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Lourenco, Paulo  PhD

Leading researcher with 1375 publications in the last 32 years
Paulo B. LOURENÇO is full professor in the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, and coordinator of the Group of Historical and Masonry Structures. He is currently Head of the Structural Group at DEC and Co-Head of the Institute in Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, involving Universities of Minho and Coimbra in Portugal, with current contracted funding of more than 20 Million Euro and 100 PhD students. Professor Lourenço is experienced in the fields of NDT, advanced experimental and numerical techniques, innovative strengthening techniques and earthquake engineering. He is a specialist in structural restoration and has worked on more than fifty monuments, including World Heritage sites such as Cathedral of Porto, Monastery of Jeronimos (Lisbon), Cathedral of Canterbury (UK) and Qutb Minar (New Delhi). He is also a structural masonry expert, responsible for R&D projects with the clay brick, concrete block and lightweight concrete block masonry. He has worked as consultant on innovative masonry structures in Portugal using confined and reinforced masonry, and on masonry infills in large projects, including three Euro 2004 stadiums for European soccer championship in Portugal. Professor Lourenço is the coordinator of an International Masters Course in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions. He is editor of the International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration and coeditor of the Conference Series, Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. He participated in several technical committees from ICOMOS-International Council of Monuments and Sites, ISO-International Standards Organization, CEN-European Committee for Normalization, CIB-International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction and RILEM-International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures. Supervisor of 50 completed PhD theses and coordinator of several national and international research projects. He is author or co-author of more than 1300 technical and scientific publications in the fields of masonry, timber and concrete structures, with an h-index of 45. show More

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