Development of sustainable construction materials, focusing on (i) bio-based composites derived from renewable resources for high performance applications, (ii) structural reinforcement and optimisation of timber structures using fibre-polymer composite systems: Project conceptualization and submission, Principal Investigator (Lead), Supervision of Postdoctoral, PhD, and MSc researchers, Project management.

Development of pultruded FRP composite sandwich panels for structural applications in partnership with the company ALTO Perfis Pultrudidos: Conceptualization of panels and connection systems, Multi-objective optimization, Structural design, FE modelling (Abaqus), Support to production, Experimental assessment and validation.Supervision of Master students on topics related FRP composites for civil engineering.

Design of advanced FRP materials and sandwich panels; Integration of new floors in building rehabilitation procedures; Laboratory testing of composite materials and structures; Analytical and numerical (FE) modelling; Project coordination; Materials and services acquisition; Liaison and coordination with sandwich panel manufacturing (vacuum infusion); Production of project deliverables; Publishing of research findings

Business-to-business commerce; Technical and commercial consulting; Liaison with architectural firms; Construction site support; Support to sales agents

Development of the BuildingsLife platform (http://buildingslife.com/) for service life prediction of building façade components; Inspection of building façades; Quantification of anomalies; Field assessment of environmental degradation factors; Publishing of research findings