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Available at: https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p30407/e14 [Accessed 15 Nov. 2019] Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11-15-2019 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Arquivos RTP Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA61IMG1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1949-present Portugal Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civil Engineer Person An individual. Birth Date 1949-02-08 Birthplace Funchal Training Institution Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) University of Waterloo Occupation Civil Engineer Teacher Biographical Text António José Luís Dos Reis was born in Funchal on February 8, 1949. He is an important Portuguese civil engineer and his academic career is quite extensive. He studied Civil Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, having finished in 1972 with a grade of 17. He pursued to his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Canada, which ended in 1977. He is a Science Research Fellow at the University of Surrey in England. He joined the Instituto Superior Técnico in 1981, being Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of since 1985, having been a professor for the disciplines of Bridges and Special Structures. He was President of the Civil Engineering Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico between 1996 and 1998. He is also a Visiting Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland. He began his professional career in 1972 and since then has always been involved in the areas of design, teaching and research in the field of bridges and special structures. He was a consultant to the Board of Bridges Service of the “Junta Autónoma das Estradas” and later to REFER for the project of the railway installation and widening of the 25 de Abril Bridge, in Lisbon. He was also a member of the Technical Commission of Experts for the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, inaugurated in 1998. In 1980 he founded the company “GRID, Consultas, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia, Lda.”, whose name changed to what is now known for “GRID International, Consulting Engineers”. He has carried out his study and project activity at a national and international level in about 20 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, having been responsible for the design and technical direction of various bridges and special structures, namely bridges built by successive advances, lifter bridges and large roofs to stadiums. His works include the Socorridos Bridge, in Câmara de Lobos, the João Gomes Bridge, in Funchal, the Freixo Bridge, in Porto, and the Rainha Santa Isabel Bridge, in Coimbra. He has received several awards and honorable mentions for his activity, including the 1997 Secil Civil Engineering Award for the João Gomes Bridge project, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium Award in 2002 for his contributions to bridge building techniques and civil engineering, the European Convention for Construction Steelwork Award (ECCS) in 2005 for the metal roof of the Dragão Stadium, the European Convention for Construction Steelwork Award (ECCS) in 2008 for the work “Extending the Lifespan of Luiz I Bridge in Oporto”, whose projects were his responsibility, the IABSE and ICE Awards in 2014 and the Order of Engineers Gold Medal in 2015. He was also awarded the Commendation of the Order of Professional Merit in 2006 by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Jorge Sampaio. He has co-authored two technical books, “Structural Stability” and “Structural Stability and Dimensioning”, and has authored numerous magazine publications and communications for international congresses, namely the “American Society of Civil Engineers” (ASCE), the “International Association for Bridges and Structural Engineering” (IABSE), the “Federation Internationale de la Precontrainte” (FIP), the “Comité Euro-Internationale du Beton” (CEB), the “European Convention for Construction Steelwork” (ECCS) and the“ Structural Stability Research Council ”(SSRC). He was a Member of the High Council for Public Works and Transport and an Advisory Member of the Order of Engineers, as well as a national representative for the Steel Structures Eurocode. He currently holds the position of Technical Director of “GRID International, Consulting Engineers”, accumulating the position of Chairman of the Advisory Board. Bibliography "Curriculum Vitae António Reis" (2016). In Universidade da Madeira, [online]. Available at: http://conselhogeral.uma.pt/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=709&Itemid=80 [Accessed 14 Nov. 2019]. Biography Available Soon Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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