Zuzana Dimitrovová

International

Researcher

• AIP3-CT-2003-502773 (6th FP IP): “Friendcopter – Integration of technologies in support of a passenger and environmentally friendly helicopter”
Principal contractor: VERTAIR EEIG, C/O AECMA (Belgium)
Participants: Westland Helicopters Ltd. (UK), Office National D'etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales' (France), Aircelle (France), Università Degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy), Riga Technical University (Latvia), University of Patras (Greece), Oldenburg University (Germany), Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), Cranfiled University (UK), Zf Luftfahrttechnik GMBH (Germany), Výzkumný a Zkusebni Letecký Ústav, A.S. (Czech Republic), Turbomeca (France), Noliac A/S (Denmark), National Aerospace Laboratory (Holland), Leuven Measurement Systems International N.V. (Belgium), Paulstra Snc (France), Ingeniera y Economia del Transporte, S.A. (Spain), Aernnova Engineering Solutions, S.A (Spain), Free Field Technologies (Belgium), EADS (Germany), Daher Lhotellier Aerotechnologies (France), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft - und Raumfahrt E.V. (Germany), Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali Scpa (Italy), Agusta S.P.A. (Italy), Eurocopter (Germany), Ingenieria de Sistemas para la Defensa de España, S.A. (Spain), ISQ (Portugal), Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Form Tech Gmbh (Germany), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Sweden), Anotec Consulting, S.L. (Spain), Eurocopter (France), Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego "Pzl - Swidnik" Sa (Poland)
Project leader IST: J.M. Guedes
Financing entity: EU
Duration: 01/03/2004 - 31/09/2008
Status: concluded

• Grow 2001-4.1: “HORTIA - Heat and Oxidization Resistant Titanium Alloys Applications”
Principal contractor: Turbomeca SA (France)
Participants: Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), TNO (Holland), Inasmet (Spain), Eurocopter S.A.S. (France), National Aerospace Laboratory (Holland), Exameca SA (France), Formtech GMBH (Germany), Prodem (France), Tutech Innovation GMBH (Germany), Airbus Spain SL (Spain)
Project leader IST: H.C. Rodrigues
Financing entity: EU
Duration: 01/03/2002 - 30/09/2004
Status: concluded

• EUCLID/CEPA 3/RTP 3.15/RPF 001: “Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) for Aerospace Structural Components”
Principal contractor: DASA / EADS (Germany)
Participants: DASA / EADS (Germany), DERA(United Kingdom), BAE (United Kingdom), Eurocopter (France), CEAT (France), Sonaca (Belgium), Samtech (Belgium), Fokker (Holland), NLR (Holland), Terma (Denmark), HAI (Greece), Baris (Turkey), Roketsan (Turkey), OGMA (Portugal)
Project leader IDMEC: C.A. Mota Soares
Financing entity: WEU
Duration: 1/06/1999 - 31/05/2002
Status: concluded

• “Modelization d'Absorbeurs d'Énergie pour l'Impact de Véhicules"
Principal contractor: ECIA-Equipements et Composants pour l'Industrie Automobile
Project leader CEMUL/IDMEC: L. Faria
Duration: 11/1991 – 11/1993
Status: concluded

Transnational

Project Leader

• Convention GRICES / ASCR: “Implementation of “post-processing” procedures for the finite element method with application to highly non-linear structural mechanics problems”
Portuguese project leader: Z. Dimitrovová
Czech project leader: M. Jirásek
Duration: 1/01/2005 - 31/12/2005
Status: concluded

Researcher

• Convention GRICES / ASCR: “Induced Vibrations Due to High Speed Trains - Evaluation and Comparison of Analytical and Semi-Analytical Solutions”
Portuguese project leader: J.C.G. Rocha de Almeida
Czech project leader: L. Frýba
Duration: 1/01/2008 - 31/12/2008
Status: concluded

• Portuguese - Hungarian Intergovernmental Science and Technology Cooperation Programme: “Moving Towards Investigation and Education Studies: MOTIVES”
Portuguese project leader: I. Carvalho
Hungarian project leader: Á. Bereczki
Duration: 1/01/2004 - 31/12/2005
Status: concluded

National

Institutional Leader

• PTDC/EME-PME/67658/2006: “Design of cellular elastomeric materials for passive vibration control”
Principal contractor: School of Engineering (IST)
Project leader: H.C. Rodrigues
Institutional coordinator FCT/UNL: Z. Dimitrovová
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 01/05/2007 - 31/10/2010
Status: concluded

Researcher

• PTDC/ECM/116161/2009: “PRECASEISMIC - Behaviour of Precast Concrete Structures under Seismic Actions – Development of High Performance Connections”
Principal contractor: FCT/UNL
Participants: FCT/UNL, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Project leader: V. Lúcio
Institutional coordinator FCT/UNL: V. Lúcio
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2011 - 30/06/2014
Status: on going

• PTDC/ECM/114492/2009: “FLAT – Behaviour of Flat Slabs under Cyclic and Seismic Actions”
Principal contractor: FCT/UNL
Participants: FCT/UNL, LNEC (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil)
Project leader: A.P. Ramos
Institutional coordinator FCT/UNL: A.P. Ramos
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2011 - 31/12/2013
Status: concluded

• PTDC/EME-PME/01419/2008: “SMARTRACK - SysteM dynamics Assessment of Railway TRACKs: a vehicle-infrastructure integrated approach”
Participants: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), FCT/UNL, REFER-EPE
Principal contractor: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Project leader: J. Ambrósio
Institutional coordinator FCT/UNL: M.A. Gonçalves da Silva
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 01/02/2010 - 31/07/2013
Status: concluded

Collaboration

• REEQ/378/EME/2005: Laboratory for Smart Structures and Composites
Principal contractor: IDMEC
Project leader: C.A. Mota Soares
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 01/11/2005 - 30/09/2007
Status: concluded

• POCTI/ECM/61114/2004: “Interaction soil-railway track for high speed trains”
Principal contractor: University of Minho
Project leader: A.G. Correia
Institutional coordinator FCT/UNL: M.A. Gonçalves da Silva
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 01/01/2005 - 30/06/2008
Status: concluded

National of Other Countries

External Researcher

• National Project of Spain
BIA2013-43085-P Prediction, experimental measurements and assessment of vibrations due to railway traffic and other dynamic loads. Mitigaton measures.
Universidade de Sevilha, Espanha.
Project leader: Pedro Galvín
Duration: 1/01/2015 - 31/12/2017
Status: concluded

Strategic Projects

IDMEC/LAETA

• UIDB/50022/2020
Principal contractor: IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Principal Research Unit: Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2020 – 31/12/2023
Status: on-going

• UIDB/50022/2019
Principal contractor: IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Principal Research Unit: Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2019 - 31/12/2019
Status: concluded

• UID/EMS/50022/2013
Principal contractor: IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Project leader: José Carlos Fernandes Pereira
Participants: Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI), Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)
Principal Research Unit: Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
Status: concluded

• LA 22 - 2013-2014 (PEst-OE/EME/LA0022/2013)
Principal contractor: IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Project leader: Carlos Alberto Mota Soares
Participants: Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI), Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)
Principal Research Unit: Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2013 - 31/12/2014
Status: concluded

• LA 22 - 2011-2012 (PEst-OE/EME/LA0022/2011)
Principal contractor: IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Project leader: Carlos Alberto Mota Soares
Participants: Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI), Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)
Principal Research Unit: Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2011 - 31/12/2012
Status: concluded

UNIC

• UI 635-2011-2012 (PEst-OE/ECI/UI0635/2011)
Instituição proponente: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)
Project leader: António Manuel Pinho Ramos
Principal Research Unit: Centro de Investigação em Estruturas e Construção (UNIC/DEC/FCTUNL/UNL)
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 1/01/2011 - 31/12/2012
Status: concluded

Projects Carried out Abroad

• SFRH/BSAB/143065/2018 - Mitigations of train induced vibrations
- School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Haidian District, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, Polonia
- European Centre of Excellence, NTIS - New Technologies for Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czechia
Financing entity: FCT
Duration: 8/04/2019 - 15/07/2019
Status: concluded

• SFRH/BSAB/113776/2015 - Innovative materials for passive damping and Structures subjected to moving loads with applications to high-speed railway lines
European Centre of Excellence, NTIS - New Technologies for Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czechia
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia
Financing entity: FCT
Status: concluded