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The Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) is a research unit funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), incorporating Universities of Coimbra and Minho as hosting institutions.

In 2025, ISISE was evaluated by FCT – the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and graded EXCELLENT.

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๐ŸŒŸ NEW PAPER ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ Designing Safer Pedestrian Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles: A Virtual Reality Study of External Human-Machine Interfaces in Road-Crossing Scenarios

๐Ÿ““ applied sciences

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ Raul Almeida; Frederico Pereira; Dรกrio Machado; Emanuel Sousa; Susana Faria; Elisabete Freitas

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5 days ago
๐ŸŒŸ NEW PAPER ๐ŸŒŸ

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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

How can sustainability be integrated into the design of steel buildings?
This study introduces a ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, enabling the evaluation of environmental performance in a framework compatible with standard structural safety principles. By defining โ€˜๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐žโ€™ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ as target values for acceptable environmental impact, the methodology guides designers in making informed, sustainable choices. Demonstrated using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) indicator for pitched-roof steel industrial buildings, this approach can be extended to other environmental metrics and building types.

๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“ Milena Jankoviฤ‡, Luรญs Simรตes da Silva, Filip Ljubinkoviฤ‡, Helena Gervรกsio
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  (Taylor & Francis)
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1 week ago
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๏ฟฝ

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๐ŸŽ“ Congrats to Jorge Fernando Cunha Teixeira for completing his PhD!

๐Ÿงพ Title: Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Design of Buildings
๐Ÿ“… Defense date: January 15th, 2026
๐Ÿ† Result: Approved
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“ Supervisors: Prof. Joรฃo Pedro Martins (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering, Prof. Joรฃo Correia (FCTUC), and Prof. Luรญs Simรตes da Silva (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering )
โš–๏ธ Jury:
โ€ข President: Prof. Luรญs Godinho (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering
โ€ข Members: Prof. Joรฃo Rocha de Almeida (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Researcher Carlos Soares Couto ( University of Aveiro), Prof. Helena Gervรกsio (FCTUC), Prof. Alberto Martins (FCTUC), Prof. Joรฃo Pedro Martins (FCTUC), and Researcher Hรฉlder David da Silva Craveiro (FCTUC)

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1 week ago
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—พ๐˜€ em parceria com o ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜

๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ tem orgulho de ser parceiro do maior Seminรกrio de Construรงรฃo em Madeira do paรญs! Este seminรกrio reรบne profissionais nacionais e internacionais para debater arquitetura, engenharia e sustentabilidade.

๐Ÿ“… 11 e 12 de fevereiro de 2026
๐Ÿ“ Centro de Congressos do LNEC, Lisboa
INSCREVA-SE ๐Ÿ‘‡
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2 weeks ago
๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๏ฟฝ

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๐ŸŽ“ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ Anna Ripke Gaspar ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  her ๐๐ก๐ƒ!

๐Ÿงพ Thesis: Acoustic performance of non-conventional variable acoustics

๐Ÿ“… 5th January 2026
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ“ Supervisors:
* Professor Andreia Sofia Carvalho Pereira (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering)
* Professor Luรญs Godinho (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering)
* Professor Paulo Amado Mendes (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering)
โš– Jury:
Presidente:
* Professor Josรฉ Antรณnio Raimundo Mendes da Silva
Vogais:
* Professor Romeu da Silva Vicente (Professor Catedrรกtico, University of Aveiro)
* Jorge Viรงoso Patrรญcio ( Investigador Coordenador, Laboratรณrio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC))
* Professor Julieta Antรณnio (Itecons, University of Coimbra, CERIS, Department of Civil Engineering )
* Professor Diogo Manuel Rosa Mateus (ISISE, University of Coimbra, Department of Civil Engineering )
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2 weeks ago
๐ŸŽ“ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๏ฟฝ

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๐Ÿ“ฃ Vem aรญ o ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—พ๐˜€ โ€“ o maior Seminรกrio de Construรงรฃo em Madeira do paรญs.

Um evento รบnico que junta profissionais nacionais e internacionais para discutir o futuro da arquitetura, engenharia e sustentabilidade na construรงรฃo em madeira.

๐ŸŽฏ Se trabalha, investiga ou tem interesse na รกrea da construรงรฃo em madeira, este รฉ o evento ideal para si.
๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐Ÿ“ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ก๐—˜๐—–, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—”-๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ ๐Ÿ‘‡
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3 weeks ago
๐Ÿ“ฃ Vem aรญ o ๐—ง๏ฟฝ

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