Carla Silva

Profile

Research Group: RG4 – Renewable energy & sustainability
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Assistant Professor, FCUL
Email: camsilva@fc.ul.pt 
Telephone Number: (351) 21-750-0818 
Extension: 28325 
Room: 8.3.24 
Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Scientific Informations

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1439-9214

SCOPUS ID: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=55355899800

Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/570077/carla-silva/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carla_Silva13

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=I8vPC5YAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Website: https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/perfil/camsilva

Scientific Interests

Main Interests: 

Sustainable mobility

Biorefinery systems

Biomass;

alternative road vehicle simulation;

energy and environment impacts;

life cycle assessment, metrics.

Projects (10 most relevant): 

MOVE2LOWC-Biological based fuels (LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-046117) IEA task 71 https://task71.iea-shc.org/

OMEGAFUEL- heterothrophic microalgae to w-3, protein and bioenergy/biodiesel PTDC/EAM-AMB/30169/2017

GREENFUEL-Tire recycling in biorefienry concept  PTDC/EAM-AMB/30975/2017

ESIBITS – Evaluation of the Sustainability of Industrial Biohydrogen production by microalgae, and Integration in taxi/bus Transport Systems

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon)GRANT_NUMBER: Provided by PTCRIS: 128930

MMSAFU – Microsimulation Model to Simulate Alternative Fuel Usage in vehicles. POCI/ENR/57450/2004

PROBIOREF colab:  OPorto and Portalegre

EERA Bioenergy: Brussels

Awards: 

Has been awarded with 9 prizes, including the best mechanical engineering internship, the 3M prize for innovation and best research in Environmental Engineering by university of Lisbon.