Paper on Wave Energy in the group of the 0.1% most cited papers in Engineering in the Web of Science 13-11-2014 in Essential Science Indicators
Goncalves, M.; Martinho, P., and Guedes Soares, C. Wave energy conditions in the western French coast . Renewable Energy. 2014; 62:155-163. (IF=3.361)
This hot paper from the Web of Science Core Collection was published in the past two years and received enough citations in September/October 2014 to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in the ISI academic field of Engineering. (Data from Essential Science Indicators)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S09601481130032
Four Papers on Wave Energy in the group of the 1% most cited papers in Engineering in the Web of Science 12-11-2014 in Essential Science Indicators
As of September/October 2014, these highly cited papers from the Web of Science Core Collection, received enough citations to place them in the top 1% of the ISI academic field of Engineering.
This classification was based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year. List of papers: a) Gonçalves, M.; Martinho, P., and Guedes Soares, C. Wave energy conditions in the western French coast . Renewable Energy. 2014; 62:155-163. (IF=3.361) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148113003212 b) Silva, D.; Rusu, E., and Guedes Soares, C. Evaluation of Various Technologies for Wave Energy Conversion in the Portuguese Nearshore. Energies. 2013; 6:1344-1364. (IF=1.602) http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/3/1344 c) Rusu, L. and Guedes Soares, C. Wave Energy Assessments in the Azores Islands. Renewable Energy. 2012; 45:183-196. (IF=3.361) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148112001668 d) Rusu, E. and Guedes Soares, C. Wave Energy Pattern around the Madeira Islands. Energy. 2012; 45:771-785. (IF=4.159) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544212005439
Paper on Composite Structures in the group of the 1% most cited papers in Engineering in the Web of Science 11-11-2014 in Data from Essential Science Indicators
Mantari, J. L.; Oktem, A. S., and Guedes Soares, C. A new trigonometric shear deformation theory for isotropic, laminated composite and sandwich plates. Int. J. Solids and Structures. 2012; 49:43-53.
As of September/October 2014, this highly cited paper from the Web of Science Core Collection, received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the ISI academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year. (Data from Essential Science Indicators)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002076831100309X
Significant Paper of the Journal of Ship Research 2013 10-11-2014 in CENTEC - IST
“Uncertainty Analysis of Load Combination Factors for Global Longitudinal Bending Moments of Double-hull Tanker” by A. Teixeira, C. Guedes Soares, N-Z. Chen & G. Wang choose as significant paper 2013.
The paper co-authored by A. Teixeira, C. Guedes Soares, N-Z. Chen and G. Wang, “Uncertainty Analysis of Load Combination Factors for Global Longitudinal Bending Moments of Double-hull Tanker”, published in March issue of the Journal of Ship Research, has been selected as a Significant Paper, one of the best papers published in a SNAME periodical in 2013, and will be re-published in the SNAME Transactions of 2013. A copy of the paper can be found at: http://www.mar.ist.utl.pt/centec_public/JSR57(2013)-42.pdf
http://www.mar.ist.utl.pt/centec_public/JSR57(2013)-42.pdf
ISSC Standing Committee Meeting on 20th and 21st October 2014 22-10-2014 in IST/CENTEC
The Standing Committee of the International Ship and Offshore Congress (ISSC) had its annual meeting at the IST Congress Centre in Lisbon.
The main objective of this meeting has to follow up the activities of the ISSC Committees and to discuss the on-going and future activities, including the preparation of ISSC 2015 in Cascais.
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Invited Lecture at the 10th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety (ICRMS 2014) 07-08-2014 in Centec/IST
Prof. Guedes Soares delivered an invited lecture on “Risk Assessment and Reliability of Wind Turbines” at the 10th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety (ICRMS 2014).
The ICRMS 2014 took place at Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center in Guangzhou, China. This edition of the International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety (ICRMS), which is the largest international conference on reliability, maintainability and safety (RMS) in the Asia-Pacific region, was held on the 6-8 August, 2014.
Invited Plenary Lecture at the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC 2014) 03-08-2014 in Centec/IST
Prof. Guedes Soares delivered an invited plenary lecture on “Assessment of wave energy resources” at World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC 2014) that took place in Kingston, London, UK.
The World Renewable Energy Congress is an annual Congress covering all aspects of Renewable Energy and Environment, and was held on 3-8 August 2014.
Invited Plenary Lecture at the 3rd Symposium on CFD in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering 26-07-2014 in CENTEC-IST
Prof. Guedes Soares delivered an invited plenary lecture at the 3rd Symposium on CFD in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering in Dalian University
The title of the presentation was on “Wave induced motions and loads on ships in storm seas”. This is a biannual conference that brings together most of the Chinese specialists in this field. This year the other Keynote lecture was delivered by Prof Odd Faltinsen.
Invited Plenary Lecture at the International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE 2014) 23-07-2014 in CENTEC-IST
Prof. Guedes Soares delivered an invited lecture on “Risk and reliability assessment in the offshore industry” at the International Conference QR2MSE 2014 that took place in Dalian, China.
The QR2MSE 2014 was held at the International Conference Centre in Dalian, China on 22-25 July 2014 and was the 4th one in this series organised by the Reliability Laboratory of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) of Xi'an, Shaanxi , China, in association with various other organizations, including ESRA.
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Invited Lecture at the Faltinsen and Moan - 70 years anniversary seminar and celebration 26-05-2014 in CENTEC-IST
Prof. Guedes Soares delivered an invited lecture at the “Faltinsen and Moan - 70 years anniversary seminar and celebration” that took place at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway.
The invited lecture on “From ships to offshore platforms and renewable energy” was delivered in the Workshop organised in honour of Prof. Odd Faltinsen and Prof. Torgeir Moan on the occasion of their retirement. It was held on the 19-20 May 2014.
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PLENOSE project - Large multipurpose platforms for exploiting renewable energy in open seas (FP7-IRSES) 24-04-2014 in CENTEC - IST
The project aims at establishing a multi-disciplinary network between Universities to develop the concepts of multipurpose platforms to explore renewable marine energies.
Besides Instituto Superior Técnico, the project evolves the University of Reggio Calabria, the University of Liverpool, the University of Rice, the University of Columbia and the Indian Instituto of Technology Madras The project, funded by the Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme of EU, starts at 1st May 2014 and has a duration of 48 months.
BEST PAPER AWARD OF THE JOURNAL OF SHIP AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES 2013 18-03-2014 in CENTEC - IST
"Experimental assessment of corroded steel box-girders subjected to uniform bending", by S. Saad-Eldeen, Y. Garbatov and C. Guedes Soares
The paper titled "Experimental assessment of corroded steel box-girders subjected to uniform bending", by S. Saad-Eldeen, Y. Garbatov and C. Guedes Soares published in the Journal of Ship and Offshore Structures, Vol.8, No.6, pp.653-662, 2013 was selected as the best paper award 2013. The link to this article:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445302.2014.886354#.U6ASsmpOVrQ
FCT project on Present and future marine climate in the Iberian coast (CLIBECO) 28-02-2014 in CENTEC-IST
CLIBECO funded by FCT starts on March2014 and its main objective is to study the marine climates of the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian Peninsula with a special focus on the coasts of Portugal mainland
The goal of the proposed project is twofold: on the one hand it aims to study the present marine climate, from 1979 to 2012, off the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, and on the other hand it aims to study the impact of global warming on the twenty-first century marine climate in the same area.
Project on Hydro-environmental modelling of multi-purpose marine renewable energy platforms (MAREN2) 17-02-2014 in CENTEC-IST
CENTEC is partner of the new project funded by the Atlantic Area Programme that addresses the theme of the hydro-environmental conditions for the use of multi-purpose marine renewable energy platforms
The project aims at platforms of multiple uses as a way to reduce exploitation costs of marine renewable energies.
Invited Lecture at the XIV Portuguese Conference on Fracture PCF2014 (6-7 February 2014, Régua, Portugal) 10-02-2014 in CENTEC-IST
Prof. Yordan Garbatov has presented an invited lecture at the PCF2014 Conference, organized by the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.
The invited lecture entitled “Fatigue Strength Assessment of Ship Structures” was delivered on the 6th February 2014 at the Plenary Session of the Conference that was held in Régua, Portugal.