This July, CERIS researcher André Dias Martins received the news of being distinguished with two notable awards: winnerof the 2025 McGuire Award for Junior Researchers and recipient of an Honourable Mention in the 2024 Professor João Martins Young Researcher Award. Both distinctions will be presented in ceremonies in 2026.
The McGuire Award for Junior Researchers, attributed by the Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC) honours an outstanding researcher who has obtained a PhD in a stability-related field within the previous ten years. Created in honour of the late William McGuire—a pioneer in advancing stability design through state-of-the-art research —the award will be presented at the 2026 SSRC Annual Stability Conference, taking place on April 21-24, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). More details are available on the SSRC website.
The Professor João Martins Young Researcher Award, attributed by the Portuguese Association of Theoretical, Applied and Computational Mechanics (APMTAC), recognises exceptional young researchers (under 40) with significant scientific contributions in applied and computational mechanics. Dedicated to the legacy of Professor João Martins in computational mechanics, the 2024 award will be presented at the Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN 2026), which will be held July 1-3, 2026, in Gijón, Spain.
André Dias Martins holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (2018) from Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering (2009) from the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), both specialising in Structures. Since completing his PhD, he has been conducting research at IDMEC and CERIS, contributing to various research projects. He is currently an Assistant Researcher at CERIS/IST-ID.
André’s main research interests include:
- Structural stability;
- Numerical analysis, non-linear behaviour and dimensioning of metal structures and glass fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials, with particular emphasis on cold-formed steel structures;
- Structural reliability, including the calibration of partial safety factors in structural regulations (reliability-based code calibration).
CERIS congratulates André Dias Martins on these remarkable achievements and extends best wishes for the continued success of his career.