Apresentação Pessoal

Dr Ana Margarida Bento is a postdoctoral researcher in the POSEIDON project (task leader), at theInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and the Faculty of Engineering of theUniversity of Porto (FEUP). She is currently the co-coordinator of the R&D unit Offshore Structures &Foundations of Marine Energy group at CIIMAR. She developed her Ph.D. thesis in a partnership between theNational Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) and FEUP, under the FCT PhD Program InfraRisk -Infrastructure Risk Analysis and Mitigation. The work carried out consisted of the development of a pragmaticmethodology for the assessment and rating of risk associated with bridge foundation scour, using a semi-quantitative priority factor. The scour risk assessment was based on an interdisciplinary approach thatcombined experimental and numerical analysis to achieve a more advanced and comprehensiveunderstanding of the scouring phenomenon in the vicinity of bridge foundations, under clear water and livebed flow conditions. She completed her MSc in Civil Engineering (Hydraulics and Water Resources) in 2013 atInstituto Superior Técnico (IST). The master's thesis focused on the characterization of dam breachingfollowing overtopping and the work was developed at LNEC. She did an international internship at FaculdadesIntegradas de Aracruz (FAACZ), from IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students forTechnical Experience), about the construction of irrigation dams in the Municipality of Aracruz. In 2014, sheintegrated the Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment Division of FEUP as a master researcher in theproject NUMPIERS - Numerical and experimental study of the flow around complex bridge piers. In July 2021,she joined the research project InfraCrit - Development of predictive system for critical infrastructuremanagement, as a postdoctoral researcher at ISISE (UMinho). Her role consisted of management and riskprediction of critical infrastructures subject to flood events, on a GIS integrated platform. In May 2022, shejoined the national project GIIP - Intelligent Management of Port Infrastructures as the technical and financialcoordinator within UMinho. During her professional work, she collaborated with national companies such as IPand EDP, and several universities such as IST (Portugal), FAACZ (Brazil), FEUP (IHRH, PT), Politecnico di Torino(Italy), University of Minho (Portugal), Universidade Agostinho Neto (Angola), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).She is a member of FOAM@PT, Order of Engineers, International Association for Hydro-EnvironmentEngineering and Research (IAHR), Portuguese Association for Classification and Data Analysis (CLAD),Portuguese Water Resources Association (APRH), Specialized Committees on River Hydraulics (CEHF) andWater and Energy (CEAE), The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC),International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), RISCOS and EGU and leadership rolesin YPN PT IAHR underline her commitment. Her commitment extends beyond research, including serving on3 thesis defence committees, including Masters and PhD, and co-supervising of 2 Bachelor and one Masterstudents. She has served on the scientific committees of 21 journals and 10 conferences, is Associate Editor of 3journals, Editor-in-Chief of NFE and Guest Editor of Ocean Engineering and Sustainability. As part of herpedagogical and teaching activities, Dr Ana Margarida Bento has recently (academic year 2023/24) startedteaching curricular units at the Escola Superior Agrária, at the Instituto Polítécnico de Viana do Castelo (ESA -IPVC). Dr Ana Margarida Bento is also the author and co-author of several scientific articles in conferences andjournals (H-index of 5, 20 documents and 93 citations in Scopus on 03/2024).

Áreas de Interesse

1. Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia civil > Engenharia hidraúlica
2. Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia civil > Geotecnia
3. Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia civil > Engenharia de infra-estruturas