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Employment (4)

University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2024-09 to present | Assistant Professor (Geosciences)
Employment
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Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

University of Porto: Porto, PT

2019-01 to 2024-08 | Research Associate (Civil Engineering)
Employment
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Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

University of Wollongong Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences: Wollongong, NSW, AU

2016-09 to 2018-09 | Research Associate (Civil Engineering)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

Construction Materials Testing Laboratory (LEMC): Porto, PT

2015-10 to 2016-07
Employment
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Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering: Porto, Porto, PT

2011-04 to 2016-01 | PhD (Civil Engineering)
Education
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Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering: Porto, Porto, PT

2005 to 2010 | MSc (Civil Engineering)
Education
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Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

Professional activities (1)

University of Wollongong: Wollongong, NSW, AU

Honorary Fellow
Invited position
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Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

Funding (7)

Sustainable use of recycled construction and demolition materials, tyre derived aggregates and recovered plastic in the railway track substructure – A step forward towards circular economy

2022-05 to 2024-08 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisbon, PT)
Source: Self-asserted source
Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

Valorisation of Construction and Demolition Wastes in geosynthetic reinforced structures - Prediction of long-term behaviour (CDW_LongTerm)

2019-01 to 2021-12 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030452
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Soil-geosynthetic interaction under monotonic and cyclic loading conditions

2011-04 to 2015-03 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SFRH/BD/72886/2010
Source: Self-asserted source
Fernanda Bessa Ferreira
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Use of low quality soils on geosynthetics reinforced structures. Experimental study of the behaviour (ValorSoil)

2010-06 to 2010-11 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/ECM/100975/2008
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Application of Geogrids for minimising track deformation and degradation under high frequency cyclic and heavy haul loading

Contract
Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) (Victoria, AU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Project R2.5.2
Source: Self-asserted source
Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering

Contract
Australian Research Council (ACT, AU)
Source: Self-asserted source
Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

ARC Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Rail Track Infrastructure

Contract
Australian Research Council (ACT, AU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

IC170100006
Source: Self-asserted source
Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

Peer review (87 reviews for 24 publications/grants)

Review activity for Advances in civil engineering. (2)
Review activity for Applied sciences. (2)
Review activity for CivilEng. (1)
Review activity for Engineering geology. (2)
Review activity for Environmental geotechnics. (3)
Review activity for European journal of environmental and civil engineering. (2)
Review activity for Geosynthetics international. (16)
Review activity for Geotextiles and geomembranes. (10)
Review activity for Géotechnique. (2)
Review activity for International journal of geosynthetics and ground engineering. (13)
Review activity for International journal of rail transportation. (2)
Review activity for Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. (1)
Review activity for Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. (2)
Review activity for Journal of materials in civil engineering. (1)
Review activity for Journal of materials in civil engineering. (4)
Review activity for Journal of rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering. (3)
Review activity for Proceedings of ICE. (2)
Review activity for Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (1)
Review activity for Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. (2)
Review activity for Railway Engineering Science. (2)
Review activity for Railway Engineering Science. (2)
Review activity for Road materials and pavement design : (1)
Review activity for Rock mechanics and rock engineering. (1)
Review activity for Transportation geotechnics. (10)
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