ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH TEAM ARE AT PRESENT TIME MEMBERS OF CEDEC-CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL DA FACULDADE DE ENGENHARIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO (FEUP).

AS A RESULT OF AN INTERNAL AND AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION A PROPOSAL OF SUB-DIVISION OF CEDEC WAS PRESENTED IN 1999 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A SMALLER, MORE DYNAMIC, COHERENT AND MORE INTERNATIONAL RELATED RESEARCH GROUP. FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THAT PROPOSAL SUCH SUB-DIVISION IS NOW POSSIBLE (FINAL PROPOSAL APRIL 2002).

AT PRESENT THEY WORK WITH MORE THAN THIRTY YOUNG M. SC. AND PHD. D. STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS PREPARING THEIR DISSERTATIONS. THIS WILL ALLOW AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH APPROACH.

THE MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH TEAM HAVE MOVED TO NEW BUILDING FACILITIES FROM SEPT. 2000. THEY HAVE SUITABLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND THEY DEVELOP INTENSE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE ACTIVITIES IN SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS BUT MAINLY AT FEUP. MOST OF THEM ARE INVOLVED IN INTENSE AND FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EXTERNAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.

NEW LABORATORY FACILITIES ARE LOCATED IN A 1200 M2 BUILDING AND INCLUDE SEVERAL RESEARCH EQUIPMENT (PART OF THE EQUIPMENT IS SHARED WITH ONE OTHER RESEARCH UNIT (FLUID MECHANICS).

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH UNIT IS ORGANISED INTO FOUR PERMANENT SUB-GROUPS WHERE SEVERAL PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED.

THESE ARE UNDERGOING AND NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS (FCC, NATO, EU...), DISSERTATIONS, EXTERNAL CONTRACTS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS INITIATIVES.

- COASTAL AND MARITIME STUDIES
(NUMERICAL MODELLING, PHYSICAL MODELLING, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, COASTAL AND HARBOUR STRUCTURES).

- WATER RESOURCES AND FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS
(WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN DEFICIT REGIONS, INTERNATIONAL SHARED RIVERS, MODELLING, FLUVIAL REGULARISATION, SECURITY AND DISSIPATION HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES).
 
- STUDIES OF THE URBAN WATER CYCLE
(MANAGEMENT INDICATORS, RATIONAL WATER USES, EFFLUENT DISPERSION IN WATER ENVIRONMENTS, SEWAGE AND WATER SYSTEMS REHABILITATION, SMALL URBAN RIVERS REHABILITATION, OPTIMISATION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS).
 
- EXPERIMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
(ADVANCED INSTRUMENT APPLICATIONS, NAMELY LASER ANEMOMETERS).

UNIT MEMBERS (Ph. D)

NAME	DEGREE
Fernando Francisco Machado Veloso Gomes	Agregated
José Manuel Pinto Ferreira Lemos	Agregated
José Carlos Tentúgal Valente
Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira Maia
Maria Teresa de Carvalho Dias Lopes Gomes Tomás
Mário Jorge Valente Neves
Maria Fernanda Quintela da Silva Proença
Paulo Tenreiro dos Santos Monteiro
Cheng Chia-Yau
Paulo Alexandre de Avilez Rodrigues de Almeida Valente
Manuel Maria Pacheco Figueiredo
Francisco Manuel Oliveira Piqueiro
Francisco Taveira Pinto
Ana Augusta da Conceição Gomes Rodrigues Neves

THE RESEARCH UNIT WILL HAVE A STRONG LEADERSHIP. MEMBERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH AND TO BE INVOLVED IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS. TROUGH AN ANNUAL AUTO-EVALUATION, MEMBERS THAT WILL NOT REACH ANNUAL PRODUCTION MINIMUM LEVELS (AT LEAST ONE PUBLICATION IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS, TWO PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS WITH REFEREES AND TWO DISSERTATION SUPERVISIONS) WILL BE INVITED TO LEAVE THE GROUP.

THERE ARE NEW AND MODERN RESEARCH FACILITIES NAMELY A LARGE LABORATORY BUILDING (1200 M2) WITH WATER STORAGE (50 M3) AND HIGH FLOW SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WAVE TANK (28X12X1 M3), WATER FLUME (32X1X1.2 M3), SEVERAL HYDRAULIC AND FLUID MECHANICS COMPACT RESEARCH APPARATUS, ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, WORKSHOP, MEETING ROOMS, LIBRARY AND INDIVIDUAL OFFICES FOR ALL THE PH. D RESEARCHERS.

NEW MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT FACILITIES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO FCC UNDER TWO LARGE JOINT RE-EQUIPMENT PROPOSALS ("LABORATORY OF OPTICAL TECHNIQUES IN FLUID MECHANICS", THREE PARTNERS; "INFRA-STRUCTURES FOR EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON MARITIME HYDRAULICS", EIGHT PARTNERS).

THE RESEARCH GROUP HAS SUCCESSFUL PAST EXPERIENCE USING LABORATORY FACILITIES AND ADVANCED MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT NAMELY LASER-DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY.

THE RESEARCH GROUP HAS SUCCESSFUL PAST EXPERIENCE SHARING EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WITH OTHER FEUP GROUPS (CIÊNCIA PROGRAMME 035/M790).

THE GROUP IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN TWO M. SC. COURSES THAT CAN PROVIDE THEMES FOR RESEARCH AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS: THE M. SC. COURSE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND THE M. SC. COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF FLUID MECHANICS.

THE RESEARCH UNIT IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE INSTITUTO DE HIDRÁULICA E RECURSOS HÍDRICOS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR CONSULTANCY IN CREATIVE MATTERS AND APPLIED RESEARCH.

THE MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH UNIT ARE ACTIVE IN ORGANIZING INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES (FOR INSTANCE LITTORAL 1994 IN LISBON AND LITTORAL 2002 IN PORTO) AND NATIONAL CONGRESSES (MORE THAN TWELVE, CONGRESSO DA ÁGUA, PORTO MARCH 2002, 800 ATTENDANTS).

THE PUBLICATION IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, NAMELY TROUGH THE PH. D. DISSERTATIONS AND PROJECTS CONCLUDED.

THE UNIT RESEARCH MEMBERS ARE STRONGLY INVOLVED IN OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND SOME OF THEM IN EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES  (NAMELY PUBLIC DUTIES) SO THE TIME PERCENTAGE DEDICATED TO RESEARCH IS LESS THAN IT SHOULD BE DESIRABLE.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE UNIT Ph.D. RESEARCHERS IS HIGH. THIS FACT IS BEING OVERCOMED BY THE INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE PREPARING M.SC. AND PH D. DISSERTATIONS. THE NUMBER OF YEARS TO CONCLUDE A PH. D DEGREE IN HYDRAULICS AT FEUP SHOULD BE REDUCED FROM SEVEN YEARS (AVERAGE) TO FOUR YEARS.

ALL THE UNIT RESEARCHERS WITH PH. D. ARE CIVIL ENGINEERS. THEY ARE ASSISTANT PROFESSORS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS AT THE GROUP OF HYDRAULICS, WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT AT THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF FEUP. INTEGRATION OF EXTERNAL PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND NETWORK RESEARCH IS IMPROVING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES.

SEVERAL RESEARCHERS OF THE UNIT ARE OFTEN INVITED FROM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DUTIES.

THE BASIC SALARY PH.D. OF THE RESEARCHERS OF THE GROUP IS NOT ATTRACTIVE COMPARATIVELY TO PRIVATE JOBS AND THERE IS A STRONG EXTERNAL SEARCH FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS. FEW YOUNG CIVIL ENGINEERS ARE ATTRACTED BY RESEARCH DUE NON-COMPETITIVE SALARY LEVELS ALSO. IN CONTRAST WITH ALMOST OTHER SCIENTIFIC AREAS UNEMPLOYMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS DOES NOT EXIST. THIS FACT SHOULD BE OVERCOME BY THE INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH OTHER BACKGROUNDS AND THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN NETWORKS.

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DISSERTATIONS

PH. D. DISSERTATIONS (CONCLUDED)

- Victor Sousa (1999). "Apoio a Decisões Participadas em Planeamento e Gestão de Recursos Hídricos". Ph. D. Thesis. 184 pgs. + Anexos. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Ferreira Lemos (FEUP)

- Isabel Bentes (1999). "Um Modelo para Análise do Funcionamento Hidráulico de Redes de Esgotos Sob Pressão". Dissertação de Doutoramento (Ph. D. Thesis). 164 pgs. + Anexos. Universidade de Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; Supervision: Tentúgal Valente (FEUP).

- P. Avilez-Valente (2000). "Métodos de Elementos Finitos para a Modelação a Uma e Duas Dimensões Horizontais da Propagação de Ondas de Gravidade em Engenharia Costeira". Ph. D. Thesis. Vol. I, 341 pgs. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP) e Seabra Santos (UC).

- P. Castro (2000). "Apoio à Decisão em Recursos Hídricos com Sistemas de Informação Geográfica e Algoritmos Genéticos". Ph. D. Thesis. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Poças Martins (FEUP).

- M. P. Figueiredo (2000 /2001). "Simulação Estocástica de Escoamentos em Aquíferos Regionais Porosos. Estimação de Parâmetros Hidrogeológicos por Modelação Inversa". Ph. D. Thesis. Vol I 314 pgs, Vol II 390 pgs. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Ferreira Lemos (FEUP) e Luis Ribeiro (IST)

- F. M. Piqueiro (2000). "Caracterização do Comportamento dos Agitadores Hiperbolóides em Tanques de Mistura. Estudo dos Escoamentos". Ph. D. Thesis. Vol. I, 300 pgs., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Supervision: Tentúgal Valente (FEUP) e Fernanda Proença (FEUP).

- Armando B. S. Afonso (2000/2001). "Contributos para o Dimensionamento de Redes de Águas em Edifícios Especiais. Aplicação de Modelos Matemáticos". Ph. D. Thesis. 403 pgs. + Anexos. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Novais Barbosa (FEUP).

- Ana. R. Neves (2000). "Jactos Superficiais. Correntes, Obstáculos, Sedimentos". Ph. D. Thesis. 385 pgs. . Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Malafaya Baptista (FEUP) e Peter Davies (UK).

- F. Taveira-Pinto (2001). "Análise das Oscilações e dos Campos de Velocidades nas Proximidades de Quebramares Submersos Sob a Acção da Agitação Marítima". Ph. D. Thesis. Vol. I, 314 pgs.. e Vol. II-Anexos, 322 gs.., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP) e Fernanda Proença (FEUP).

- Pedro. N. Afonso (2001). "Modelação Matemática de Reactores Biológicos no Tratamento Terciário de Efluentes". Ph. D. Thessi. 540 pgs.+Anexos, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

- M. C. Baixinho F. Dias (2002). “Modelação Matemática de Quantidade e Qualidade de Água em Sistemas de Abastecimento Público” Ph. D. Thesis.304 pgs, Universidade do Minho; Supervision: Pereira Vieira (UM) Tentúgal Valente (FEUP).

 
PH. D. DISSERTATIONS (NOT CONCLUDED)

- Patrícia Ramos. "Utilização de Veículos Submarinos Autónomos no Estudo da Dispersão de Efluentes". Expected 2005. Supervision: Jorge Neves (FEUP)

- Mafalda Nunes. "Tratamento de Águas Contaminadas com Nitro e Clorofenóis". Expected 2003. Supervision: Chia Cheng (FEUP), Isabel Capela (U. Aveiro)

- Luciana Neves. "Aplicação de Geosintéticos em Defesa Costeira." Expected 2005. Civil Eng.. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP)

- Joaquim Barbosa. "Hidromorfologias e Hidroformas Costeiras Locais." Expected 2005. Engineering Sciences. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP), Taveira Pinto (FEUP)

- Fátima Alves. "Sustentabilidade das Zonas Costeiras. O Estudo de Caso das Frentes Urbanas Atlânticas". Expected 2004. Planning and Environmental Sciences. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP) , Filomena Martins (U. Aveiro).

- Jorge Gonçalves. "Modelação Geométrica Tridimensional de Processos Erosivos Costeiros Baseado em SIG. O Caso de Rupturas de Restingas." Expected 2005.  Civil Eng.  Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP), Claudino Vicente (U. Aveiro)

- Carlos Coelho. "Riscos de Exposição de Frentes Urbanas a Diferentes Intervenções de Defesa Costeira". Expected 2004. Civil Eng.. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP) e Claudino Vicente (U. Aveiro)

- Cláudia Teodoro "Monitorização da Zona Costeira Usando Dados de Satélite" Expected 2005. Geographical Eng. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP), André Marçal (Faculdade de Ciências UP)

- Cristina Neves “Análise do Campo de Pressões em Quebramares Submersos”. Expected 2005. Civil Eng. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP), Taveira Pinto (FEUP)

- João Pêgo. "Fluid Mechanics Design Strategy for Ship Propulsion System. Friedrich-Alexander Univ. Erlangen. Expected 2004. Supervision: Rodrigo Maia (FEUP), Franz Durst (LSTM-Erlanger, Germany)

- Carla Sampaio. "Gestão de Resíduos em Meio Urbano". Expected 2006. Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP)

 
M. SC. DISSERTATIONS (CONCLUDED)

Sónia Cerqueira (1998/1999) “Avaliação da Contaminação Bacteriológica Resultante da Descarga de Águas Residuais por Exutores Submarinos - Uma Determinação Experimental do Parâmetro T90”. Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

José Campeão (2000) “Metodologia de Cálculo de Tarifas em Sistemas Públicos de Abastecimento de Água e Saneamento”. Supervision: Poças Martins (FEUP).

Carla Sampaio (2000/2001). “Aplicação de Modelos de Gestão Integrada na Exploração de Sistemas de Drenagem e Tratamento de Águas Residuais”. Supervison: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

Carlos Santo (2001). “Protecção das Zonas Costeiras contra a Poluição por Hidrocarbonetos”. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP), Rui Boaventura (FEUP).

Jaime Santos (2000/2001) “Concepção, Construção, Implantação e Monitorização de um Sistema Piloto de Recifes Artificiais”. Supervision: Veloso Gomes  (FEUP), Michael Weber (ICBAS).

Ana Tomás (2001). “Sistemas Integrados de Gestão da Qualidade, do Ambiente e da Segurança e Saúde. Aplicação a uma Empresa Gestora de um Sistema de Drenagem e Tratamento de Águas Residuais”. Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

Amadeu Guimarães (2000 /2001). “Redução da Poluição na Indústria Têxtil. Aplicação ao Caso do Vale do Ave”. Supervison: Poças Martins (FEUP).

Janio Langa (2002 – submmited). "Estudos Costeiros na Cidade de Maputo. Causas. Considerações sobre Intervenções de Defesa". Supervison: Veloso Gomes (FEUP).

Nuno Pereira Costa (2003- submmited). “Perdas de Cargas em Tês de Derivação de Sistemas de Tubagem”. Supervision. Rodrigo Maia (FEUP).

Joaquim Barbosa (2003 – submmited). “Aplicação dos Sistemas de Informação Geográfica na Zona Costeira”. Supervision: Veloso- Gomes (FEUP), Taveira Pinto (FEUP).

Luciana Neves (2003- submmited). “Aplicações de Geosintéticos em Intervenções de Defesa Costeira”. Supervision: Veloso- Gomes (FEUP), Lurdes Lopes (FEUP).


M. SC. DISSERTATIONS ( NOT CONCLUDED)

- Joana Boaventura. "Metodologias para Reabilitação de Sistemas de Distribuição de Água". Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

- Ângelo Maia. "Modelação da Qualidade da Água em Sistemas Públicos de Distribuição". Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

- Marinho Graça. "Estudo da Valorização Agrícola de Lamas Produzidas em ETARs". Supervision: Paulo Monteiro (FEUP).

- Ana Sousa. "Dispersão de Poluentes em Risco". Supervision: Mário Neves (FEUP).

- Pedro Teiga. "Reabilitação de Rios e Ribeiras em Zonas Edificadas". Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP).

- Márcia Cabarrão. "Edificabilidade nas Gafanhas e Riscos de Exposição às Acções do Mar". Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP).

- Ana Isabel Lopes. “Dissipação de Energia em Estruturas Hidráulicas de Leitos Móveis”. Supervision: Rodrigo Maia.

- Rui Jorge Ferreia Aleixo. “ Estudos de Sedimentação e Transporte Utilizando Novas Técnicas Analíticas e Experimentais”.  Supervision: Rodrigo Maia (FEUP).

- Marisa Vilar da Silva. “Implicações da Implementação das Directivas Europeias no Âmbito da Qualidade da Água”. Supervision: Rodrigo Maia (FEUP).

- Pedro Teiga. “Reabilitação de Rios e Ribeiras em Zonas Edificadas”. Supervision Veloso Gomes (FEUP), (UTAD)

- Sofia Araújo. “Contributos para um Plano de Monitorização do litoral de Matosinhos”. Supervision: Veloso Gomes (FEUP), Vítor Vasconcelos (FCUP)

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ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND OTHER RELEVANT MEETINGS

- LITTORAL 2002. 6th International Conference. The Changing Coast. 22-26 September 2002. Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal. Eurocoast and EUCC. 400 participants from 30 countries. Organization. Prof. Veloso Gomes Chairman of the Congress. Prof. Veloso Gomes, Prof. Taveira Pinto and Luciana Neves (Organizers and Proceedings Editors).
 
- 6º Congresso da Água. ( 6th Portuguese Water Congress) 18 / 22 March 2002. Porto. Portugal. 800 participants. Organization. Prof. Tentúgal Valente Chairman of the Congress. Prof. Veloso Gomes, Prof. Ferreira Lemos and Prof. Paulo Monteiro Members of the Scientific Committee.

-10º Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental e 10º Encontro Nacional de Saneamento Básico. 16 / 19 Sept. Braga. Portugal. 350 participants. Prof. Tentúgal Valente Member of the Organization Committee.

- 2nd International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges. Istambul, Turkey, 16-20 September 2002. International Association for Hydraulics, MEDCOAST, Tecware and Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto. (Prof. Valente-Neves Member of the Organization).

- Good Practices in Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Defence. International Workshop. 7-8 June 2002. Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal.30 participants. Co-organization with EUCC - the Coastal Union.

- Environmental Fluid Mechanics. Theory, Experiments, Applications. University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 14-18 June 1999. (Prof. Valente-Neves Member of the Organization).

- LITTORAL 1998. 4th International Conference Eurocoast. Portsmouth. UK. 300 participants. (Prof. Veloso Gomes Member of the Organization and of the Scientific Committee)

- LITTORAL 2000. 5th International Conference Eurocoast. Dubrovnik, Croatia. 250 participants. (Prof. Veloso Gomes Member of the International Organising Committee)

- MEDCOAST 2001. Hammamet. Tunísia. 3-27 October 2001. 300 participants. (Prof. Veloso Gomes Member of the International Advisory Committee).

- Implementing Transboundary River Conventions, With Emphasis on the Portuguese-Spanish case: Challenges and Opportunities. International Conference. Luso-American Foundation, Faculdade de Engenharia da universidade do Porto and Colorado State University. 8-9 March 2001 (Prof. Rodrigo Member of the International Organising Committee).

- I Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa. Ponta Delgada, Açores, 11-13 October, 2001.

- Challenges to the Civil Engineering Profession in Europe at the Beginning of the 3th Millenium. July, 2001 Roménia. (Prof. Ferreira Lemos Member of the Scientific Committee)

- V Simpósio de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos dos Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa - SILUSBA. November 2001. Aracajú, Brasil. (Prof. Ferreira Lemos Member of the Scientific Committee)

- Environmental Aspects in Civil Engineering Education. Assoc. of Civil Eng. Faculties. September 2002, Porto (Prof. Ferreira Lemos Member of the Organization and of the Scientific Committee)

- Coastal Zone Management Short Course. EUROCOAST Portugal. March 1999, Porto (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizers).
 
- Portuguese Coastal Zone Management Plans. Seminar. EUROCOAST Portugal. March 1999, Porto (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizers and Proceedings Editors).

- The Alentejo Coastal Zone. Seminar. EUROCOAST Portugal. June 2000, Porto (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizers and Proceedings Editors).

- The River Catchment Plans and the Portuguese Coastal Estuaries. Seminar. EUROCOAST Portugal. October 2000, Lisbon (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizers).

- Coastal Zone Management. The Applicability of the Portuguese Laws. Short Course. EUROCOAST Portugal. October 2000, Porto (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizers and Proceedings Editors).

- Integrated Portuguese Coastal Zone Management. EUROCOAST Portugal. October 2000, Coimbra (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Prof. Taveira Pinto co-Organizers and Proceedings Editors).

- Periodic Conferences on Environmental and Development Issues.  M. Sc. Course on Environmental Engineering. Invite speakers. 45 Conferences 1999 -2002. (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Teresa Tomás are the Organizers)

 
FUTURE EVENTS

- II Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa. Recife, Brasil, October, 2003. (Prof. Veloso Gomes Member of the Organization Committee).

- III Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia. Maputo. Moçambique, Sept 2003. (Prof. Veloso Gomes Member of the Scientific Committee).

- Periodic Conferences on Environmental and Development Issues.  M. Sc. Course on Environmental Engineering. Invite speakers. Expected 35 Conferences 2003 -2004. (Prof. Veloso Gomes and Teresa Tomás are the Organizers)

- 6º Simpósio de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos dos Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa. APRH, ABRH, AMCT. República de Cabo Verde. 10-12 Nov. 2003. (Prof. Teresa Tomás Member of the Scientific Committee).

- 1st Advanced Study Course - International Summer Course on Coastal Zone Management in the Atlantic Coast. 1-6 Set. 2003.  (Prof. Taveira Pinto Director of the Course and Prof. Veloso Gomes Member of the Advisory Committee).

- Seminar on Doppler Current Profilers and Aquadopp single point current meter. 3 July, 2003. (Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizer).

- Seminar on Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters. 4 July, 2003 (Prof. Taveira Pinto Organizer).

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RELATIONSHIP WITH FEUP INTERNAL INSTITUTIONS

STRONG CO-OPERATION IS BEING PROMOTED WITH:

- THE DIVISION OF HYDRAULICS, WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT AND WITH THE CIVIL ENG. DEPT.
(HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABORATORY FACILITIES, CIVIL ENG. COURSE, COMPATIBILITY WITH THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC OPTIONS);

- THE HYDRAULICS AND WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE - FEUP INTERFACE INSTITUTION-
(HUMAN RESOURCES, FCT RESEARCH PROJECTS, PROTOCOLS AND CONTRACTS WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND PRIVATE ENTITIES);
 
- OTHER FEUP RESEARCH GROUPS (TERRITORIAL PLANNING RESEARCH UNIT, FLUID MECHANICS);

- THE INTER-DEPARTMENT MASTER COURSE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (thesis, lectures)

- THE INTER-DEPARTMENT MASTER COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF FLUID MECHANICS (thesis, lectures);

- THE INTER-FACULTY MASTER COURSE ON TERRITORIAL PLANNING (thesis, lectures),

- OTHER M.SC. COURSES (Soil Mechanics, lectures)

 
NETWORKS AND RELATIONSHIPS

INTERNATIONAL

- EUROCOAST FEDERATION (European Coastal Association for Science and Technology). CEHRA is involved with EUROCOAST, supporting EUROCOAST Portugal activities (several meetings per year, book editions, short courses) and EUROCOAST International events namely LITTORAL International Conferences. Prof. Veloso Gomes Past EUROCOAST FEDERATION President (2000-2002) and President EUROCOAST Portugal.

- EUCC – “European Union for Coastal Conservation - The Coastal Union”. CEHRA is involved with EUCC events and trough projects namely EUROSION. Prof. Taveira Pinto Vice – President.

- SZCZECIN UNIVERSITY (Poland) – Bilateral Agreement 2003 / 2006. Teaching and research staff mobility. Remote sensing and coastal morphology. Coastal processes. Prof. Veloso Gomes coordinator.

- AECF (Association of European Civil Eng. Faculties). Prof. Ferreira Lemos member of the Board of Directors.

- EUCEET (European Civil Eng. Education and Training). Prof. Ferreira Lemos member of the Steering Committee.

- ESOEPE (European Standing Observatory for the Eng. Profession and Education). ). Prof. Ferreira Lemos member of the Steering Committee.

- EWRA - EUROPEAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. (Prof. Rodrigo Maia member of the Executive Board.

- Thematic network ARIASTEC (Actions for Raising Information and Awareness of Science, Technology and Economics in Citizens). Participation Prof. Jorge Neves.

- CO-OPERATION WITH FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG (Ph. D. students)

- CO-OPERATION WITH EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES will continue

- FORMALISATION OF CO-OPERATION WITH MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA AND BRASIL

- SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS WITH EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES TO EUROPEAN UNION PROJECTS.

CONTINUITY OF CO-OPERATION WITH EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (NATO PROJECTS)

CONTINUITY AND FORMALISATION OF CO-OPERATION WITH MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA AND BRASIL

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS WITH EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES TO EUROPEAN UNION PROJECTS.
 
NATIONAL

SUPPORT PORTUGUESE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER RESOURCES (Water Congress, other activities).

REINFORCEMENT OF CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES:

                Univ. Aveiro Dept. Civil Eng. and Dept. Environment And Planning (3 Ph.D. students, european  projects);
                Univ. Coimbra Hydraulics Division Dept. Civil Eng (M.Sc. lectures);
                Univ. Minho Dept. Civil Eng  (1 Ph. D. student);
                Univ. Vila Real Dept. Civil Eng  (2Ph. D. students)
                Technical Univ. Lisbon IST –CEHIDRO (APDL project)
                Univ. Porto Faculty of Sciences (project COSAT, M. Sc. Lectures)

 
JOINT APPLICATIONS

Joint application to FCT for a LABORATORY OF OPTICAL TECHNIQUES IN THE FLUID MECHANICS.

Three research groups (CEFT, CIEA and CEHRA) working in Transport Phenomena in Civil, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Departments of FEUP in order to provide them with capabilities in Laser-Doppler, Particle Image Velocimetry and Phase-Doppler Anemometry. It includes researchers also from Coimbra Engineering Polytechnic, Porto Engineering Polytechnic and Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. Research topics:

            - Viscoelastic flows in ducts, expansions and diffusers to develop turbulence models. These fluids are typical in the process industry;
            - Two and three-phase flows in vertical columns for the modelization of chemical reactors;
            - Confined jets of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids for applications in membrane separation processes of the food industry.
            - Single and two-phase flows in mechanically agitated reactors with and without aeration;
            - Hydrodynamic behaviour of wave breakers for coastal protection and open channel flows for applications in urban hydraulics;
            - Optimisation of bifurcations for piping networks;
            - Flows in circulating fluidised beds for optimisation of industrial fluidisation processes.

This strengthens and modernizes an infrastructure that was created in 1990 following the same philosophy: LTAMF, the Advanced Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, was set up by researchers of the above mentioned Engineering Departments at FEUP and was funded by Ciência programme (035/M/90). LTAMF has been a successful example of collaboration among researchers from different Departments, sharing experiences in related fields, research projects but especially sharing expensive equipment and facilities. LTAMF enabled the modernisation of research laboratories in Fluid Mechanics in the North of Portugal where many young researchers, now working in many industries and other universities and polytechnics, were trained over the last 11 years.

Joint application to FCT for an infrastructure for EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON MARITIME HYDRAULICS:
Scale model tests; maritime structures and sea transport; sea wave energy utilization; wave-current sediment interactions. Eight research groups:

- LNEC (Lisbon); CEHIDRO (Lisbon); IDMEC (Lisbon); IMAR (Coimbra); INETI (Lisbon); CEDEC/CEHRA (Porto); UETN (Lisbon) and MARETEC (Lisbon).

The submission of research projects, involving most of the consortium institutions to Portuguese and European calls for research proposals is to be promoted.

Several wave tanks and wave flumes are available. Different kinds of equipment and infrastructural facilities will be shared. This consortium includes all the Portuguese research groups (institutions) in the area of maritime hydraulics.

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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

The Faculty of Engineering has large facilities: library, computer network and offices for all the researchers.


CEHRA members have their offices at BUILDING H

SANITARY LABORATORY

MAIN RESEARCH EQUIPMENT: UV- visible spectrophotometer, double beam atomic spectrophotometer, HPLC chromatography, TOC total organic carbon analyzer.

NEW HYDRAULICS LABORATORY (1 200 m2)  

MAIN RESEARCH EQUIPMENT:

            WATER CHANNEL 40 x 1.3 x  1.0 m3

            WATER CHANNEL 17 x 0.4 x  0.6 m3

            WAVE TANK 28 x 12 x 1.0 m3 (multi-element regular and irregular 2D wave generation and acquisition equipment).

HYDRAULIC APPARATUS RELATED TO SEVERAL PROJECTS;

ADVANCED MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT:
            - Laser sources
            - Laser Doppler fiber optical systems
            - Counters.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING EQUIPMENT

SUBMISSION FCT NEW EQUIPMENT:
            - LDA 2D - Laser Doppler Anemometer;
            - Particle Image Velocimeter-PIV 2D;
            - Oscilloscope,
            - Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter-3ADV;
            - Traversing system for the water channel.
The proposal for new equipment is submitted under the projects title "Laboratory of Optical Techniques in Fluid Mechanics.

PART OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS SHARED WITH OTHER RESEARCH GROUP: CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE FENÓMENOS DE TRANSPORTE (Mechanical Eng. Dept, Chemical Eng. Dept).

SUBMISSION FCT WAVE TANK EQUIPMENT (LNEC as leader institution) of 16 multi-element with absorption system and re-reflections control, wave probes, 2D bed profiling systems.