Dr. Nuno Gil, CEng, MICE, MSc., PhD. A Corporate Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, UK, Nuno has several years of professional practice in Portugal and the United States. This includes working for the leading structural design consultant in Portugal, Segadaes Tavares & Associados (STA), during which he participated in projects conceptualized by the Pritzker prize award-winning architect Alvaro SizaVieira. Subsequently, he project managed the construction of a tidal swimming pool and the retrofitting of a sea promenade wall in Cascais with Planege, Ltd. He has also worked as a quality adviser for STAP and OZ, Ltd, and as a strategic planning consultant for the Portuguese Government and for planning and development projects funded by the EU. In the US, Nuno's experience includes projects to design, build, and tool GBP2Billion semiconductor fabrication facilities.

Following a degree in Civil Engineering, Nuno earned a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and specialized certificates in the Management of Technology and in Logistics from the University of California at Berkeley, US. He joined the Business Systems division of Manchester Business School in September 2004 after spending two years in the Manchester Center for Civil and Construction Engineering, and 6-months visiting MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Nuno has delivered training on project planning and scheduling techniques to the Rolls Royce's Project Management Professional Development Program, on lean construction to the British North-West Development Agency, and on contracting and procurement strategy to the British Petroleum Managing Projects College. Nuno is currently deputy director of the Center for Research in the Management of Projects (CRMP), and coordinator of the case study strategy for the BP Managing Projects College.

Nuno's research focuses on developing contributions to theory and practice on new infrastructure development. His interests are primarily in the domain of design and innovation applied to large-scale infrastructures such as production facilities, high-rises, hospitals, airports, and schools.

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