RA1 - Performance and durability

PhD Thesis

João Luís Carreiras Ribeiro Parracha - Durability for sustainability of multilayer rendering systems. ETICS and thermal mortars, PhD in Civil Engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of University of Lisbon (UL), FCT Doctoral Grant DFA/BD/5180/2020, Supervisor: Drª Rosário Veiga (LNEC); co-supervisors: Profª. Inês Flores-Colen (IST); Drª Lina Nunes (LNEC); February 2021 - January 2024.

Ana Margarida Moreira Raimundo - Eco-efficient cementitious composites with rice husk incorporation: performance and durability in non-structural applications (Compósitos cimentícios ecoeficientes com incorporação de casca de arroz: desempenho e durabilidade em aplicações não estruturais), in portuguese, PhD in Civil Engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of University of Lisbon (UL), Supervisor: Profª Inês Flores-Colen (IST); co-supervisor: Prof. José Bogas (IST) and Prof. José Silvestre (IST); November 2020 - October 2023.

Andréa Resende Souza - Long-term hygrothermal performance of nanotech-based cool coatings of ETICS, PhD in Civil Engineering in Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) of University of Porto (UP), FCT Doctoral grant 2020.08418.BD, Supervisor: Prof. Nuno Ramos (FEUP); co-supervisor: Profª Inês Flores-Colen (IST); October 2020 – September 2024.

Catarina Sofia Freitas Teixeira Ribeiro - The Battle of balconies: Inhabitants’ preferences and indoor impacts an archetypal for housing buildings, PhD in Civil Engineering in Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) of University of Porto (UP), FCT Doctoral Grant PD/BD/135164/2017, Supervisor: Prof. Nuno Ramos (FEUP); co-supervisors: Profª. Inês Flores-Colen (IST) and Nuno Valentim Lopes (FAUP); September 2017 - March 2022.

Márcio Paulo Ferreira Gonçalves - Performance evaluation of external vacuum insulation finishing systems, PhD in Civil Engineering (PhD Thesis in Constructions) in Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCTUC) of the University of Coimbra (UC), FCT Doctoral Grant (PD/BD/135194/2017); Supervisor: Prof. Nuno Simões (UC); co-supervisors: Profª. Inês Flores-Colen (IST); Drª Catarina Serra (Itecons); September 2017 - August 2021.

Marco Ivo Frazão Pedroso - Eco-efficient and multifunctional thermal renders based on silica aerogel and fibres, PhD in Civil Engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of University of Lisbon (UL), FCT Doctoral Grant SFRH/BD/132239/2017, Supervisor: Profª. Inês Flores-Colen (IST); co-supervisors: Prof. José Silvestre (IST) and Profª M. Glória Gomes (IST); January 2018 - May 2021.

Maria de Fátima de Jesus Leal Júlio - Development of new superinsulating rendering systems (Desenvolvimento de Novos Materiais de Revestimento Superisolantes), in portuguese, PhD in Materials Engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of University of Lisbon (UL), FCT and Saint-Gobain Weber Doctoral Grant: SFRH/BDE/112796/2015, Supervisor: Profª. Laura Ilharco (IST); co-supervisors: Profª. Inês Flores-Colen (IST) and Eng. Luís Silva (Weber); February 2016 - December 2021.

António Armando Ortiz Soares - Performance of coating mortars with silica nanoaerogels (Desempenho de argamassas de revestimento com nanoaerogéis de sílica), in portuguese, PhD in Civil Engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of University of Lisbon (UL), FCT Doctoral Grant SFRH/BD/97182/2013, Supervisor: Profª Inês Flores-Colen (IST); co-supervisor: Prof. Jorge de Brito (IST); April 2013 - November 2018.