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Vítor Manuel da Silva Leal

 
 
PhD, Assistant Professor
Univeristy of Porto – Faculty of Engineering
 
 

Address:

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

 

FEUP - DEMEC

 

Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n

 

4200-465 PORTO

 

PORTUGAL

  Telf:

+351 225081762

  e-mail:

vleal@fe.up.pt

  URL:

http://www.fe.up.pt/~vleal

 

Publications

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-2907
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=B50uagoAAAAJ
 

Research interests

Sustainability | Energy Systems| Energy in Buildings | Energy Planning
 

Teaching and Academic positions:

2007- present

Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.

1999 – 2007

Assistant Lecturer at the Superior School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.

 

Academic Degrees

2006

Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences.

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Portugal).

 1999

 

Master in Mechanical Engineering (branch of Thermal Engineering), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Portugal)

 

 1996

Degree in Physics Engineering

Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal)

 

 

PhD thesis supervisions (completed):

  • 2019: Isabel Maria Gonçalves Azevedo: A Methodology for Ex-Post Evaluation of Local Climate Change Mitigation Actions under a Multi-Level Governance Framework, University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering, in the framework of the MIT Portugal program.

o   2017: Mafalda Silva: “A multi-scale decision-support model to integrate the energy dimension into urban planning”, PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering, in the framework of the MIT Portugal program. With co-supervision from Prof. Vítor Oliveira.

o   2016: Sara Magalhães: “Development of a methodology for large-scale assessment of indoor environmental conditions and its energy system consequences”. PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems, Univeristy of Porto - Faculty of Engineering, in the framework of the MIT Portugal program. . With co-supervision from Prof. Isabel Horta (FEUP).

  • 2016: Nathan Cohen Lee: “Decision support methodology for national energy planning in developing countries: an implementation focused approach”. PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering, in the framework of the MIT Portugal program. With co-supervision from Prof. Luís Dias from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra.

o   2013 - Ana Rita Neves: “Sustainable Energy Planning and Management at the Local Level” – PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems of the MIT Portugal program, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. With co-supervising from Prof. João Lourenço from IST-UTL.

  • 2013 - Reza Fazeli: “Design of Pathways for sustainable road transportation accounting for uncertainty” - PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems of the MIT Portugal program, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. With co-supervision from Prof. Pinho de Sousa from FEUP.

o   2012 - Maria Kapsalaki: “Efficient Design of Net-zero Energy Buildings with respect to local context” – PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems of the MIT Portugal program, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. With co-supervision from Prof. Matheos Santamouris from N. K. University of Athens.

o   2012 - Gustavo Haydt: “A multi-objective decision support methodology for developing national energy efficiency plans” – PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems of the MIT Portugal program, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. With co-supervision from Prof. Luís Dias from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra.

o   2012 - Pedro Silva: “Influence of control patterns for lighting and shading systems on the predicted energy performance of buildings” - PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems of the MIT Portugal program, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. With co-supervision from Prof. Marilyne Anderson from MIT and EPFL.

 

 

Latest partial update: Nov 15th, 2019