Maria Odete Oliveira Meneses (FA15-4989-80F0)

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Odete Oliveira Meneses

Maria Odete de Oliveira Meneses is a researcher at the Center for Management Studies in Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST). She is an Industrial and Management Engineer who graduated in December 2019 in IST, Universidade de Lisboa. She developed her master thesis about the optimization of blood inventory management in hospital blood banks. Since February 2020, she is enrolled in the Engineering and Management Ph.D. at IST and is working in a research project named “LAIfeBlood - Artificial Intelligence for Blood Management", which aims to improve the blood supply chain efficiency. She published a research paper in an international journal concerning her main research focus, which is blood supply chain management through mathematical models and processes optimization. During her academic years, she has done several volunteer work, both in Portugal (in associations like Refood and Cruz Vermelha), and abroad (in Associção Filhos do Céu, Brazil).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Maria Odete Oliveira Meneses

Citation names

Meneses, Maria

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FA15-4989-80F0
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6815-5314

Addresses

Depart. Engineering and Management, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Porto Salvo, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
Social Sciences - Economics and Business

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/02/17 - 2023/06/01 Ongoing	Engenharia e Gestão (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/12/04 Concluded	Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Otimização do fluxo da cadeia de abastecimento do sangue - Gestão de inventário em bancos de sangue hospitalares" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2014/09/09 - 2017/07/13 Concluded	Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	16

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/03/01 - 2020/08/31	LAIfeBlood: Artificial Intelligence for Blood Management DSAIPA/AI/0033/2019 Researcher Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Journal article	Meneses, Maria; Marques, Inês; Póvoa, Ana. "Inventory Management in Hospital Blood Banks". (2020): Under revision
Thesis / Dissertation	Meneses, Maria. "Gestão de inventário em bancos de sangue hospitalares". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2019.

Activities

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020/07/26 - 2020/07/31	The EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS 2020) brings together and promotes collaboration between international researchers who develop methods to support the planning and management of health services. Conference	46th annual meeting of the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, , United Kingdom

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/03/01 - Current	CEG-IST	Researcher
2015/09/01 - 2016/06/30	European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management (ESTIEM)	Member of the local group of ESTIEM in Lisbon. Organized and participated in several international events that promote the development of skills in multiple areas for Industrial Engineering and Management students.

Distinctions

Award

2016	1st place in the Lisbon Case Study Competition Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Deloitte Portugal, Portugal

Other distinction

2019	Diploma de Mérito Académico Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018	Diploma de Excelência Académica Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017	Diploma de Excelência Académica Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016	Diploma de Mérito Académico Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015	Diploma de Mérito Académico IST Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal