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CURRICULUM VITÆ

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Name: Fernanda Maria
Surnames: Amaro Margaça
Born: 29-01-1956, Runa – Torres Vedras, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese

Phone: +351 21-994 6053
Fax: +351 21-994 1525
E-mail: fmargaca (add @itn.pt)

Education

  • 1986 – D. Phil., Oxford University, UK
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Professional Employment Career

  • Since 1999 – Senior Researcher, ITN – Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Sacavém.
  • 1987-1999 – Researcher, ITN – Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Sacavém.
  • 1985-1987 – Research Assistant, LNETI – Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Sacavém.
  • 1979-1981 – Junior Research Assistant, ICEN - Instituto de Ciências e Engenharia Nucleares, Sacavém.

Fellowships and Training

  • 09/1981-02/1985 – PhD student, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University, UK, Prof E.W.J. Mitchel.

Scientific Specialization

  • Condensed Matter Physics.

Main Scientific Area of Research

  • R&D on Geiger-Muller type Gaseous Counters; Dynamics of Molten Salts by neutron scattering; Design Optimization Studies of Neutron Scattering Instruments and X Ray Diffractometer; Microstructure Investigation of Mineral Xerogels and Organic-inorganic Hybrids; Preparation of Hybrids by Gamma Irradiation and Characterization.
     

Scientific Works

  • PhD Thesis "The Study of Molten Salts by Neutron Scattering", University of Oxford, U.K..
  • Author or co-author of 37 original publications in Refereed Journals.
  • 50 lectures, oral presentations and communications to national and international meetings.

Membership of Professional Societies

  • 1975 – Sociedade Portuguesa de Física, Lisboa.
  • 1993 – Sociedade Portuguesa de Protecção contra Radiações.

Prizes

  • OSR Award, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, Oxford, UK.

Participation in Projects

  • "Study and Design of a new generation of SANS instruments: smaller, modular, with enhanced capabilities and low servicing requirements" INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 11361/R1.
  • "Microstructure Investigation by the SANS technique of two-component silicate materials prepared by sol-gel" INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, IAEA 7284/RB.
  • "Hybrid Materials Prepared by Irradiation"  POCTI/CTM/44150/2002.
  • "Development of a Variable Geometry Neutron Multichannel Collimator" POCTI/1999/FIS/34449.
  • Microstructure Investigation of Organic-inorganic hybrid materials" PRAXIS/P/CTM/12212/98.
  • Characterisation and Modelling of Physical Properties of High-Temperature Coated Superalloys" PRAXIS/PCEX/P/FIS/21/96.
  • External Input for Development of Local Neutron Beam Work" INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, IAEA POR/1/008
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  • Determination of Internal Strains in Superalloys for High Temperature Applications" JNICT/PBIC/C/CTM/1898/95.
  • Estudo da Microestrutura de geles dos sistemas SiO2-TiO2 e SiO2-ZrO2" JNICT/PBIC/C/CIM/1396/92.
  • The Dynamics of Liquid and Quenched Ionic Solutions" JNICT/PBIC/CEN/1099/92.

Selected Publications

  • Thermal analysis of hybrid materials prepared by gamma irradiation, S.R. Gomes, L.M. Ferreira, F.M.A. Margaça, I.M. Miranda Salvado and A.N. Falcão, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 95 (2009) 1, 99-103.  Doi: 10.1007/s10973-008-9223-8.
  • Elemental and RBS analysis of hybrid materials prepared by gamma irradiation, S.R. Gomes, F.M.A. Margaça, L.M. Ferreira, I.M. Miranda Salvado, J.P. Leal, C. Marques, E. Alves, L.M. Ferreira and A.N. Falcão, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 266 (2008) 288-294. Doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2007.11.007.
  • Novel Way to control PDMS Cross-linking by Gamma Irradiation, S.R. Gomes, F.M.A. Margaça, D. Faria Silva, L.M. Ferreira, I.M. Miranda Salvado, A.N. Falcão, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research  B, 266 (2008) 1105-1108. Doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.046.
  • SANS investigation of PDMS hybrid materials prepared by gamma-irradiation, S.R. Gomes, F.M.A. Margaça, I.M. Miranda Salvado, A.N. Falcão, L. Almasy and J. Teixeira, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 266 (2008) 5166–5170. Doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2008.10.007.
  • Hybrid PDMS-Silica-Zirconia materials prepared by g-irradiation, S.R. Gomes, F.M.A. Margaça, L.M. Ferreira, I.M. Miranda Salvado, A.N. Falcão, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 265 (2007) 114-117.

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