1. PERSONAL DATA Ana João De Oliveira Serrenho Institution

1. PERSONAL DATA Ana João De Oliveira Serrenho Institution

1. PERSONAL DATA
Ana João De Oliveira Serrenho
Institution: Geophysical Centre of Évora, University of Évora, 7002-554, Portugal
E-mail: [email protected]
2. ACADEMIC DEGREES
2011 - Master in Engineering Science (Environment), National University of Ireland, Galway, Civil Engineering
Department, Ireland (M.Eng.Sci.)
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2007 - Chemical Engineering, University of Évora, Portugal (B.E.)
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3. CURRENT SCIENTIFIC AND/OR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Researcher student/collaborator at Geophysical Centre of Évora (CGE), University of Évora (UÉ), Portugal
4. ACADEMIC HISTORYAND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Since 2004- Member of Geophysical Centre of Évora (CGE), University of Évora (UÉ), Portugal
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From 2 0 0 8 t i l l 2 0 1 1 , R e s e a r c h P o s t - g r a d s t u d e n t , N a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t y o f I r e l a n d , G a l w a y
(NUIG), Republic of Ireland
5. PRESENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: •
Water pollution (Eutrophication, Nitrate and phosphorus pollutions), Treatment technologies (Permeable reactive
barriers (PRB));
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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
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Transport phenomena in porous media and complex structures;
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Aerosol transport and deposition;
6. HONORS/GUEST LECTURES/STATE-OF-THE-ART PRESENTATIONS
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Research scholarship granted by the Department of Agriculture and Food under the National Development Plan
2007-2013 (Ireland), with the title “Novel agri-engineering solutions for amelioration of surface and ground water
at critical source areas: technology development and a decision support blueprint for Irish farmers.” Supervised by
Dr. Mark G. Healy (October 2008 – September 2011);
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Research scholarship granted by the Portuguese National Science Foundation (Fundação Ciência e
Tecnologia - FCT), with the project title “Development of CONSTRUCTAL flow architecture concepts for
applications in Science and Technology” and the main area Mechanical Engineering – mechanics of fluids and
Energy, (March 2008 – September 2008);
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Research scholarship of initiation to scientific research granted by the Portuguese National Science Foundation
(Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia – FCT), from April to December of 2006;
o Final Year Project - Mark:19 out of 20 (grade A – ECTS classifications); Title: “Porous media flow: numerical
simulation and experimental study”; Study: Flow, transport and deposition of aerosol particles in Porous Media.
Experimental and numerical study, using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software. Study in 2D and 3D
geometries; Publications: Two journal publications (per-reviewed).
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Presentations in several national and international conferences
7. PROJECTS
Since 2004, and still as a undergrad, I start a collaboration with the Centre for Geophysics of Évora (CGE), in the Évora
University. I was involved in several different simulations projects (2D and 3D) using the CFD software Fluent/Gambit
(Ansys) and CAD software Solidworks. From this collaboration resulted the final thesis of my degree (B.Eng.) and also
several oral presentations and publications in peer-reviewed conferences and journals.
In 2008, start a 3-year research project in National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) granted by the Department of
Agriculture and Food under the National Development Plan 2007-2013 (Ireland); the research was in environmental
engineering. The project consisted of examining the potential of two methods – denitrifying bioreactors and chemical
amendment – to effectively treat subsurface and surface water, respectively.
8. MAIN ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES (UNIVERSITY BODIES AND NATIONAL
BOARDS)
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Since 2004 - Member of the Geophysics Center of Évora (www.cge.uevora.pt)
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2006/2007 - Students representation in the Chemical Engineering commission
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2003- 2005 and 2005-2007 - Member of the Pedagogical Council in the University of Évora (students
representation)
9. MAIN ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES (SUPERVISION/CO SUPERVISION OF
STUDENTS):
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2008 – 2011 – Laboratory demonstrator courses, Civil Engineering Department, National University of
Ireland, Galway (NUIG), Ireland (5 semesters)
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2009 – 2010, 2010 – 2011 – Co-supervision of Summer internships projects (6 months each)
10. PUBLICATIONS:
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
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M.G. Healy, T.G. Ibrahim, G.J. Lanigan, A.J. Serrenho, O. Fenton, “Nitrate removal rate, efficiency and pollution
swapping potential of different organic carbon media in laboratory denitrification bioreactors”, Ecological Engineering
journal (2011) (Accepted)
A. Serrenho and A.F. Miguel, “Fluid Flow and Solid/Fluid Suspensions Flow in 3-D Packed Beds of Spheres: The
Effect of Periodicity of Fixed Beds.” Defect and Diffusion Forum 312-315 (4): 871-876. (2011)
A. Serrenho, M. Aydin, A.F. Miguel. “Simulation and characterization of multi-phase flow and particle transport in
porous media.” Journal of Porous Media, 14, (2011)
O. Fenton, A.Serrenho, and M.G. Healy, “Evaluation of Amendments to Control Phosphorus Losses in Runoff from
Dairy-Soiled Water.” Water, Air, & Soil Pollution (4). (2011)
A. Serrenho, A. F. Miguel. Simulation and characterization of high porosity media for aerosol particle processing.
Journal of Porous Media 12, 1129-1138 (2009).
A.F. Miguel, A. Serrenho, “On the experimental evaluation of permeability in porous media using a gas flow method”,
Journal of Physics, D40, 6824 – 6828 (2007)
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Papers in peer-reviewed proceedings
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A.J. Serrenho, O. Fenton, G. Lanigan, M.G. Healy. “Nitrate removal capacity and greenhouse gas emissions from
laboratory-scale permeable reactive barriers”. Agricultural Research Forum Conference, Tullamore, Rep. of Ireland,
14th & 15th March 2011
Serrenho, A., Fenton, O., Lanigan, G., Healy, M.G. 2010. “Pollution swapping in four laboratory carbon rich
denitrification systems”. In: Raghuram N., Bijay-Singh, Pathak H., Ahmad A., Jain V. and Pal M. (Eds) Proceedings
of the 5th International Nitrogen Conference “Reactive nitrogen management for sustainable development – science,
technology and policy” 3-7th December 2010 Ashok Hotel, New Dehli, India, p.272.
Serrenho, A.J., Fenton, O., Rodgers, M., Healy, M.G. 2010. Laboratory study of a denitrification system using a
permeable reactive barrier. BSAS/WPSA/Agricultural Research Forum Conference. Queen's University, Belfast. 12-14
April, 2010.
A. Serrenho, O. Fenton, M.G. Healy; “Novel Agri-engineering Solutions for Amelioration of Surface and Ground
Water at Critical Source Areas”; College of Engineering and Informatics Research Day-2010, national University of
Ireland, Galway, April 2010 (Poster)
A. Serrenho, M. Aydin, A. F. Miguel. Simulation and characterization of multi-phase flow and particle transport in
porous media. Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids, Rome, Italy, 2009;
A. Serrenho, A. F. Miguel “Numerical simulation of suspension flow with deposition in porous media: the initial
stages of deposition.” Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids, Barcelona,
Spain, 2008, 7 pages
A. Serrenho, A. Miguel; “ Contribuição para o estudo do escoamento de fluido em meios porosos”; Proceedings of the
II Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica de Fluidos e Termodinâmica; Universidade de Aveiro,
Portugal, 8-9 of May 2008;
A. Serrenho, F. Miguel, A. H. Reis; “Effect of temperature and humidity on the permeability of porous materials”;
Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP - 18); Daej eon, Korea; 27-3 0
August 2007; (poster)
A. Serrenho, A. F. Miguel, A. H. Reis; “Computational investigation of particle losses in random porous structures”;
Proceedings of the European Aerosol Conference; Salzburg; 9-14 September 2007 (poster)
A. Serrenho, R. Teixeira, A. H. Reis, A. F. Miguel, M. Aydin; “Numerical simulation of suspension flow with
deposition in 3D bifurcated tubes”; Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena
(ISTP- 16); Prague, 7 pages (2005)
R. Teixeira, A. Serrenho, A. H. Reis, A. F. Miguel, M. Aydin; “Optimal design of curved and bifurcated flow pipes”;
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-1 6); Prague, 6 pages (2005)
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