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Civil Research Group

For sustainable and resilient buildings and infrastructure

The Civil Research Group has been focused on several research topics for sustainable and resilient buildings and infrastructure. 

September 2024

Energy and Computing in Building Design

Do you want to contribute to the construction of more efficient and sustainable buildings? Lusófona University new training enables you to design buildings that reduce energy consumption and use renewable energy sources.

Sandra Pinto Awarded FCT Doctoral Studentship

Sandra Pinto, a researcher from the Civil Research Group, has been granted a Studentship for Doctoral Research by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia). This grant will support her research project titled "Experimental and numerical techniques for health monitoring of pavement infrastructure using embedded bender elements".

September 8, 2025

Short Course 6h | Structural Health Monitoring

This in-person 1-Day Short Course poses the structural health monitoring (SHM) applied to bridges and special civil structures in the context of a pattern recognition paradigm with hands-on experiences. It will be held at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, before the Internatinal Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM) 2025.

January 2025

Short Course 12h | Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring (4th Edition)

The main goal of this online short course is to introduce the concept of structural health monitoring (SHM) applied to bridges and special civil structures. We have a new package of upgrades for this new edition! Stay tuned!

BIP - Blended Intensive Program

Summer Course on Structural Health Monitoring 2024 (2nd Edition)

5 ECTS | July 15-19, 2024, in person (30h) | 15h remotely | MSc and PhD Students