BIOGRAPHY

Miguel Amado is Associate Professor with Habilitation in Architecture at Instituto Superior Tecnico at Universidade de Lisboa where he holds the teaching Design Studio in Master Course of Architecture. He is member of CERIS – Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability.  Receiving is PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2004 on the Universidade NOVA of Lisboa.

Previously obtained bachelor in architecture (1989), UNESCO MBA in Urban Centers (1996), Master in Urban Planning and Environment (1997) and Habilitation in Architecture (2015). Miguel Amado was recruited to the Dept. Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources of Instituto Superior Tecnico at the Universidade de Lisboa in 2016. He is author of three books - Planeamento Urbano Sustentavel (2004), Oeiras E-City (2014), Construção Sustentavel (2015), several books chapters and more than 80 scientific publications. He holds one patent and currently works in international projects in Europe, Africa and Asia continents. He is a member of the Standardization Technical Committees in Thermal buildings (CT 89 and CT151) and Sectoral Commission for Construction (CS / 10) Quality of the National Council for the standardization project. Since 2004 he supervised 7 PhD students, 2 Pos-Doc researchers and more than 85 Master students. He has experience in collaborative research projects regarding architectural design and sustainability.