Docente
Márcia Lima

Resume

Márcia Lima began her academic journey in 2006 at the University of Aveiro, enrolling in the Integrated Master’s in Civil Engineering, which she completed in 2011 with a final grade of 16 out of 20. In the same year, she was awarded an individual PhD scholarship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with the research work starting in 2012. Between 2012 and 2015, she developed her doctoral research at the University of Aveiro, including a four-month period at Lund University (Sweden). During this time, she was also involved in various research projects. In 2016, she joined ANQIP – the Portuguese Association for Quality in Building Services, where she worked as a technical auditor and researcher. In January 2018, she began working as a researcher on the MarRisk project at the University of Aveiro (for a period of six months), and in May 2018 she defended her PhD thesis at the same institution. In August 2018, she began working as a civil engineer at R5 Consulting Engineers, while maintaining her connection to the University of Aveiro through the supervision of Master’s dissertations, scientific production, and knowledge transfer activities — namely through the application of her PhD research results in professional contexts. This collaboration led to the creation of R5 Marine Solutions, a spin-off of R5 Consulting Engineers and the University of Aveiro in the marine sector, based on the COAST software developed during her doctoral studies. Also in 2018, she started teaching in the evening programme at Universidade Lusófona – Porto University Centre, a position she still holds. She was also a lecturer at ISCIA – Higher Institute of Information and Administration Sciences during the 2019/2020 academic year. In August 2020, she returned to the University of Aveiro as the lead researcher of the INCCA project – Integrated Climate Change Adaptation for Resilient Communities, while simultaneously continuing her work at R5 Marine Solutions (e.g. the COAST4US project) and teaching at Universidade Lusófona. In September 2021, she took on a full-time position as Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona – Porto University Centre, a role she continues to hold. She also continued as a full-time researcher on the INCCA project until April 2023. From September 2023 to April 2024, she was involved in the AX-COAST project at the University of Aveiro, also as a full-time researcher. Currently, Márcia Lima is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona in Porto and a researcher at CERIS – Research Centre for Innovation in Civil Engineering for Sustainability (University of Aveiro branch). She is a consultant at R5 Marine Solutions, Portuguese representative of Young Professionals at PIANC – The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, President of the Central Region Branch of the Portuguese Water Resources Association (APRH), a member of APRH’s Coastal and Marine Zones Specialized Commission, and part of the Aveiro District Delegation of the Portuguese Engineers Association.

Graus

• Mestrado integrado
  Engenharia Civil
• Doutoramento
  Engenharia Civil

Publicações

Magazine article

• 2021-02, R5 Marine Solutions combate a erosão costeira com a aplicação da COAST, ferramenta inovadora de custo-benefício, Pais Positivo - Semanário Sol (Erosão Costeira - Como a nossa costa se desfaz)
• 2019-11-21, R5 Marine Solutions vence Concurso de Ideias de Negócio na região, Litoral Magazine

Preprint

Journal article

• 2025-04-05, A Comparative Analysis of In-Situ Wave Measurements and Reanalysis Models for Predicting Coastline Evolution: A Case Study of IJmuiden, The Netherlands, Water
• 2025-04-05, A Comparative Analysis of In-Situ Wave Measurements and Reanalysis Models for Predicting Coastline Evolution: A Case Study of IJmuiden, The Netherlands, Water
• 2024-12-30, A State-of-the-Art Review on Storm Events, Overtopping and Morphological Changes in Front of Coastal Structures, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2024-12-20, Numerical Modeling of Artificial Nourishments on the Beach Profile: Effects on Reducing Dune Overtopping, Journal of Coastal Research
• 2024-12-20, Cross-Shore Sediment Transport Processes: The Aeolian Sediment Effects on Dunes, Journal of Coastal Research
• 2024-12-17, A state-of-the-art review on storm events, overtopping and morphological changes in front of coastal structures, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2024-04-30, Review of the Quantification of Aeolian Sediment Transport in Coastal Areas, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2024-04-30, Cross-Shore Modeling Features: Calibration and Impacts of Wave Climate Uncertainties, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2023-10, Cost-benefit analysis of artificial nourishments: Discussion of climate change adaptation pathways at Ovar (Aveiro, Portugal), Ocean & Coastal Management
• 2023-09-19, A Cost–Benefit Approach to Assess the Physical and Economic Feasibility of Sand Bypassing Systems, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2023-09-01, PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO ASSESS COASTAL EROSION MITIGATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES, Coastal Engineering Proceedings
• 2023-09-01, FEASIBILITY STUDY OF SAND BYPASS AT AVEIRO AND FIGUEIRA DA FOZ INLETS, Coastal Engineering Proceedings
• 2023-09-01, COAST4US: APPLICATION OF THE COAST TOOL TO THE PORTUGUESE WEST COASTLINE, Coastal Engineering Proceedings
• 2023-09-01, ARTIFICIAL SAND BYPASS SYSTEMS: FIXED, MOBILE, AND MIXED SYSTEMS, Coastal Engineering Proceedings
• 2023-06-26, Assessing Coastal Erosion and Climate Change Adaptation Measures: A Novel Participatory Approach, Environments
• 2023-04-06, Wave Overtopping and Flooding Costs in the Pre-Design of Longitudinal Revetments, Water
• 2022-12-05, A Cost–Benefit Approach to Discuss Artificial Nourishments to Mitigate Coastal Erosion, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2022-11-10, Participatory Approach to Build Up a Municipal Strategy for Coastal Erosion Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2021, Integrated methodology for physic and economic analysis of coastal interventions, Environmental Science & Policy
• 2020-03, An integrated physical and cost-benefit approach to assess groins as a coastal erosion mitigation strategy, Coastal Engineering
• 2020-01-11, Coastal Management Software to Support the Decision-Makers to Mitigate Coastal Erosion, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• 2017, LTC shoreline evolution model: Assumptions, evolution, validation and application,O modelo de evolução da linha de costa LTC: Pressupostos, evolução, validação e aplicação, Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
• 2016, Groin impacts on updrift morphology: Physical and numerical study, Coastal Engineering
• 2013, Relationship between cross-shore active profile and one-line shoreline evolution models performance, Journal of Coastal Research

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2018, PhD, Ferramenta numérica de análise do impacto de intervenções de defesa costeira na evolução da linha de costa: custos e benefícios
• 2011, Master, Programação de métodos de pré-dimensionamento de obras costeiras

Book

• 2024, Livro de Resumos da 7ª Conferência Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira, Lima, Márcia, UA Editora
• 2024, COAST: Coastal Optimization Assessment Tool., Lima, Márcia; Carlos Daniel Borges Coelho, UA Editora
• 2023, INCCA: Adaptação Integrada às Alterações Climáticas para Comunidades Resilientes, 1, Lima, Márcia, UA Editora

Book chapter

• 2015, A Erosão Costeira, as Tempestades e as Intervenções de Defesa Costeira no Litoral do Concelho de Ovar, Portugal, Ressacas do Mar/Temporais e Gestão Costeira

Edited book

• 2024, UA Editora
• 2015, Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos

Newspaper article

• 2019-12-11, R5 Marine Solutions vence concurso PLATICEMAR, Diario de Aveiro
• 2018-05-30, Programa prevê custos da defesa da costa, Diario de Aveiro

Newsletter article

• 2018-05-28, Software da UA prevê avanço do mar e dá soluções para o deter, UA Online
• 2017-02-06, DECivil desenvolve ferramenta para gerir os problemas da erosão costeira, UA Online
• 2017, Research on Coastal Erosion Mitigation, Research@UA 2017

Report

• 2024-05-31, Report ATI6: Definition of scenarios, modelling and sensitivity assessments
• 2024-05-31, Report ATI4: Development of Cross-Shore Modelling Features and Integration into Coast
• 2023-09-30, AX-COAST - Cross-shore Features and Internationalization of the COAST
• 2022-06, Relatório 3º Workshop Participativo: Dos Cenários para o Território aos Caminhos de Adaptação para Ovar, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18431.69284
• 2021-01, Manual de Medidas de Adaptação e Mitigação do projeto INCCA, http://incca.web.ua.pt/index.php/relatorios/
• 2020-03, Estudo de Viabilidade da Transposição Aluvionar das Barras de Aveiro e da Figueira da Foz- Relatório Intercalar 1 - Figueira da Foz
• 2020-03, Estudo de Viabilidade da Transposição Aluvionar das Barras de Aveiro e da Figueira da Foz- Relatório Intercalar 1 - Aveiro
• 2018, Relatório Hidráulico e Hidrológico do Sistema de Drenagem do Parque Solar de São Gonçalo
• 2012, Plano de Ação para a Valorização da Hidrodinâmica da Ria Formosa e Mitigação do Risco nas Ilhas Barreira

Website

• 2020-09-01, INCCA | INtegrated Coastal Climate Change Adaptation for Resilient Communities, http://incca.web.ua.pt/

Conference paper

• Wave Overtopping in the Pre-Design of Coastal Works, Proceeding of the 9th International Conference in Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
• Runoff Coefficients: a Key Parameter in the Design of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Buildings with Green Roof, 42nd IAHS World Congress
• Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Buildings with Green Roofs: a Study on Runoff Coefficients, CIB W062 Symposium 2017
• Programming Methods for Pre-Design of Coastal Structures, V International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering - Marine 2013
• Programação de Métodos de Pré-dimensionamento de Obras de Defesa Costeira, 7as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária
• Modelação numérica do desempenho físico de soluções de transposição de sedimentos em embocaduras, 10as Jornadas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária
• Improvement of an Existing Shoreline Evolution Numerical Model, MARINE 2019 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VIII
• Desempenho de Obras Longitudinais Aderentes e Quebramares Destacados, 9as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária
• Definição da Altura de Onda de Projeto em Obras Costeiras, 8as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária
• COAST4US: aplicação da ferramenta COAST ao litoral português, X Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa
• BIM methodology applied to maritime works. , 5th PIANC Med Days 2023
• Automatic Control of a Quadrotor for Asbestos Detection in Civil Infrastructures. , ICEUBI22 – International Congress on Engineering | Innovation and Sustainability Praxis.
• Automated remote detection of asbestos fibers at construction sites using machine learning techniques, ICEUBI22 – International Congress on Engineering | Innovation and Sustainability Praxis
• Assessing Costs and Benefits of Coastal Structures to Mitigate Erosion, Coastal Structures 2019
• Análise Paramétrica do Transporte Sedimentar a Barlamar de um Esporão: Impacto na Evolução da Linha de Costa, VIII Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa
• 2024-09-16, UAVs photogrammetry-based for monitoring of buildings and infrastructures: in-situ applications, ASES (Association of Structural Engineers of Serbia) - Symposium 2024
• 2024-04-23, Modelação do comportamento de perfis transversais com base em dados extensos de calibração, Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira
• 2022-04-07, Os desafios na gestão participativa do litoral - o caso de Ovar, 10ªs Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária
• 2022-04, TRANSPOSIÇÃO ARTIFICIAL DE AREIAS SISTEMAS FIXOS, MÓVEIS E MISTOS. VANTAGENS E DESVANTAGENS, 10ªs Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária Sines
• 2022-04, ANÁLISE CUSTO-BENEFÍCIO DE SOLUÇÕES DE TRANSPOSIÇÃO DE SEDIMENTOS, 10as Jornadas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária Sines
• 2013, Programming methods for pre-design of coastal structures

Conference abstract

• 2024-02-21, Cross-shore sediment transport processes: the aeolian sediment effects on dunes, International Coastal Symposium
• 2023-11-10, Cross-shore modelling features: calibration with extensive databases, International Conference on Coastal Engineering
• 2023-04-01, GOVERNANÇA PARTICIPATIVA NA DEFINIÇÃO DA ESTRATÉGIA DE ADAPTAÇÃO FUTURA DO LITORAL DE OVAR, 16º Congresso da Água
• 2023-03-16, Determining damages in buildings and infrastructures based on UAV photogrammetry, 1st International Conference on Durability, Repair and Maintenance of Structures (DRMS2023)
• 2021-01, Wave Overtopping in the Pre-Design of Coastal Works, IX International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, Marine 2021
• 2021, Medidas de Mitigação e Adaptação à Erosão Costeira e aos Efeitos das Alterações Climáticas, 15º Congresso da Água, Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos
• 2019, Improvement of an Existing Shoreline Evolution Numerical Model, VIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
• 2019, Será Física e Economicamente Vantajoso Intervir no Litoral? Custo e Benefício de Diferentes Cenários de Defesa Costeira, IX Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa
• 2019, Shoreline evolution and coastal structures design to assess costs and benefits of coastal erosion mitigation strategies, Coastal Structures 2019
• 2018, Longitudinal Revetments versus Detached Breakwaters: runup, overtopping and shoreline impacts, 33th International Conference On Coastal Engineering 2018
• 2018, Cenários de deposição de sedimentos a sul do Porto da Figueira da Foz: impacto na posição da linha de costa, IX Simpósio da Margem Ibérica Atlântica
• 2017, Hydraulic behaviour of expanded cork agglomerate in green walls and living facades, GreenInUrbs: Green Infrastructure
• 2015, Evolução do Perfil de Praia na Presença de um Esporão: Ensaios Laboratoriais e Numéricos, 3ª Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira
• 2015, Análise Paramétrica do Transporte Sedimentar a Barlamar de um Esporão: Impacto na Evolução da Linha de Costa, VIII Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa
• 2014, Physical and Numerical Study of the Groin Impacts on Updrift Cross-Shore Profiles, 5th International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection
• 2013, Altura de Onda de Projeto no Pré Dimensionamento de Obras Costeiras, 2ª Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira
• 2012, Erosion Risk and Coastal Defense Interventions: Aveiro Coast, Portugal, 33rd International Conference On Coastal Engineering, realizado em Santander

Conference poster

• 2024-10-31, A Review on Overtopping and Morphological Changes in Front of Coastal Defense Structures, Riscoday
• 2023-05-02, AX-COAST: Cross-shore features, Riscoday
• 2017, Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Buildings with Green Roofs: a Study on Runoff Coefficients, CIB W062 Symposium 2017
• 2017, Coastal Management Software: CERA, LTC and XD-Coast, Business2Sea (Fórum do Mar
• 2016, Shoreline evolution model - LTC graphical interface, Research Day
• 2013, Relationship Between Cross-Shore Active Profile Width and One-line Shoreline Evolution Models Performance, 12th International Coastal Symposium
• 2013, Altura de Onda de Projeto no Pré Dimensionamento de Obras Costeiras, 2ª Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira
• 2012, Erosion Risk and Coastal Defense Interventions: Aveiro Coast, Portugal, 33rd International Conference On Coastal Engineering

Trademark

• XD-Coast - Xpress Design Of Coastal Structures, Universidade de Aveiro
• LTC - Long-Term Configuration
• COAST - Coastal Optimization Assessment Tool

Spin-off company

• R5 Marine Solutions, Coastal Engineering - Consulting and Design, Active, https://r5engineers.com/marine