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Dissertations and Theses

Consulting previous dissertations and theses from the Doctoral Program in Engineering and Public Policy should ideally be done through Scholar, the institutional repository of Instituto Superior Técnico.

How to Search

In Scholar, you can use expressions such as:

  • Engenharia e Políticas Públicas
  • PhD Degree in Engineering and Public Policy
  • Doutoramento em Engenharia e Políticas Públicas
  • names of supervisors or scientific areas of the Department of Engineering and Management
  • keywords associated with the research topic

Examples of Areas Represented in Previous Theses

Previous theses of the program reflect the articulation between engineering, technology, and public policy, including topics such as:

  • technology diffusion and the role of culture (e.g., mobile communications)
  • energy technology policies and deployment (e.g., offshore wind energy; sustainable rural electrification in developing countries)
  • adaptive regulation and national protectionism in contexts of global shocks
  • science and society policies, public participation in science, and responsible research and innovation (RRI)
  • entrepreneurship, workforce demographics, and startup performance
  • technology management and innovation policy
  • digitalization, automation, and the labor market
  • analysis and decision support in public policies

Supervised Theses (last 5 occurrences) by Faculty Member

Professor / SupervisorPhD StudentYearThesis Title
Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa PóvoaAna Sofia Bernardo Torrado2025Sustainable blood supply chain optimization: addressing demand and supply, collaborative strategies, and a closed-loop system
Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa PóvoaMaria Odete de Oliveira Meneses2025Enhancing blood supply chain management: integrating collection, production, inventory and distribution strategies
Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa PóvoaMariana Bayão Horta Mesquita da Cunha e Silva2024Advancing Multi-Objective Optimization: Representation and Preference inclusion methods
Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa PóvoaJoão Henrique Pires Ribeiro2024Quantitative tools to aid decision-making towards Resilient Supply Chain
Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa PóvoaPaulo Roberto de Sousa Abreu2023A data-driven optimization approach for resource planning at Emergency Medical Services
Rui Miguel Loureiro Nobre BaptistaRui André Pereira Agostinho2025Essays on workforce demographics, entrepreneurial transitions and startup performance
Rui Miguel Loureiro Nobre BaptistaPaulo Lima Brasil Maia de Loureiro2024Insights into science and society policies: public participation in science, involvement of non-academics in academic research, and challenging the deficit model in the age of Responsible Research and Innovation
Rui Miguel Loureiro Nobre BaptistaSyeda Nimra Batool2021Critical resources influencing the outcomes of entrepreneurial ventures
Rui Miguel Loureiro Nobre BaptistaIoan Serban Mogos2017High Growth Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Level Perspective on Firm Growth and Growth Policy
Rui Miguel Loureiro Nobre BaptistaCarla Maria do Rosário Costa2013Agglomeration vs. Heritage: The Molds and Plastics Industries in Portugal
Margarida Catalão LopesInês Isabel Carrilho Nunes2021Energy transition towards deep decarbonization: essays on technological, economic, policy, and social drivers
Margarida Catalão LopesAntónio Manuel da Nave Quintino2015An integrated risk management model for an oil and gas company
Margarida Catalão LopesMoinul Islam Zaber2014The Influence of institutional structure on the regulatory choices and the impact of these choices on the telecommunication market place in transition
Mónica Duarte Correia de OliveiraEdgar José Sanches Mascarenhas2025Advancing decision conferencing practice: from novel concepts and tools to applications for paediatric health technology assessment in hospital settings
Mónica Duarte Correia de OliveiraLiliana Andreia Fernandes de Freitas2025Advancing Health Technology Assessment with multicriteria decision analysis: assessing the multidimensional value of medical devices with diverse stakeholders
Mónica Duarte Correia de OliveiraRafael Alexandre Pires Miranda2025Developing approaches for continuously monitoring and evaluating integrated remote care interventions
Mónica Duarte Correia de OliveiraJörg Michael Delhaes2023Advancing participatory methods in corporate foresight: new approaches for improved decision-making in management
Mónica Duarte Correia de OliveiraVivian Vivas2020Enhancing multicriteria resource allocation modelling with structuring and negotiation tools to improve decision-making in auditing contexts
José Rui de Matos FigueiraAlexandre Miguel Amaral Vilar Ricardo2026A Multiple Criteria Approach to support Value-Based Health Care
José Rui de Matos FigueiraYannik Nikolas Zeiträg2025A decision support tool for multi-objective production scheduling and lot-sizing: exact, approximate, and hybrid algorithms
José Rui de Matos FigueiraMariana Bayão Horta Mesquita da Cunha e Silva2024Advancing Multi-Objective Optimization: Representation and Preference inclusion methods
José Rui de Matos FigueiraAmaro Segunda Ricardo2023Essays on prioritization investment in large-scale public infrastructure in Angola
José Rui de Matos FigueiraMiguel Alves Pereira2021Efficiency and public policy of the Portuguese healthcare sector : a look at the pressing issues
Joana Serra da Luz MendonçaAmitava Datta2025Three essays exploring the role of culture in technology diffusion: an investigation of mobile communication technology
Joana Serra da Luz MendonçaAfonso Soares Branco Cardoso do Amaral2024Varieties of national protectionism: essays on firm entry, adaptive regulation, and technology differences during global shocks
Joana Serra da Luz MendonçaRudolph Caballero Santarromana2024Opportunities to improve deployment prospects of offshore wind
Joana Serra da Luz MendonçaBenjamin Meindl2022Contributions towards navigating the fourth industrial revolution technology trends, research directions, workforce implications
Joana Serra da Luz MendonçaAnabela Costa Reis2017Industrialisation, geography and policy under increasing uncertainty: implications for aeronautics
Francisco LimaTiago Miguel Pinheiro Fonseca2017Technological change within and across firms: employment, wages, productivity, and innovation
Francisco LimaHugo Miguel Fragoso de Castro Silva2017Essays on job and wage mobility
Francisco LimaAntónio Sérgio Constantino Folgado Ribeiro2015Careers, Wages, Promotions and Demotions in Sports Industry - Professional Football Players in Portugal
Francisco LimaMiguel Maria Castro Melo Godinho de Matos2013Essays in Telecommunications Policy and Management
Ana Isabel Cerqueira de Sousa Gouveia CarvalhoAndreia Maria Rodrigues dos Santos2023Roadmap for sustainable forest supply chains : a life cycle assessment approach
Ana Isabel Cerqueira de Sousa Gouveia CarvalhoCátia Rafaela Ferreira Medeiros da Silva Coelho2022Design and planning of sustainable supply chain: integration of monetization strategies
Ana Isabel Cerqueira de Sousa Gouveia CarvalhoMarta Elisa Bubicz2020Social sustainability management in apparel supply chain
Ana Isabel Cerqueira de Sousa Gouveia CarvalhoBruna Alexandra Elias Mota2018Design and planning of sustainable supply chains
Tânia Rute Xavier de Matos Pinto-VarelaMiguel Jorge Vieira2017Towards the development of a decision-support tool for the production planning and campaign scheduling of biopharmaceutical facilities
Miguel Torres PretoNádia Cristina Monteiro da Costa2025Technological change, new automation technologies and skills: employment and unemployment
Susana Isabel Carvalho RelvasPaulo José Soares Chenrrim2026High-Speed Rail: global and portuguese perspectives and the importance of freight transport in the railway ecosystem
Susana Isabel Carvalho RelvasEric Ofori2023Methodological approaches for forecasting electricity demand and renewable energy availability: the case of Ghana
Susana Isabel Carvalho RelvasFábio Alexandre Aldeias Medeiros da Silva Coelho2022A simulation-based decision support tool for in-house logistics operations
Susana Isabel Carvalho RelvasCamilo Guimarães Lima2018Tactical and operational planning of the downstream oil supply chain under uncertainty
Susana Isabel Carvalho RelvasLeão José Fernandes2016Downstream petroleum supply chain strategic and tactical planning under uncertainty
Tânia Rodrigues Pereira RamosManuel de Figueiredo Cravo Relvas Sardinha2025Non-pneumatic bicycle tyres using filament-based material extrusion: design and production challenges
Tânia Rodrigues Pereira RamosAna Raquel Pena de Aguiar2025Optimization-based approaches to improve the planning of home social services
Tânia Rodrigues Pereira RamosCarolina Soares de Morais2022Smart waste collection routing problems: using real-time information for better planning
João Carlos da Cruz LourençoSanaz Azarnoosh2025A value-based socio-technical framework to support product improvement through the House of Quality
João Carlos da Cruz LourençoAntónio Manuel da Nave Quintino2015An integrated risk management model for an oil and gas company
Hugo Miguel Fragoso de Castro SilvaNádia Cristina Monteiro da Costa2025Technological change, new automation technologies and skills: employment and unemployment
Hugo Miguel Fragoso de Castro SilvaRui André Pereira Agostinho2025Essays on workforce demographics, entrepreneurial transitions and startup performance
Hugo Miguel Fragoso de Castro SilvaAmitava Datta2025Three essays exploring the role of culture in technology diffusion: an investigation of mobile communication technology
Daniel Rebelo dos SantosMaria Odete de Oliveira Meneses2025Enhancing blood supply chain management: integrating collection, production, inventory and distribution strategies
Daniel Rebelo dos SantosPaulo Roberto de Sousa Abreu2023A data-driven optimization approach for resource planning at Emergency Medical Services
Ana Lopes VieiraLiliana Andreia Fernandes de Freitas2025Advancing Health Technology Assessment with multicriteria decision analysis: assessing the multidimensional value of medical devices with diverse stakeholders
Ana Lopes VieiraSalomé Guedes Sequeira de Pádua Azevedo2025Managing real-world participatory design and evaluation of digital health interventions: a systemic modelling perspective
António Miguel Areias Dias AmaralAnabela Costa Reis2017Industrialisation, geography and policy under increasing uncertainty: implications for aeronautics
António Miguel Areias Dias AmaralDaniela Filipa Pontes Guerra dos Santos2016Social entrepreneurship: A conceptual framework and empirical evidence
Miguel Leitão Bignolas Mira da SilvaJoão Pedro Assunção Varela da Costa2026Managing fake news as a digital risk
Miguel Leitão Bignolas Mira da SilvaAntónio Jorge dos Reis Pereira2024Shared autonomous vehicles in urban areas
Miguel Leitão Bignolas Mira da SilvaSilvia Bogéa Gomes2023Digital transformation ontology
Miguel Leitão Bignolas Mira da SilvaNuno Miguel Carvalho da Silva2019LM2F: a life-cycle model maintenance framework for co-evolving enterprise architecture meta-models and models
Miguel Leitão Bignolas Mira da SilvaRafael Saraiva de Almeida2019Assessing enterprise governance of information technology using multiple reference models
Carlos Augusto Santos SilvaCarlos Diogo Coimbra Henriques2025Flexible IOT framework for fast prototyping multisensor products for energy applications
Carlos Augusto Santos SilvaMariana Rego Neto2025Integrated evaluation of comfort, well-being and energy efficiency: methodology applied to 10 case studies in Portugal
Carlos Augusto Santos SilvaAntónio José Alves da Silva Santos2025Modelling waste energy recovery systems: application to hotels
Carlos Augusto Santos SilvaFabíola Maria de Sousa Pereira2023Sustainable pathways for the integration of renewable energy systems for the energy transition in islands – the case study of Madeira archipelago for 2050
Carlos Augusto Santos SilvaJoão Diogo de Sousa Figueira2023Critical aspects on shallow geothermal energy systems: development, design and infrastructure
Patrícia De Carvalho BaptistaCarolina Gonçalves Correia2026Assessment of the commuters’ daily exposure to traffic-related air pollutants
Patrícia De Carvalho BaptistaTatiana de Fátima Bruce da Silva2022Assessing pathways for climate change mitigation of the road passenger transportation sector in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using a hybrid energy systems general equilibrium economic model approach
Patrícia De Carvalho BaptistaFelix Amankwah Diawuo2020Methodological approach for the design of sustainable electrification in developing countries through demand side management: the case study of Ghana
Patrícia De Carvalho BaptistaAlessandro Giordano2020Environmental and economic prospects of low-carbon vehicles in support of European Commission 2030 city logistics fleet goals
Patrícia De Carvalho BaptistaAna Marta de Vitorino Faria2018Evaluating the impacts of driver performance and driving environment on fuel consumption, emissions and air quality
Manuel Frederico Tojal de Valsassina HeitorAnabela Costa Reis2017Industrialisation, geography and policy under increasing uncertainty: implications for aeronautics
Manuel Frederico Tojal de Valsassina HeitorDaniela Andreia dos Santos Couto2011Emergence of Tissue Engineering and Disruption of Product Development in Healthcare
Manuel Frederico Tojal de Valsassina HeitorHorta, Hugo Duarte Alves2007Towards an improved knowledge infrastructure: funding, diversity and autonomy of academic research
Célia Maria Santos Cardoso de JesusLaura Marcela Hinestroza Olascuaga2023Scaling-up sustainable energy-based rural electrification in developing countries: challenges and policy implications
Pedro Manuel Santos de CarvalhoDiogo Manuel dos Santos Vilela Pinto Ferreira2025State-estimation and control for congestion management in weakly monitored active distribution networks
Pedro Manuel Santos de CarvalhoLaura Marcela Hinestroza Olascuaga2023Scaling-up sustainable energy-based rural electrification in developing countries: challenges and policy implications
Pedro Manuel Santos de CarvalhoIan James Scott2020Long-term uncertainty in electricity market modelling, policy, and planning
Pedro Manuel Santos de CarvalhoRicardo Nuno de Almeida Prata2018Regulatory framework design and market response interactions under growing solar and wind generation deployment in the Portuguese electrical energy system
Pedro Manuel Santos de CarvalhoBrandon Keith Mauch2012Managing Wind Power Forecast Uncertainty in Electric Grids
João Paulo Salgado Arriscado CosteiraStevo Rackovic2025Mathematical methods for inverse rigging in realistic blendshape models
João Paulo Salgado Arriscado CosteiraJude Mukundane2022Augmented communication technologies for distanced regions
João Paulo Salgado Arriscado CosteiraFábio Rúben Silva Mendonça2021Signal processing approaches for sleep quality analysis in suspected sleep disorder patients
João Paulo Salgado Arriscado CosteiraMaria Beatriz Alves de Sousa Quintino Ferreira2021Classification of visual data with unreliable annotations: a real case in the fashion domain
João Paulo Salgado Arriscado CosteiraSheikh Shanawaz Mostafa2020Obstructive sleep apnea detection using fourth level devices

Link to Current Research

Previous dissertations and theses should be used as an entry point to learn about:

  • topics developed in the program
  • supervisors and lines of research
  • methods used at the interface of engineering, technology, and public policy
  • the articulation between academic research, public administration, industry, and research centers, frequently in co-supervision with Carnegie Mellon University within the scope of CMU-Portugal

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