Description
CERIS - CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
CERIS is a research unit that operates in the Built and Natural Environment sector and is registered with the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
CERIS joins the expertise of 200 PhD researchers and 200 PhD students. Income from research and consultancy contracts has averaged around 3 M€ per year in the recent past. Besides five Master courses, CERIS researchers are currently engaged in PhD courses leading to nine Doctoral degrees, promoted by its host institution, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), and in cooperation with national and international consortia.
PROJECTS
Assessment of Trend Analysis for Increasing the Concentration of Pollutants in the Groundwater Bodies and the Reverse of the Trend
Assessment of infiltration flows at the Alcântara sewer system using traditional and non-traditional innovative approaches
Brazil Policy Dialogue on Water Governance
By Promoting the Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change on Coastal Areas, we Reduce the Vulnerability of the Populatio
Complex 3-D flows at open-channel confluences
Description and Evaluation of Methodologies for the Determination of Background Values in Groundwater of Portugal and Italy
Development of OECD Principles for Good Water Governance
Development of a holistic methodology for the determination of the ecological flow regime
Development of fishways by successive basins based on numerical and physical modeling
Effect of suspended sediment concentration on local scouring at single bridge piers
Effect of trapped air during conduct filling
Effects of hydropeaking on the behavior of cyprinids in an experimental channel
Evaluation of groundwater resources in the Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, using innovative methodologies and techniques.
Experimental and numerical modeling of air-water emulsion flows
Flooding of Oceanic Origin in Estuarine and Urban Zones
Flows in veins and arteries
Impacts of contamination on karst aquifer ecosystems
Intelligent system to support the advanced management of the urban waste water system
Joint Master Programme in Groundwater and Global Change - Impacts and Adaptation
Low-turbine power generation
Management, Monitoring and Inspection of Maritime Works
Mathematical modeling of variable flows with free surface and moving bed
Methodologies and Tools for Flood Risk Assessment in Madeira Island
Methodology for the Identification of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems in Portugal
MixFluv – Mixing layers in Fluvial Systems
Non-isotropic and non-homogeneous turbulence. Applications to outflows
PORTUGUESE ADAPTATION STRATEGY TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES
Platform for intelligent water supply systems
RISK ASSESSMENT OF DEBRIS FLOWS IN MADEIRA ISLAND
Revision of the general system regulation. public water distribution and wastewater drainage: drainage services
SOL PRECAIRE – SOIL TAKE CARE
Submarine freshwater discharges: characterization and evaluation study on their impact on the Algarve coastal ecosystems
Transition to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow
Variable regime power dissipation
Vulnerability risk assessment for the agroforestry sector in South Portugal under climate change