Luís Simões da Silva
Short Curriculum Vitae
Agregado em Eng. Civil (IST), Doutor em Eng. Civil, Ph.D., M.Sc., DIC,
Engº Civil (FCTUC), Sénior (OE) e Especialista em Estruturas (OE)
Professor Catedrático do Departamento de Engenharia Civil da
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
I.
IDENTIFICATION
Name: Luís Alberto Proença Simões da Silva
Date of birth: 24 January 1962
Nacionality: Portuguese
Place of birth: Coimbra
Profissional address:
Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Rua Luís Reis Santos, Pólo 2 da
Universidade – Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-690 Coimbra, Portugal
Current Positions: Professor of Steel Construction at the Departament of Civil Engineering of the Faculty
of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra. Vice-Director of ISISE – Institute for Sustainability
and Innovation in Structural Engineering, Research Centre financed by FCT (Portuguese Science
Foundation) evaluated in 2008 with VERY GOOD (best classification in Portugal in Civil and Mining
Engineering). Chairman of the Technical Management Board of ECCS. President of cmm (Portuguese
Steelwork Association). President of ECCS.
II.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Agregação
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, 2000.
Agregação em Ciências da Engenharia Civil, por unanimidade.
PhD.
Imperial College, University of London, London, 1989.
PhD in “Structural Mechanics”.
DIC
Imperial College, London, 1986.
"Diploma of Imperial College".
MSc.
Imperial College, Universidade de Londres, Londres, 1986.
MsC in "Structural Steel Design", with Distinction.
Lic. Eng. Civil
Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 1984.
Final grade 18/20 (Structural Engineering), ranked best student ever in Civil
Engineering at University of Coimbra.
Expert in Structural Eng.
Ordem dos Engenheiros, 2001.
Senior Member
Ordem dos Engenheiros, 2001.
Member
Ordem dos Engenheiros, 1984.
French
"Diplôme Supérieur d'Etudes Françaises Modernes" - Alliance
Française - Coimbra (1970/71 a 1976/77).
English
"Certificate of Proficiency in English" - University of Cambridge Coimbra (1972/73 a 1979/80).
German:
"Zertifikat Deutsche als Fremdsprache" - Goethe-Institut - Coimbra
(29/09/80).
III.
ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT
As Professor at the Civil Engineering Department he has carried out Intensive academic
management activity. In this context, as Head of the Civil Engineering Department he was
responsible for the management of a department with 130 people (academic and non-academic
staff) and an annual budget in excess of 5 M€. As Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science and
Technology (FCTUC), he was responsible foi responsible for the business sector of FCTUC (that
includes 20 non-profit companies), as well as the management of the R&D support department of
FCTUC. The more relevant activities are listed below:
- Vice-Dean of the Directive Council of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
(June 2004 to April 2008).
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- Vice-Dean of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
(July 2004 to October 2005).
- Head of Departament of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of
Coimbra (2001 to 2003 and 2005 to 2007).
- President of the Scientific Committee of the Departament of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Science
and Technology of the University of Coimbra (September 2003 to November 2006). Vice-President
of the Scientific Committee from April 1994 to December 1994 and from November 2000 to
December 2002.
- Director of the Doctoral Program and Advanced Master Course in Sustainable Steel Construction,
Departament of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of
Coimbra.
- Member of the Board of iParque – Parque Tecnológico de Coimbra, since 2009.
He founded in 1997 cmm – Associação Portuguesa de Construção Metálica e Mista (Portuguese
Steelwork Association – www.cmm.pt), being responsible for its management since 2003, and
President since 2005.
He belongs to the Board of ECCS (European Convention for Constructional Steelwork,
www.steelconstruct.com) since 2005, being currently President. ECCS is the European Association
of Steelwork Fabricators. It represents 0.4% of the European GDP and 220 000 workers, wiith
headquarters in Brussels. Since September 2007 he is responsible for all the technical activities of
ECCS (Chairman of Technical Management Board), coordinating the work of 387 experts in the field
of steel construction.
Member of a dozen scientific and professional organizations. He served as elected member in several of
these organizations since 1992.
IV.
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
From 1990 to 2004 he developed intense activity in civil engineering design and consultancy as
Technical Director of GIPAC and GIPAMB, that he founded. In 1990, he created one of the first
Portuguese companies aimed at developing computer programs for Civil Engineering that had a significant
market share during the 1990’s. He developed over a dozen structural engineering softwares As Technical
Director of GIPAC/GIPAMB (1990-2006) he was responsible for over 150 engineering projects. He
developed, since 1989, structural design of buildings, bridges, hydoelectric power plants and wind farms.
From 1996 to 2004 he promoted the development of wind farms in Portugal, having licensed 8 wind
farms.
Currently he is responsible for the development of modular and industrialised construction in the
framework of COOLHAVEN SA (www.cool-haven.com).
V.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND PUBLICATIONS
In the framework of his scientific activity in the field of Steel Construction he is responsible for a
research group of 50 researchers. He manages directly (scientifically and financially) a significant
number of Portuguese and European R&D projects, corresponding to a contractual turnover of over
12 M€. He is one of the top researchers at European level in the field of Steel Construction.
Since 1982, when he joined the staff of the University of Coimbra, he has been teaching in Doctoral, MSc
and BSc programs, mostly focussing on Structural Engineering. From 1991 to 1999 he was Visiting
Professor at the University of Beira Interior, Portugal.
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Publication of more than 450 scientific publications, including 5 books and 77 papers in refereed
international scientific journals com referee of which 69 in scientific journals listed in ISI Web of
Knowledge that were cited 366 times (by journal papers listed in ISI Web of Knowledge),
corresponding to a h-index of 10 and an average number of citations by paper of 6.78 (data from
23.3.2013).;
Supervision of 13 PhD thesis and 29 MSc thesis already concluded. Currently supervises 8 PhD
thesis and 7 MSc thesis.
Member of the Scientific or Organizing Committees of 70 international or national conferences.
Coordination and participation in thirty-seven international (24) and national (13) research projects
with funding on a competitive basis and several international thematic networks.
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