Personal identification

Full name

Marlene Brás

Citation names

• Brás, Marlene

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

E013-4B15-BDDF

ORCID iD

0000-0002-5660-2364

Email addresses

• marlenegomes@ua.pt (Professional)

Websites

• https://govcopp.ua.pt/user/790 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

• Engineering and Technology
• Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

	Degree	Classification
2021/10 - 2024/07 Ongoing	Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Doutoramento) Major in Gestão de Operações e Optimização Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Towards energy sustainability and cost reduction of water supply systems through operational optimization methodologies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/07 - 2021/07/12 Concluded	Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Industrial layouts design for a SME in the electronics industry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2017/09 - 2019/07 Concluded	Engenharia Electrónica e de Telecomunicações (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	16
2014/07/14 - 2017/06/28 Concluded	Ciências de Engenharia Eletrónica e Telecomunicações (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	12
2011/09/01 - 2014/05/31 Concluded	Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária/3.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico de Cristina Torres, Portugal

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/10/01 - 2022/09/30	Monitora	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Economia Gestão Engenharia Industrial e Turismo, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/10/01 - Current	Towards energy sustainability and cost reduction of water supply networks through operational optimization methodologies 2022.12310.BD PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/10/01 - 2023/06/30	I-RETIS-Water (Towards Integrated Real-time Smart Water Networks Operation) CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-069857 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8414723 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Concluded

Publications

Conference abstract	Ana Moura; Andrade-Campos ,António; Brás, Marlene. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Cost Reduction of Water Supply Systems Through Optimization Methodologies". Paper presented in 11th IWA International Conference on Efficient Urban Water Use, Bordeux, 2023. Accepted Ana Moura; Andrade-Campos ,António; Brás, Marlene. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Cost Efficiency of Water Supply Systems Through Optimization Methodologies". Paper presented in Optimization 2023, Aveiro, 2023. Accepted Ana Moura; Andrade-Campos ,António; Brás, Marlene. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Cost Reduction of Water Supply Systems Through Optimization Methodologies: A Comparative Study of Pump Scheduling Problem Formulations". Paper presented in VII ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference, Porto, 2023. Accepted M, Brás; Ana Moura; Andrade-Campos, António. Corresponding author: M, Brás. "Towards energy sustainability and cost reduction of water supply systems through operational optimization methodologies: a comparative study of problem formulations". Paper presented in Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2022, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2022. Accepted Brás, Marlene; Ana Moura; Andrade-Campos ,António. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Towards energy sustainability and cost reduction of water supply systems through operational optimization methodologies". Paper presented in TEchMA 2022– 5th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, Aveiro, 2022. Accepted • 10.48528/2smr-sn15
Conference paper	Brás, Marlene; B91F-752F-69B3; DC1F-35B8-E2B6. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Designing a Data Pre-Processing Tool for MEO Satellites Propagation Measurements". Paper presented in 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Glasgow, Scotland, 2024. Accepted • 10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501751 Ana Moura; Andrade-Campos ,António; Brás, Marlene. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Cost Reduction of Water Supply Systems Through Optimization Methodologies: A Comparative Study of Optimization Approaches". Paper presented in 6th European Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management 2023, Lisboa, 2023. Accepted • https://doi.org/10.46254/EU6.20230097 Brás, Marlene; Ana Moura. "Designing a New Layout for a Balanced Production Line: A Practical Application". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, 2022. Published • 10.5220/0010827400003117 Brás, Marlene; Ana Moura. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "A layout design using a production line balancing approach". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Monterrey, 2021. Published • https://doi.org/10.46254/NA06.20210137 Brás, Marlene; Ana Moura. Corresponding author: Brás, Marlene. "Facility Layout Design Tools Comparison: A Case Study of a SME in Electronic Industry". Paper presented in 4th European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Roma, 2021. Published
Journal article	Brás, Marlene; Moura, Ana; Andrade-Campos, António. "Cost efficiency in water supply systems: An applied review on optimization models for the pump scheduling problem". European Journal of Operational Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.07.039. 10.1016/j.ejor.2024.07.039
Thesis / Dissertation	"Data Pre-Processing Tool for an Experimental Propagation Program with MEO Constellation". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2024. Brás, Marlene Gomes. "Industrial layouts design for a SME in the electronics industry". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/32463.

Award

2022	IEOM Mater Thesis Competition Award IEOM Society International, United States
2022	Best Oral Presentation in session Technologies for the Wellbeing: Innovative Technologies for Smart Cities
2022	Merit Scholarship for Students of Higher Education Institutions DGES - Direção Geral de Ensino Superior , Portugal