Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Romain Ribeiro de Sousa
- Date of birth
- 1983/08/11
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Sousa, Romain
- Sousa, R
- Romain Sousa
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B51F-077A-89DB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1213-8376
- Google Scholar ID
- gfJ-CYMAAAAJ&hl
- Scopus Author Id
- 53867134400
Email addresses
- romain.sousa@gmail.com (Professional)
- romain.sousa@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Vigobloco SA, Estrada Principal de Urqueira, , 2435-715, Urqueira, Ourém, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Italian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015/12/11
Concluded
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Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
"Development and Verification of Innovative Modelling Approaches for the Analysis of Framed Structures Subjected to Earthquake
Action" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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n/a |
2010/05/21
Concluded
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MSc Erasmus Mundus Programme in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES) (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
"A Displacement Based Design Approach for Seismic Retrofitting of RC Frames with Steel Braces" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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n/a |
2007/09/14
Concluded
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Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil (5-year curriculum) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Projecto Final de Curso: Comparação estrutural de duas pontes: Ponte do Pinhão e Puente Infiernillo II (México)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/09/28 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019/01/15 - 2022/12/31 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal | ||
2016/01/01 - 2019/01/15 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Estruturas, Portugal |
2010/08/01 - 2011/07/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Eucentre, Italy |
2008/01/09 - 2008/07/08 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Eucentre, Italy |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/12/31 - Current | Research and Development Engineer | Vigobloco - pré-fabricados S.A., Portugal |
2010/08/01 - 2011/07/31 | Structural Engineer | Earthquake Consulting s.r.l., Italy |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2009/11/01 - 2011/08 | SYNER G - Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Analysis for Buildings, Lifeline Networks and Infrastructures Safety Gain
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/244061/EU
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European Commission
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/01/01 - Current | R2UTechnologies | modular systems
Researcher
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2022/01/01 - Current | PRE-SHELL (Prefabricated Ultra Thin Concrete Shells)
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
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2022/01/01 - Current | LowC-Bionic (Low carbon concrete organic shape structures by 3D printing)
ANI/Portugal 2020 - nº 47074
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
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2019/01/15 - 2021/12/31 | SeismicPRECAST (Seismic Performance Assessment of Existing Precast Industrial Buildings and Development of Innovative Retrofitting
Sustainable Solutions)
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/03/01 - Current | Post Earthquake Fire Risk AssessMEnt at Urban Scale
2022.02100.PTDC
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2023/03/01 - Current | Shaking table tests of precast RC buildings with added DOUBLEDAMP: A novel 2D dissipative connection for seismic risk mitigation
101058684-HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-07
Researcher
Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
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Horizon 2020 |
Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Manual |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022/01/04 | A importância das perdas indiretas na avaliação do risco sísmico de estruturas industriais (The importance of indirect losses in the seismic risk assessment of industrial structures) | Seminar SeismicPrecast |
2019/05/11 | Metodologia Expedita para a Avaliação de Edifícios de Betão Armado em Portugal (Expedite Methodology for the Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings in Portugal) | Dia Regional do Engenheiro
Ordem dos engenheiros (Santarém, Portugal)
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2018/04/11 | Avaliação Sísmica de Edifícios em Portugal - Proposta de uma metodologia expedita calibrada para níveis de fiabilidade uniforme (Seismic Assessment of Buildings in Portugal - Proposal of an expedite methodology calibrated for uniform reliability levels) | SPES Seminar
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2017/04/04 | Certificação Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes – Ponto de situação (Seismic Certification of Existing Buildings: current situation) | SPES Seminar
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2017/03/31 | Avaliação da vulnerabilidade sísmica de edifícios: contributo para uma estratégia de certificação sísmica (Seismic Assessment of Buildings: contributions for a seismic certification strategy) | VI Week of Urban Rehabilitation of Lisbon – Structural Retrofitting of Buildings
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa; Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa; Associação de Turismo de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2016/03/22 | Certificação Sísmica de Edifícios Existentes - Apresentação e Proposta Preliminar (Seismic certification of Existing Buildings - Presentation and Preliminary Proposal) | SPES Seminar
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2012/05/17 | Some critical issues on the seismic modelling and analysis of irregular RC buildings | XII International ROSE School Seminar
European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (Pavia, Italy)
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2010/05/20 | A displacement-based design approach for seismic retrofitting of RC frames with steel braces | X International ROSE School Seminar
European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (Pavia, Italy)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/03 - Current | Monitorização Estrutural da Cobertura do Estádio de Leiria Através de Sensores Dinâmicos de Baixo Custo
Co-supervisor
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Master
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
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2022/09 - Current | Avaliação da Segurança e Reabilitação de uma Ponte de Alvenaria de Pedra - O Caso da Ponte Hintze Ribeiro
Co-supervisor
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Master
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
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2021/02/01 - Current | Estudo de Soluções de Pontes em Fim de Vida (Study of solutions for end-of-life bridges)
Co-supervisor of Manuel Nascimento dos Santos da Luz
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Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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2021 - Current | Comparative Design of High-Rise Buildings Based on Eurocode 8 and Azerbaijan Seismic Construction Norms
Co-supervisor
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Master
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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2020/10/01 - Current | Improvement of cladding wall panels on RC Precast Buildings in Seismic prone areas
Co-supervisor of Liana Ostetto
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PhD in Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2017/02/01 - Current | Avaliação da importância das paredes de enchimento no comportamento sísmico de edifícios de betão armado em Portugal (Evaluation
of the importance of infill walls in the seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete buildings in Portugal)
Supervisor
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Master in Civil Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
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2021/09/01 - 2022/07/21 | Importância do nível de conhecimento na avaliação sísmica de edifícios existentes
Co-supervisor of Henrique Barbeta
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Critical Evaluation of Modelling Parameters on Seismic Assessment of RC Irregular Structures
Co-supervisor of Danai Kazantzidou Firtinidou
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Master in Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022/01/04 - 2022/01/04 | Seminário SeismicPrecast (2022/01/04 - 2022/01/04) | |
2021/06/29 - 2021/07/01 | Chair in CONREA - O Congresso da Reabilitação (2021/06/29 - 2021/07/01)
Congress (Other)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08 | CIAC - Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction - Executive Committee (2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08 | Chair in the 1st Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction (2019/11/07 - 2019/11/08)
Conference (Other)
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Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
2019/04/29 - 2019/04/30 | Chair in the 11th National Congress in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2019/04/29 - 2019/04/30)
Congress (Other)
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/07 | Seminário Arquitectura e a Engenharia Sísmica (Seminar Architecture and Earthquake Engineering) (2018/06/07)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Estruturas, Portugal |
2016/06/08 - 2016/06/08 | Seminar Risco Sísmico no Ordenamento do Territorio - Contribution in the preparation and support during the seminar (2016/06/08)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2017/09/26 - 2017/09/27 | Work Group 2 of the National Platform for the Reduction of Catastrophes Risk, ANPC, Lisbon, Portugal.
A work group dedicated to define and test a seismic assessment procedure in post-seismic events.
Meeting
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Work Group 2 of the National Platform for the Reduction of Catastrophes Risk
Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2022/04 - Current | APEE - Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas (Portuguese Association of Structural Engineering) | |
2016 - Current | SPES - Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica (Portuguese Society for Earthquake Engineering) | |
2015 - Current | Ordem dos Engenheiros (Order of Engineers) |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021 - Current | Review Editor in Frontiers in Built Environment - Earthquake Engineering |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2021/06/29 - 2021/07/01 | CONREA - The rehabilitation congress | University of Aveiro |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2020/01 - 2020/03 | Project Review - Review of the execution project of the rehabilitation of the Villa Portela as Centre of Contemporary Art | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/01/12 - Current | Seismic Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings Using Expedited Methods | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal | |
2023/12/02 - Current | Open Classroom - Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Existing Buildings | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | |
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/25 | Seismic Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings Using Expedited Methods | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal | |
2021/04/13 - 2021/04/19 | Introduction to the Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures according to Eurocode 8 | (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade de Aveiro Associação para a Formação Profissional e Investigação, Portugal |
2021/03/16 - 2021/03/22 | Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 6 | (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade de Aveiro Associação para a Formação Profissional e Investigação, Portugal |
2020/09/21 - 2020/09/28 | Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 5 | (Pós-Graduação) | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal |
2020/09/07 - 2020/09/14 | Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 4 | (Pós-Graduação) | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal |
2020/07/20 - 2020/07/27 | Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 3 | (Pós-Graduação) | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal |
2020/07/13 - 2020/07/20 | Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 2 | (Pós-Graduação) | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal |
2020/02/14 - 2020/02/15 | Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - ed. 1 | (Pós-Graduação) | Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal |
2019/12/13 - 2019/12/13 | Open Classroom - Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Existing Buildings | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | |
2019/09/14 - 2019/09/14 | Open Classroom - Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Existing Buildings | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal | |
2011/02/08 - 2011/03/04 | Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Structures | Master and Doctoral degree in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (Doctor of Philosophy) | Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2017/04/12 | Seismic Vulnerability of Portuguese Building Stock | Construir |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2022/09 - Current | Sustainability (2071-1050) | MDPI |
2022/07/09 - Current | Structures (2352-0124) | Elsevier |
2022/07 - Current | Buildings (2075-5309) | MDPI |
2021/11/09 - Current | Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (2522) | Springer |
2021/04/01 - Current | Applied Sciences (2076-3417) | MDPI |
2020/07 - Current | Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (1573-1456) | Springer |
2019/03 - Current | Structures and Buildings (0965-0911) | ICE Virtual Library |
2017/12 - Current | Journal of Building Engineering (2352-7102) | Elsevier |
2016/04 - Current | Journal of Earthquake Engineering (1363-2469) | Taylor and Francis |
2011/11 - Current | Engineering Structures (0141-0296) | Elsevier |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/11/20 - Current | Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project Post Earthquake Fire Risk AssessMEnt at Urban Scale 2022.02100.PTDC | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2023/10/04 - Current | Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project Post Earthquake Fire Risk AssessMEnt at Urban Scale 2022.02100.PTDC | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2023/05 - Current | Comissão de Acompanhamento de Tese de Doutoramento de Ricardo Martins | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2022/06 - Current | Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project PRE-SHELL - Prefabricated Ultra-Thin Concrete Shells, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735 | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
2022/01/21 - Current | Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project PRE-SHELL – Prefabricated Ultra-Thin Concrete Shells, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735 | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
2021/07/05 - Current | Jury in the application for one scientific research fellowship (BI), within the project PRE-SHELL – Prefabricated Ultra-Thin Concrete Shells, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039735 | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | Honorable Mention - Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
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2013 | 2nd Place Award – Strengthening CFRP Challenge
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2010 | Award of Excellence on the 2010 Concrete Column Blind Prediction
University of California Berkeley Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, United States
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Other distinction
2016 | Postdoctoral fellowship
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica, Portugal |
2011 | Doctoral fellowship
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
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2010 | Research Fellowship
Eucentre, Italy
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2008 | Research Initiation Fellowship
European Commission, Belgium
Leonardo da Vinci Programme, Belgium |
2008 | Master fellowship
European Commission, Belgium
Erasmus Mundus Programme, Belgium |