Luís Simões da Silva

Luis Simoes da Silva
Native name Luís Alberto Proença Simões da Silva
Born (1962-01-24) 24 January 1962
Coimbra, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
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Luis Simoes da Silva

Luís Alberto Proença Simões da Silva also known as Luis Simoes da Silva, (born 24 January 1962) is a Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Department of Civil Engineering[1] of the Faculty of Science and Technology[2] at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.[3] He is head of the Civil Engineering Department[4] and director of Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering research centre financed by FCT[5] (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) evaluated in 2014 with excellent.[6] He is also president of cmm[7] (Portuguese Steelwork Association).

Education

He completed his BSc in structural engineering in 1984 at University of Coimbra. Then he completed his MSc in structural steel design (1986) and his PhD (and DIC) in structural mechanics in 1989, both at Imperial College London.

Academic service

He is chairman of the Editorial Board of ECCS.[8] Chairman of the Editorial Board of “Steel Construction – Design and Construction”.[9] Member of the Editorial Board of: “Steel and Composite Structures”,[10] “Journal of Constructional Steel Research”,[11] “Advanced Steel Construction”,[12] “Revue Roumaine des Sciences Techniques - Série de Mécanique Appliquée”,[13] edited by the Roumanian Academy and “Revista da Estrutura em Aço”,[14] edited by CBCA, Brazil.

Silva serves on several committees in European Committee for Standardization, which currently includes:[15] CT 115 – Structural Eurocodes (CEN TC 250); CT 171 – Sustainability of Constructions (CEN TC 350); President of CT 182 – Execution of Steel and Aluminium Structures (CEN TC 135); the Evolution Group EC3-1-1 – Eurocode 3, Part 1-1 (CEN TC 250-SC3-EvG-1-1); the Ad-hoc Group gamma_M – Eurocode 3, Part 1-1 (CEN TC 250-SC3-EvG-1-1); the Evolution Group EC3-1-8 – Eurocode 3, Part 1-8 (CEN TC 250-SC3-EvG-1-8); TC8 – Stability (ECCS TC8); TWG8.3 – Plated Structures (ECCS TWG8.3); TC10 – Connections (ECCS TC10); TC14 – Sustainability (ECCS TC14).

Awards and honours

Year Description[16]
October 2013 European Convention for Constructional Steelwork Silver Medal
November 2013 Personality of the Year in Engineering - Journal CONSTRUIR
December 2014 The Portuguese Academy of Engineering member award

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