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About the fellow
A short bio
Dr Helder Sousa is an expert, with international experience and strong exposure to the industry sector, on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) applied on Civil Engineering infrastructures and visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK, where he teaches in the fields of Bridge Management and Infrastructure Asset Management. With core expertise in structures of Civil Engineering (PhD with 7 journal papers, 2012, his scientific knowledge spans from advanced Finite Element Analysis of full-scale structures to Bayesian statistics and Value of Information theory, mainly single and sequential updating methods, passing through wide experience in tacking big-data streams collected by monitoring systems installed on full-scale bridges.
With
46
conference
papers,
18
scientific
journal
papers,
2
book
chapters,
more
than
35
oral
presentations
in
several
countries
of
Europe
and
beyond,
as
well
as
4
short-scientific
missions
at
top
leading
R&D
Institutes
in
Europe
(ETH
Zurich
in
Switzerland,
TNO
R&D
institute
in
Netherlands,
CEREMA
in
France
and
COWI
in
Denmark),
makes
Dr
Sousa
has
one
of
the
recognized
researchers
in
his
research
field.
Awarded
with
several
research
grants
and
consultancy
funding,
highlighting
his
Individual
Marie
Skłodowska-Curie
Fellowship
(2015-17)
and
his
recent
role
as
the
leader
of
the
Innovation
Committee
of
the
European
COST
Action
TU1402
–
Quantifying
the
Value
of
Structural
Health
Monitoring,
as
a
legal
representative
of
the
BRISA
Group
(2014-19,
https://www.cost-tu1402.eu/Action/Innovation-
Committee
).
Currently,
he
is
Guest
Editor
in
the
top-ranked
scientific
journal
Structure
&
Infrastructure
Engineering
and
(co-)leads
two
special
sessions
in
the
next
European
Workshop
on
Structural
Health
Monitoring
(Italy,
2021)
and
in
the
13th
ASCE
Specialty
Conference
on
Probabilistic
Mechanics
and
Reliability
(New
York,
2021).
His
enrolment
in
scientific
committees
at
the
European
level
and
wide
experience
in
acting
as
a
reviewer
for
national
and
international
science
councils
is
also
a
clear
demonstration
of
his
leadership
and
independence skills. Further information can be found elsewhere,
www.hfmsousa.com
.
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