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 | Margarida Coelho
(margarida.coelho@ua.pt) | Margarida Coelho finished her PhD at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2005. Her thesis entitled “Assessment and Modeling of Traffic Performance and Emission Impacts of Traffic Interruptions in Urban Corridors” and was focused on the energetic and environmental analysis of traffic interruptions (namely traffic signals, roundabouts and pay tolls). This research was made within a partnership between IST, in Lisbon, and the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE), of North Carolina State University (NCSU), in the United States (US). |
 | Fernando Neto
(fneto@ua.pt) | Fernando Neto got a PhD in Drying Technology from University of Cranfield, United Kingdom (UK). Currently, Fernando Neto is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Aveiro. His research areas focused on Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics Systems. |
 | José Paulo Santos
(jps@ua.pt) | José Paulo Santos completed his degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of Aveiro in 1988. Completed his Master thesis in Systems and Information Technology with specialization in Computer Engineering and Communications at the University of Coimbra in 1994, and he finished his PhD in Mechanical Engineering – Automation at the University of Aveiro in 2001. His thesis is entitled "An Architecture for the Production Integration, based on executable models." He joined at the University career in 1995 as assistant at the University of Aveiro and became Assistant Professor in 2001. As co-responsible or responsible, launched five new courses in the Department: Industrial Informatics, Automation II, Integrated Production Control, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, and Drive and Control Technologies. Also teaches or taught: Automation, Automation and Control, Numerical Control Machine Tools, Electrical Engineering, Programming and Data Structures and Algorithms, and Introduction to Computers. Supervised about 30 Master Thesis. He is also responsible for the Laboratory of Flexible Manufacturing Systems. |
 | Jorge Bandeira
(jorgebandeira@ua.pt) | Jorge Bandeira is a postdoctoral researcher sponsored by The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He is developing his research activities in the University of Aveiro and Technical Institute of Braunschweig. He is coordinator of CISMOB INTERREG EUROPE whose main vision is to promote innovative ways to reduce carbon footprint and increase the sustainability of urban areas by improving the efficiency in the use of urban transport infrastructure through ICT. In addition, he works in the @CRUiSE project. His research interests include the optimization of road transportation systems, namely route choice behaviour and its impacts, assessment of energetic, environmental and social benefits of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and deployment of politics aiming at sustainability of road transport. |
 | Paulo Fernandes
(paulo.fernandes@ua.pt) | Paulo Fernandes got his PhD in the Doctoral Programme in Mechanical Engineering in the University of Aveiro, in 2017. The thesis evaluated the impact of roundabout corridors in terms of traffic performance, pollutant emissions and pedestrian safety. Its methodology included a wide range of field measurements in which traffic, pedestrian and vehicle activity data were collected from roundabout corridors in different countries. He has been also collaborated with other researches from Mechanical, Environmental and Civil Engineering in several tasks such as population surveys, traffic and vehicle dynamic data collection, data extraction and analysis or statistical analysis of traffic performance and emission variables. Paulo Fernandes has also collaborated with some public entities such as the Lisbon and Aveiro Municipalities to bring solutions towards a sustainable transportation system. He published more than 20 scientific papers in International Transportation Journals and more than 30 papers in relevant Transportation Conferences. His research interests include: 1) traffic, emissions and safety modelling; b) route choice impacts on emissions and traffic performance over different road types and driving scenarios; c) traffic assignment techniques; d) optimization of road transportation systems; and e) benefits of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Since July 2017, he is working in the MobiWise project as an assistant research. |
 | Eloísa Macedo
(macedo@ua.pt) | Eloísa Macedo is a researcher at the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation of the University of Aveiro. She has a MSc degree in Mathematics and Applications with specialization in Technological and Business Mathematics (2010), and a PhD on Mathematics (2016), both from University of Aveiro, Portugal. She has been developing research work in the areas of operational research, optimization and data mining. In particular, while being researcher at the Department of Mathematics of UA (R&D CIDMA), Eloísa developed numerical applications for testing problem's regularity in Semidefinite Optimization and a new algorithm for data dimensionality reduction that simultaneously performs clustering of objects and a disjoint partitioning of variables. In the Mechanical Engineering Department at UA (R&D TEMA - since 2017), Eloísa started devoting her studies to the transport field. Her research interests lie on designing and implementing heuristics and iterative algorithms; multi-objective, multi-level and network optimization; traffic, emissions and safety modelling; connected and automated mobility; and evaluating traffic-related impacts using integrated assessment models with special focus on environmental and safety components. In the short period after the PhD, yet in a early stage of career, Eloísa Macedo has various scientific papers published (or in press) in peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters and proceedings of scientific international conferences. As a researcher at TEMA, Eloísa has been supervising PhD and MSc students, and has been collaborating in several R&D projects. In particular, she has been involved in the Interreg Europe Projects CISMOB - Cooperative information platform for low carbon and sustainable mobility, and more recently, in PriMaaS - Prioritizing low carbon mobility services for improving accessibility of citizens, and the FCT Projects DICA-VE - Driving Information in a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Environment: Impacts on Safety and Emissions, and InFLOWence - Optimizing the influence of connected and autonomous vehicles on the environmental efficiency of road traffic flows. Since 2011, her scientific work has been presented in various international conferences and scientific meetings such as European Working Group on Transportation, European Working Group in Continuous Optimization, Transportation Research Board. At the same time, Eloísa Macedo has a well-established international research collaboration network and has been involved in knowledge extension and dissemination activities such as, referee in International Journals and Conferences; organization of International Conferences, Workshops, and Special Sessions; and Panel Moderation. |
 | Behnam Bahmankhah
(behnam.bahmankhah@ua.pt) | Behnam Bahmankhah obtained his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (Industrial Technology) from Azad University in Tehran, Iran. He graduated in Industrial Engineering and Management (Master degree) in University of Aveiro in 2011. Since 2012, is developing his PhD at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA). His research interests are about Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP), Multi-objective Optimization Problems in the transportation area, Traffic modelling, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Currently, he is a part of TEMA as a research flow on @CRUiSE project. |