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1 de 6 PT EN Curriculum vitae Friday, 08-28-2011 :: 16:28 Overview Edit CV Jorge Manuel Gonçalves Branco End session Overview 1. Personal data Full Name Jorge Manuel Gonçalves Branco Name under which you publish Fiscal ID number 217479740 ID document 11001817 Birth date 21-10-1976 National of Portugal Gender M Work address University of Minho - Engineering School DECivil - Campus de Azurém 4800-058 Guimarães Portugal Residential Address Avenida A Noz, 246 Lugar do Moutado 3700-793 Nogueira do Cravo Portugal Work Phone 96 646 09 09 Residential Phone 253 510 200 Email jbranco@civil.uminho.pt Fax 253 510 217 Cell phone 96 646 09 09 URL www.isise.net 2. Academic degrees Year: 2003 Degree: MESTRADO Final grade: Very Good Degree granting institution Universidade do Minho School/College/Campus Escola de Engenharia Thesis title Behaviour of dowel-type timber-concrete composite connections Supervisor: Co-supervisor: Scientific area Timber structures Number of curricular years 2

2 de 6 Program title Master in Civil Engineering Year: 2000 Degree: LICENCIATURA Final grade: 15/20 Degree granting institution Universidade do Minho School/College/Campus Escola de Engenharia Thesis title Supervisor: Co-supervisor: Scientific area Civil Engineering Number of curricular years 5 Program title Civil Engineering Year: 2008 Degree: DOUTORAMENTO Final grade: Approved Degree granting institution Universidade do Minho School/College/Campus Escola de Engenharia Thesis title Influence of the joints stiffness in the monotonic and cyclic behaviour of traditional timber trusses. Assessment of the efficacy of different strengthening techniques Supervisor: Paulo Jorge de Sousa Cruz Co-supervisor: Maurizio Piazza Scientific area Estruturas de madeira Program title PhD on Structural Engineering - Civil Enginnering 3. Previous activity and current status Período Cargo, categoria ou actividade Instituição a Assistant Professor University of Minho a Assistant Researcher University of Minho a Researcher University of Minho 4. Area of scientific activity Static and seismic behaviour of traditional and innovative connections for timber elements; the development of innovative automatic devices for non-destructive evaluation of the mechanical properties of timber elements; The evaluation of the mechanical performances (strength, stiffness and ductility) of different types of connections, as well as of the influence of the connections on the global behaviour of the composite timberconcrete structure; the analysis of the static and seismic behaviour of traditional and innovative connections for timber elements, with particular attention to: moment-rotation behaviour of joints usually modelled as pin joints; splitting strength of timber beams loaded by dowel-type connections; behaviour of glued-in bars acting parallel and perpendicular to the grain; Robustness of timber structures 5. Present research interest Domain of specialization Timber and timber composite structures; Strengthened and innovative connections; Static and seismic behaviour of traditional and innovative connections for timber elements. Mechanical characterisation of timber elements using in-situ non-destructive tests. Effect of moisture content on wood material. Current research interests The development of innovative automatic devices for non-destructive evaluation of the mechanical properties of timber elements; The evaluation of the mechanical performances (strength, stiffness and ductility) of different types of connections, as well as of the influence of the connections on the global behaviour of the composite timber-concrete structure; the analysis of the static and seismic behaviour of traditional and innovative connections for timber elements, with particular attention to: moment-rotation behaviour of joints usually modelled as pin joints; splitting strength of timber beams loaded by dowel-type connections; behaviour of gluedin bars acting parallel and perpendicular to the grain. Resistance of timber elements and joints to fire. Assessment of Robustness of timber structures (COST E55). Microcharacterization techniques in wood modelling (COST Action FP0802). Other professional interests/activities

3 de 6 Damage detection. Timber-glass composite structures. Sustainability. 6. Experience as scientific adviser POSTDOCTORAL SUPERVISION - Carrasco, E., Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2011-12). Behavior of timber structures and strengthening using traditional techniques. ONGOING PhD THESIS Sousa, H. (started in 2009). Methodology for the safety evaluation of existing timber structures. Felix, D. (started in 2011). Emergency architecture: sustainable projects based on timber innovative systems. MASTER THESIS -Nuno Miguel Ribeiro, Avaliação experimental do esmagamento localizado da madeira. Mestrado em Construção e Reabilitação Sustentáveis, Universidade do Minho, 03 de Fevereiro de 2010. -Joel Veiga Meira, Caracterização experimental de madeiras Africanas. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 21 de Julho de 2010. -Bruno Miguel Victorino de Barros, Avaliação experimental de ligações coladas e aparafusadas em estruturas de madeira. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 21 de Julho de 2010. -João Paulo Aráujo, Comportamento sísmico de um sistema log-house. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 21 de Julho de 2010. -Hélder Manuel Sousa e Silva, Multiusos de Lamego. Projecto, Construção e Monitorização. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 29 de Novembro de 2010. -José Rafael Moreira, Ligações Semi-Rígidas em Estruturas em Madeiras. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 30 de Novembro de 2010. -Marco António Peixoto Jorge, Experimental behavior of glulam-frp systems. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 23 de Dezembro de 2010. -Márcio Lopes da Costa, Robustez de Estruturas de Madeira Submetidas ao Sismo. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 23 de Dezembro de 2010. -João Filipe Sequeira Rodrigues Lopes Moreira, Reabilitação de Construções em Madeira. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, 23 de Dezembro de 2010. FINAL PROJECT -Lobo, J., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2001), Mechanical Characterization of timber - Axial compression tests. Final Project of the Civil -Fraser, D., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2002), Timber Bridges. Erasmus/Mundus Program, University of Minho, Civil Engineering Department. -Deignan, R., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2002), A History of Timber Bridges. Erasmus Program, University of Minho, Civil Engineering Department. -Adamczyk, K., Branco, J., Bien, J. and Cruz, P. (2002), Footbridge in the Millennium Park in Wroclaw. Final Project for the Wroclaw University of Technology Institute of Civil Engineering- Bridge Group, Universidade do Minho. -Neves, N., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2002), Timber connections. Final Project of the Civil Engineering Degree, University of Minho, Portugal. -Freire, A.P., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2003), Design Project of a large span roof in glulam.final Project of the Civil -Jerónimo, E., Freitas, J.P., Cruz, P., Branco, J. e Dias, S. (2003), Glulam beams reinforced with CFRP. Final Project of the Civil -Fernando, J.C.C. (2005), Timber structures. Stage report for the Mechanical Engineering National Council. -Ferreira, P., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2005), Traditional timber trusses. From the design to the experimental evaluation of connections. Final Project of the Civil -Santos, A., Branco, J. e Cruz, P. (2005), Safety analysis of an ancient timber roof structure. Final Project of the Civil -Costa B.F.C., Cruz P.J.S. e Branco J.M. (2007), Analysis and design of timber-glass composite beams. Final Project of the Civil -Sousa, O.F., Neves, L.C. e Branco, J.M (2007), Reliability of timber structures. Final Project of the Civil -Borges, F.J.B., Branco, J.M. e Cruz, P.J.S. (2007), Behaviour of massive timber pannels. Strengthening thecniques. Final Project of the Civil -Araújo, J.S., Sena-Cruz, J.M. e Branco, J.M. (2007), Design of a timber roof structure. Final Project of the Civil -Parente, R., Oliveira, D.V., Branco, J.M. e Feio, A.O. (2007), Seismic vulnerability of timber structures. Final Project of the Civil -Martins, J.P.H. e Branco, J.M. (2008), Sustainability study apply to a timber structure. Final Project of the Civil -Pais, R., Branco, J.M. e Cruz, P.J.S. (2008), Dowel-type connections in the Eurocode 5. Final Project of the Civil -Fernandes, D., Cruz, P.J.S. and Branco, J.M. (2008), Aplicação do método das componentes a ligações tradicionais de madeira. Projecto Individual da Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho. -Viana, A.F. and Branco, J.M. (2009), Light Steel Framing, um "novo" sistema construtivo. Projecto Individual da Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho. -Legoinha, M. and Branco, J.M. (2009), Análise e dimensionamento de um sistema modular de madeira. Projecto Individual da Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho. -Rodríguez, J.L. and Branco, J.M. (2009), Piscinas de Creixomil. Projecto Individual da Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho -Lima, J.L. and Branco, J.M. (2009), Reforço de Pavimentos de Madeira. Projecto Individual da Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho 7. Participation in R&D projects Participação em projectos de investigação (coordenador/membro de equipas) (2005-2008): POCTI/ECM/56552/2004 "Influence of the joints stiffness in the static and dynamic behavior of timber structures: consequences of different strengthening techniques". Operational Program for the Science, Technology and Innovation (POCTI). (2008-2011): PTDC/ECM/66527/2006 "Safety evaluation of timber structures through nondestructive methods and stochastic analysis". Operational Program for the Science, Technology and Innovation (POCTI). (2010-2012): Seismic performance of multi-storey timber buildings. Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies SERIES. EU Framework Program 7. (2011-2012): ME-LCHouse/ME/C-TAC/2011 - Low Cost House. Industrial research program supported by Mota- Engil Group, market leader in Portugal in the civil construction and public works sector. 8. Prizes and awards received Year Name of the prize or award Promoting entity 2008 Secil - Design and execution of a wall-beam in RC Secil 2004 PhD grant SFRH/BD/18515/2004 POCI 2010

4 de 6 2000 Erasmus Fellowship by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia Erasmus-Socrates Program 1999 School Merit University of Minho 1998 School Merit University of Minho 1996 School Merit University of Minho 9. Published works Teses Branco, J. M. (2003), Laterally loaded nailed timber-to-concrete connections, Master Thesis, Civil Engineering Department, University of Minho. Branco, J. M. (2008), Influence of the joints stiffness in the monotonic and cyclic behaviour of traditional timber trusses. Assessment of the efficacy of different strengthening techniques.bi-national Ph.D on Structural Engineering by University of Minho (Portugal) and University of Trento (Italy). Livros (autor) Kotlínová, M., Kloiber, M., Vasconcelos, G.F., Lourenço, P.B. and Branco, J.M. (2008), Nondestructive testing of wood. Sborník Puvodnich Vedeckých Prací a Monografií, Lesnická práce, ISBN 978-80-87154-14-4, 39 p. Livros (editor) Cruz, P., Negrão, J. and Branco, J. (2004), A Madeira na Construção. Proceedings of the 1st Iberian Congress "Timber Construction. March, 2004, Guimarães, Portugal. Capítulos de livros - Branco, J.M. and Neves, L.C. (2010), Earthquakes and Robustness. In Design for robustness of timber structures. Sørensen, J.D., Dietsch, P., Kirkegaard, P.H. and Köhler, J. (eds.), Shaker Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8322-9949-1, pp. 49-58. Artigos em revistas de circulação internacional com arbitragem científica -Branco, J.M., Piazza, M. and Cruz, P.J.S. (2011), Experimental evaluation of different strengthening techniques of traditional timber connections. Engineering Structures. 33 (8), 2011, 2259-2270. - Branco, J.M. and Neves, L.C. (2011), Robustness of timber structures in seismic areas. Engineering Structures. In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 March 2011, ISSN 0141-0296, DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.02.026. - Branco, J.M., Piazza, M. and Cruz, P.J.S. (2010), Structural analysis of two king-post timber trusses. Nondestructive evaluation and load-carrying tests. Construction and Building Materials. 24 (3), 2010, 371-383. - Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S. and Piazza, M. (2009), Experimental analysis of laterally loaded nailed timber-toconcrete connections. Construction and Building Materials. 23 (1), 2009, 400-410. ************************** SUBMITTED - Branco J.M. and Araújo J.P., Timber log walls subjected to lateral loads. Engineering Structures. Submitted 04/05/2011. - Salgado R., Branco J.M., Cruz P.J. and Ayala G., Advanced structural evaluation of Góis footbridge through vibration monitoring, Part 1: dynamic analysis. Journal of Structural Engineering. Submitted 01/06/2011. - Salgado R., Branco J.M., Cruz P.J. and Ayala G., Advanced structural evaluation of Góis footbridge through vibration monitoring, Part 2: damage detection. Journal of Structural Engineering. Submitted 01/06/2011. Artigos em revistas nacionais com arbitragem científica [1] Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2002), Timber-concrete composite slabs, in Civil Engineering Journal, Civil Engineering Depart., University of Minho, N.º 15, 2002, pp. 5-18 (in Portuguese). [2] Dias, S. Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2006), Unidireccional CFRP in glulam beam reinforcement. International Journal of Construlink, ISSN 1645-5576, Nº 11 Feb., 2006, Vol. 4, pp. 25-33 (In Portuguese). [3] Branco, J., Santos, A. and Cruz, P. (2008) Traditional timber trusses: evolution, behaviour and strengthening with composites. Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas, Série II, n. 3, Maio 2008, pp. 5-18(In Portuguese). [4] Branco, J., Cruz, P., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2008), Comportamento semi-rígido de ligações tradicionais de madeira. Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões, Vol 16, 107-114. [5] Branco, J.M. and Cruz, P.J.S. (2009) Caracterização mecânica de toros de madeira lamelada colada. Mecânica Experimental - Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões, Vol. 17, 101-108. [6] Cruz, P.J.S., Salgado, R. and Branco, J.M. (2009) Dynamic analysis and structural evaluation of Góis footbridge. Mecânica Experimental - Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões, Vol. 17, 129-137. Publicações em actas de encontros científicos [1] Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2004) Nailed connections between Pinus Pinaster Ait. Members. WCTE 2004, 8th World Conference on Timber Engineering, June 14-17, Lahti, Finland, pp. 287-290. [2] Branco, J., Cruz, P. and Dias, S. (2005) Old Timber Beams. Diagnosis ans Reinforcement. Proceedings of the International Conference The Conservation of Historic Wooden Structures, Gennaro Tampone ed., Florence 22-27 February, pp. 417-422. [3] Branco, J., Varum, H. and Cruz, P.J.S (2006) - Structural Grades of Timber by Bending and Compression Test, *Advanced Materials Forum III*, Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications Inc., ISBN: 0-87849- 402-2, Vol. 516, pp. 1163-1167. [4] Branco, J., Cruz, P., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2006) - Experimental Analysis of Original and Strengthened Traditional Timber Connections. 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2006), August 6-10, 2006, Portland, Oregon, USA.) [5] Branco, J., Cruz, P., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2006) - Portuguese Traditional Timber Roof Structures. 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2006), August 6-10, 2006, Portland, Oregon, USA. [6] Branco, J., Cruz, P., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2006) - Strengthening Techniques of Portuguese Traditional Timber Connections. Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. P.B. Lourenço, P. Roca, C. Modena, S. Agrawal (Eds.), New Delhi, 2006, pp. 359-366. [7] Branco, J., Cruz, P., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2006) Modelling of timber joints in traditional structures. International Workshop on Earthquake Engineering on Timber Structures. Coimbra, Portugal, Nov., pp. 1-15. [8] Tomasi, R., Piazza, M., Parisi, M. and Branco, J.M. (2007), Analisi sperimentale su collegamenti traditionali e rinforzati nelle capriate lignee. XII Convegno Nazionale L Ingegneria Sismica in Italia (ANIDIS 2007), Pisa, 10-14 June. [9] Branco, J.M., Piazza, M. and Cruz, P.J.S. (2008) - Diagnosis and analysis of two timber king-post trusses. SAHC 2008 - Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Bath, UK, 02-04 July, 2008, 459-467. [10] Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2008) - Field tests of a timber queen-post truss and numerical analysis. SAHC 2008 - Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Bath, UK, 02-04 July, 2008, 507-513. [11] Branco, J.M., Piazza, M. and Cruz, P.J.S. (2008) - Geometric assessment and non-destructive evaluation of two timber king-post trusses. SACoMaTiS 2008: International RILEM Conference: On Site Assessment of Concrete, Masonry and Timber Structures, Varenna - Lake Como, Italy, September 1-2, 2008, RILEM 59, ISBN 978-2-35158-063-9, vol. 2: 1101-1110. [12] Kotlínová, M., Kloiber, M., Vasconcelos, G.F., Lourenço, P.B. and Branco, J.M. (2008), Evaluation of wood density by means of distinct NDT, SACoMaTiS 2008: International RILEM Conference: On Site Assessment of Concrete, Masonry and Timber Structures, Varenna - Lake Como, Italy, September 1-2, 2008, RILEM 59, ISBN 978-2-35158-063-9, vol. 2: 1061-1070. [13] Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S., Piazza, M. and Varum, H. (2008) - Field load tests on a Queen-post timber truss. 4th International Conference on Structural Defects and Repair CINPAR 2008, Aveiro, PT, 25-28 Junho, 2008. [14] Branco, J.M. (2009), Portuguese traditional timber structures: Survey, analysis and strengthening. Protection of Historical Buildings, PROHITECH 09 Mazzolani (ed), Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-55803-7, pp. 261-266.

5 de 6 [15] Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S. and Piazza, M. (2009), Original and strengthened traditional timber connections. Protection of Historical Buildings, PROHITECH 09 Mazzolani (ed), Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-55803-7, pp. 267-272. [16] Salgado, R., Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S. and Ayala G. (2009) - Avaliação estrutural de pontes utilizando a sua resposta dinâmica. ASCP 09 1º Congresso Nacional sobre Segurança e Conservação de Pontes, Lisboa 1 a 3 de Julho 2009, III, 41-48. [17] Branco, J.M. and Neves, L.C. (2009) Avaliação da robustez da ponte pedonal em madeira de Góis. ASCP 09 1º Congresso Nacional sobre Segurança e Conservação de Pontes, Lisboa 1 a 3 de Julho 2009, III, 355-362. [18] Branco, J.M. and Neves, L.C. (2009) Earthquakes and robustness for timber structures. Proceedings of the Joint Workshop of Cost Actions TU0601 and E55. Editors: Jochen Köhler, Harikrishna Narasimhan and Michael H. Faber. September 21-22, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 193-200. [19] Branco, J.M. and Araújo, J.P. (2010), Lateral resistance of log timber walls subjected to horizontal loads. 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering, 20-24 June, Riva Del Garda, Italy. [20]Branco, J.M., Peixoto, T., Lourenço, P. and Medeiros, P. (2011), Mechanical characterization of old chestnut beams. SHATIS'11 International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures. Lisbon, Portugal. [21]Vilarinho, T., Neves, L.A.C. and Branco, J.M. (2011), Robustness analysis of traditional timber trusses. SHATIS'11 International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures. Lisbon, Portugal. [22]Sousa, H.M., Sørensen, J.D., Kirkegaard, P.H., Lourenço, P.B. and Branco, J.M. (2011), Reliability based robustness of timber structures through NDT data updating. SHATIS'11 International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures. Lisbon, Portugal. [23]Araújo, J.P. and Branco, J.M. (2011), Comportamento sísmico de um sistema log-house. CIMAD 11 1º Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano da Madeira na Construção, 7-9/06/2011, Coimbra, Portugal. [24]Branco, J.M., Braz, R. and Silva, C.V. (2011), Avaliação experimental de ligações aparafusadas em Pinho bravo e Câmbala. CIMAD 11 1º Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano da Madeira na Construção, 7-9/06/2011, Coimbra, Portugal. [25]Jorge, M., Sena-Cruz, J., Branco, J.M., Barros, J. and Dalfré, G. (2011), Bond behavior between glulam and GFRP s using pullout bending tests. CIMAD 11 1º Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano da Madeira na Construção, 7-9/06/2011, Coimbra, Portugal. [26]Jorge, M., Sena-Cruz, J., Branco, J.M., Barros, J. and Dalfré, G. (2011), Bond behavior between glulam and GFRP s using direct pullout tests. CIMAD 11 1º Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano da Madeira na Construção, 7-9/06/2011, Coimbra, Portugal. [27]Silva, C.V., Branco, J.M. and Rodrigues, V. (2011), Alvenaria estrutural com elementos de madeira. CIMAD 11 1º Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano da Madeira na Construção, 7-9/06/2011, Coimbra, Portugal. [28]Silva, M., Mendonça, P. and Branco, J. (2011), Reabilitação de casas tradicionais em madeira do litoral norte e centro de Portugal. CIMAD 11 1º Congresso Ibero-Latino Americano da Madeira na Construção, 7-9/06/2011, Coimbra, Portugal. Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2002) - Capacidade Resistente de Ligações Pregadas, Congresso Nacional da Engenharia de Estruturas 2002, Lisboa, pp. 313-322. Branco, J.M. and Cruz, P.J. (2002) - Propriedades de sistemas de ligação em lajes mistas madeira-betão leve, Betão Estrutural 2002 Encontro Nacional, 27-29 Novembro, Lisboa, Portugal, pp. 193-202. Branco, J.M. and Cruz, P.J. (2003) - Ligações Mistas Madeira-Betão Leve, V Simpósio EPUSP Sobre Estruturas de Concreto, S. Paulo, 7 a 10 Junho. Cruz, P., Dias, S. and Branco, J. (2004) Avaliação da ligação colada madeira-cfrp. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 469-478. Dias, S., Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2004) Reforço à flexão com compósitos de CFRP de vigas de madeira lamelada-colada. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 479-488. Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2004) Ligações pregadas com pinho bravo. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 625-632. Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2004) Ligações mistas madeira betão. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 633-642. Branco, J., Cruz, P. and Lucas, S. (2004) Avaliação do comportamento de vigas antigas de pavimento a reutilizar no Museu da Indústria de Chapelaria. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 757-764. Feio, A.O., Lourenço, P. and Branco, J. (2004) Cobertura da sala do relicário do Mosteiro de Santa Cruz da inspecção e diagnóstico ao projecto. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 839-852. Fontes A.C. and Branco J. (2004) A casa da renda. 1º Congresso Ibérico A Madeira na Construção, 25 a 27 de Março, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 879-886. Branco, J., Cruz, P. and Piazza, M. (2006) Asnas de madeira. A importância da rigidez das ligações. 4as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas, Lisboa, LNEC, 13 a 16 de Dezembro. Outras publicações Freire, A.P., Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2003), Projecto e Concepção de uma Cobertura em Lamelados Colados. Projectos, Boletim de madeiras e derivados, n.º 20, pp 12-14. Cruz, P. and Branco, J. (2004), Construir em Madeira. Arte & Construção. Revista profissional da construção e dos novos materiais. Edição Especial Madeiras. Novembro 2004, pp. 18 24. Branco, J. and Cruz, P. (2004), Ligações mistas madeira-betão leve. Arte & Construção. Revista profissional da construção e dos novos materiais, Maio 2004, pp. 56-61. Branco, J.M. (2004), Dimensionamento de estruturas de madeira. Tracção e compressão. Projectos - Boletim de madeiras e derivados, n.º 21, pp. 14-15. Branco, J. (2005), A madeira como material de estruturas. Arte & Construção. Revista profissional da construção e dos novos materiais. Edição Especial Madeiras. Maio 2005, pp. 78 81. Lourenço, P.B., Feio, A.O. and Branco, J.M. (2003) Design of the Intervention in Relicário Room of the Santa Cruz Church, Coimbra. Report 03-DEC/E-20, University of Minho, 17 pp. (In Portuguese) Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S. and Varum, H. (2005) - Experimental Analysis of Birdsmouth Joints. Report 05- DEC/E-11, University of Minho, 50 pp.(in Portuguese) Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S., Varum, H. and Piazza, M. (2005) - Traditional timber trusses. Static and dynamic behaviour. Report 05-DEC/E-19, University of Minho, 50 pp.(in Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Bending strength of timber logs. Report N.º07-DEC/E-17, University of Minho, 12 pp. (In Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Compression parallel to the grain. Report N.º07-DEC/E-18, University of Minho, 11 pp. (In Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Compression perpendicular to the grain. Report N.º07- DEC/E-19, University of Minho, 12 pp. (In Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Log-fundation connection. Report N.º07-DEC /E-20, University of Minho, 9 pp. (In Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Timber slabs. Report N.º07-DEC/E-21, University of Minho, 25 pp. (In Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Timber logs walss. Report N.º07-DEC /E-22, University of Minho, 13 pp. (In Portuguese) Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Santos, A.F. (2007) - Timber roofs. Report N.º07-DEC/E-23, University of Minho, 52 pp. (In Portuguese) Salgado, R., Branco, J.M., Cruz, P.J.S. e Ayala, G. (2007), Dynamic analysis and Structural Evaluation of a Timber Arch Bridge. Report N.º07-DEC/E-28, University of Minho, 33 pp. Cruz, P.J.S., Branco, J.M. and Costa, B.E. (2007), Technical Approval of the DST modules. First Phase: Diagnosis. Report N.º07-DEC/E-33, University of Minho, 48 pp. (In Portuguese) 10. Communications in scientific meetings

6 de 6 Comunicações orais por convite 2004: BeTTor Seminar (19/05): Experimental evaluation of CFRP reinforcement of glulam beams. Seminar Timber Constructions(20/05 to 22/05), organized by Regional section of the Architecture Order, Porto,Portugal. 2003: Seminar Timber Constructions(03/06 to 04/06), organized by Regional section of the Architecture Order, Porto,Portugal. 2002: Advanced formation on Timber structures, organized by IDT, Porto, Portugal. Comunicações em painel ("poster") Branco, Jorge M., Cruz, Paulo J. (2003), Ligações Mistas Madeira-Betão Leve, V Simpósio EPUSP Sobre Estruturas de Concreto, S. Paulo, 7 a 10 Junho. Branco, J., Cruz, P. (2002), Capacidade Resistente de Ligações Pregadas, Congresso Nacional da Engenharia de Estruturas 2002, Lisboa, pp. 313-322. 11. Languages Language Reading Writing Conversation French Very good Very good Very good English Very good Very good Very good Italian Very good Basic Good