Herlander MATA LIMA, Ph.D.

H. Mata Lima

         H. Mata Lima

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H. Mata Lima

H. Mata Lima

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Short Biography

1. Education

► Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, IST-UTL, 2006

► M.Sc. Environmental Policy and Management, FCT-UNL, 2004

► Post-Graduate Diploma Environmental Management and Policy, UE, 2002

► Post-Graduate Diploma Civil Engineering (branch: Hydraulics and Water Resources), IST-UTL, 2000

► Diploma (summa cum laude) Water Resources Engineering (5 years degree), UE, 1999

2. Professional Experience

2.1 Research Career

► Senior Researcher, Centre for Natural Resources and Environment, CERENA-IST, DECivil, Arquitectura e Georrecursos, Technical University of Lisbon (2007-Present)

► Research Fellow, Centre for Modelling Petroleum Reservoir, CMRP-IST, Technical University of Lisbon, (2002-2007)

► Engineering Consultancy, Private companies, Civil engineering, (2002-2006)

2.2 Academic (teaching) Career

► Assistant Professor, Department of  Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira (2007-Present) (Relatório do período Experimental - PDF)

► Invited Professor, Department of  Engineering and Mathematics, University of Madeira (2006-2007)

► Teacher of several courses (continuing education) related to Environment, Hydraulics, and Quality (2002-2006)

► Teacher assistant of practical classes of Hydraulics II (Civil Eng.), and Fluid Mechanics (Environmental Eng.), IST-UTL (1999-2000)

2.3 Academic & Scientific Management Activities

► Member of the Council of the Platform for Energy Initiative (IST- Energy Initiative), Technical University of Lisbon (IST/UTL) (2011 - )

► Member of the Council of the Platform for Science and Environmental Engineering (IST- Ambiente), Technical University of Lisbon (IST/UTL) (2010 - )

► Manager of the Content of DME Web Site (2007-2009)

► Member of the Council on Civil Engineering Graduation, University of Madeira (2007-2008)

► Coordination and Elaboration of the Report for Creation of the 3rd Cycle (Doctoral Program) in Civil Engineering (process R/B-Cr 229/2008 aproved by DGES), DME/UMa (2007)

► Co-author of the 3rd Cycle (Doctoral Program) Report for Adequation of Electronics and Computer Engineering, and Mathematics (processes aproved by DGES), DME/UMa (2007)  

► Member of the Scientific Council of DME/UMa (2006-2009)

3. Courses Taught

► Hydraulics I

► Hydraulics, Hydrology & Water Resources (Civ 206)

► Hydraulics

► Urban Hydraulics (Civ 306)

► Environment, Development, and Sustainability (Civ 207)

► Environment & Society (FCC01-35)

► Principles of Quality Management (FCC01-36)

► Risk Management

Forthcoming (PhD Courses)

► Environment, Development, and Sustainability

► Hydrologic and Environmental Modelling

► Computational Hydraulics

4. Honors and Awards

► Science Program Scholarship, FCT (2001-2005)

► ICP Scholarship, Graduate student (1999-2001)

► Highest Honors (rated first) Graduate Student, Water Resources Engineering, UE (1999)

► ICP Scholarship, Undergraduate student, Licenciatura (1993-1998)

5. Professional Society Memberships

► Member of the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research - IAHR

► Member of the Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos - APRH - No1727

► Sindicato Nacional do Ensino Superior - SNESUP

6. Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Journals

► Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology

► Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering

7. Reviewer of Scientific Journals

► Water Resources Management. IF(5-Year): 2.218  (Subject category "Engineering, civil": Rank 9 of 106)

► Earth-Science Reviews. IF(5-Year): 8.063 (Subject category "Geosciences, multidisciplinary": Rank 3 of 152)

► Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. IF(5-Year): 1.290 (Subject category "Engineering, petroleum": Rank 4 of 23)

► Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology

8. Selected Journal Publications by Scientific Areas ^╔Click to see all publications^╗

Fluid Mechanics vs Petroleum Reservoirs

MATA-LIMA H. (2011). Evaluation of the objective functions to improve production history matching performance based on fluid flow behaviour in reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Elsevier Science, 78(1): 42-53. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.05.015. (ISSN: 0920-4105)

MATA-LIMA H. (2009). A New Method for Upscaling of Reservoir Permeability Based on Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media. Oil Gas–European Magazine, International Edition of ERDÖL ERDGAS KOHLE, 35(2): 79-85. (ISSN: 0342-5622)

TOP6 Hottest Articles: (pdf) Þ MATA-LIMA H. (2008). Reservoir Characterization with Iterative Direct Sequential Co-simulation: integrating fluid dynamic data into stochastic model. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Elsevier Science, 62(3-4): 59-72. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.07.003. (ISSN: 0920-4105)

MATA-LIMA H. (2008). Reducing Uncertainty in Reservoir Modelling Through Efficient History Matching. Oil Gas – European Magazine, International Edition of ERDÖL ERDGAS KOHLE, 34(3): 143-148. (ISSN: 0342-5622)

MATA-LIMA, H. (2005). Geostatistics in Reservoir Characterization: from estimation to simulation methods. Estudios Geológicos-Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, 61(3-6): 135-145. doi:10.3989/egeol.05613-651. (ISSN: 0367-0449) c

Hydraulics, Water Resources, and Environment

Mata-Lima H. (2009). Human-Environment-Society Interactions:  dam projects as a case example. Environmental Quality Management. Wiley InterScience, 18(3): 71-76. DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20216. (ISSN: 1088-1913)

MATA-LIMA H., Raminhos C., Silva V. (2008). Controlo do Escoamento e Medição de Caudais: critérios de dimensionamento de descarregadores em canais, colectores e pequenas represas. Revista Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 30: 51-66. (ISSN: 0873-1152)

MATA-LIMA, H. (2007). Comments on “Connectivity between landscapes and riverscapes – a unifying theme in integrating hydrology and ecology in catchment science?” Invited. Hydrological Processes. Wiley InterScience, 21(17). doi: 10.1002/hyp.6843. (ISSN: 0885-6087)

MATA-LIMA, H. (2006). Hydrologic Design that Incorporates Environmental, Quality and Social Aspects. Environmental Quality Management. Wiley InterScience (USA), 15(3): 51-60. doi: 10.1002/tqem.20092. (ISSN: 1088-1913)

MATA-LIMA, H. (2005). Application and Validation of a Stochastic Model for Climate Variables. The Precipitation Case. Ingeniería del Agua, International Journal of IAHR, 12(1): 27-37. (ISSN: 1134-2196)  7257

MATA-LIMA, H. (2004). Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Society, and Environment: a complicitous relationship. Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, ABRH (Brasil), 9(1): 235-238. (ISSN: 1414-381X) 43531

Engineering, Ethics, and Social Sciences

Alvino-Borba A., MATA-LIMA H. (2011). Exclusão e Inclusão Social Nas Sociedades Modernas: um olhar sobre a situação em Portugal e na União Europeia. Serviço Social & Sociedade. 106: 219-240. doi: 10.1590/S0101-66282011000200003. (ISSN: 0101-6628)

MATA-LIMA H. (2008). As Intervenções de Engenharia no Espaço Biofísico: uma abordagem sob o ponto de vista ético, social e ambiental. Ingenium, Revista da Ordem dos Engenheiros, 108: 80-85, Lisboa. (ISSN: 0870-5968)

MATA-LIMA H., Vasconcelos L. (2006). Integrating Participation into Decision-Making Process Respecting to Engineering Projects. Ambiente & Sociedade,  Unicamp (Brasil), IX(2): 71-82. doi: 10.1590/S1414-753X2006000200004. (ISSN: 1414-753X)

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