Joao Andre obtained his Diploma in Civil Engineering and MSc in Structural Engineering from "Instituto Superior Tecnico" (part of University of Lisbon), and a PhD in Structural Engineering from Oxford Brookes University. He worked has a Professor for two years in "Universidade Lusofona" teaching courses on steel and reinforced concrete structures. He has been working in the Structures Department of the Portuguese National Laboratory Civil Engineering (LNEC) since 2005 where he currently serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He has published over 30 papers over a wide range of subjects ranging from numerical and experimental analyses, robustness and risk analyses, with emphasis on temporary structures. He was appointed member of the project team responsible for defining the "Robustness Framework" for the revision of the European Structural Eurocodes and he is the National Expert of the Working Group WG6 of CEN/TC250/WG6. He is currently working in two European COST Action research projects concerning communication and bridge structures.
