Dr. Aires Colaço is a PhD Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and an Integrated Member of the R&D Institute in Structures and Construction (CONSTRUCT). He also holds the position of Invited Assistant Professor at FEUP. Aires Colaço completed his academic formation at FEUP, and achieved an MSc degree in Civil Engineering (specializing in Geotechnics) in 2012 and a PhD degree (Cum laude) in Civil Engineering in 2019. The PhD thesis was awarded with the prizes “Prémio Joaquim Sarmento 2019” - Fundação Eng. António de Almeida and “Prémio SPA 2018/2020” - Portuguese Acoustic Society.