universidade lusófona

About Us

Short description

The Civil Research Group is part of the Faculty of Engineering of the Lusófona University in Lisbon, and is rooted in the civil engineering field for sustainable and resilient buildings and infrastructure. It is focused on five research topics:

  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Hygrothermal Behaviour of Buildings
  • Sustainable Building Materials
  • Green Road Infrastructure Materiais and Design
  • Nature-based Solutions

Our vision

Civil construction faces a series of challenges and trends that will fundamentally transform the way we conceive, design, and (re) construct buildings and infrastructure. The fourth industrial revolution, namely the use of intelligent robots and autonomous vehicles, sustainability, and energy efficiency are leading civil construction to a different orbit than the one we have known for several decades.

Sustainable Development Goals

This group contributes to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 and related SDGs 12 and 13, by promoting sustainable and resilient infrastructure through the introduction of new technologies, materials, and innovation intended to facilitate efficient use of resources and guarantee the safety and comfort of people.

Specifically, this group contributes to the:

  • SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) by developing sustainable and resilient infrastructures and promoting an efficient use of resources;
  • SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) in order to do more and better with less materials, by promoting the circular economy of materials and the repeated use of the same material without downgrading its functionality which increases resource efficiency and leads to low-carbon and green economies; and
  • SDG 13 (Climate Action) in order to take action to combat climate change and its impacts, by mitigating the carbon dioxide emissions through the production of new materials with less footprint in carbon emissions and adapting the existing structures.

People

Adilia Charmier, PhD

Chemistry
Full Professor
adilia.januario@ulusofona.pt

Diogo Pascoal, MSc

Building Information Modeling
Invited Professor
diogo.pascoal@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Eloi Figueiredo, Ph.D

Structural Health Monitoring
Full Professor
eloi.figueiredo@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Ionut Moldovan, Ph.D

Finite Element Modeling
Associate Professor
dragos.moldovan@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Laura Sousa, MSc

Structural Health Monitoring
PhD Student

Lucian Radu, PhD

Machine Learning
External Collaborator

Luís Quaresma, MSc

Road Pavements
Invited Associate Professor
p648@ulusofona.pt

Manas Sutradhar, PhD

Chemistry
Assistant Professor
manas.sutradhar@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Maria Manso, PhD

Sustainable Construction Materials
Assistant Professor
maria.manso@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Nuno Peres, PhD

Finite Element Modeling
Assistant Professor
nuno.peres@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Nuno Santos, PhD

Structural Health Monitoring
Assistant Professor
nuno.santos@ulp.pt

Vítor Antunes, PhD

Road Pavements
Assistant Professor
vitor.antunes@ulusofona.pt
Orcid

Yunlai Zhou, PhD

Structural Health Monitoring
External Collaborator

International collaborators

  • João Weyl (UFPA)
  • Moisés da Silva (UFPA)
  • Adam Dreyton (UNIFESSPA)
  • Samuel da Silva (UNESP)

Students

  • Carlos Franco (PhD Student)
  • Sandra Pinto (MSc Student)
  • Rui Gomes (MSc Student)

Facilities

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