Research activities and positions

LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia*, I.P.

Researcher, Scientific coordinator of the Renewable Energy Integration  Area 

Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P.

Researcher, Head of the Renewable Energy Unit and Energy Systems Integration R&D Unit 

Researcher, Head of the Energy Analysis and Networks R&D Unit  

Researcher, Director of the Wind and Ocean Energies R&D Unit

Researcher, Scientific coordinator of the Wind Energy Area 

Researcher, Department of Renewable Energies 

Research fellow,  Department of Renewable Energies 

• formerly designated INETI [from 1992 to 2007] and LNETI (from 1983 to 1992]

Academic activities

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Invited Professor at the Master of Energy and Environment  Engineering

Coordination and lecturing of the Course Energy Distribution Networks.

Coordination and lecturing of the Course Wind Energy.

National Technological University (UTN) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Visiting Professor at the "Master of Science in Renewable Energy" - Specialization in Wind, Solar or Biomass" of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the coordination and lecturing of the Module "Integration of Wind Generation in the Electric Grid" (academic year 2010/11).

University of Aveiro

Coordination and Lecturing of the Module "Wind Energy" (in seminar) of the renewable energy discipline of the Postgraduate Course in Renewable Energies of the University of Aveiro, June 2006.

Coordination and Lecturing of the Wind Energy Module (in seminar) of the Postgraduate Course in Renewable Energies. Physics Department of Univ. Aveiro. Aveiro, April/May 2004.

NOVA University of Lisbon

Lecturing of the Wind Energy Module of the Masters Course IMES - Master on Bioenergy and Environment.  Univ. Nova in partnership with the 2nd Opened Spring Seminar, FIPSE - US and DG EAC-EC, org.  UNINOVA, Monte da Caparica, 31 March 2005.

Lecturing of the Module "Wind Energy Utilization" of the Energy Conversion discipline of the Materials Engineering Department of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2005-2001).

Training Action for Secondary School Teachers entitled, "Materials in an integrating vision of Science, Technology, Society and Environment" subject to the theme "Clean and Environmentally Friendly Energy Sources - Wind Energy". Organization DCM/FCT-UNL, CEMINAT, Monte da Caparica, October 2005.

Training Action for Secondary School Teachers entitled "Materials in an integrating vision of Science, Technology, Society and Environment" (Wind Energy Module). Organization DCM/FCT-UNL, CEMINAT, Monte da Caparica, November 2004.

University of Minho

Teaching of the module "Wind Energy" (in seminar) of the discipline of Renewable Energies of the Master in Physics of the University of Minho, June 2000.

Lusíada University

Engenharia Electrotécnica e Informática Department

Coordination and lecturing of the course "Electricity Theory" [1990 to 1996].

Coordinator of the installation of the Electromagnetism area in the Physics Laboratory of Lusíada University (1992/94).

Architecture Department 

Pedagogical, Scientific Coordination and lecturing of the "Mathematics" course. [1999-2007].

Lecturing of the "Mathematics" course [1991-1997].

Coordination and of the Course "Introdução ao CAD" Licenciatura em Arquitectura from 1990/91 to 1999/2000.

Degrees