Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA

António Luís Henriques Tavares de Castro

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

Senior Researcher, Head of DBB/NO Unity

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES

PhD in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (UL/IST) – 1998

Degree in Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra (FCTUC) – 1983

RELEVANT FUNCTIONS AND PUBLIC OFFICES

Head of the Monitoring Unit (NO) of the Concrete Dams Department (DBB) – since 2013

Senior Researcher at DBB/NO – since 2006

Equivalent to Adjunct Professor in the Departmental Area of Civil Engineering of the Lisbon School of Engineering (ISEL) – between 1998 and 2016

Assistant Researcher no DBB/NO – between 1998 and 2006

Research Assistant at DBB/NO – between 1989 and 1998

Research Intern at DBB/NO – between 1986 and 1989

RESEARCH AREAS / INTEREST

Interpretation of the behavior and safety control of concrete and masonry dams.

Back analysis methods in the interpretation of the behavior of concrete dams.

Roller compacted concrete dams.

Risk analysis in concrete dams.

DEVELOPED ACTIVITY

Safety control of concrete and masonry dams during the construction, first filling and operation phases in Portugal (Alqueva, Pedrógão, Alto Lindoso, Alto Ceira, Foz Tua dams, among others).

Participation in studies related to the observation and safety control of dams in Cape Verde and Brazil.

Scientific orientation of a phD thesis and three Master theses