CONFERENCE CHAIRS
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Julieta António (Itecons / University of Coimbra, Portugal) |
Julieta António is PhD in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (2002, Portugal). She is Associated Professor at the University of Coimbra and her teaching activities include courses in the areas of Acoustics, Sustainability and Mechanics. Researcher in the areas of Building Sciences, Construction Sustainability, Wave propagation, Acoustics, Boundary Element Method, Meshless Methods, she has published a considerable number of scientific papers in international journals and in proceedings of international conferences, notably in the area of wave propagation and acoustics. She has reviewed papers for various international journals. She has participated / is participating in several research projects, is a member of the scientific and organizing committees of national and international conferences and participates in a European standardization committee in the field of Acoustics. At Itecons, she is Member of the Board of Directors; she is Technical and Scientific Supervisor, responsible for several projects and accredited laboratory tests and she is the Executive Coordinator of the Training and Events Unit.
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Nuno Simões (Itecons / University of Coimbra, Portugal) |
Nuno Simões, PhD in Civil Engineering, Senior Scientific and Technical Researcher at Itecons and Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Coimbra. Area of expertise is Construction Sciences, namely Building physics, Energy performance of buildings, Moisture and Heat Transfer, Materials behaviour, Boundary Element Method. Has been a Senior Scientific and Technical Researcher at Itecons since 2006. Researcher in 27 Collaborative Research & Technological Development Projects (13 as Principal Investigator (PI)). Participated in the task group to define the national methodology used in the National System for Energy and Indoor Air Quality Certification of Residential Buildings and was the coordinator of the Executive Committee of the task group set by the Portuguese General Directorate for Energy and Geology (DGEG) and the Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE) to review the national building thermal regulation codes (RCCTE). Member of CERIS - Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability.
National qualified trainer and expert of the National System for Energy and Indoor Air Quality Certification. Has published more than 65 papers in Scientific Journals and presented more than 170 communications at Conferences. He has supervised more than 55 Master dissertations and 6 PhD theses.
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Michael Lacasse (National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Construction Research Centre, Canada) |
Dr. Michael A. Lacasse is a senior research officer in the Construction Research Center of the National Research Council (NRC) Canada having over 25 years’ experience as a building engineer. He is Team leader for the Facades Systems and Products Group. Since joining NRC in 1991, he has been active in various ASTM, CSA and CIB technical committees related to performance of envelope and the durability and service-life prediction of materials and components. He is an active member and current coordinator (1997-2005 / 2017- ) to the activities of the CIB technical committee W080 "Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials and Components”, and participates in ASTM activities of committee E06 on “Performance of Buildings”. More recently he has been asked to support the work of the NBC Part 5 “Building enclosures” and is a current member of the committee to revise the standard CSA S478 “Guideline on Durability in Buildings”. Dr. Lacasse prior to working at the NRC worked both in private industry and government construction agencies.
