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ISTAR – Laboratory of Architecture
Main Equipment |
• 3D printer
• Laser cutter
• Miling machine
Current Research Projects |
• “Design and Performance of Ultra-Thin Concrete
Shells”
• “CIM Baixa Pombalina”
• “Gulbenkian Sensory Tour”
• “Arquitracking”
Consultancy Activities |
• Fabrication of reduced models for testing
• Three-dimensional modelling of the built heritage
• Development of prototypes
Research & Development Activities |
• 3D Modeling and Virtual Reality
• Digital Fabrication and Rapid Prototyping
• Building physics and passive design
• Acquisition Data Systems
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LC – Laboratory of Construction
Main Equipment |
• Equipment for mechanical, physical and chemical
testing of mortars, concrete, grouts and composite
materials for construction and rehabilitation
• Equipment to study hydrothermal and acoustic
behaviour for lab and on-site performance tests.
Current Research Projects |
• Energetic efficiency lightweight concrete
• Performance of concrete and mortars formulated with
recycle aggregates
• Recycling and re-use of CDW (construction and
demolition waste)
• Self compacting concrete
• GFRP pultruded profiles in civil engineering
• Nanorenders with aerogel for thermal improvement
Consultancy Activities |
• Compatible mortars for conservation interventions
• Repair mortars for reinforced concrete structures
• Incorporation of new and recycled materials
• Inspection and diagnosis
• In-service performance assessment
Research & Development Activities |
• Lightweight mortars and structural concrete
• Recycle aggregates for mortars and concrete
• Self compacting concrete
• Hydrothermal and acoustic building behaviour
• Mortars and consolidants for conservation
• Advanced composite structural materials
• Incorporation of nanomaterials
Head | Inês Flores-Colen
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
Environment Laboratory
Main Equipment |
• 9 pilot-scale sub-surface flow CW
• 3 oxygen probes, 1 pH and redox probe and 1
conductivity probe
• 2 YSI multiparametric probes
• Online UV-visible spectrophotometer S::CAN
• 2 muffles (0-1000/1300ºC)
• 2 ovens (0-300ºC)
• Muffle
• Hydraulic pump
• LSS respirometer
• Air compressor
• Spectrophotometer and heating mantle
thermostatically controlled
• Micro balance
Current Research Projects |
• Respirometry in sub-surface flow CW.
• Peak loads in sub-surface flow CW
• Formation, oxidation and release of H2S in sewer
systems
Consultancy Activities |
Research & Development Activity Domains |
• Respirometry
• Constructed Wetlands (CW)
• Sulphide release on drop manholes and
corresponding effects
• Suport to field measurements based on probes
and to analysis for advanced consultancy
Head | Ana Galvão / António H. Cardoso
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
• SI-Gea - Intelligent Platform for the Advanced
Management of Urban Wastewater Systems
• EVIN - EValuating INfiltration Inflows in the Alcântara
sewer system
• EvLUA – Evaluation of surface and groundwater
quality in Parques de Sintra-Monte LUA
LERM – Laboratory of Structures and Strength of Materials
Main Equipment |
• Wind tunnel
• Shaking table
• Reaction wall
• Dynamic testing system
• Static load frames
Current Research Projects |
• Fire-FRP - Fire protection systems for GFRP pultruded
profiles
• Seismic reinforcement techniques for old buildings
• Recycling & seismic protection: sustainable high
performance CFST columns for seismic areas
• RehabToolBox - Development of rehabilitation
systems and devices
• Pontalumis – Development of a prototype of a
pedestrian bridge
• Clickhouse - Development of a prototype of an
emergency house in composite materials
• Structural glass
• High performance recycled aggregates concrete for the
precast industry (EXCELlentSUStainableCONcrete)
• SEVERES - Seismic Vulnerability of Old Masonry
Buildings
Consultancy Activities |
• Lattice steel towers for electrical lines
• Power rail
Research & Development Activities |
• R&D activities - MSc Thesis (Structures), PhD
Thesis (Civil. Eng.)
• International research projects
• National research projects
• Teaching activities
• Consultancy and special studies
Head | Luis Calado
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
LG – Laboratory of Geotechnics
Main Equipment |
• R&D - MSc and PhD thesis, research programmes
• Experimental teaching - Civil Engineering curricula
• Consultancy services
Current Research Projects |
• Geotechnical characterization
• Vibrations in urban areas
• Displacement piles
• Energy piles
• Electro-chemo-hydro-mechanical behavior of clays
• Treatment of soils and bio-cementation
• Suction measurement techniques
Consultancy Activities |
• Geotechnical characterization
• Vibration in urban areas
• Hydro-mechanical behaviour of sand-cement mixtures
• Pile testing
Research & Development Activities |
• Materials behavior and modeling
• Soil improvement
• Special foundations
• Soil dynamics
• Soil-atmosphere interaction
Head | Jaime Santos
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
Hydraulics Laboratory
Experimental Facilites |
• Five pressurized pipe systems (1,2,3)
• Seven multipurpose flumes (4,5,6)
• Particle Image Velocimeter (PIV) (6)
• Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters (ADV) (7)
• Ultrasonic Velocity Profilers (UVP)
• Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Flowmeters
• Pressure and strain gauges
• Limnimeters (resistive probes, echo-sounders)
• Bed followers (laser; micro-echo-sounders)
Current Research Projects (PhD themes) |
• Fluid-structure interaction in pressure flows (1,2)
• Hydropower and efficiency in water systems (2)
• Power generation by waterhammer (3)
• Local scour at complex bridge piers (4)
• Innovative pool-type fishways design (5)
• Armor blocks stability on rubble mound breakwater (6)
• Morphodynamics of river confluences (9)
• Mechanics of granular media in 3D turbulent flows (10)
Consultancy Activities |
• Slit check-dams for the mitigation of debris flows in
Madeira Island
Research & Development Activity Domains |
• Pressure flows
• Hydraulic structures
• River morphodynamics
• Harbour and coastal engineering
• Ecohydraulics
• Micro-hydropower
• Turbulence and granular mechanics
Head | António H. Cardoso
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
Main Equipment |
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IT Park
• Free access room, with 84 PC’s
• 3 classrooms, totalizing 95 PC’s
Training courses
• Software training courses: AutoCAD 2015, 3DS Max
Design 2015, Revit Architecture 2015, Robot
Structural Analysis 2015, ArcGIS v10.1, MATLAB
R2014b, MS Excel 2013, MS Project 2013 and
SAP2000 v16
• Experienced trainers from recognized companies
• Certification included
Small and large format printing
• 3 A4/A3 laser printers: HP LaserJet 4350dtn,
HP Color LaserJet CP6015xh and HP Color
LaserJet 6040 MFP
• 2 plotters: HP DesignJet Z3100ps GP Photo and
HP DesignJet 4000ps
• Other equipments: a trimmer, one paper bender,
a binder, two scanners (A4 and A3)
Mission
• Provide to the DECivil students the means and
services in the Information Technologies area that
meet their academic needs
• The LTI serves a population of 9000 users, 2000 of
whom are students of DECivil
• The operation and management of LTI DECivil is
ensured by a body of 20 monitors composed entirely
of students from IST
| Information Technology Laboratory
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
LVCT – Laboratory of Transport Infrastructures
Main Equipment |
• Composition and characterization of granular and
bituminous materials
• Testing and performance validation of pavement
materials
• Bearing capacity of road and airfield pavements
• Friction and roughness characterization of pavements
surface
Current Research Projects |
• Asphalt mixtures made with industrial by-products
• Warm asphalt mixtures
• Nanotechnology in pavement materials
• New design methods of materials and pavements
• Design and technical application of non-traditional
materials
• Quality control of materials and pavements
• Climatic challenges facing by transport infrastructures
Consultancy Activities |
• Laboratory and field tests for maintenance and recycling
design of transport infrastructures (Portugal, Africa,
South America and Medium Orient)
• Tests for pavement management systems of airfield
infrastructures (Portugal: ANA)
• Tests for pavement quality control of highway networks
(Portugal: ASCENDI)
Research & Development Activities |
• Performance assessment of materials and pavements
• Characterization of traffic and noise
• MSc and PhD thesis
• Experimental teaching - Civil Engineering curricula
• Research programmes and consultancy services
Head | Luís de Picado Santos
CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability