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Strong scientific researcher with a Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (2017). Currently working as Postdoctoral Researcher (2020), has been linked to scientific activity at the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering since 2006. Has a demonstrated history of working in Hydraulic Engineering, namely Hydraulic structures, Fluvial Hydraulics and Water resources. Expertise in Physical Modelling of Hydraulic Structures, flow measurement instrumentation and complex flow measurement techniques. Skilled in data acquisition and processing software: Microsoft Office, Latex, GIS, AutoCAD and Microstation, hydraulic specific applications (MIKE Hydro and MIKE SHE; HEC-RAS; HEC-HMS; Dam Break; BREACH; Epanet; SWMM; Culverts design; Hytran); CFD (STAR-CCM+); image acquisition and post-processing (MotionStudio (IDT), Streampix 5.0 (Norpix) e Adobe Première Pro; CloudCompare; Kinect Fusion; Surfer); compiled programming languages (Fortran, VBA and Matlab); signal acquisition and processing (CatmanEasy, Met-Flow UVP-Duo e Vetrino+ e WinADV). Skilled in advance innovative instrumentation and recent measurement techniques applicable to rapidly-varied flows: velocities (ADV vectrino, UVPs, LSPIV and PTV algorithms); water levels (acoustic and resisitive probes); image acquisitions and post-processing (high-speed cameras and high-power Laser lightning); 3D surface reconstruction using photogrammetry or depth sensing techniques (Kinect Sensor). Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Excellent French.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sílvia Rute Caleiro Amaral
Date of birth
1981/05/31
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Amaral, Sílvia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DB19-A23A-D104
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3520-3444

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/12/17
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Major in Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
""Experimental characterization of the failure by overtopping of embankment dams" IST Press, December 2017 (374 pag.)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction
2006/09/01 - 2007/06/30
Concluded
 Advanced Post-graduate Diploma in Hydraulics and Water Resources (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Major in Hidráulica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 17
2003/09/01 - 2005/06/30
Concluded
 Certificate of 12th Level (3rd degree of Threshold level) (Outros)
Major in Englush
Wall Street English, Portugal
 Aprovada
1999/09/15 - 2004/09/15
Concluded
 Degree in Civil Engineering (5 years) (Licenciatura)
Major in Hidráulica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Experimental characterization of 1D dam break waves over cohesionless sediment bed" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
1999
Concluded
 810 (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Diogo de Gouveia, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/04 - Current Post-PhD Research fellow Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2016/03 - 2017/09 Scientific Research Fellow (European Project BINGO) Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2011/01/02 - 2015/02/01 PhD Research Fellow Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2006/10/02 - 2010/12/31 Scientific Research Fellow Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2006/09/30 Engineer consultant in the fields of hydraulic works, water resources and environment AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/06/30 Lecturer of Practical Lessons ( Math Analysis I and II) Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2017/01 - 2020/12 Dam&DikeCARE - Numerical modelling and experimental characterization of the breaching process in earth dams and dikes (Dam&DikeCARE)
PTDC/ECI-EGC/31618/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/03/14 - 2017/09/15 BINGO: Bringing INnovation to onGOing water management - a better future under climate change
641739
Research Fellow

Other

Designation Funders
2013 - 2018 NETfluv Project – Research net in Fluvial Hydraulics
RECI/ECM-HID/0371/2012
Other
2009 - 2014 PIRE - Modelling of Flood Hazards and Geomorphic Impacts of Levee Breach and Dam Failure
#0730246
Researcher
National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
2004/02/15 - 2004/07/31 IMPACT Project - Investigation of extreme flood processes and Uncertainty
EVG1-CT2001-00037
Other
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Alvarez, Teresa; Mendes, Solange V.; Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Influência do teor de humidade na rotura de barragens de aterro por galgamento". Paper presented in SILUSBA, Praia, 2019.
    Published
  2. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Estimates of breach effluent flow from the failure by overtopping of homogeneous earthfill dams based on non-local measurments". Paper presented in 38th IAHR World Congress, Panama city, 2019.
  3. Alvarez, Teresa; Mendes, Solange V.; Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa. "Sensitivity analysis to the pilot channel geometry in dam breach by overtopping". Paper presented in 38th IAHR World Congress, Panama city, 2019.
    Published
  4. Alvarez, Teresa; Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Análise de sensibilidade à geometria do canal piloto na rotura de barragens por galgamento". Paper presented in TEST&E 2019. Monitorizar e Presevar. 2º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  5. Amaral, Sílvia; Alvarez, Teresa; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Técnicas de análise e pós-processamento de imagem aplicada à extração de dados locais de ensaios de rotura de barragens". Paper presented in TEST&E 2019. Monitorizar e Preservar. 2º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil, Porto, 2019.
  6. Ferreira, Rui; Amaral, Sílvia; Ricardo, Ana M. (E417-7AC8-C870); Bento, Ana Margarida; Viseu, Maria Teresa. "Assessing the mass flux from a breached model dam with laser imaging and Large-Scale PIV". Paper presented in 19th International Symposium on Applications of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisboa, 2018.
    Published
  7. Amaral, Sílvia; Alvarez, Teresa; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Image analysis detection applied to dam breach experiments". Paper presented in 5th IAHR Europe Congress - New challenges in hydraulic research and engineering, Trento, 2018.
    Published
  8. Alvarez, Teresa; Conde, Daniel A. S.; Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa. "2D numerical modelling of fluvial dike breach by overtopping". Paper presented in 5th IAHR Europe Congress - New challenges in hydraulic research and engineering, Trento, 2018.
    Published
  9. Amaral, Sílvia; Alvarez, Teresa; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Modelação física da rotura de barragens de terra. Métodos de análise e pós-processamento de imagem". Paper presented in 14º Congresso da Água, Évora, 2018.
    Published
  10. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Bento, Ana Margarida; JÓNATAS, RICARDO; Ferreira, Rui; Caldeira, Laura. "Experiments on earth dams breaching. Monitoring Instrumentation and methods". Paper presented in Experiments on earth dams breaching. Monitoring Instrumentation and methods, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  11. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Beceiro, Maria Paula; Mendes, Lourenço S.; Melo, José Falcão. "Reforço de potência da barragem de Salamonde. Caracterização das velocidades na tomada de água e no poço de bombagem". Paper presented in TEST&E 2016 - 1º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  12. Lopes, André; Conde, Daniel A. S.; Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Cardoso, Rafaela; Ferreira, Rui. "Modelação matemática bidimensional da ruptura de barragens por galgamento". Paper presented in 13o Congresso da Água, Lisboa, 2016.
  13. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Santos, João Eduardo; Lopes, André; Cardoso, Rafaela; Ferreira, Rui. "Failure by overtopping of earth dams: novel methods to determine the breach effluent hydrograph". Paper presented in International Symposium on River Sedimentation, Estugarda, 2016.
    Published
  14. Ribeiro, Vitor; Oliveira, A.; Amaral, Sílvia; Melo, José Falcão. "Salamonde II repowering project: natural flood protection of the outlet structure.". Paper presented in 3rd IAHR Europe Congress, Porto, 2014.
    Published
  15. Amaral, Sílvia; JÓNATAS, RICARDO; Bento, Ana Margarida; Palma, João; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Cardoso, Rafaela; Ferreira, Rui. "Failure by overtopping of earth dams. Quantification of the discharge hydrograph". Paper presented in 3rd IAHR Europe Congress, Porto, 2014.
    Published
  16. Viseu, Maria Teresa; Amaral, Sílvia. "Barragens em rios internacionais com efeitos. Transfronteiriços induzidos por acidentes graves. A experiência ibérica". Paper presented in 11º Simpósio de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (11º SILUSBA), 2013.
    Published
  17. Viseu, Maria Teresa; Mendes, Lourenço S.; Amaral, Sílvia. "A investigação sobre modelação hidráulica no LNEC e o Programa Nacional de Barragens com elevado potencial hidroelétrico". Paper presented in Energia elétrica de Fontes Renováveis - EEFoR, Porto, 2013.
    Published
  18. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; COUTO, Lúcia; Dias da Silva, José. "Vorticity in hydraulic structures: modelling and preventing". Paper presented in 4th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, Porto, 2012.
    Published
  19. Viseu, Maria Teresa; Amaral, Sílvia; Almeida, Betâmio de. "Comparison between 1D and 2D dam-break flood numerical models". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Dam Engineering, Lisboa, 2011.
    Published
  20. Viseu, Maria Teresa; Amaral, Sílvia; Silva, P. A.. "Modelação do hidrograma de cheia induzido pela rotura do dique Van Coc no rio Vermelho". Paper presented in 10o Congresso da Água, Alvor, 2010.
    Published
  21. Rui Miguel Lage Ferreira; Amaral, Sílvia; Nicolau, V. A.; Leal, João Bento; Franca, M. J.; Viseu, Maria Teresa. "Modelação matemática de escoamentos geomórficos. Modelo conceptual e soluções". Paper presented in MEFTE – Conferência Nacional em Mecânica dos Fluidos, Termodinâmica e Energia, Bragança, 2009.
    Published
  22. Rui Miguel Lage Ferreira; Nicolau, Vanessa A.; Amaral, Sílvia; Leal, João Bento; Almeida, Betâmio de. "A conceptual model for sheet-flow drawn from rapid granular flow. Theories". Paper presented in 33rd IAHR Congress, Vancouver, 2009.
    Published
  23. Viseu, Maria Teresa; Amaral, Sílvia; Gamo, A.; Magalhãoes, Alberto pinto. "Descarregador em sifão da barragem de Undúrraga. Ensaios em modelo reduzido". Paper presented in 9º Congresso da Água, 2008.
  24. Franca, Mário; Gézero, L.; Ferreira, Rui; Amaral, Sílvia; Montenegro, H. D. B.. "The failure of the Fonte Santa mine-tailing dam (Northeast Portugal)". Paper presented in 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Enschede, 2007.
    Published
  25. Ferreira, Rui; Amaral, Sílvia; Leal, João Bento. "Discontinuities in geomorphic dam-break flows". Paper presented in River Flow 2006 - International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lisboa, 2006.
    Published
  26. Amaral, Sílvia; Ferreira, Rui; Leal, João Bento. "Determinação experimental da concentração de sedimentos transportados num escoamento resultante da rotura de uma barragem num canal com leito móvel". Paper presented in 8º Congresso da Água, Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos, Figueira da Foz, 2006.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Amaral, Sílvia; Caldeira, Laura; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Designing Experiments to Study Dam Breach Hydraulic Phenomena". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 146 4 (2020): 04020014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001678.
    10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001678
  2. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Caldeira, Laura; Ferreira, Rui. "On the continuity of the breach ouflow discharge out of overtopped cohesive dams exhibiting a discontinuous breach evolution". Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface (2020):
    Under revision
  3. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Experimental methods for local-scale characterization of hydro-morphodynamic dam breach processes. Breach detection, 3D reconstruction, flow kinematics and spatial surface velocimetry". Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 70 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2019.101658.
    10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2019.101658
  4. Amaral, Sílvia; Alvarez, Teresa; Caldeira, Laura; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Ferreira, Rui. "Recent advances on experimental dam breach studies". Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões - Mecânica Experimental 31 (2019):
    Open access • Published
  5. Bento, Ana Margarida; Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Cardoso, Rafaela; Ferreira, Rui. "Direct Estimate of the Breach Hydrograph of an Overtopped Earth Dam". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 143 6 (2017): 06017004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001294.
    10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001294
  6. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Bento, Ana Margarida; JÓNATAS, RICARDO; Ferreira, Rui; Caldeira, Laura. "Experiments on earth dams breaching. Monitoring Instrumentation and methods". Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões - Mecânica Experimental 27 (2016):
Newsletter article
  1. Ferreira, Rui; Amaral, Sílvia; Spinewine, Benoit. "Modelling of Discontinuous Open-Channel Flows Over Granular Beds", ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 2014, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268977717_Mathematical_Modelling_of_Discontinuous_Open-Channel_Flows_Over_Granular_Beds.
Report
  1. Viseu, Maria Teresa; Rocha, Fernanda; Amaral, Sílvia. 2018. vcxgxc.
  2. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa. 2015. Estudo hidráulico em modelo reduzido do aproveitamento hidroeléctrico de Foz Tua - Relatório Final.
  3. Fernandes, João; Amaral, Sílvia; Moreira, Edgar; Melo, José Falcão. 2014. Reforço de potência do aproveitamento hidroelétrico de Salamonde (Salamonde II) - Ensaios Hidráulicos em modelo físico reduzido do comportamento hidráulico do escoamento no canal da restituição projetoado. Velocidades de escoamento no plano das grades da restituição. Verificação do movimento de sedimentos.
  4. Amaral, Sílvia; Melo, José Falcão. 2013. Reforço de potência do aproveitamento hidroelétrico de Salamonde (SALAMONDE II) - Ensaios hidráulicos em modelo físico reduzido restituição e canal a jusante comportamento hidráulico do escoamento no canal da restituição projetado. Condições de inserção no vale do rio Cávado.
  5. Amaral, Sílvia; Beceiro, Maria Paula. 2012. Reforço de potência do aproveitamento hidroeléctrico de Salamonde (Salamonde II). Ensaios Hidráulicos em modelo reduzido da tomada de água.
  6. Amaral, Sílvia; Gonçalves, Maria Adelaide; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Henriquez, C; Clark, T. 2011. ) Lucefecit Dam. Study of the Dam-break Flood Waves and Identification of the Risk Class in the Context of the Portuguese Dam Security Regulation.
  7. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Gonçalves, Maria Adelaide. 2010. Barragem de Alcoutim. Estudo da onda de cheia provocada pela rotura da barragem e atribuição da classe no âmbito do RSB.
  8. Amaral, Sílvia; Rocha, João; Magalhães, Alberto Pinto. 2010. Projecto de reforço de potência da barragem de Bemposta. Ensaios hidráulicos em modelo reduzido.
  9. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa. 2010. Barragem de Siles. Verificação do Funcionamento da Descarga de Fundo.
  10. Amaral, Sílvia. 2009. . Estudo da onda de cheia provocada pela rotura da barragem e atribuição da classe no âmbito do RSB.
  11. Amaral, Sílvia; Rocha, João; Magalhães, Alberto Pinto. 2008. Nova barragem do Alto Ceira. Estudo Hidráulico em Modelo Reduzido do Descarregador de Cheias.
  12. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Charneca, Nuno; Fernandes, J.P.; Palmão, João. 2008. Plano de Emergência Interno da Barragem de Pedrógão. Volume I – Caracterização da barragem, dos recursos, da onda de inundação e do vale a jusante. Tomo I.1 – Texto e Desenhos.
  13. Amaral, Sílvia; Viseu, Maria Teresa; Magalhãoes, Alberto pinto. 2007. Barragem de Undúrraga. Estudo Hidráulico em Modelo Reduzido dos Descarregadores de Cheias.
  14. Amaral, Sílvia; COUTO, Lúcia; Magalhães, Alberto Pinto. 2007. Estudo em Modelo Reduzido do Descarregador Cheias da Barragem do Rio Grande da Pipa.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Amaral, Sílvia. "Experimental characterization of the failure by overtopping of embankment dams". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017.
  2. Amaral, Sílvia. "Experimental characterization of 1-D dam break waves over cohesionless sediment bed". Master, Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2004.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2017 Rotura de barragens de aterro por galgamento - Co-orientation of Master Thesis
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Experimental investigation of failure by overtopping of homogeneous earth dams - trainee supervision of master student
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Hydrodynamics of dam breaching by overtopping - Trainee supervision of master student
Co-supervisor of Nuno Filipe Amado Rodrigues Leonardo
 Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Numerical modeling of earth dam breaching by overtopping - trainee supervision of master student
Co-supervisor
 Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Failure by overtopping of embankment dams - trainee supervision of master student
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia da Energia e do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Estudo experimental do escoamento numa tomada de água-restituição - Trainee supervision of master student
Co-supervisor
 Ciências da Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Characterization of dam breaching following overtopping - Trainee supervision of master student
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Trainee Paula Garcia Beceiro, Ingeniera de Caminos, Canales y Puertos by the Universidad da Coruña - Phisical modelling and results of analysis of the power staion of Salamonde hydroelectric plant (Salamonde II).
Supervisor
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2008 - 2010 Orientation of 5 trainees from the University of South Carolina - within the framework of the NSF–PIRE project “Modelling of Flood Hazards and Geomorphic Impacts of Levee Breach and Dam Failure
Supervisor
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/09 - Current 1st Workshop do Project Dam&DikeCARE (organization on-going) – For dissemination of the results of the first 2 years of the Project (2020/09)
Workshop
 Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2011/03/25 - Current Technical Session: Computational modeling of man-made and natural systems: the two-phase flows in bubble plumes and sediment-laden open channels - Professor Fabián Bombardelli (University of California, Davis, EUA), LNEC, Organized by the APRH Specialized River Hydraulics Commission, Lisbon, Portugal)
Other
 Technical Session: Computational modeling of man-made and natural systems: the two-phase flows in bubble plumes and sediment-laden open channels
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2011/02/03 - Current Technical Session: Stage-discharge estimation with analytical solutions in single and two stage channel flows - Professor Koji Shiono (Civil and Building Engineering Department, Loughborough University, England), LNEC, Organized by the APRH Specialized River Hydraulics Commission, Lisbon, Portugal
Other
 Technical Session: Stage-discharge estimation with analytical solutions in single and two stage channel flows
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2010/02/03 - Current Technical Session: Dam safety risk assessment and management – state of the art, trends and research needs -Professor David Bowles (Professor and Director of Institute for Dam Safety Risk Management. Utah State University. Logan, Utah, USA), LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal
Other
 Technical Session: Dam safety risk assessment and management
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2009/12/15 - Current Technical Session: Turbulence and sediment transport processes in rivers, Professor Subhasish Dey (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Índia), Organized by the APRH Specialized River Hydraulics Commission, Lisbon, Portugal
Other
 Technical Session: Turbulence and sediment transport processes in rivers
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2009/09/15 - Current Technical Session: 1D modelling of river floods, Dr. Sebastien Proust (CEMAGREF-Lyon), o Organized by the APRH Specialized River Hydraulics Commission, Lisbon, Portugal
Other
 Technical Session: 1D modelling of river floods
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2007/10/11 - Current Debate cycle: Floods Directive, Organized by APRH, LNEC, Lisboa
Meeting
 Debate cycle: Floods Directive
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2003/01/01 - Current Technical Journalism Seminar - Taught by journalist Rui Araújo (30 hours), IST, Lisbon, Portugal
Seminar
 Journalism Seminar
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/03/07 - 2028/03/09 14rd Water Congress - Water Resources Management: New Challenges; [oral presentation of one paper]
Congress
 14rd Water Congress
2019/02/19 - 2019/02/21 TEST&E 2019 – 2nd Civil Engineering Testing and Experimentation Congress, Porto, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Conference
 TEST&E 2019 – 2nd Civil Engineering Testing and Experimentation Congress
ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharias do Porto, Portugal
2018/06/12 - 2018/06/14 5th IAHR Europe Congress - New challenges in hydraulic research and engineering, Trento, Italy [Presentation of one conference paper]
Congress
 5th IAHR Europe Congress - New challenges in hydraulic research and engineering
Università degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Ambientale e Meccanica, Italy
2016/06/04 - 2016/06/06 TEST&E 2016 – 1st Civil Engineering Testing and Experimentation Congress, IST, Lisbon, Portugal [Presentation of conference paper]
Congress
 TEST&E 2016 – 1st Civil Engineering Testing and Experimentation Congress
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/03/07 - 2016/03/09 13rd Water Congress. Organized by APRH, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Congress
 13rd Water Congress
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2014/04/14 - 2014/04/16 13rd IAHR Europe Congress. FEUP Porto, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Congress
 3rd IAHR Europe Congress
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/05/08 - 2013/05/09 EEFoR 2013 - Conference on Renewable Electricity. FEUP, Porto, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Conference
 EEFoR 2013 - Conference on Renewable Electricity
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/06/09 - 2012/06/10 3rd International Workshop on River and Reservoir Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics, Almada, Portugal
Workshop
 3rd International Workshop on River and Reservoir Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2012/05/28 - 2012/05/29 IV MEFTE - National Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Energy, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Conference
 IV MEFTE - National Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Energy
Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões, Portugal
2011/02/15 - 2011/02/17 6th International Conference on Dam Engineering, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal [presentation of onde conference paper]
Conference
 6th International Conference on Dam Engineering
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2010/03/21 - 2010/03/24 10th Water Congress, Alvor, Portugal [presentation of one conference paper]
Congress
 10th Water Congress
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2010/02/05 - 2010/02/05 Journeys of River Requalification, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal
Meeting
 5 Feb 2010 Journeys of River Requalification, Organized by APRH, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2009/09/17 - 2009/09/18 III MEFTE - National Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Energy, LNEC, Bragança, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Conference
 III MEFTE - National Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Energy
Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões, Portugal
2008/11/17 - 2008/11/22 Risk Management in Civil Engineering - Advanced Course - Vocational Training Course, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal [participated]
Other
 Risk Management in Civil Engineering - Advanced Course - Vocational Training Course
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2008/04/02 - 2008/04/04 9th Water Congress, Organized by APRH, Estoril, Portugal [Presentation of one conference paper]
Congress
 9th Water Congress
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2007/06/18 - 2007/06/21 Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamics for Water Resources - Workshop on Numerical Methods in fluid mechanics. University of Zaragoza, Spain [Participation in the workshop]
Workshop
 Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamics for Water Resources - Workshop on Numerical Methods in fluid mechanics
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
2006/07/19 - 2006/07/21 Workshop Tagus Floods 2006, Lisbon, Portugal
Workshop
 Workshop Tagus Floods 2006
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2006/06/06 - 2006/06/07 Professional Training Course - Ethics and Professional Deontology [Approved with Distinction] (2 days), Lisbon, Portugal
Other
 Ethics and Professional Deontology
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2006/04/06 - 2006/04/09 River Flow 2006 – International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lisbon, Portugal [Oral presentation of 1 paper] International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2006/03/13 - 2006/03/17 8th Water Congress, Figueira da Foz, Portugal [Oral presentation of 1 paper]
Congress
 8th Water Congress
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2005/09/27 - 2005/09/29 Dams Seminars - Technology, Safety and Interaction with Society, Lisbon, Portugal
Seminar
 Dams Seminars - Technology, Safety and Interaction with Society
ICOLD - International Commission on Large Dams, United States

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2004 - Current Member of the Portuguese Association of Hydraulic Resources (APRH) – nº. 1 709

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2004 - Current Effective member of the Portuguese Order of Engineers – nº. 52 470
Member
 Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 38th IAHR 2019 World Congress, Panamá [Chairman of Special Session 16 - Instrumentation and modelling tools to mitigate flood risks associated to dam and dike failure and oral presentation of 2 papers]
Coordinator
 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, Spain

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/04/01 - 2020/05/31 4th International Dam World Conference Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2006 - Current Elaboração dos estudos de segurança das barragens do Caia e do Monte Novo. EDIA AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2005 - Current Projeto de execução da estação elevatória e do adutor do Pedrógão margem esquerda. Estudos hidráulicos do canal adutor e órgãos acessórios. Dimensionamento da conduta elevatória – Estudo do golpe de aríete. EDIA AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2005 - Current Estudo preliminar de viabilidade do reforço de potência da central hidroelétrica do Pedrógão. EDIA AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2005 - Current Projeto de execução do subsistema público de drenagem de águas residuais domésticas da Junceira. Pré-dimensionamento da rede de drenagem. SMAS de Tomar AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2005 - Current Projeto de execução do circuito hidráulico de adução à barragem de Odivelas. Estudos de drenagem. EDIA AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2004 - Current Projeto de execução da barragem da Amoreira e blocos de rega Orada/Amoreira. Estudos hidrológicos. EDIA AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2004 - Current Projeto de execução do troço de ligação Alvito – Pisão. Estudos de drenagem. EDIA AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2004 - Current Projeto de execução do alargamento do viaduto sobre o rio Alviela. Estudo de cheias para protecção dos pilares do Viaduto da A1 sobre o rio Alviela. J. L., Câncio Martins – Projectos de Estruturas Lda AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2004 - Current Projeto de execução do aproveitamento do Luso, Vacariça e Mealhada. Estudos de rotura. DRABL AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal
2004 - Current Estudos complementares das barragens de Calde, Lapão, Macieira, Pereira e Porção. Estudo de rotura da barragem de Pereira e redimensionamento do descarregador de cheias – DRABL AQUALOGUS - Engenharia e Ambiente, Lda., Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/06 - Current Organization of Mike Hydro Training Course (in collaboration with DHI) - addressed to interested parties from Portuguese-speaking countries (in preparation) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Hydraulic Research Seminar composed of two themes: “Dams and Safety Bodies” and “Safety of Valleys Downstream of Dams and Warning and Alert Systems - Methodology to Support Risk Management” at Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências , Lisbon, Portugal (3 hour workload). Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2002/09 - 2003/07 Mathematical Analysis I and II Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018/01/01 - Current Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (1943-7900) American Society of Civil Engineers
2018/01 - Current Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental (1413-4152) SciELO
2018 - Current Journal of Hydraulic Research (1814-2079) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2020/01/01 - 2020/02/13 European Journal of Environmental and Civil engineering (2116-7214) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)