Assistant Professor
Scientific Area: Urbanism, Transports and Transportation Infrastructures
Coordinator of the Road Pavements Lab
Professional phone number: +351 239797104
E-mail: arminda@dec.uc.pt
RESEARCH CENTER:
CITTA - Research Center for Territory Transport and Environment
LECTURING SUBJECTS: Engineering Systems, Transport Infrastructures, Project Management and Evaluation, Transport Infrastructures Project, Sustainable Mobility, Energy and Transport
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Arminda Almeida, John J.M. Moreira, João Pedro Silva and Carlos G.V. Viteri (2021). Impact of traffic loads on flexible pavements considering Ecuador’s traffic and pavement condition, International Journal of Pavement Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2019.1640362
2. Arminda Almeida, Silvino Capitão, Carla Estanqueiro and Luís Picado-Santos (2021). Possibility of incorporating waste plastic film flakes into warm-mix asphalt as a bitumen extender. Construction and Building Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123384
3. Carlos Rodrigues, Silvino Capitão, Luís Picado-Santos and Arminda Almeida (2020). Full Recycling of Asphalt Concrete with Waste Cooking Oil as Rejuvenator and LDPE from Urban Waste as Binder Modifier. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198222
4. Nuno Sousa, Arminda Almeida and João Coutinho-Rodrigues (2020). A Multicriteria Methodology for Estimating Consumer Acceptance of Alternative Powertrain Technologies. Transport Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.10.003
5. Arminda Almeida, Silvino Capitão, Rita Bandeira, Mariana Fonseca and Luís Picado-Santos (2020). Performance of AC mixtures containing flakes of LDPE plastic film collected from urban waste considering ageing. Construction and Building Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117253
6. Arminda Almeida, João Crucho, César Abreu and Luís Picado-Santos (2019). Moisture susceptibility and ageing effect on nanoclay-modified AC mixtures containing flakes of plastic film collected as urban waste. Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9183738
7. Eduardo Natividade-Jesus, Arminda Almeida, Nuno Sousa and João Coutinho-Rodrigues (2019). A case study driven integrated methodology to support sustainable urban regeneration planning and management. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154129
8. Arminda Almeida, Nuno Sousa and João Coutinho-Rodrigues (2019). Quest for Sustainability: Life-Cycle Emissions Assessment of Electric Vehicles Considering Newer Li-Ion Batteries. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082366
9. Arminda Almeida and Michela Sergio (2019). Evaluation of the Potential of Sasobit REDUX Additive to Lower Warm-Mix Asphalt Production Temperature. Materials. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12081285
10. Nuno Sousa, Arminda Almeida, João Coutinho-Rodrigues and Eduardo Natividade-Jesus (2018). Dawn of autonomous vehicles: review and challenges ahead. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00063
11. Arminda Almeida e Luís Picado-Santos (2015). A Methodological Framework for Truck Factor Estimation considering Vehicle-Pavement Interaction. ASCE's Journal Transportation Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000726