Adelino Ferreira is Associate Professor with Habilitation in the University of Coimbra and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment (CITTA) classified as Excellent by FCT in the last evaluation. He has worked in several research projects founded by the FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). In the period 2004-2007, he coordinated a research project entitled: A Deterministic Segment-Linked Pavement Management System. In the period 2011-2014, he coordinated a research project entitled: MODAT - Multi-objective Decision-Aid Tool for Highway Asset Management. At present, he coordinates a research project entitled: PAVENERGY – Pavement Energy Harvest Solutions. He has made numerous presentations at international and national meetings, worked and lectured on transportation engineering and management. He has published more than two hundred papers in international and national Journals and in international and national Conferences. He has also tutored and co-tutored more than thirty five MSc and PhD theses. He is an Expert in Transportation and Highways by the Portuguese Institution of Engineer since 2007. He is also a member of the AIPCR – World Road Association/Association Mondiale de la Route and Regular Member of the iSMARTi – International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures. As a Pavement Expert, in the scope of technology transfer, he has been collaborating with the Portuguese Roads Administration, Highway Concessionaires and Municipalities. He has been an evaluator of international research project proposals: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (CRPF); Latvian Council of Science (LCS); Etc.

PAVENERGY research project (http://pavenergy.dec.uc.pt) resulted in prototypes and demonstration models that received several innovation and entrepreneurship awards: Portugal Mobi Summit 2019 (2nd); Portugal Air Summit 2019 (2nd); CleanTech Camp 2019 (3rd); Prio Jump Star Accelerator 2018 (1st); Inov.Ação Valorpneu 2018 (1st); Horizon 2020 SME Instrument 2017; World Smart Cities Innovative Ideas Award 2017 (3rd); Climate LaunchPad Urban Transitions Award 2017 (1st);   BIG Smart Cities Portugal 2017 (1st); BIG Smart Cities Coimbra 2017 (1st); Road Safety Innovation Competition 2016 (1st).  

Awards: 2018: Award for R&D International Publications by FCTUC; 2007: First Place in the Competition "Road Education and Prevention - Young People in Action" by the Portuguese Young People Foundation; 2005: Parkman Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) from United Kingdom; 1999: Best Paper on Pavement Management in the X Congreso Ibero-Latinoamericano del Asfalto.

International Patent Application: Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2018), Device for applying in a pavement for collecting mechanical energy from vehicles passing over for generating electricity, International Patent Application No. PCT/IB2018/051247, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018154543

Web of Science Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/502951/adelino-ferreira

Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7402999799

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1681-0759

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