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Rúben Santos. Completed the Doutoramento in Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais in 2014 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia and Mestrado in Integrated Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 2009 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia. Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Materials Engineering.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rúben Filipe da Silva Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Rúben
  • R. F. Santos
  • R. Santos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9610-43AD-06A3

Addresses

  • FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Composites
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Coating and Films
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016 - 2017
Concluded
 Transferable skills for Engineering: pedagogical training (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 17
2010 - 2014/11/11
Concluded
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Estabilidade térmica de materiais nanoestruturados" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction
2004 - 2009/07
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Formação dos aluminetos de níquel a partir de pós metálicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02 - 2021 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Visiting Researcher (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2016/06 - 2018/11 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/12 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2014/02 - 2015/02 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2009/05 - 2009/12 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/03 - 2024/08 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011/02 - 2015/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10 - 2024/08 Researcher / Project Director Centro de Competências Ferroviário, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transportes e Aeroespacial
LA/P/0079/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50022/2020
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica
UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/06 LiRAs - In-Situ alloying by laser cladding for high throughtput screening of RCCAs compositions as alternative to Nickel Superalloys
EXPL/CTM-CTM/1528/2021
Researcher
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30 Células solares microconcentradoras de filmes finos
PTDC/CTM-CTM/28922/2017
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2021 USECoIN - Understanding the Structure Evolution fo Seedless Copper Interconnects for Nanoelectronics
PTDC/CTM-CTM/31953/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Engenharia Mecânica
UID/EMS/00285/2019
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2019 MiconCell - Micro-concentrator thin film solar cells
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028922
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/12/18 - 2018/09/30 DESGASTE - Solução para equipamentos produtivos críticos nas indústrias alimentares e farmacêuticas
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-017645
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2016/07/17 - 2017/12/16 HardCorr - Desenvolvimento de metal duro com elevada resistência ao desgaste e à corrosão
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003382
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2015 - 2015 Projeto QREN MaisCentro MT4MOBI - Materials and Technologies for Greener Manufacturing & Products Applied to Mobility
SCT_2011_02_001_4637
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Concluded
2014/06 - 2014/12 Projeto QREN MaisCentro MT4MOBI - Materials and Technologies for Greener Manufacturing & Products Applied to Mobility
SCT_2011_02_001_4637
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
2007/03 - 2008/07 Nano-brazing of advanced materials
PTDC/CTM/69645/2006
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Ribeiro, Bernardo; R. F. Santos; Barbosa, Maria; Sequeiros, Elsa. "Alloying effect on the mechanical and microstructural properties of RHEAs based on the system MoNbTaWV". Paper presented in Euro Powder Metallurgy 2023 Congress and Exhibition, Lisbon, 2023.
    10.59499/ep235765551
Conference poster
  1. Savaris, Liliane; Bruno M. C. Oliveira; R. F. Santos. "Novel Diffusion Barrier Layers for Advanced Copper Interconnect Metallization". Paper presented in DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2021.
  2. R. F. Santos. "Seedless copper electroplating on CoW thin films in low pH electrolyte - Early stages of formation". Paper presented in International Conference on Materials Design and Application, 2020.
  3. R. F. Santos. "Influence of the thickness of nanocrystalline copper films on the electrical properties". Paper presented in EUROMAT, 2019.
  4. R. F. Santos. "Microstructural characterization of coated stainless steel blades". Paper presented in International Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018.
  5. R. F. Santos. "Impact of binder on AISI 316L microcomponents produced by hot embossing: SEM/EBSD analysis". Paper presented in Materials in the Frontiers of Science, 2015.
  6. R. F. Santos. "Electroplated copper composite films reinforced by MWCNT". Paper presented in EUROMAT, 2013.
  7. R. F. Santos. "Effect of pulsed current electrodeposition on microstrutcure of copper films". Paper presented in EUROMAT, 2011.
  8. R. F. Santos. "Electrolytic copper films microstructure - direct vs. pulsed current". Paper presented in Materiais 2011, 2011.
Journal article
  1. R. F. Santos; Oliveira, Bruno M. C.; Ferreira, Paulo J.; Vieira, Manuel F.. "The Effect of Ultrasonic Agitation on the Seedless Growth of Cu on Ru-W Thin Films". Materials 16 1 (2022): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16010167.
    Open access • 10.3390/ma16010167
  2. Oliveira, Bruno M. C.; Júnior, Marcionilo; R. F. Santos; Sequeiros, E. W.. "PMMA Lens Arrays for Micro Concentrator Solar Cells Produced by Hot Embossing". U.Porto Journal of Engineering 8 6 (2022): 170-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_008.006_0012.
    10.24840/2183-6493_008.006_0012
  3. Oliveira, Bruno M. C.; R. F. Santos; Vieira, Manuel F.. "In Situ Annealing Behavior of Cu Thin Films Deposited over Co-W Diffusion Barrier Layers". Applied Sciences 12 19 (2022): 9778. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12199778.
    Open access • 10.3390/app12199778
  4. Oliveira, Bruno M. C.; R. F. Santos; Piedade, Ana P.; Ferreira, Paulo J.; Vieira, Manuel F.. "Co-W Barrier Layers for Metallization of Copper Interconnects: Thermal Performance Analysis". Nanomaterials 12 10 (2022): 1752. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12101752.
    10.3390/nano12101752
  5. R. F. Santos; Oliveira, Bruno M. C.; Savaris, Liliane C. G.; Ferreira, Paulo J.; Vieira, Manuel F.. "Seedless Cu Electroplating on Ru-W Thin Films for Metallisation of Advanced Interconnects". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 3 (2022): 1891. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031891.
    10.3390/ijms23031891
  6. R. F. Santos; Farinha, A.R.; Rocha, R.; Batista, C.; Costa Rodrigues, G.; Vieira, M.T.. "High-speed machining tool-steel chips as an outstanding raw material for indirect additive manufacturing?". Results in Materials 11 (2021): 100207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rinma.2021.100207.
    10.1016/j.rinma.2021.100207
  7. R. F. Santos; Rocha, A.M. Ferro; Bastos, A.C.; Cardoso, J.P.; Rodrigues, F.; Fernandes, C.M.; Sacramento, J.; et al. "The effect of Cr content on the corrosion resistance of WC-Ni-Cr-Mo composites". International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 95 (2021): 105434. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2020.105434.
    10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2020.105434
  8. Bousselmi, G.; Khemiri, Naoufel; Benali, A.; Graca, M. P. F.; Santos, R. F.; Costa, B. F. O.; Kanzari, M.. "Synthesis and study of structural, optical, and electrical properties of nontoxic and earth-abundant Na2ZnSnS4 material". Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04424-1.
    Accepted • 10.1007/s10854-020-04424-1
  9. R. F. Santos; Rocha, A.M. Ferro; Bastos, A.C.; Cardoso, J.P.; Rodrigues, F.; Fernandes, C.M.; Sacramento, J.; et al. "Microstructural characterization and corrosion resistance of WC-Ni-Cr-Mo composite - The effect of Mo". International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 86 (2020): 105090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2019.105090.
    10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2019.105090
  10. Issaoui, H.; Benali, A.; Bejar, M.; Dhahri, E.; Santos, R. F.; Costa, B. F. O.. "Effect of the annealing temperature and of Bi substitution on the structural and magnetic behaviors of double-doping (Bi/La, Ca) (La0.8Ca0.2)1-xBixFeO3 compounds". New Journal of Chemistry 44 23 (2020): 9813-9821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nj01962c.
    Published • 10.1039/d0nj01962c
  11. Issaoui, H.; Benali, A.; Bejar, M.; Dhahri, E.; Santos, R. F.; Kus, N.; Nogueira, B. A.; Fausto, R.; Costa, B. F. O.. "Structural, Morphological, Raman, and Mössbauer Studies on (La0.8Ca0.2)1-xBixFeO3 (x = 0.0, 0.1, and 0.2) Compounds". Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 32 6 (2018): 1571-1582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10948-018-4850-1.
    10.1007/s10948-018-4850-1
  12. Campos-Gonçalves, Isabel; Costa, Benilde F.O.; Santos, Rúben F.; Durães, Luísa. "Superparamagnetic core-shell nanocomplexes doped with Yb 3+ : Er 3+ /Ho 3+ rare-earths for upconversion fluorescence". Materials & Design 130 (2017): 263-274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.05.064.
    10.1016/j.matdes.2017.05.064
  13. Godinho, S.C.; Santos, R.F.; Vieira, M.T.. "In the search of nanocrystallinity in tool-steel chips". Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais 29 1 (2017): e62-e64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctmat.2016.07.016.
    10.1016/j.ctmat.2016.07.016
  14. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Costa, Benilde F.O.; R. F. Santos; Portugal, António. "Design of multifunctional magnetic hybrid silica aerogels with improved properties". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 232 (2016): 227-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.06.025.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.06.025
  15. Sequeiros, E. W.; R. F. Santos; Vieira, M. T.; Vieira, M. F.. "Impact of Binder on AISI 316L Microcomponents Produced by Hot Embossing: SEM/EBSD Analysis". Microscopy and Microanalysis 22 S4 (2016): 50-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927616000441.
    10.1017/s1431927616000441
  16. R. F. Santos; Viana, F.. "Microstructural characterization of copper films produced by electrodeposition". Microscopy and Microanalysis 21 S6 (2015): 98-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927614014196.
    10.1017/s1431927614014196
  17. Santos, R. F.; Viana, F.; Ferreira, P.J.. "Microstructure Evolution with Direct Current Density on Electrodeposited Copper Films". Microscopy and Microanalysis 21 S5 (2015): 45-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927615014038.
    10.1017/s1431927615014038
  18. R. F. Santos. "Formação dos aluminetos de níquel a partir de pós metálicos". Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais 22 (2010): http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-83122010000100007&lng=pt&nrm=iso.
    Published
  19. Pereira, Paulo; Santos, Rúben; Barbosa, Maria M.; Almeida, Cátia. "Characterizing the intermetallic formed during ball attach process". Microscopy and Microanalysis 14 S3 (2008): 17-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927608089253.
    10.1017/s1431927608089253
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. R. F. Santos. "Estabilidade térmica de materiais nanoestruturados". PhD, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/77769.
  2. R. F. Santos. "Formação dos aluminetos de níquel a partir de pós metálicos". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2009. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/58865.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10 Alloying Effect on the Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of RHEAs Based on the System MoNbTaWV EURO PM2023 – Congress & Exhibition
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/10 Powder Bed Fusion for Chemical Composition Optimization of Tool Steel EURO PM2023 – Congress & Exhibition
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09 A Review on Materials for Advanced Railway Systems EUROMAT 2023 - Materials Science and Technology in Europe
(Frankfurt, Germany)
2023/04 Prospective Materials for Modern Railway Systems Materiais 2023 - XII International Symposium on Materials
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2023/04 Microstructural Analysis of Inconel 718 Manufactured Via DED: Response Surface Methodology for Process Parameters Optimization and Post Heat Treatment Materiais 2023 - XII International Symposium on Materials
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2021/09 Seedless Cu Electroplating on Co-W Thin Films in Low pH Electrolyte: Early Stages of Formation EUROMAT 2021 – European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes
FEMS (Virtual Conference)
2019 Pulsed electrodeposition of CIGS films for low-cost photovoltaics EUROMAT 2019 – European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes
(Stockholm, Sweden)
2018 Abrasive wear of surface modified stainless steel blades applied in a horizontal mixer prototype Materials Design and Applications
(Porto, Portugal)
2017 Electrochemical performance of hardmetal alloys in different corrosive media EUROMAT
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
2015 Chips from new machining procedures Materiais 2015
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Thermal stability of nanostructured copper films Materiais 2015
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Search of new raw material from high-speed machining tool steel chips Materials in the Frontiers of Science
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Effect of current density on pulse-electrodeposited copper films Materials in the Frontiers of Science
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Effect of wave pulse time on pulse-electrodeposited copper films EUROMAT
(Warsaw, Poland)
2014 Copper-CNT nanocomposite films ICCE
(Malta)
2014 Microstructure evolution with current density on electrodeposited copper films INCOMAM'14
(Porto, Portugal)
2013 Electrodeposited copper films microstructure evolution with current density Materiais 2013
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2013 Mechanical strength of nanostructured copper films EUROMAT 2013
(Seville, Spain)
2013 Microstructural characterization of copper films produced by electrodeposition Microscopy in Research
(Monte da Caparica, Portugal)
2009 Nickel monoaluminide formation from metallic powders IBERM09
(Segovia, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Additive manufacturing of railway components in the aid of obsolescence management
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024 - Current Tribocorrosion performance of high corrosion resistance WC-Ni-based composites
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023 - 2034 Digitalização e modelação da frame de um bogie para vagões de mercadorias
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022/07/22 On the Mechanical and Electrochemical Performance of High Corrosion Resistance WC-Ni-based Composites
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022/07/22 Electroplated Ni-Al2O3 Nanocomposite Coatings On Aluminium Alloys
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Development of novel Cd free Zn based alloys for sacrificial anodes
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Novel diffusion barrier layers for advanced copper interconnect metallization
Supervisor
 Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Copper films for nanoelectronic applications (original title: Filmes de cobre para aplicações nanoeletrónicas)
Supervisor
 Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019/09/09 Fatigue resistance of butt welds of structural steels in wind turbine towers
Supervisor
 Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017/07/17 Polyurethane foam recovery in the development of products for civil construction (original title: Valorização de resíduos de espumas de poliuretano no desenvolvimento de produtos para a construção civil)
Supervisor
 Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016/09/30 Mechanical characterization of copper films produced by electrodeposition (original title: Caracterização mecânica de filmes de cobre produzidos por eletrodeposição)
Supervisor
 Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/10/12 - 2018/10/13 Conference on microscopy for materials and life sciences, by Portuguese Society of Microscopy (2018/10/12 - 2018/10/13)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - Current Portuguese Materials Society / Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais
2009 - Current Portuguese Society of Microscopy / Sociedade Portuguesa de Microscopia

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2015 - Current Especialização em Engenharia da Soldadura Materials and their behaviour in welding (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2011 - Current Materials Characterisation, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Metallic Materials, Joining Technologies, Advanced Materials Engenharia Metalúrgica (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2006 Prémio Indústria
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Portugal
2005 Prémio Indústria
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Diploma de Reconhecimento Pedagógico
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal