The Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering
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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ISISE researcher Eliana Inca Cabrera, together with Inautom Automaรงรฃo & Inautom Robรณtica, participated in #CONTROLO2026, bringing together academia and industry within the scope of the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ project.
๐ค The team presented the Work-in-Progress paper:
๐ โAdaptive Robotic Gripping for Flexible Manufacturing: A Work-in-Progress Approachโ
โ๏ธ The work presents the ongoing development of an ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, bringing together robotic manipulation, sensing and control towards more adaptable and reconfigurable production systems.
#ISISE #SMCT #DAD #DEC #UCoimbra #FCTUC #ADAPTIHAND #CONTROLO2026 #Robotics #Automation #IndustrialRobotics #AdvancedManufacturing
๐ฟ ISISE Day-Out 2026 | Science, community and a great day together!
Last July, the ISISE community came together for our 2026 Day-Out, held in the beautiful setting of Solar das Bouรงas.
The day combined science, networking and plenty of fun, bringing together ISISE members and collaborators outside our usual research environment. The programme included scientific presentations by our PhD researchers, providing an opportunity to share ongoing work, exchange ideas and discover the wide range of research being developed across the Institute.
๐ Congratulations to Kasra Mostofi, who received the Best Presentation Award for his presentation โRecycled fibre-reinforced concrete floating docks for sustainable offshore renewablesโ.
And, of course, an ISISE Day-Out would not be complete without some time away from the slides and research discussions! The afternoon brought everyone together for traditional Portuguese games, a walk around the venue and plenty of good moments along the way.
The ISISE Directors would like to thank all our members and collaborators for taking part in the day and, above all, for their continued contribution to the growth and success of the Institute.
A great opportunity to strengthen connections, celebrate our community and enjoy being together. See you at the next ISISE Day-Out! ๐
#ISISE #SC #SMCT #HMS #FP #Research #StructuralEngineering #CivilEngineering #ResearchCommunity #PhDResearch #Science #TeamBuilding #UMinho #UCoimbra
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๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐!
Can ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ support faster and more efficient structural design by reducing the need for time-consuming finite element analyses?
This study presents a ๐๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ for predicting the ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ of built-up cold-formed steelโlightweight concrete composite beams.
The model was trained using ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ and achieved excellent predictive accuracy, while reducing the need for computationally expensive numerical analyses. The work also includes ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, and the development of a ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ for practical engineering applications.
This work highlights the growing potential of ๐๐-๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ for the preliminary design of innovative composite structural systems.
๐ Data-driven modelling of bending resistance in built-up cold-formed steel lightweight concrete (CFS-LWC) composite beams using artificial neural networks
๐จโ๐ฌ Authors: Rohola Rahnavard, Adriano Silva de Carvalho, Hรฉlder D. Craveiro and Filip Ljubinkoviฤ
๐ Advances in Engineering Software
๐ 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2026.104273
#ISISE #SMCT #ucoimbra #Dec #fctuc #ArtificialIntelligence #StructuralEngineering #machinelearning #compositestructures #coldformedsteel #LightweightConcrete #finiteelementanalysis #ArtificialNeuralNetworks #EngineeringSoftware #research #innovation
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๐ข New publication by ISISE researchers!
A new study has been published in Construction and Building Materials:
๐ โDetermining the coefficient of thermal expansion of FRPโconcrete hybrid structural system constituents: Implementation and validation of a strain gaugeโbased methodโ
The work presents and validates a practical methodology for determining the coefficient of thermal expansion of materials used in FRPโconcrete hybrid structural systems. Based on strain-gauge measurements, a low-expansion reference material and dedicated post-processing, the proposed approach offers a robust and cost-effective alternative for structural engineering laboratories.
The methodology was applied to the constituents of a hybrid sandwich panel composed of pultruded GFRP, polyurethane foam and steel fibre-reinforced self-compacting concrete. Full-scale experimental testing and numerical analyses confirmed that the material-level properties obtained with the proposed method can successfully reproduce the thermal response of the complete structural system.
๐ฅ Authors: Marco Abreu Filho, Joรฃo M. Pereira, Miguel Azenha and Josรฉ Sena-Cruz
๐ Read the open-access paper:
buff.ly/d3SiJCL
#ISISE #SC #FRP #ARISE #UniversityOfMinho #StructuralEngineering #CompositeMaterials #FRP #Concrete #ThermalBehaviour #ExperimentalResearch #OpenAccess
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