On July 3, 2024, CERIS organized a Pizza Seminar titled “REDUCE! Use of Plastic Waste from Surgical Masks in Construction Materials,” presented by CERIS researcher Maria Paula Mendes. The seminar showcased the innovative “REDUCE” project, which focuses on the recycling of disposable IIR surgical masks into construction materials, contributing to sustainable building practices and reducing...Read More
CERIS researchers Jónatas Valença, Killian Morin, Nathan Jouen, Nathália Olivo, Marta Torres-Gonzalez, Maria Paula Mendes, and Ana Silva have been awarded the Second Prize for the best scientific article for the academic year 2023-24 (1st Semester). Their article, titled “Feeling-BIM: A Digital Model to Support Maintenance Decisions, Based on Automatic Inspection and Dwellers’ Feelings,” was...Read More
Professor Inês Flores-Colen has successfully organized the Final Workshop for the SHELLTER Project, which focuses on the “Reuse of Aquaculture Waste in the Development of Construction Materials.” This event marks the culmination of a collaborative initiative between Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Research (Nofima). Funded by EEA...Read More
BLOCOYSTER is the winning project of the sixth edition of the Mares Circulares Competition, in the Research Centres category, with a prize of 7,000 EUR. The “BLOCOYSTER — sustainable blocks with the incorporation of aquaculture waste” project contributes to the sustainable blue economy by reducing the pollution caused by aquaculture waste. Through the use of...Read More
We are pleased to announce that Professor Helena M. Ramos, Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering (DeCivil) and member of the Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS) at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), is a key participant in the HY4RES project. This ambitious project aims to develop new renewable energy technology and...Read More
Professor Fernando Branco, guest member of the Strategic Council of the Portuguese Technological Platform of Construction (PTPC) and former member of the PTPC Executive Committee signs the summary report of the Platform’s 12th strategic forum, where he identifies a set of priorities around Housing. Professor Jorge de Brito is currently a member of the Strategic...Read More
On March 14, CIB announced the awardees with the CIB Vistas funding (CIB Vistas Fund Programme). CERIS researcher Ana Silva is part of the recipient team that proposed to develop an interdisciplinary summer school on “AI for Construction and Project Management”. Besides Instituto Superior Técnico, the research team includes investigators from Politecnico di Milano and...Read More
On March 8th, researcher Ana Silva took part in a commemorative event of the International Women’s Day organised by Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS). The event gathered women graduates from IPS discussing topics like the daily need to prove skills, the inevitable impact of motherhood on professional life, the need to question stereotypes, such as...Read More
On March 22, while commemorating its 40th anniversary, the Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET) distinguished three former students from CERIS. APAET is a Portuguese non-profit association dedicated to promoting experimental mechanics in the various branches of engineering.In the 40th anniversary commemorative session, which took place at LNEC, the following researchers were distinguished...Read More
Professor Rodrigo Gonçalves received the “Outstanding Paper Award” in the “Analytical Research” category for the paper “Applications of the Geometrically Exact Beam Theory to Non-Prismatic Beams”, presented at the “9th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures”, which took place between 29 November and 1 December 2023 in Sydney, Australia.Read More
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