Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Ana Maria Pinheiro Vieira
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Senior Researcher
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Civil Engineering (Geotechnics and Foundations Branch) from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra
Master's in Soil Mechanics from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon
Bachelor's in Civil Engineering (5-year program) from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES
Principal Investigator of Project Geosustained (Assessment of the sustainability of surface geothermal systems for Lisbon. Studies on the thermal and thermomechanical behavior of the city's soils) funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), reference PTDC/ECI-CON/1866/2021 (since 2022)
President of the Portuguese Committee of Environmental Geotechnics (since 2020)
Co-editor of the Soils and Rocks journal (since 2021)
Secretary-General of the Portuguese Society of Geotechnics (2016-2020)
Vice-President of the Portuguese Committee of Environmental Geotechnics (2016-2020)
Principal Investigator of Project Success (Sustainability of surface geothermal systems. Studies applied to Southern European climates) funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), reference PTDC/ECM-GEO/0728/2014 (2016-2019)
Coordinator of Working Group 1 Soil Thermal Characterization, within the COST Action (European Cooperation of Science and Technology) TU1405 European network for shallow geothermal energy applications in buildings and infrastructures (GABI) (2015-2019)
Guest Lecturer at the Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon (2010-2014)
Research Assistant at LNEC (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering) (2007-2013)
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Soil Mechanics
Numerical and Experimental Characterization of Geomaterials
Numerical Modeling, Observation, and Safety Control of Geotechnical Works
Shallow Geothermal Systems and Thermal Energy Storage
Environmental Geotechnics
Underground Works in Urban Areas
Geotechnical Seismic Engineering
Soil Improvement and Reinforcement
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACIVITY
Participation in or coordination of research projects at LNEC and externally funded projects
Participation in or coordination of contract research studies and specialized technical consulting
SCIENTIFIC ORIENTATION
Supervision of interns, fellows, master's, and Ph.D. students
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Vieira, A.: Maranha, J.R. (2016). Thermoplastic analysis of a thermoactive pile in a normally consolidated clay. ASCE, International Journal of Geomechanics, 17(1), 04016030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000666
Maranha, J.R; Pereira, C.; Vieira, A. (2016). A viscoplastic subloading soil model for rate-dependent cyclic anisotropic structured behaviour. International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 40 (11), 1531-1555, Published online 10 January 2016 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.2494
Vieira, A.; Alberdi-Pagola, M.; Christodoulides, P.; Javed, S.; Loveridge, F.; Nguyen, F.; Cecinato, F.; Maranha, J.; Florides, G.; Prodan, I.; Van Lysebetten, G.; Ramalho, E.; Salciarini, D.; Georgiev, A.; Rosin-Paumier, S.; Popov, R.; Lenart, S.; Poulsen, S.E.; Radioti, G. (2017). Characterisation of ground thermal and thermo-mechanical behaviour for shallow geothermal energy applications. Energies, 10(12), 2044. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10122044
Maranha, J. R.; Pereira, C.; Vieira, A. (2018). Improved subloading thermo-viscoplastic model for soil under strictly isotropic conditions. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 14, 38-47, doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2018.01.002 ISSN 2352-3808, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2018.01.002. (Themed Issue on Selected Papers from the International Workshop on Advances in Laboratory Testing and Modelling of Soils and Shales).
Christodoulides, P., Vieira, A. Lenart, S., Maranha, J. Vidmar, G., Popov, R., Georgiev, A., Aresti, L. & Florides, G.. (2020). Reviewing the Modeling Aspects and Practices of Shallow Geothermal Energy Systems. Energies 2020, 13, 4273; https://doi:10.3390/en13164273
Vieira, A.; Alberdi-Pagola, M.; Barla, M.; Christodoulides, P.; Florides, G.; Insana, A.; Javed, S.; Maranha, J.; Milenic, D.; Prodan, I.; Salciarini, D. (2022). Site characterization for the design of thermoactive geostructures. Soils and Rocks. 45(1), January-March, 2022, Review Article. https://doi.org/10.28927/SR.2022.001022 (Special Issue: Thermal Applications in Geotechnical Engineering (Invited Editors: F. Saboya, J.S. McCartney).
OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
Board member of the Manuel Rocha Prize for PhD theses.
Board member of the Young Geotechnical Prize.
Secretary of the Geotechnics' Scientific Department Commission.
Member of organizing committees for conferences and other scientific events.
Member of review committees for national and international journals and scientific events.
Dissemination of research activities through lectures, courses, oral presentations, and moderation of scientific sessions.
Attendance at conferences, seminars, and training programs.
OTHER INFORMATION
Awards: Manuel Rocha Prize of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG) for PhD. thesis for the quadrennium 2004-2007 (2008)
Affiliations: Order of Engineers, Portuguese Society of Geotechnics, Portuguese Committee of Environmental Geotechnics, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering