Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Maria João Henriques
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Senior Researcher, Applied Geodesy Unit - Science and Technology Coordinator
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
LNEC Specialist (equivalence to a doctorate in Geographical Engineering with the thesis entitled “The Effect of Refraction in Geodesy and Surveying”) – 1996
Degree in Geographic Engineering / Surveying Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) – 1983
RELEVANT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND POSITIONS
Science and Technology Coordinator – since2022
Senior Researcher – since 2006
Assistant Researcher – 1996 - 2006
Research Fellow – 1986 - 1996
Trainee Assistant at FCUL – 1985 - 1986
Research Grant Holder at LNEC – 1983 - 1986
Member of the Order of Engineers of Portugal – since 1984
Member of the National Council of the College of Geographical Engineering of the Order of Engineers of Portugal – 2013 - 2019
Member of the Admissions and Qualification Board of the Order of Engineers of Portugal – 2019 – 2022
Chair of the Commission Engineering Surveys of the International Federation of Surveyors, FIG – 2019 - 2022
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Design and quality control in monitoring systems using Applied Geodesy methods
Testing and verification of measuring equipment
Use of photographs, including aerial photographs taken by drone, for assisted visual inspection in civil engineering and for monitoring structures
Laser scanner surveys for creating 3D models of structures and detecting changes
DEVELOPED ACTIVITY
Improvement of Applied Geodesy methods for the observation of engineering works
Validation of methodologies of Applied Geodesy, Photogrammetry and laser scanner surveys for determining the position, shape and changes in engineering works and natural territory
Use of drones in monitoring and visual inspections
Generation of point clouds (from photogrammetric and from laser scanner surveys), numerical surface models (3D) and orthomosaics with high accuracy for use in structural, geotechnical and hydraulic engineering and studies from the territory