Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering
The Steel and Mixed Construction Technologies Group of ISISE, based at the University of Coimbra, is a research group committed to research in steel and composite construction and it has extensive experience in performing and delivering international research projects and cooperation with industry.
Only in recent years, the University of Coimbra has successfully accomplished several RFCS projects of a similar nature to C4C (EQUALJOINTS; EQUALJOINTS-Plus, INNO3DJOINTS, FAILNOMORE, FREEDAM, FREEDAM-Plus), to name a few. The group focuses on exploring combinations of steel with materials like concrete, glass, aluminum, timber, and polymers.
It also integrates into their research geotechnical expertise related to offshore applications and environmental aspects. The group’s interdisciplinary team develops cutting-edge technologies and practical solutions, using rigorous testing and advanced simulation techniques.
In this project, UC is the coordinator and a major contributor to project coordination and experimental, numerical and theoretical expertise in steel joints).
Project
Team Members
Professor of Steel Construction, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra.
Head of Steel and Mixed Construction Group (SMCT) of ISISE – Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, Research Centre financed by FCT (Portuguese Science Foundation). Co-Editor-in-Chief Journal of Constructional Steel Research. President of CMM (Portuguese Steelwork Association). President of Seapower. Awarded an Honoris Causa Doctorate by the University of Liege in 2018.
Filip Ljubinković, Ph.D, researcher and lecturer at the University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra.
Member of Steel and Mixed Construction Group (SMCT) of ISISE – Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering. Member of the scientific committee of CMM (Portuguese Steelwork Association). Holder of the John Henry Garrod King Medal at the British ICE Annual Awards in 2022. Member of the CEN Committees TC250/SC3/WG5, TC250/SC3/WG22, and Portuguese national committee for Eurocode 3 – IPQ/CT 115/SC3.
Ana Francisca Santos, Ph.D, researcher and lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra.
Board Member of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE). Member of the Steel and Mixed Construction Group (SMCT), cluster Extreme Events at the same Institute. She is also involved in the working group ECCS/TC10-TG: Deformation of joints.
MSc in Civil Engineering with a degree obtained at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, in Serbia, and with the MSc Thesis titled “Numerical Characterization of Innovative Demountable Beam-Column Connections using Long Bolts”.
Currently a member of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) as a PhD candidate enrolled in the Steel and Composite Construction program, specializing in new solutions for moment-resisting steel joints.
Civil engineer with a master’s degree in structural mechanics currently studying PhD on Steel and Composite Construction at the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Coimbra and the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE). His work has been developed mainly on steel structures and joints, specifically in Finite Element-based numerical modelling.
Contact details
ADRESS:
Rua Luís Reis Santos – Pólo II, 3030-788 Coimbra – Portugal
PHONE:
(+351) 239 797 260
EMAIL:
isise@dec.uc.pt
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Research Fund for Coal and Steel programme under grant agreement Nº 101112300