Welcome Prof. Joaquim A. O. Barros from Minho University,  Portugal to be Committee Member

Prof. Joaquim A. O. Barros, Minho University, Portugal


Research Area: 

Structural strengthening, composite materials, fiber reinforced concrete and the
development of constitutive models for the simulation of the behavior of cement based and
polymer based materials


Research Experience:

Joaquim A. O. Barros is Full Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering of Minho University and coordinator of the Structural Composites Group. He is a Fellow American Concrete Institute (ACI), and voting member of ACI Technical Committees: 440-Fiber- Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement and 544-Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. He is a member of the Technical Committees of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib): TG 4.1-Fibre Reinforced Concrete, TG 5.1-FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, TG 4.3- Structural design with flowable concrete, and Convener of the fib TG 2.4.2-Modelling of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Structures. He is a member of the International union of laboratories and experts in Construction materials, systems and Structures – RILEM: TC- 234-DUC – Design procedures for the use of composites in strengthening of reinforced concrete structures. He was a member of the RILEM TC 162-TDF and ACI  506 – Shotcrete. He was a council member of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC). He was member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Australian “Design Guideline for RC structures retrofitted with FRP and metal plates: beams and slabs“. His research interests include structural strengthening, composite materials, fiber reinforced concrete and the development of constitutive models for the simulation of the behavior of cement based and polymer based materials, and their implementation in software based on the finite element method (FEM). He his author of more than 650 papers divided by books, chapter of books, journal papers (>170 in ISI journals), conferences, monographs and educational reports.