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๐ŸŽ“๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ to Josรฉ Osvaldo Ferreira Filho for completing his PhD!

๐ŸงพTitle: Stability design of high strength steel members: reliability and general formulation for slender sections
๐Ÿ“… Defence date: April 22nd, 2025
๐Ÿ†Result: Approved with praise and distinction
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“Supervisors: Professor Luis Simoes da Silva (University of Coimbra), Professor Trayana Tankova (University of Delft), and Professor Hermes Carvalho (University of Sรฃo Paulo)
โš–๏ธJury: Professor Rebekka Winkler (Chair of Steel, Lightweight and Composite Structures - Ruhr-Universitรคt Bochum), Professor Paulo Vila Real (Departamento de Engenharia Civil da Universidade de Aveiro), Professor Luis Simoes da Silva, Professor Luis Godinho, Rui Simรตes, Joรฃo Martins, and Francisca Parente dos Santos (University of Coimbra/ ISISE - Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering)

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3 days ago
๐ŸŽ“๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ to Josรฉ Osvaldo Ferreira Filho for completing his PhD! ๐ŸงพTitle: Stability design of high strength steel members: reliability and general formulation for slender sections ๐Ÿ“… Defence date: April 22nd, 2025 ๐Ÿ†Result: Approved with praise and distinction ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“Supervisors: Professor Luis Simoes da Silva (University of Coimbra), Professor Trayana Tankova (University of Delft), and Professor Hermes Carvalho (University of Sรฃo Paulo) โš–๏ธJury: Professor Rebekka Winkler (Chair of Steel, Lightweight and Composite Structures - Ruhr-Universitรคt Bochum), Professor Paulo Vila Real (Departamento de Engenharia Civil da Universidade de Aveiro), Professor Luis Simoes da Silva, Professor Luis Godinho, Rui Simรตes, Joรฃo Martins, and Francisca Parente dos Santos (University of Coimbra/ ISISE - Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering) #ISISE #SMCT #UCoimbra #DEC #Highstrengthsteel #Stability #Slendersections #Eurocode3

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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ! ๐Ÿ”ฌ
Excited to share our latest research on the ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—”๐—”๐—  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น!

This study investigates both ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ-๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, examining the effects of different ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ and ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ on the fatigue performance of WAAM ER70S-6 carbon steel.
๐Ÿ“„ ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ-๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐€๐€๐Œ ๐„๐‘๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐’-๐Ÿ” ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐›๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ
๐Ÿ“– International Journal of Fatigue
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ Authors: Mariela Mendez-Morales, Joel S. Jesus, Ricardo Branco, Trayana Tankova, Carlos Rebelo
๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/xuspEXO
#ISISE #SMCT #ucoimbra #tudelft #additivemanufacturing #WAAM #FCG #fatigue #heattreatment ... See MoreSee Less

3 days ago
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ! ๐Ÿ”ฌ Excited to share our latest research on the ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—”๐—”๐—  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น! This study investigates both ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ-๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, examining the effects of different ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ and ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ on the fatigue performance of WAAM ER70S-6 carbon steel. ๐Ÿ“„ ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ-๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐€๐€๐Œ ๐„๐‘๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐’-๐Ÿ” ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐›๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“– International Journal of Fatigue ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ Authors: Mariela Mendez-Morales, Joel S. Jesus, Ricardo Branco, Trayana Tankova, Carlos Rebelo ๐Ÿ”— https://buff.ly/xuspEXO #ISISE #SMCT #UCoimbra #TuDelft #AdditiveManufacturing #WAAM #FCG #Fatigue #HeatTreatment

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๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

How do ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅโ€“๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž (๐‚๐…๐’-๐‹๐–๐‚) composite beams behave under fire conditions?
This new study by ISISE researchers and collaborators presents ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to evaluate the fire performance of built-up CFS-LWC beamsโ€”an innovative hybrid solution for lightweight, high-performance structures.

๐Ÿ“– Testing, simulation and design of built-up cold-formed steel-lightweight concrete composite beams subjected to elevated temperatures
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Rohola Rahnavard (UC), Hรฉlder David Silva Craveiro (UC), Rui Simรตes (UC), Luรญs Laรญm (UC), Aldina Santiago (UC) and Leroy Gardner (Imperial College London)
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Thin-Walled Structures
๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/g0BAYTt
๐Ÿ—๏ธ Key words: Built-up cold-formed steel sections; Composite beams; Experiments; Fire resistance; Fire testing; Lightweight concrete

#ISISE #SMCT #EE #ucoimbra #fireengineering #lightweightconcrete #cfslwc #fireresistance ... See MoreSee Less

3 days ago
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”ฅ How do ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅโ€“๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž (๐‚๐…๐’-๐‹๐–๐‚) composite beams behave under fire conditions? This new study by ISISE researchers and collaborators presents ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to evaluate the fire performance of built-up CFS-LWC beamsโ€”an innovative hybrid solution for lightweight, high-performance structures. ๐Ÿ“– Testing, simulation and design of built-up cold-formed steel-lightweight concrete composite beams subjected to elevated temperatures ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Rohola Rahnavard (UC), Hรฉlder David Silva Craveiro (UC), Rui Simรตes (UC), Luรญs Laรญm (UC), Aldina Santiago (UC) and Leroy Gardner (Imperial College London) ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Thin-Walled Structures ๐Ÿ”— https://buff.ly/g0BAYTt ๐Ÿ—๏ธ Key words: Built-up cold-formed steel sections; Composite beams; Experiments; Fire resistance; Fire testing; Lightweight concrete #ISISE #SMCT #EE #UCoimbra #FireEngineering #LightweightConcrete #CFSLWC #FireResistance

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๐ŸŽ‰ EXCELLENT News from FCT! ๐Ÿ†

Weโ€™re thrilled to share that ISISE โ€“ Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering has been awarded an EXCELLENT rating in the latest evaluation by FCT โ€“ Fundaรงรฃo para a Ciรชncia e a Tecnologia โ€” the highest grade possible! ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น

This recognition reflects the outstanding research, innovation, and impact generated by our team across structural engineering, sustainability, and cutting-edge technologies.

๐Ÿ‘ A massive thank you to all our researchers, collaborators, and partners who make ISISE what it is โ€” your work truly makes a difference!

๐Ÿ”— Learn more about us at isise.net

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๐ŸŽ‰ EXCELLENT News from FCT! ๐Ÿ† Weโ€™re thrilled to share that ISISE โ€“ Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering has been awarded an EXCELLENT rating in the latest evaluation by FCT โ€“ Fundaรงรฃo para a Ciรชncia e a Tecnologia โ€” the highest grade possible! ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น This recognition reflects the outstanding research, innovation, and impact generated by our team across structural engineering, sustainability, and cutting-edge technologies. ๐Ÿ‘ A massive thank you to all our researchers, collaborators, and partners who make ISISE what it is โ€” your work truly makes a difference! ๐Ÿ”— Learn more about us at isise.net #ISISE #FCTImage attachment

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Congratulations

๐Ÿ† ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ! ๐Ÿ’ก

Andreia Rodrigues, PhD student at ISISE, and Professor Aldina Santiago won third place in the Social Innovation category of the ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป with their project โ€œ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š+๐’๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š.โ€

The project, developed within the ๐„๐•๐€๐‚๐”๐€๐‘๐…๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐€ research initiative, was selected from nearly 140 applications. In the final, Andreia shared:
โ€œMore than a business, this idea aims for an invaluable outcome: that no more lives are lost to wildfires simply because we donโ€™t know where the most vulnerable are.โ€

Promoted by the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š, in partnership with ๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐•๐‚+ and ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ Arrisca C awarded โ‚ฌ50,000 in prizes across four categories.

๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations to the team on this remarkable achievement!

#ISISE #SMCT #EE #UCoimbra #DEC #ArriscaC #WildfireSafety #EVACUARFLORESTA #Centro2030 #SocialInnovation ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ† ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ! ๐Ÿ’ก Andreia Rodrigues, PhD student at ISISE, and Professor Aldina Santiago won third place in the Social Innovation category of the ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป with their project โ€œ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š+๐’๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š.โ€ The project, developed within the ๐„๐•๐€๐‚๐”๐€๐‘๐…๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐€ research initiative, was selected from nearly 140 applications. In the final, Andreia shared: โ€œMore than a business, this idea aims for an invaluable outcome: that no more lives are lost to wildfires simply because we donโ€™t know where the most vulnerable are.โ€ Promoted by the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š, in partnership with ๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐•๐‚+ and ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ Arrisca C awarded โ‚ฌ50,000 in prizes across four categories. ๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations to the team on this remarkable achievement! #ISISE #SMCT #EE #UCoimbra #DEC #ArriscaC #WildfireSafety #EVACUARFLORESTA #Centro2030 #SocialInnovationImage attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

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