Present Projects
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2024-2028. AIM-NEXT - Accelerate the design and Insertion of nonCRM hard Materials for Next generation EXTreme applications (101119887), Horizon-MSCA-2022-DN-01-Doctoral Networks 2022. Local coordinator and PhD supervisor.
2024-2026. RESINSURF - Towards more RESilient, sustainable, competitive and INtelligent electrochemical SURFace treatments, Interreg Sudoe. Team member and master and pos-doc supervisor.
2022-2025. ENGINEER - Civil engineering and geomatics innovative research on heritage, EU H2020 grant agreement Nº 101079377, under the call HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03, Twinning. Team member.
2022-2025. ILLIANCE – Projetos IDT UA-Empresas, Agenda Mobilizadora Para a Inovação Empresarial, Componente C5 do PRR, Project nº 46.
Team member and PhD supervisor.
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2021-2025. Coat4Life, Eco-friendly corrosion protective coatings based on smart nanotechnology platforms for a circular economy, EU Horizon 2020 Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie grant agreement H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020 nº 101007430. Team member.
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Past Projects
2016-2020. LORCENIS - Long Lasting Reinforced Concrete for Energy Infrastructure Under Severe Operating Conditions. (H2020 Nº 685445). Local co-corrdinator.
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2018-2022. On-Surf - Coordinate Competences and Technologies in Surface Engineering. Team member. Pos-doc supervisor.
2018-2021. SMARTAQUA - Development of smart nanostructured layers for sensing corrosion in aquatic structures (MARTERA/0004/2017). Team member.
2018-2021. DATACOR - Dados inteligentes para desenhar inibidores de corrosão (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030256). Team member.
2016-2020. SGH - Smart Green Homes (University of Aveiro, BOSCH Cacia, Portugal). Team member.
2016-2019. SELMA - Unveiling the self-healing mechanisms associated with smart nanocontainers (PTDC/QEQ-QFI/4719/2014). Team member..
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2016-2018. HARDCorr - Development of hardmetals with high resistance to wear and corrosion.
(POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003382). Team member.
processing (RFS-PR-10107). Local coordinator.
2015-2018. SMARCOAT - Development of Smart Nano and Microcapsulated Sensing Coatings for Improving of Material
Durability/Performance. (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 project ID 645662). Team member.
2014-2016. SMART-MATERIALS - Análise e mitigação de casos de corrosão nas redes eléctricas da EDP Distribuição.
(Universidade de Aveiro, EDP Distribuição). Coordinator.
2015-2018. MULTISURF - Multi-functional Metallic Surfaces via Active Layered Double Hydroxide Treatments.
(H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014, project ID 645676). Team member.
2011-2013. SISET - Enhancing Scanning Ion-Selective Electrode Technique (FP7 nº 269282). Team member.
2012-2015. CONVPROTECT - Filmes de conversão nanoestruturados multifuncionais baseados em hidróxidos duplos lamelares para protecção contra corrosão de estruturas para aplicação aeronáutica (PTDC/CTM-MAT/1515/2012).Team member.
2011-2014. BIOCORDIAN - Nanocrystalline diamond SECM ultramicroelectrodes for biology and corrosion.
(PTDC/CTM-MET/113645/2009). Team member.
2010-2013. Corrosion and corrosion protection in multi-material systems (PTDC/CTM/108446/2008). Team member.
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automotive applications (RFSR-CT-2008-00028).Team member.
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2008-2011. Sensing the micro-distribution of chemical species in solution close to active metals.
(PTDC/CTM/66041/2006). Coordinator.
2008-2011. Self-healing protective coatings with “intelligent” nanoreservoirs of corrosion inhibitors (PTDC/CTM/65632/2006).
2004-2007. PRIMEFORM - Formability and Self-Repair Properties of Advanced Weldable Primers (RFS-CR-04031). Team member.
(FP6-11783-2). Team member.
the Performance Predictability of Finished Parts.PhD candidate.
1997-1998. P-1373 PRIMAQUA, Reducing the environmental impact of anticorrosive primers – Development of water-based
formulations. Master student.
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