About

Jorge graduated in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal, and obtained a M.Sc. in Hydraulics and Water Resources and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, also from IST. He has served in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources at the IST since graduation. Since 2014, he is the IST coordinator of the KIC Innoenergy international master program Energy Technologies (ENTECH) and member of the Scientific Commission of the M.Sc. in Energy Engineering and Management at the IST. His main research areas relate to hydraulic structures. Jorge was a recipient of the APRH - Portuguese Water Resources Association Award for his scientific work in the field of water resources, 2001-02, as well as the 2002 J. C. Stevens Award, given by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He served as member of the Executive Board (EB) of the Portuguese Water Resources Association (APRH) (biennia 2004-05 and 2006-07), President of the EB (2008-09) and of the General Assembly (2010-11), and has been member of the General Council, since 2004. He was Vice-President of the Executive Committee (2008-09) of the National Commission of the International Water Association (CNAIA). Over the years, Jorge has been a contributor to the Hydraulic Structures Committee (Section) of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), namely as a member of the core group (1998), Secretary (2003-05), Chair (2005-09), Past Chair (2009-11), and co-opted member of the Leadership Team (2011-13). Between 2011 and 2015, he was Secretary (Leadership Team) of the IAHR Hydro-Environment Division. He chaired the organisations of the 4th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, and the 11th National Water Congress both held in Porto, Portugal, in February 2012.

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