Among the Top 2% most-cited scientists worldwide according to the Stanford University and Elsevier ranking of 2022.
Winner of the 2023 Scientific Award Universidade de Lisboa/Caixa Geral de Depósitos in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering.
Honourable Mention at the 2022 "Universidade de Lisboa/Caixa Geral de Depósitos" awards in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering.
Excellent Professor in “Systems Reliability and Maintainability”, Master Courses in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, 1º semester, 2020-2021.
Excellent Professor in “Risk Analysis”, Master Courses in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, 2º semester, 2019-2020.
Best Paper Award of the Structures, Safety and Reliability Symposium at the 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering in 2017.
Significant Paper of 2013 published in the Journal of Ship Research. Paper selected by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Featured Papers Committee from amongst all papers presented at SNAME symposia and published in SNAME periodicals in 2013.Doctorate grant awarded in 1998 under the PRAXIS XXI Program of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
Scholarship awarded in 1996 under the Training and Mobility of Human Resources Program of the National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica).
Award "Best Internship 1999" by the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Ordem dos Engenheiros).
