Identification Name: Ricardo Freitas Lima da Silva Barros Date of birth: 31-01-1980 Nationality: Portuguese Marital status: Single Cellphone: (+351) 916 600 441 E-mail: RSBarros31@gmail.com Skype: RS_Barros Website: www.rsbarros.com ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/r_barros LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ricardobarros Summary Phd in Civil Engineering Master in Seismic improvement, consolidation and restoration of historic buildings and monuments Degree in Civil Engineering + 10 years experience in Civil Engineering (Survey, testing and diagnosis of buildings; Structural rehabilitation of buildings, Seismic strengthening, Maintenance, monitoring and quality control). + 6 years experience in Laboratory. + 6 years experience in Research. + 5 years experience in Teaching at academic level + 3 years experience in Management and administration. Member of the Ordem dos Engenheiros of Portugal nº17313. 1
Qualifications 2002 Topography Level 2 2005 5 years degree in Civil Engineering, University Fernando Pessoa, Oporto, Portugal. 2007 Master degree in "Seismic Improvement, consolidation and restoration of historic buildings and monuments", University of Perugia, Italy. 2009 CAP (Professional Aptitude Certificate to practice as a trainer), IEFP - Institute of Employment and Vocational Training of Portugal. 2014 PhD degree in Civil Engineering, ISISE - Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering - University of Minho. Additional Training and qualifications 2002 Professional Course in Surveying Institute of Arts and Sciences, with the duration of 60 hours giving the equivalence to Topography Level 2. Final classification of 18 values of 20. 2003 Course in Autocad from the Institute of Science and Letters specialized training, Lda, with the duration of 48 hours. Final classification of 18 values of 20. 2007 Course on "Guide line for verification and reduction of seismic risk in cultural heritage." Studies Center Sisto Mastrodicasa, Perugia. 2008 1 st ISISE Phd Workshop on Sustainability and innovation in structural engineering, Guimarães. 2011 3 rd ISISE Workshop & Day-Out, University of Minho, Unhais da Serra. 2011 Workshop Building with Shale, Portuguese Association of Architects, Sobrado de São Miguel. 2012 Course Seismic Assessment and Improvement of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings. University of Minho, Guimarães. 2012 Course Graduate Summer School on Earthquake Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães. 2013 - Course "Effective Communication", University Fernando Pessoa, Porto. 2
Professional experience 2004/2005 Internship at M.M.T.E.C., Oporto, Portugal. 2006/2007 Materials and structures laboratory (LASTRU) from the University of Perugia, Italy. 2007 Project Manager at ALTARIMI, Oporto, Portugal. 2007 to 2012 Lecturer of Structures in the Technological specialization degree in work management at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 750 hours). 2007 to 2012 Lecturer of Building Materials I Practice in the Civil engineering degree at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 560 hours). 2008 to 2012 Lecturer of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8 th and 9th edition of the course AutoCAD 2D Basics at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 140 hours). 2008 to 2012 Lecturer of Building Materials II Practice in the Civil engineering degree at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 450 hours). 2008 to 2012 Lecturer of Construction Systems in Architecture Practice in the Master in Architecture and Urbanism at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 450 hours). 2009 to 2012 Lecturer of Structures in the Technological specialization degree in work management at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in the Ponte de Lima branch (over 450 hours). 2010 to 2011 Lecturer of Computer Aided Technical Design in the Master in Architecture and Urbanism at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 50 hours). 2010 to 2011 Lecturer of Technical and Computational Drawing in the Civil engineering degree and Environmental engineering degree at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto (over 50 hours). 2009 to 2012 Coordinator and administration of the Technological specialization degree in Work management at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto. 3
2009 to 2012 - Coordinator and administration of the Technological specialization degree in Work management at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa in the Ponte de Lima branch. 2009 to 2014 Researcher at the Masonry and Historical Constructions Group of the ISISE, Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho. 2014 Real estate consultant at Remax Business. Since 2014 CEO/Consultant at RSBarros Consulting. 2014 to 2015 Researcher at the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Aveiro at the Project SEISMIC V Vernacular Seismic-Resistant Culture in Portugal (PTDC/ATP-AQI/3934/2012). 2015 Real estate investments specialist at Keller Williams. Publications Barros, R. S., Guerra, J., Varum, H. (2005) Seismic reinforcement of masonry structures with metallic elements (in Portuguese), University Fernando Pessoa, Porto. Barros, R. S., Almaç, U., Grazine, A. (2007) Finite element modeling of the facade of palácio Podestà (in Italian), Università degli studi di Perugia, Italy. Barros, R. S., Almaç, U., Grazini, A., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H. (2008) Seismic strengthening of a palace from the Sec. XII (in Portuguese), in CINPAR 2008-4th International conference on structural defects and repair, Aveiro. Barros, R. S., Guerra, J., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H. (2008) Seismic strengthening of masonry structures using metallic elements (in Portuguese) in CINPAR 2008-4th International conference on structural defects and repair, Aveiro. Barros, R. S., Almaç, U., Grazini, A. (2008) Analysis of the Podestà Palace s façade in Azores 1998 - International seminar on seismic risk and rehabilitation stone masonry housing, Faial Island, Azores. Magalhães S., Barros, R. S. (2009) Tecnotijolo, innovation in masonry (in Portuguese), University Fernando Pessoa, Porto. Barros, R. S., Oliveira, D., V., Varum, H. (2009) Typologies and major damage observed in schist constructions (in Portuguese), in PATORREB 2009 3rd Meeting on pathology and rehabilitation of buildings, Oporto. 4
Barros R. S., Guerra, J., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H.. (2009) Reinforcement methodology applied in buildings damaged by the Azores earthquake. In International Symposium on Historical Earthquakes and Conservation of Monuments and sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Istanbul, Turkey. Barros, R. S., Almaç, U., Grazini, A., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H.. (2009) Finite elements analysis of na old building façade and reinforcement. In International Symposium on Historical Earthquakes and Conservation of Monuments and sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Istanbul, Turkey. Barros R. S., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H., (2010) Typology characterization of the Portuguese traditional schist constructions, in XXXVII IAHS - World Congress on Housing, Santander, Spain. Barros R. S., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H., (2010) Portuguese traditional schist masonry walls, in Semana da Engenharia 2010, University of Minho, Guimarães. Barros R. S., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H., (2011) Characterization of schist constructions, in 3rd ISISE workshop 2011, Unhais da Serra. Barros R. S., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H., (2011) Characterization of the schist in the Portuguese traditional constructions, in Engineering Week 2011, University of Minho, Guimarães. Barros R. S., (2012), Masonry Structures Seismic Reinforcement with Metallic Elements, LAP Lambert Academic Publisher, ISBN 978-3-659-27104-5. Barros R. S., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, H., Alves, C. A., Aires, Camões, A. (2013) Experimental characterization of the physical and mechanical properties of schist from Portugal, Construction & Building Materials, ELSEVIER. Barros R. S., Oliveira, D. V., Varum, F. (2013) Material and structural analysis of the schist masonry, 1 st Workshop of the Phd students in civil engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães. Barros R. S. (2014) Material and structural assessment of schist masonry constructions (in Portuguese), PhD Thesis, University of Minho, Guimarães. Barros, R.S., Oliveira, D.V., Varum, H. (2014) Characterization of the mechanical behavior of traditional schist masonry, in REHABEND 2014 Latin-American Congress, Santander, Spain. Lima A., Viana, D., Carlos, G.D., Sousa, G., Vasconcelos, G., Rodrigues, H., Varum H, Ortega, J., Correia, M.R., Lourenço, P.B., Barros, R.S., Local seismic culture in 5
Portugal, ARGUMENTUM, Edições, Editor: Mariana R. Correia, Gilberto D. Carlos, ISBN: 978-972-8479-88-6. Barros R.S., Costa, A., Varum, H., Rodrigues, H., Lourenço, P.B., Vasconcelos G., Seismic behaviour analysis and retrofitting of a row building, In book: Seismic Retrofitting: Learning from Vernacular Architecture, Chapter: 39, Publisher: CRC Press 2015, Editors: Mariana R. Correia, Paulo B. Lourenco, Humberto Varum, pp.213 218 Barros R.S., Varum, H., Rodrigues, H., Correia, M., Vasconcelos, G., Lourenço, P.B., Seismic behaviour of portuguese rammed earth buildings. Conference: 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Dedign, At Ponta Delgada/Azores. Associations and societies Member of the Ordem dos Engenheiros nº 17313 (Engineering Professional association of Portugal), Member of the Portuguese Society for Earthquake Engineering. Knowledge of languages Portuguese - spoken and written fluently, English spoken and written fluently, Italian - spoken and written fluently, Spanish basic spoken and written, French basic spoken and written. IT knowledge Operating Systems Utilities (Microsoft Office, Open Office, Star Office); Specific programs (MIDAS FEA, ANSYS, SAP2000, Autocad, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, PhotoModeler, Microsoft Project, RDF, MGE, STS, Origin Lab). Interests Management, Administration, Marketing, Real Estate Investments, Urban rehabilitation, Historical constructions, Survey and diagnosis of buildings, Rehabilitation and structure analysis of buildings. 6