Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Carlos Serra
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Assistant Researcher
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Civil Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2018
Advanced Training Diploma in Structural Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon, in 2011
Masters in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (post-Bologna), in 2008
Degree in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (pre-Bologna), in 2006
RELEVANT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND POSITIONS
Assistant Researcher at the Department of Concrete Dams at LNEC since 2020
Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the Department of Concrete Dams at LNEC between 2018 and 2020
Doctoral Scholarship of the Department of Concrete Dams at LNEC between 2013 and 2017
Scientific Research Initiation Scholarship of the Department of Concrete Dams at LNEC between 2008 and 2013
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Monitoring, safety control, and interpretation of the behavior of concrete dams
Experimental characterization and numerical modeling of the structural behavior and deterioration of dam concrete
Instrumentation of concrete dams
Building Information Modeling applied to dam safety control
DEVELOPED ACTIVITY
Monitoring, and safety control activities during dam construction
Analysis and interpretation of dam behavior during the first filling period of the reservoir
Analysis and interpretation of dam behavior during the exploration period
Developments in the in situ experimental installation of creep cells. Execution of in situ and laboratory tests and analysis of the results obtained
Development of analytical and semi-empirical models to study the behavior of dam concrete
Development of particle models to study the structural behavior of dam concrete
Development of particle models to study concrete deterioration due to expansive reactions of internal origin
Study of the use of fiber optic instrumentation and vibrating wire in embedded instrumentation in dam concrete
Support for the design, characterization, calibration, traceability, and operation of a press for checking Carlson-type electrical resistance devices
Development and application of the “Building Information Modelling” methodology to the safety control of concrete dams