Curriculum Vitae
Education
October 2008 to April 2013
PhD in Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, March 2013.
October 2006 to March 2009
MSc in Structures of Civil Engineering, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, March 2009.
May 2008
Post grade in Structures of Civil Engineering, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, May 2008.
October 2002 to March 2007
Civil Engineering Degree, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, March 2007.
Experience in Industry
October 2023 to Present
CEO and Founder of FEMCalcul consulting, Barcelona, Spain.
August 2022 to Present
Product Specialist (Freelance), DIANA FEA BV, The Netherlands.
March 2020 to July 2022
Consultant (Freelance), DIANA FEA BV, The Netherlands.
August 2016 to February 2020
Consultant, DIANA FEA BV, The Netherlands.
July 2015 to July 2016
Software Development Engineer, DIANA FEA BV, The Netherlands.
Experience in Academia
July 2015 to March 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Delft, The Netherlands.
April 2013 to June 2015
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona.
October 2008 to April 2013
Researcher, PhD Student, Department of Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona.
April 2007 to June 2008
Research fellow, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Top 5 Publications cited as first author
- Ferreira D., Bairán J., Marí A., Numerical simulation of shear-strengthened RC beams, Engineering Structures, 2013, Vol. 46, p. 359-374.
- Ferreira D., Oller E., Marí A., Bairán J., Numerical analysis of shear critical RC beams strengthened in shear with FRP laminates, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 2013, Vol. 17 (6), Article number, 04013016, pp. 1-11.
- Ferreira D., Bairán J., Marí A., Faria R., Nonlinear analysis of RC beams using a hybrid shear-flexural fibre beam model, Engineering Computations, 2014, Vol. 31 (7), p. 1444-1483.
- Ferreira D., Bairán J., Marí A., Shear strengthening of RC beams by means of vertical prestressed reinforcement: numerical studies, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2016, Vol. 12 (3), p. 394-410.
- Ferreira D. A model for the nonlinear, time-dependent and strengthening analysis of shear critical frame concrete structures. Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013, Ph.D. in Construction Engineering, Department of Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.