Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Nuno Vasco Costa Gama Batista Melo
Citation names
- Melo, Nuno
- Nuno Gama
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8919-BC2A-66A2
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1865-098X
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
- Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2017/09/01 - 2019/05/02
Concluded
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Mechanical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Industrial management
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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16 |
2015/02/01 - 2017/12/22
Concluded
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Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Materials Engineering and Macromolecular Products
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Functional bio-based polyurethane foams from industrial residues" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado |
2016/09/01 - 2017/06/30
Concluded
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Integrated Systems for Quality, Environment and Safety Management (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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16 |
2009/09/01 - 2011/09/11
Concluded
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Chemical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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15 |
2005/10/14 - 2009/07/24
Concluded
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Chemical Engineering (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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13 |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/09/01 - Current | Visiting Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/09/01 - Current | Member of the COST Action CA20127 “Waste biorefinery technologies for accelerating sustainable energy processes (WIRE)” | EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST-Action, Belgium |
2023/09/01 - Current | Member of the COST Action CA20101 “Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY (PRIORITY)” | EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST-Action, Belgium |
2023/09/01 - Current | Member of the COST Action CA20133 “Cross-border transfer and development of sustainable resource recovery strategies towards zero waste (FULLRECO4US)” | EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST-Action, Belgium |
2023/09/01 - Current | Junior Researcher grant in the project “GreenAuto - Green innovation for the Automotive Industry”, ILLANCE agenda - 02-C05-i01.02-2022.PC644867037-00000013, funded by PRR - Recovery and Resilience Pla | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/09/01 - Current | Member of the COST Action CA21103 “Advanced Composites under HIgh STRAin rates loading (HISTRATE)” | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/09/01 - Current | Member of the COST Action CA21155 “Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment (CircularB)” | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/09/01 - Current | Member of the management team of the project “100% recycled EPS”, ILLANCE agenda - 02-C05-i01.01-2022.PC644919832-00000035, funded by PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/09/01 - Current | Member of the management team of the project “Sensing Home”, ILLANCE agenda - 02-C05-i01.01-2022.PC644919832-00000035, funded by PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/02/01 - 2023/06/30 | Team member of SimIA project, funded by Portugal2020 (ref. 047145) - Intelligent Multifunctional Lighting and Acoustic System to promote health and well-being at work, in partnership with Lightenjin I | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2021/01/01 - 2023/06/30 | Researcher in EcoFoam project, funded by Portugal2020 (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-049287) development of low odor flexible polyurethane foams for the automotive industry, in partnership with Flexipol Espumas | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2020/04/01 - 2021/12/31 | Pos-Doc in CONDADE project team, funded by Portugal2020 (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-034076) - Development of innovative conductive textile adhesives, in partnership with Heliotextil S.A. | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2018/02/01 - 2019/02/01 | Pos-doc in Smart Green Homes project, funded by Portugal2020 (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678) - Development of polyurethane foams for high energy capacity applications, in partnership with Bosch | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
2015/12/01 - 2018/01/01 | Research fellowship in FlexiRecover project, funded by Portugal2020 (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003369) - Recycling of polyurethane foams, in partnership with SAPEC Química S.A. and Flexipol S.A. | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
2013/10/01 - 2015/06/01 | Research fellowship in GreenPec project, funded by QREN (QREN nº 34132) - Development of a primary plasticizer for PVC, in partnership with SAPEC Química. | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
2012/01/01 - 2013/09/01 | Research fellowship in Ecopolyol project, funded by QREN (QREN nº 11435) - Production of polyols derived from biomass to be used in the production of foams, in partnership with SAPEC Química. | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
2011/10/01 - 2011/12/01 | Research fellowship in Ecopolyol project, funded by QREN (QREN nº 11435) - Production of polyols derived from biomass to be used in the production of foams, in partnership with SAPEC Química | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2010/04/01 - 2011/04/01 | Production Director in an Industrial Plastics Industry and Mold Making - Production Planning and Management; Monitoring of production | Codil – Costa e Dias Lda, Puerto Rico |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/04/01 - Current | CONDADE
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-034076
Post-doc Fellow
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2018/02/01 - 2019/06/30 | Smart Green Homes
Post-doc Fellow
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2015/12 - 2018/01 | FlexiRecover | European Regional Development Fund |
2013/10/01 - 2015/06/30 | GreenPec
Research Fellow
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2012/01/01 - 2013/09/30 | Ecopolyol
Research Fellow
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2011/10/01 - 2011/12/31 | Development of an electronic nose based on acoustic sensors to evaluate the aroma of cheeses
Research Fellow
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/02/01 - Current | SimIA
047145
Supervisor
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2021/01/01 - Current | EcoFoam
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-049287
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/09/01 - Current | GreenAuto - Green innovation for the Automotive Industry
ILLANCE agenda - 02-C05-i01.02-2022.PC644867037-00000013
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2023/09/01 - Current | COST Action CA20101 “Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY (PRIORITY)
COST Action CA20101
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2023/09/01 - Current | COST Action CA20127 “Waste biorefinery technologies for accelerating sustainable energy processes (WIRE)
COST Action CA20127
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2023/09/01 - Current | COST Action CA20133 “Cross-border transfer and development of sustainable resource recovery strategies towards zero waste
(FULLRECO4US)”
COST Action CA20133
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2022/07/01 - Current | Sensing Home
”, ILLANCE agenda - 02-C05-i01.01-2022.PC644919832-00000035
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2022/06/01 - Current | 100% recycled EPS
ILLANCE agenda - 02-C05-i01.01-2022.PC644919832-00000035
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2022/06/01 - Current | COST Action CA21103 “Advanced Composites under HIgh STRAin rates loading (HISTRATE)”
COST Action CA21103
Invited Scientist Fellow
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2022/06/01 - Current | COST Action CA21155 “Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment (CircularB)”
COST Action CA21155
Invited Scientist Fellow
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Outputs
Publications
Journal article |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Distinctions
Award
2016 | Young Scientist Award of year 2016
International Association of Advanced Materials , Sweden
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Other distinction
2023 | • Presence in the top 2% percentile of authors in the world in the sub-field, accordingly with the Stanford-Elsevier; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2023), “October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, |
2019 | More than 40 publications in the media, press or digital, with emphasis on Público, Observador, Jornal Económico and DN, on the theme “3D foam filled with cork”. |
2016 | More than 10 publications in the media, press or digital, with emphasis on the Observador, Diário de Aveiro, Sapo and Correio da Manhã on the theme “Green foams resistant to fire”. |