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Definition of standardized structural solutions for industrial halls.Conception/testing of innovative connections for portal frames.Development of FrameCF, a Windows form application (WFA) to automate and optimize the design process.

Development and validation of rules for the fire design of non-uniform steel members based on non-linear FEM analyses in SAFIR.Journal papers: 6, Conference papers: 18, Citations: 53

Numerical studies regarding critical temperatures of steel members with slender (class 4) cross-sections subjected to fire, including a parametric investigation on the Finite Element Analysis simulations.Development of new design rules for structural steel members subjected to fire for which Lateral Torsional Buckling is the most relevant instability phenomenon.

Voluntary scientific research on the stability of thin-walled steel crosssections subjected to fire to strengthen the CV for an application to the highly competitive FCT PhD scholarship.

Researcher in European Project FIDESC4 – Fire Design of Steel Members with Welded or Hot-rolled Class 4 Cross-sections, carried out by the Universities of Aveiro, Prague and Liège, CTICM, LINDAB SA, DESMO ASand TECNALIA. Development of FIDESC4 and writing of the final report of the respective work package.