CERIS - Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade

We invite all interested participants to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Tiago Miguel dos Santos Ferreira, a CERIS member and Assistant Professor at DECivil.

🧠 Structural Vulnerability and Damage Scenarios for Risk-Informed Decision Making

📍 Hybrid format
🗓 10 February 2026
⏰ 14:30 (GMT)
🏛 IST – Civil Engineering Building, Room 4.41
💻 Online attendance available (see BIO)

Open to all. Join us and take part in the discussion.

📢 Inaugural Lecture | DECivil · IST

We invite all interested participants to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Gabriel Costa Valença, CERIS member and Assistant Professor at DECivil.

🧠 The complexity of changing urban space

📍 Hybrid format
🗓 16 January 2026
⏰ 14:30 (GMT)
🏛 IST – Civil Engineering Building, Room 4.41
💻 Online attendance available

Open to all. Join us and take part in the discussion.

🎓🏅 Miguel Tavares receives Honourable Mention in Prémio REN 2025

Our PhD candidate Miguel Tavares (Instituto Superior Técnico) received an Honourable Mention in the 30th edition of the Prémio REN for his Master’s dissertation on hybrid optimised energy solutions combining pumped‑storage hydro and free‑surface flow analysis.

Supervised by Professor Helena M. Ramos within the HY4RES project, his work stands out for its contribution to the energy transition and the integration of renewable energies.

Congratulations to , his supervisor, and the whole team involved! 🎉👏

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🎉 Congratulations to CERIS researcher !

She received the Best Presentation Award at the 1st RILEM Youth Symposium (2025) for her work on innovative protection strategies for façade coating mortars.

👏 Well done to Jéssica and her supervisor, , for advancing research in sustainable façade materials!

🔗 Watch the presentation on the RILEM YouTube channel.

🔗 Read more on the symposium chair post on LinkedIn.

🏆 CERIS Researcher Awarded at the 17th Congresso da Água! 💧

CERIS researcher was recognised by APRH – Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos for their excellence and innovation in water resources:

✨ Rafael Francisco, PhD candidate at CERIS, received:

Young Researchers Award (ex aequo) for his MSc dissertation “Predicting river discharges with deep learning models” (supervised by José Pedro Matos, CERIS).

Honourable Mention – Revelation Award for “Simulação de escoamento em bacias hidrográficas portuguesas não monitorizadas: o poder da Inteligência Artificial”, developed during his PhD (co-authored by José Pedro Matos, CERIS).

👏 Congratulations to Rafael Francisco!

🏆 CERIS Researchers Awarded at the 17th Congresso da Água! 💧

CERIS researchers were recognised by APRH – Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos for their excellence and innovation in water resources:

✨ Rafael Francisco, PhD candidate at CERIS, received:

Young Researchers Award (ex aequo) for his MSc dissertation “Predicting river discharges with deep learning models” (supervised by José Pedro Matos, CERIS).

Honourable Mention – Revelation Award for “Simulação de escoamento em bacias hidrográficas portuguesas não monitorizadas: o poder da Inteligência Artificial”, developed during his PhD (co-authored by José Pedro Matos, CERIS).

🌊 The Innovation Award distinguished “Tsunami em Lisboa. Da caracterização da inundação à perceção do risco”, co-authored by a team including Rui M. L. Ferreira, Mário Lopes, and Mónica Amaral Ferreira (CERIS).

👏 Congratulations to all! These awards reflect CERIS commitment to excellence and innovation in water resources research.

🏆✨ Congratulations to CERIS PhD candidate Giovanna Schäfer Bartels!

Her presentation “Integrating Embodied Carbon Data into Retrofit Decision-Making: A Methodological Approach for Building Decarbonization” won the Best PhD Presentation Award at the SBE25 WestMED Conference in Seville, Spain (Oct 22–24, 2025).

👏 This recognition celebrates excellence in research and communication, and highlights CERIS contribution to building sustainability and decarbonisation 🌿🏗️

🎉 Congratulations to Professor José Nuno Varandas!
CERIS researcher Professor José Nuno Varandas received the SPG Research Award 2025 from the Portuguese Geotechnics Society (SPG) 👏

🏆 The award recognises his co-authored article “Differential settlements monitoring in railway transition zones using satellite-based remote sensing techniques”, published in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.

🌍 The study showcases an innovative satellite-based approach to monitor railway infrastructure, reinforcing the excellence and impact of CERIS research! 🚆✨

🎓 Stanford University Recognizes CERIS Researchers Among World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists 🌍📊

Stanford University (California, USA), in collaboration with Elsevier, has released its latest update of the world’s top 2% most cited scientists.

📈 The new edition highlights several CERIS – Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability researchers, underlining the global impact and visibility of their scientific work in civil engineering, environmental engineering, and materials science.

This distinction reflects the quality, influence, and international relevance of CERIS research, reinforcing its role in advancing knowledge and innovation for a more sustainable future. 🌱

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 CERIS Researchers on the “Career_2024” List:
Jorge de Brito • João Ramôa Correia • Alfredo Balacó de Morais • Alban Kuriqi • Paulo Barreto Cachim • Vítor Silva • Luís Evangelista • Eduardo Júlio • Dinar Camotim • Carlos Sousa Oliveira • Victor M. Ferreira • Rodrigo M. Gonçalves • Hugo Filipe Rodrigues • Aníbal Guimarães Costa

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬CERIS Researchers on the “Single_Year_2024” List:
Jorge de Brito • João Ramôa Correia • Alban Kuriqi • Vítor Silva • Rui Vasco Silva • José Alexandre Bogas • Luís Evangelista • Eduardo Júlio • Paulo Barreto Cachim • Tiago Miguel Ferreira • Hugo Filipe Rodrigues • João E. de Abreu e Silva • Helena Margarida M. Ramos • Dinar Camotim • Alfredo Balacó de Morais • Rodrigo M. Gonçalves • Elói Figueiredo • Victor M. Ferreira

🏅 This recognition celebrates the groundbreaking work carried out at CERIS and motivates the entire research community to continue pushing the boundaries of civil and environmental engineering for sustainability.

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🌍 CERIS researchers joined the European Researchers’ Night 2025, held on September 26 in Lisbon and Aveiro, celebrating science and bringing researchers closer to the public through hands-on activities.

🔬 In Lisbon, at the National Museum of Natural History & Science and Príncipe Real Garden, Inês Flores-Colen and Maria Concepción Pacheco Menor collaborated with CERENA to showcase the circular economy in action — transforming waste into valuable resources for sustainable construction. Visitors explored how materials like marine biomass, disposable masks, and electronic waste can be reused and reimagined.

🏛️ In Aveiro, at the Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva, CERIS took part in the SCIENCE@UA fair with two interactive sessions:

🟢3D technologies in heritage rehabilitation, exploring 3D printing and digital tools for preserving historic buildings.

Learning about earthquakes through virtual reality, offering immersive experiences of seismic events and the science behind early warning systems.

✨ Across both cities, CERIS researchers inspired curiosity, showing how science drives innovation and sustainability.