TEAM

The idea to create the Wave Energy Centre was first mentioned in a public presentation in the international conference Oceans III Millenium, 1st International Congress on Marine Science and Technology, held in Pontevedra/Spain in 2001.

Two years later and with a team of four people - one director, one secretary and two young researchers of the Instituto Superior Técnico (Faculty of Technology) the Wave Energy Centre was created with ten associates.

Today the team is composed of 15 specialists of different areas such as hydrodynamics, numerical modeling, environmental assessment, monitoring and communication. The increase of the WavEC team in these last years reflects the increase of our participation in projects mainly in the field of technology, modeling and environment.

The WavEC has worked as well in collaboration with researchers of the IST since the beginning of its foundation and received students of several countries, including France, Norway, India, U.S.A, The Netherlands and Germany that have realized traineeships and final course studies under the supervision of the WavEC.

	António Sarmento Is an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Instituto Superior Técnico (Technical University of Lisbon) and is active in the field of wave energy research for more then three decades. He is the director of the Wave Energy Centre since its foundation in 2003 and well as member of the Board of Directors of the European Ocean Energy Association since 2006. Professor António Sarmento is also member of the Board of directors of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering (ISOPE), since July of 2007.
	Frank Neumann Frank Neumann has a degree in Civil Engineering obtained at the University of Karlsruhe (Germany) in 1999. In the same year he started his activity in wave energy at the Instituto Superior Técnico developing studies related to the technological and economical viability of coastal wave energy devices. In 2003 he joins the WavEC team contributing actively in its foundation and management. He coordinated a researchers’ network formed by the Wavetrain project and is responsible for the upcoming Wavetrain2 project, initiated in 2008. He also coordinates the monitoring works at the Pico device since 2005. Since January 2008 Frank Neumann is the Associate Director of the WavEC.
	Nuno Matos Nuno Matos has a degree in Telecommunication and Electronics at the IST in 1974. In the same year he started his activity at the TLP (Portuguese Telecom since 1994) at the operational and engineering section until 1981, when he started the function of Commercial Directors. Comercial Director of Telepac since its creation in 1984. Administrator of Telepac between 1996 and 1999. Vice President of Lusa Press Agency between 2000 and 2003. Dirctor of Revenue Assurance, Fraude and Credit Control of TMN between 2003 and 2007. Consultant of WavEC since 2009.
	Gonçalo Viegas (MSc. Environmental Policies and Management) Gonçalo has experience in the marine environment as a consultant on public policies with previous experience at the European Commission (DG ENV) and Portuguese Ministry for Environment (including during the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council in 2007). He has also been involved with tasks related to environmental and maritime affairs and particularly technical and negotiation tasks regarding the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, technical support on the Green Paper for the Future Maritime Policy, ICZM National Strategy and OSPAR. In 2009 he joins the WavEC continuing his work on public policies in the field of ocean and offshore wind and introduced the New Activities project. He is also involved in other activities as the Windfloat permitting.
	Ana Brito Melo Ana Brito Melo has a degree in Civil Engineering obtained in 1992 at the Instituto Superior Técnico, masters in 1995 and PhD (2000) in Mechanical Engineering at the same Technical University in Lisbon in the field of numerical modeling of an oscillating water column device. In 1993 she started her research activity in the wave energy group of the Instituto Superior Técnico and ten years later she joined the WavEC. Ana Brito Melo has training in hydrodynamics and experience in numerical modeling and is coordinator of projects in this field. She is also responsible for the reports that are developed for our clients. Ana is also the secretary of the Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement.
	Marco Alves Marco Alves obtained his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2000 and masters in 2003 at the Instituto Superior Técnico. In 2000 he started his activity in ocean energy at the Technical University in Lisbon in the field of hydrodynamics and numerical modeling of wave energy. Currently he is developing his PhD in Mechanical Engineering. In 2008 he joins the WavEC team being responsible for studies in this area, like the European project CORES.
	Izan Le Crom Izan obtained in 2008 his master degree in Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Rennes. In 2008 he joins the WavEC team and collaborates in numerical modeling projects and monitoring of wave energy devices. Currently he works on the characterization of resources of the Pico Plant.
	Inês Costa Inês Costa obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering in June 2009 at the Instituto Superior Técnico. Her master thesis was performed in the field of numerical modeling of an Oscillating Water Column device. In July 2003 she joined the WavEC group, collaborating as a researcher on numerical modeling activities.
	Alex Raventos Alex Raventos obtained his degree in Industrial Engineering in 2005 at the Universtitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain), and he is currently involved in the MIT-Portugal Sustainable Energy Systems postgraduation. In 2007 he started his activity in ocean energy in Abencis Seapower S.L. as the R&D responsible of a wave energy device. In 2009 he joins the WavEC team, in the aim of the Wavetrain2 project, being responsible for studies in socio-economic area.
	Miguel Vicente Miguel Vicente obtained his degree in Physics Engineering in 2004 at Instituto Superior Técnico. In 2008 he obtained a master degree in Electrical Engineering, branch of Systems, Decision and Control, also at I.S.T. In 2009 he joined the WavEC group, collaborating as a researcher on modelling activities.
	Teresa Simas Teresa Simas obtained a degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries at the Algarve University (Portugal) in 1995 and further graduation (masters in 1998 and PhD in 2007) in Environmental Sciences at the New University of Lisbon. She worked in the Geochemical and Ecological Modelling Group at the Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) where her research activity focused on water quality management. In 2008 (December) she joins the WavEC were she is coordinating projects on environmental research and strategy.
	Sofia Patrício Sofia Patrício has a degree in Environmental Engineering (2006) of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal (High School of Technology in Setúbal) and joins the WavEC in 2005 in the field of licensing and environmental assessment. She collaborates with diverse projects within the environmental field with focus on Aquaret. She is the coordinator of the project WEAM related to underwater acoustic monitorization of wave energy devices.
	André Moura André obtained his bacherlorship in Marine Biology and Oceanography at the University of Southampton in 2006. In 2007 he joins the WavEC team and collaborates in projects focused on environmental issues, as the Equimar project. Currently he collaborates on the collection of data regarding the Portuguese Pilto Zone.
	Carla Bacelar Carla Bacelar obtained her degree in Economics at the Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1995), and a postgraduation in Finances at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2000). Her experience is diversified and includes: management of a Centre specialized in learning mathematic; participation in multidisciplinary teams (projects); management of different departments in companies, including management of teams, budgetary control, procedures. She started to work in WavEC as financial management and controller, since May 2009.
	Catarina Tavares Catarina obtained in 2007 her degree in Support to Managers at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (High School of Language, Secretary and Accountancy). At the end of 2007 she joins the team, after a period of 9 months of professional internship.
	Janete Gonçalves Janete obtained her degree in Social and Cultural Communication in 1998 at the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon. After the foundation of the Wave Energy Centre in 2003 she started to work as a secretary with communication responsibility. In 2007 she started full-time for the communication section of WavEC.