos". Jornadas Didácticas: Livro de Resumos (2018): https://www.aproged.pt/jornadas2018/livroderesumos.pdf. Published • Coeditor Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged #33". Boletim da Aproged 33 (2017): https://aproged.net/boletim33/. Published • Editor Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged #32". Boletim da Aproged 32 (2015): https://aproged.net/boletim32/. Published • Editor Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged n.º 31". Boletim da Aproged 31 (2014): https://aproged.net/boletim31/. Published • Editor Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged n.º 30". Boletim da Aproged 30 (2013): https://aproged.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Geometrias13.pdf. Published • Editor Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged n.º 29". Boletim da Aproged 29 (2012): https://aproged.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boletim29protected-1.pdf. Published • Editor Viana, Vera. "Boletim da Aproged n.º 28". Boletim da Aproged 28 (2009): https://aproged.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/boletim28protected-1.pdf. Published • Editor
Online resource	Viana, Vera. Spatial structures based on solid tessellations. 2022. https://youtu.be/K8n4ecT-E6o. Vera Viana. Studying Polyhedra with Advanced Digital Tools. 2022. https://youtu.be/v3hV59UZiPw. Viana, Vera. GeoGebra Book: Interactive Geometry Applets. 2014. https://www.geogebra.org/m/cIg8exfg. Viana, Vera. GeoGebra Book: Curves. 2013. https://www.geogebra.org/m/uV7J5xSm. Viana, Vera. GeoGebra Book: Descriptive Geometry Applets (step-by-step). 2013. https://www.geogebra.org/m/MNeCNYyn. Viana, Vera. GeoGebra Book: Plane Geometry (step-by-step). 2013. https://www.geogebra.org/m/XOSo0X1a. Viana, Vera. Blogue sobre Geometria e Geometria Descritiva. 2007. https://geometriaveraviana.blogspot.com/.
Thesis / Dissertation	Viana, Vera. "Aplicações Didácticas sobre Poliedros para o Ensino da Geometria". PhD, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2020. https://repositorio.utad.pt/handle/10348/10337.
Website	Vera Viana. Interactive 3D models of polyhedra. 2021. https://sketchfab.com/veraviana. Viana, Vera. geometry addiction. 2020. https://veraviana.net/. Viana, Vera. Aproged's second website. 2020. https://aproged.net/. Viana, Vera. geometria interactiva. 2010. https://veraviana.net/emportugues/. Viana, Vera. Aproged's first website. 2008. http://aproged.pt/.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/04/21	Studying Polyhedra with Advanced Digital Tools	Art and Math Seminar Spring 2022 Kansas State University (Kansas City, United States)
2021/08/25	Spatial structures based on solid tessellations	IASS Annual Symposium and Spatial Structures Conference University of Surrey, England (Surrey, United Kingdom)
2021/07/29	Towards a systematic approach of topological interlocked assemblies of polyhedra	Nexus 20/21: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics Faculty of Architektur Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
2020/12/11	Non-Uniform Polyhedra in Daniele Barbaro's La Pratica della Perspettiva	Daniele Barbaro e lo Studio patavino. Architettura, arte e scienza in occasione dei 400 anni della morte Universitá di Padova (Padova, Italy)
2019/11/26	Tessellations Within Tessellations	Symmetry Art and Science: 11th Congress and Exhibition, Kanasawa Institute of Technology (Kanasawa, Japan)
2019/07/03	Geometria Descritiva Interactiva	2º Workshop – Software Livre de Matemática Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/29	Topological Interlocking of Convex Regular Polyhedra.	RCA 2018 Research Culture in Architecture - International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration FATUK - Faculty of Architecture, TU Kaiserslautern. (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
2018/08/06	Interactive Expansion of Achiral Polyhedra	18th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics Politecnico di Milano (Milão, Italy)
2018/06/14	Architectonic Tessellations as Constructive Modules	Nexus 2018: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics Università di Pisa (Pisa, Italy)
2016/07	Axonometric Representations in Solid Geometry Teaching (poster presentation)	Nexus 2016: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics Biblioteca Campus de Gipuzkoa Donostia (San Sebastian, Spain)
2015/06	Interactive Resources for an Active Descriptive Geometry Learning.	ICTMT 12 - 12th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2015/01/20	Recursos digitais para a Didática e a Aprendizagem da Geometria Descritiva	Projeto TEA - Tablets no Ensino e na Aprendizagem Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Escola Eça de Queirós (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/07	Dynamic Geometry Software and Augmented Reality Samples for High School Descriptive Geometry Teaching	ENTENP 2014 - Conference on Enabling Teachers for Entrepreneurship Education Universidad de Granada (Granada, Spain)
2013/06	Descriptive Geometry Learning is no more Threatened by Dynamic Geometry Software than Stairs by Elevators	III Dia Geogebra em Portugal Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/07 - Current	Análisis Geométrico: Configuración de Formas Arquitetónicas Modulares a partir del Estudio de Teselaciones Tridimensionales Co-supervisor	Arquitectura (PhD) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/01/11 - 2022/07/16	Symmetry: Art and Science \| 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress (2022/07/11 - 2022/07/16) Congress (President of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry, Hungary Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/10/16	Jornadas Didácticas 2021 (2021/10/09 - 2021/10/16) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura, Portugal
2021/09/12 - 2021/09/19	Contributing Conference "Symmetry, Structure, and Information" to the IS4SI 2021 Summit (2021/09/12 - 2021/09/19) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	International Society for the Study of Information, Austria International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry, Hungary
2021/09/12 - 2021/09/19	IS4SI 2021, the 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information. (2021/09/12 - 2021/09/19) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	International Society for the Study of Information, Austria
2021/09/13 - 2021/09/15	Chair of the Session "Symmetry, Structure, and Information" in the 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information (2021/09/12 - 2021/09/19) Congress (Other)	International Society for the Study of Information, Austria International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry, Hungary
2021/08/26 - 2021/08/27	Chair of the Sessions "Morphology and Configuration Processing 1" and "Morphology and Configuration Processing 2" in the IASS Annual Symposium and Spatial Structures Conference (2021/08/24 - 2021/08/27) Conference (Other)	University of Surrey, United Kingdom
2021/07/27 - 2021/07/27	Chair of the Session "Mathematics of Natural Forms and Structures" in the Nexus 20/21 Conference (2021/09/26 - 2021/09/29) Conference (Other)	Kim Williams Books, Italy Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Fachbereich Architektur, Germany
2019/09/05 - 2019/09/07	Conferência Internacional Geometrias'19 (2019/09/05 - 2019/09/07) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10/05 - 2018/10/06	Jornadas Didácticas 2018 (2018/10/05 - 2018/10/06) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
2017/06/16 - 2017/06/18	Conferência Internacional Geometrias'17 (2017/06/16 - 2017/06/18) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Arquitectura, Portugal
2016/11/05 - 2016/11/05	Jornadas Didácticas 2016 (2016/11/05 - 2016/11/05) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2015/10/03	Conferência Internacional Geometrias & Graphica 2015 (2015/10/01 - 2015/10/03) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/05/17 - 2014/05/18	Conferência Internacional Geometrias'14 (2014/05/17 - 2014/05/18) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/04/06 - 2013/04/07	Conferência Internacional Geometrias'13 (2013/04/06 - 2013/04/07) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/12/11 - 2021/12/12	Computational Design: NEXT 7.0 Conference	Computational Design: NEXT 7.0 Parametric Architecture, Turkey

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/08/03 - Current	ISGG : International Society for Geometry and Graphics	Individual member
1999/01 - Current	APROGED : Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho (Portuguese Geometry and Drawing Teachers' Association)	individual member
2019/11 - 2022/07	SIS-Symmetry (International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry)	International Advisory Board Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/01/08 - Current	Scientific Committee of the Center for Studies on Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU ) Member	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/08 - Current	Nexus Network Journal Editorial Board Advisor / Consultant	Nexus Network Journal , Italy Kim Williams Books, Italy

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2022/08/15 - 2022/08/19	ICGG 2022 (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics)	Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo
2021/09/12 - 2021/09/19	IS4SI 2021 - 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information	International Society for the Study of Information
2021/07/26 - 2021/07/29	Nexus 20/21: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics	Faculty of Architecture, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
2021/01/18 - 2021/01/22	ICGG 2020 - International Conference on Geometry and Graphics	Universidade de São Paulo
2019/09/05 - 2019/09/07	Geometrias'19 : Polyhedra and Beyond	Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/08/03 - 2018/08/07	ICGG 2018 (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics	Politecnico di Milano
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/09	moNGeometrija 2018	Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/05/18 - 2021/05/18	Tessellating and Interlocking in Patterns (online workshop)	Seminar "Pattern Matters” (Master)	Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Fachbereich Architektur, Germany
2018/10/18 - 2018/10/18	Preenchimento uniforme do espaço com poliedros convexos	Discursos Interdisciplinares sobre Geometria (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
2017/03/21 - 2017/04/07	Preenchimento do espaço com poliedros	Geometry and Architecture (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2014/04/03 - 2014/04/03	Construções Dinâmicas com o Geogebra (GeoGebra for high-school teachers of mathematics)	GeoGebra for mathematics' teachers (Outros)	APM - Associação dos Professores de Matemática, Portugal
2012/01/28 - 2012/01/28	Workshop Construção de exercícios interactivos com o C.a.R. Metal e o Geogebra (Geogebra and C.a.R. Metal for high-school teachers of descriptive geometry)	(Outros)	Centro de Formação Gaspard Monge, Portugal
2010/06/06 - 2010/07/18	Produção de Materiais Didácticos para o Ensino da Geometria com o Apoio das T.I.C (C.a.R. Metal, Stella and Polly for high-school teachers of descriptive geometry)	(Outros)	Centro de Formação Gaspard Monge, Portugal
2009/06/06 - 2009/07/18	Produção de Materiais Didácticos para o Ensino da Geometria com o Apoio das T.I.C. (C.a.R. Metal, Stella and Polly for high-school teachers of descriptive geometry)	(Outros)	Centro de Formação Gaspard Monge, Portugal
1997/09/01 - 2008/08/31	Descriptive Geometry	(Ensino secundário)

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2021/10/09 - 2021/10/16	Jornadas Didácticas 2021 Evaluator	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho), Portugal Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura, Portugal	Aproged (Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho)

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2014/07 - Current	Nexus Network Journal (1522-4600)	Kim Williams Books
2009/01 - 2021/12/31	Boletim da Aproged (2184-4933)	Aproged - Associação dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho

Distinctions

Other distinction

2020	PhD approved with distinction Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal