Isabel_Falorca

Mr. Isabel Falorca

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Publications 3

Professional Information

Assistant Professor - Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior

  • Civil Engineer

Academia-Professor

  • Shear Strength of Underground Materials Stabilization

Educational Background

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • PhD - Universidade da Beira Interior : 01/01/2006 - 01/12/2010
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Master - Universidade de Coimbra : 01/09/1999 - 01/11/2002
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Licence - Universidade de Coimbra : 01/09/1992 - 01/12/1997

Honors & Awards

  • YGEC ISSMGE, 2007

Work Experience

  • Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior : ( 01/01/2000 - Present )
    • Assistant Professor
  • UBI : ( 01/07/2011 - 01/05/2015 )
    • Assistant Professor

    • Summary of Courses Taught: (Undergraduate level, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Beira Interior) Soil Mechanics I, Embankment construction, Hydrology and Water Resources, Fluvial Hydraulics; (Graduate level, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Beira Interior) Soil Improvement and Reinforcement
      Member of Implementation Team, Centre of Materials and Building Technologies (C-MADE), University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 01/14-present
      Member of Undergraduate Recruiting and Retention Committee, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 09/12-07/14
  • UBI : ( 01/02/2003 - 01/07/2011 )
    • Assistant Lecturer

    • Summary of Courses Taught: (Undergraduate level, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Beira Interior) Soil Mechanics I and II, Foundation Engineering, Soil Improvement and Reinforcement
      Member of Pedagogic Council, Unit of Engineering Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 09/04-09/06
      Member of Undergraduate Curricula and Policies Committee, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 09/06-07/07 and 09/10-07/11
  • UBI : ( 01/09/1998 - 01/02/2003 )
    • Junior Teaching Assistant

    • Laboratory classes of Soil Mechanics I and Soil Mechanics II, Undergraduate level, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Beira Interior
      Coordinator of the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, Unit of Engineering Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 09/00-07/01

Languages

Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
French Medium Low Low
English Medium Medium Low

Latest Publications

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  • Effect of short, randomly distributed polypropylene microfibres on shear strength behaviour of soils
    Journal Article published 2011 Feb in Geosynthetics International volume 18 issue 1 on pages 2 to 11
    Authors: I.M.C.F.G. Falorca, M.I.M. Pinto
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/gein.2011.18.1.2
  • A full-scale trial embankment construction with soil reinforced with short randomly distributed polypropylene microfibres
    Journal Article published 2011 Oct in Geosynthetics International volume 18 issue 5 on pages 280 to 288
    Authors: I.M.C.F.G. Falorca, L.M.F. Gomes, M.I.M. Pinto
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/gein.2011.18.5.280
  • Strain-hardening behaviour of fibre-reinforced sand in view of filament geometry
    Journal Article published 2010 Feb in Geosynthetics International volume 17 issue 1 on pages 56 to 58
    Authors: I.M.C.F.G. Falorca, M.I.M. Pinto
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/gein.2010.17.1.56


Contact Information

Rua Calçada Fonte do Lameiro, 6200-358 Covilha, Portugal View on map

https://www.ubi.pt/

0275329967

0914764053

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Effect of short, randomly distributed polypropylene microfibres on shear strength behaviour of soils
Journal Article published 2011 Feb in Geosynthetics International volume 18 issue 1 on pages 2 to 11
Authors: I.M.C.F.G. Falorca, M.I.M. Pinto
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/gein.2011.18.1.2
A full-scale trial embankment construction with soil reinforced with short randomly distributed polypropylene microfibres
Journal Article published 2011 Oct in Geosynthetics International volume 18 issue 5 on pages 280 to 288
Authors: I.M.C.F.G. Falorca, L.M.F. Gomes, M.I.M. Pinto
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/gein.2011.18.5.280
Strain-hardening behaviour of fibre-reinforced sand in view of filament geometry
Journal Article published 2010 Feb in Geosynthetics International volume 17 issue 1 on pages 56 to 58
Authors: I.M.C.F.G. Falorca, M.I.M. Pinto
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/gein.2010.17.1.56
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