Professor Adelino Ferreira is Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment (CITTA) classified as Excellent by FCT. He is also the Head of the Transport Engineering and Management (TEM) Research Group of CITTA.
He has worked in several research projects founded by the FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). In the period 2004-2007, he coordinated a research project entitled: A Deterministic Segment-Linked Pavement Management System. In the period 2011-2014, he coordinated a research project entitled: MODAT - Multi-objective Decision-Aid Tool for Highway Asset Management. At present he coordinates a research project entitled: PAVENERGY – Pavement Energy Harvest Solutions.
He has made numerous presentations at international and national meetings, worked and lectured on transportation engineering and management. He has published more than two hundred papers in international and national Journals and in international and national Conferences. He has also tutored and co-tutored more than thirty five MSc and PhD theses.
He is an Expert in Transportation and Highways by the Portuguese Institution of Engineer since 2007. He is also a member of the AIPCR – World Road Association/Association Mondiale de la Route and Regular Member of the iSMARTi – International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures. As a Pavement Expert, in the scope of technology transfer, he has been collaborating with the Portuguese Roads Administration, Highway Concessionaires and Municipalities.
He has been an evaluator of international research project proposals: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (CRPF); Latvian Council of Science (LCS); Etc.
PAVENERGY research project (http://pavenergy.dec.uc.pt) resulted in prototypes and demonstration models that received several innovation and entrepreneurship awards:
- Portugal Mobi Summit 2019 (2nd);
- Portugal Air Summit 2019 (2nd);
- CleanTech Camp 2019 (3rd);
- Prio Jump Star Accelerator 2018 (1st);
- Inov.Ação Valorpneu 2018 (1st);
- Horizon 2020 SME Instrument 2017;
- World Smart Cities Innovative Ideas Award 2017 (3rd);
- Climate LaunchPad Urban Transitions Award 2017 (1st);
- BIG Smart Cities Portugal 2017 (1st);
- BIG Smart Cities Coimbra 2017 (1st);
- Road Safety Innovation Competition 2016 (1st).
Awards:
2018: Award for R&D International Publications by FCTUC;
2007: First Place in the Competition "Road Education and Prevention - Young People in Action" by the Portuguese Young People Foundation;
2005: Parkman Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) from United Kingdom;
1999: Best Paper on Pavement Management in the X Congreso Ibero-Latinoamericano del Asfalto.
International Patent Application:
Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2018), Device for applying in a pavement for collecting mechanical energy from vehicles passing over for generating electricity, International Patent Application No. PCT/IB2018/051247, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018154543
Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7402999799
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1681-0759
Web of Science Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/502951/adelino-ferreira
Articles in International Journals (only Web of Science and Scopus):
RI 68 Tamagusko, T., Ferreira, A. (2023), Machine Learning for Prediction of the International Roughness Index on Flexible Pavements: A Review, Challenges, and Future Directions, Infrastructures (WoS journal), 8 (12), 170, 1-19.
https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8120170
RI 67 Correia, D., Richards, P. and Ferreira, A. (2023), Energy harvesting on airport pavements traffic dependent: A321 (narrow-body) aircraft case study, Smart Cities (WoS journal), 6 (5), 2783-2806, 1-24.
https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities6050125
RI 66 Cardoso, J., Ferreira, A., Almeida, A. and Santos, J. (2023), Incorporation of plastic waste into road pavements: A systematic literature review on the fatigue and rutting performances, Construction and Building Materials (WoS journal), 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133441
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-023-00366-0
RI 64 Tamagusko, T., Correia, M., Rita, L., Bostan, T., Peliteiro, M., Martins, R., Santos, L. and Ferreira, A. (2023), Data-Driven Approach for Urban Micromobility Enhancement Through Safety Mapping and Intelligent Route Planning, Smart Cities (WoS journal), 6, 2035-2056, 1-22.
https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities6040094
RI 63 Rita, L., Peliteiro, M., Bostan, T., Tamagusko, T. and Ferreira, A. (2023), Using Deep Learning and Google Street View Imagery to Assess and Improve Cyclist Safety in London, Sustainability (WoS journal), 15 (13), 10270, 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310270
RI 62 Correia, D. and Ferreira, A. (2023), Energy Harvesting on Airport Pavements Ambient Dependent: Ponta Delgada Airport Case Study, Sustainability (WoS journal), 15 (2), 1733, 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021733
RI 61 Mota, B., Neto, B., Barroso, S., Aragão, F., Ferreira, A., Soares, J. and Brito, L. (2022), Characterization of piezoelectric energy production from asphalt pavements using a numerical-experimental framework, Sustainability (WoS journal), 14, 9584, 1-22.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159584
RI 60 Justo-Silva, R., Simões, F. and Ferreira, A. (2022), Mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide applied to Portuguese pavement structures, Applied Sciences (WoS Journal), 12, 5656, 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115656
RI 59 Tamagusko, T., Correia, M., Huynh, M. and Ferreira, A. (2022), Deep Learning Applied to Road Accident Detection with Transfer Learning and Synthetic Images, Transportation Research Procedia (Scopus journal), 64, 90-97.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2022.09.012
RI 58 Correia, D. and Ferreira, A. (2021), Aircrafts on-ground dynamics models and simulation software: state-of-the-art, Sustainability (WoS journal), 13 (16), 9147, 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169147
RI 57 Correia, D. and Ferreira, A. (2021), Energy harvesting on airport pavements: state-of-the-art, Sustainability (WoS journal), 13 (11), 5893, 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13115893
RI 56 Justo-Silva, R., Ferreira, A. and Flintsch, G. (2021), Review on machine learning techniques for developing pavement performance prediction models, Sustainability (WoS journal), 13 (9), 5248, 1-27.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095248
RI 55 Tamagusko, T., Ferreira, A. (2021), Mobility patterns of the Portuguese population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study. Preprints 2021, 2021030689 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202103.0689.v1)
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202103.0689/v1
RI 54 Hasselwander, M., Tamagusko, A., Bigotte, J., Ferreira, A., Mejiab, A. and Ferranti, E. (2021), Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity, Sustainable Cities and Society (WoS Journal), 69, 102864, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102864
RI 53 Tamagusko, T. and Ferreira, A. (2020), Data-driven approach to understand the mobility patterns of the Portuguese population during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sustainability (WoS Journal), 12 (22), 9775, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229775
RI 52 Justo-Silva, R. and Ferreira, A. (2019), Pavement maintenance considering traffic accident costs, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (Scopus journal), 12 (6), 562-573.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-019-0067-3
RI 51 Santos, J., Ferreira, A. and Flintsch, G. (2019), An adaptive hybrid genetic algorithm for pavement management, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 20 (3), 266-286.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2017.1293260
RI 50 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Champalimaud, J. (2019), Waynergy Vehicles: system prototype demonstration in an operational environment, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 172 (2), 106-113.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jmuen.16.00071
RI 49 Paiva, C., Buck, A. and Ferreira, A. (2018), Sub-ballast performance in Brazilian railway infrastructures, Construction and Building Materials (WoS Journal), 190, 164-169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.09.093
RI 48 Santos, J., Ferreira, A., Flintsch, G., and Cerezo, V. (2018), A multi-objective optimization approach for sustainable pavement management, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (WoS Journal), 14 (7), 854-868.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2018.1436571
RI 47 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2018), Road pavement energy harvesting device to convert vehicles mechanical energy into electrical energy, Journal of Energy Engineering (WoS Journal), American Society of Civil Engineers, 144 (2), 1-14.
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000512
RI 46 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2018), Integration of a mechanical energy-storage system in a road pavement energy-harvesting device, Energy (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 171 (2), 70-81.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jener.16.00028
RI 45 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Champalimaud, J. (2018), Waynergy People: application in an operational environment, Energy (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 171 (2), 82-89.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jener.16.00010
RI 44 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2017), Integration of a mechanical energy storage system in a road pavement energy harvesting hydraulic device with mechanical actuation, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (WoS Journal), 9 (4), 044701, 1-21.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4999513
RI 43 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2017), Road pavement energy harvesting: an evaluation methodology for new and existing vehicle-derived mechanical energy collectors, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (WoS Journal), 9 (3), 034701, 1-22.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4982795
RI 42 Santos, J., Ferreira, A. and Flintsch, G. (2017), A multi-objective optimization-based pavement management decision-support system for enhancing pavement sustainability, Journal of Cleaner Production (WoS journal), 164 (2017), 1380-1393.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.027
RI 41 Duarte, F., Ferreira, A. and Fael, P. (2017), Software tool for simulation of vehicle-road interaction, Engineering Computations (WoS journal), 34 (5), 1501-1526.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-07-2016-0273
RI 40 Santos, J., Bryce, J., Flintsch, G. and Ferreira, A. (2017), A comprehensive life cycle costs analysis of in-place recycling and conventional pavement construction and maintenance practices, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 18 (8), 727-743.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2015.1122190
RI 39 Duarte, F. and Ferreira, A. (2017), Energy harvesting on railways: state of the art, Transport (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 170 (3), 123-130.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jtran.16.00016
RI 38 Santos, J., Flintsch, G. and Ferreira, A. (2017), Environmental and economic assessment of pavement construction and management practices for enhancing pavement sustainability, Resources, Conservation & Recycling (WoS Journal), 116 (2017), 15–31.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.08.025
RI 37 Duarte, F., Champalimaud, J. and Ferreira, A. (2016), Waynergy Vehicles: an innovative pavement energy harvest system, Municipal Engineer (ISI Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 169 (1), 13-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/muen.14.00021
RI 36 Duarte, F. and Ferreira, A. (2016), Energy harvesting on road pavements: state of the art, Energy (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 169 (2), 79-90.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jener.15.00005
RI 35 Kubo, P., Paiva, C., Ferreira, A. and Larocca, A. (2015), Influence of shock absorber condition on the pavement fatigue using relative damage concept, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (Scopus Journal), 2 (6), 406-413.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2015.10.001
RI 34 Santos, J., Bryce, J., Flintsch, G., Ferreira, A. and Diefenderfer, B. (2015), A life cycle assessment of in-place recycling and conventional pavement construction and maintenance practices, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (WoS Journal), 11 (9), 1199-1217.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15732479.2014.945095
RI 33 Santos, J., Ferreira, A. and Flintsch, G. (2015), A life cycle assessment model for pavement management: road pavement construction and management in Portugal, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 16 (4), 315-336.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10298436.2014.942862
RI 32 Santos, J., Ferreira, A. and Flintsch, G. (2015), A life cycle assessment model for pavement management: methodology and computational framework, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 16 (3), 268-286.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10298436.2014.942861
RI 31 Micaelo, R., Soares, A. and Ferreira, A. (2015), Aquaplaning risk assessment in Portuguese road design guide, Transport (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 168 (4), 300-311.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/tran.13.00029
RI 30 Meneses, S. and Ferreira, A. (2015), Flexible pavement maintenance programming considering the minimisation of maintenance and rehabilitation costs and the maximisation of the residual value of pavements, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 16 (7), 571-586.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10298436.2014.943207
RI 29 Paiva, C., Ferreira, M. and Ferreira, A. (2015), Ballast drainage in Brazilian railway infrastructures, Construction and Building Materials (WoS Journal), 92, 58-63.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061814006126
RI 28 Kubo, P., Paiva, C., Ferreira, A., Larocca, A. and Cararo, G. (2014), Vertical loads effects applied on the pavement considering the variation on tire pressure, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2 (2), 107-115.
http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=11740.html
RI 27 Duarte, F., Casimiro, F., Correia, D., Mendes, R. and Ferreira, A. (2013), Waynergy People: a new pavement energy harvest system, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 166 (4), 250-256.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/muen.12.00049
RI 26 Ferreira, A. and Santos, J. (2013), Life-cycle cost analysis system for pavement management at project level: sensitivity analysis to the discount rate, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 14 (7), 655-673.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10298436.2012.719618
RI 25 Meneses, S. and Ferreira, A. (2013), Pavement maintenance programming considering two objectives: maintenance costs and user costs, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 14 (2), 206-221.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10298436.2012.727994
RI 24 Santos, J. and Ferreira, A. (2013), Life-cycle cost analysis for pavement management at project level, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 14 (1), 71-84.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10298436.2012.719618
RI 23 Meneses, S., Ferreira, A. and Collop, A. (2013), Multi-objective decision-aid tool for pavement management, Transport (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 166 (2), 79-94.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/tran.10.00026
RI 22 Wu, Z., Flintsch, G., Ferreira, A. and Picado-Santos, L. (2012), Framework for multi‐objective optimization of physical highway assets investments, Journal of Transportation Engineering (WoS Journal), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 138 (12), 1411–1421.
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000458
RI 21 Ferreira, A. (2012), Briefing: Recent developments in pavement energy harvest systems, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 165 (4), 189-192.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/muen.12.00025
RI 20 Rodrigues, F. and Ferreira, A. (2012), Influencia del trazado en la calidad geométrica de vías férreas, Via Libre Técnica, 5, 1-10.
www.tecnica-vialibre.es/documentos/articulos/FViana.pdf
RI 19 Santos, J. and Ferreira, A. (2012), Pavement design optimisation considering costs and preventive interventions, Journal of Transportation Engineering (WoS Journal), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 138 (7), 911-923.
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000390
RI 18 Jorge, D. and Ferreira, A. (2012), Road network pavement maintenance optimisation using the HDM4 pavement performance prediction models, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 13 (1), 39-51.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10298436.2011.563851
RI 17 Meneses, S. and Ferreira, A. (2012), New optimization model for road network maintenance management, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Scopus Journal), 54, 956–965.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812042735
RI 16 Santos, J. and Ferreira, A. (2012), Pavement design optimization considering costs and M&R interventions, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Scopus Journal), 53, 1183-1192.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812044291
RI 15 Ferreira, A. and Santos, J. (2012), LCCA system for pavement management: sensitivity analysis to the discount rate, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Scopus Journal), 53, 1173-1182.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281204428X
RI 14 Santos, J. and Ferreira, A. (2012), Life-cycle cost analysis system for pavement management, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Scopus Journal), 48, 331-340.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812027498
RI 13 Ferreira, A. (2011), Briefing: new developments in road safety management, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 164 (3), 149-152.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/muen.2011.164.3.149
RI 12 Ferreira, A. (2011), Briefing: new developments in pavement maintenance, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 164 (3), 153-155.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/muen.2011.164.3.153
RI 11 Ferreira, A., Picado-Santos, L., Wu, Z. and Flintsch, G. (2011), Selection of pavement performance models for use in the Portuguese PMS, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 12 (1), 87-97.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10298436.2010.506538
RI 10 Ferreira, A., Jesus, J. and Pinto, J. (2010), Road safety management system for Oliveira do Bairro, Transport (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 163 (3), 143-155.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/tran.2010.163.3.143
RI 9 Ferreira, A. Meneses, S. and Vicente, F. (2009), Alternative decision-aid tool for pavement management, Transport (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 162 (1), 3-17.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/tran.2009.162.1.3
RI 8 Ferreira, A. Meneses, S. and Vicente, F. (2009), Pavement management system for Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal, Transport (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 162 (3), 157-169.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/tran.2009.162.3.157
RI 7 Ferreira, A. and Duarte, F. (2006), A GIS-based infrastructure management system for municipalities, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 159 (2), 113-120.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/muen.2006.159.2.113
RI 6 Picado-Santos, L., Ferreira, A., Antunes, A., Carvalheira, C., Santos, B., Bicho, M. H., Quadrado, I. and Silvestre, S. (2004), Pavement management system for Lisbon, Municipal Engineer (WoS Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 157 (3), 157-165. A cada um dos autores deste artigo foi atribuída em 2005 a Parkman Medal pela Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) do Reino Unido.
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/muen.2004.157.3.157
RI 5 Ferreira, A. and Picado-Santos, L. (2004), La gestión de la calidad de las redes viarias: estado actual de conocimientos y desarrollos futuros, Revista Carreteras (Scopus Journal), 134, 74-92.
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=973762
RI 4 Ferreira, A., Antunes, A. and Picado-Santos, L. (2002), Probabilistic segment-linked pavement management optimization model, Journal of Transportation Engineering (WoS Journal), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 128 (6), 568-577.
https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2002)128:6(568)
RI 3 Ferreira, A., Picado-Santos, L. and Antunes, A. (2002), A Segment-linked optimization model for deterministic pavement management systems, International Journal of Pavement Engineering (WoS Journal), 3 (2), 95-105.
https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2002)128:6(568)
RI 2 Ferreira, A., Picado-Santos, L. and Antunes, A. (2001), Optimización de la conservación de carreteras mediante modelos determinísticos del comportamiento de los firmes, Revista Carreteras (Scopus Journal), 118, 64-81.
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3027540
RI 1 Ferreira, A., Antunes, A. and Picado-Santos, L. (1999), Modelo de optimización para los sistemas de gestión de firmes - nuevos desarrolos, Revista Carreteras (Scopus Journal), 105, 88-101.
