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Maria
Dulce e Silva Franco Henriques
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa,
Lisboa, Portugal
Dulce Franco Henriques is a
civil engineer and holds a master’s
degree and a PhD in Civil
Engineering from the Technical
University of Lisbon. She
specialises in traditional and
modern construction technologies,
sustainability, building
conservation, rehabilitation and
innovation.
Since 1997, she has been a lecturer
/ professor in Building Materials
and Construction Technology at the
Lisbon Higher Institute of
Engineering - ISEL (Polytechnic
University of Lisbon).
Her main research interests are
timber construction technology and
timber structures in historic
buildings. She founded and directed
ISEL’s postgraduate course in
‘Building Conservation and
Rehabilitation’, which has now run
thirteen times since 2013. She also
founded and directed the institute’s
Timber and Timber Structures
Laboratory.
He is a member of the board of the
Portuguese association ‘Grémio do
Património’ (Heritage Council),
whose mission is to promote best
practices in the restoration of
heritage buildings.
He is a member of the registered
research unit CERIS (Research and
Innovation in Civil Engineering for
Sustainability) and has coordinated
several research projects. He has
also published over 60 scientific
articles and delivered numerous
lectures on the subject.
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Merve Akbaş Kaplan
Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Türkiye
Dr. Merve Akbaş Kaplan is a
Research Assistant in the Department
of Civil Engineering at Istanbul
Technical University (ITU), Türkiye.
Her academic background and research
activities focus on soil mechanics,
geotechnical engineering,
geotechnical earthquake engineering,
sustainable construction materials,
and pavement geotechnics.
Her recent research mainly addresses
the engineering performance and
sustainable use of recycled concrete
aggregates and
construction-and-demolition waste
materials in road base and subbase
applications. Her studies include
laboratory characterization,
freeze–thaw durability, resilient
modulus and permanent deformation
behavior, environmental assessment,
and numerical modeling of recycled
aggregate systems. She has also
worked on earthquake-related
geotechnical problems, including
liquefaction mitigation and the use
of recycled materials in
post-earthquake reconstruction
strategies.
Dr. Akbaş Kaplan's research aims to
support sustainable and resilient
infrastructure by combining
experimental testing, numerical
analysis, and data-driven evaluation
methods. In addition to her research
activities, she contributes to
academic teaching and institutional
duties at Istanbul Technical
University. In recognition of her
contributions, she received the
Highest Publication-Based
Performance Award (ITU, 2024) and an
Outstanding Achievement Award in
Teaching Assistance in Engineering
(ITU, 2023). |