As the 2026 Global Simulation Conference (GloSim 2026) draws near, we are honored to introduce a distinguished guest — Prof. Carlos Guedes Soares, Distinguished Professor at the University of Lisbon and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a world-leading authority in naval architecture, marine engineering, and safety & reliability.

Carlos Guedes Soares

Distinguished Professor, University of Lisbon · Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (2025) · Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2025) · Member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering (2018)

01 EDUCATION

1. MSc in Civil Engineering & Ocean Engineer, MIT (1976)

2. Doctor Engineer in Marine Technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology (1984)

3.  Doctor of Science (Habilitation), Technical University of Lisbon (1991)

02 ACADEMIC CAREER

Since 1980, he has served at the Faculty of Engineering of the Technical University of Lisbon (now part of the University of Lisbon), progressing from Assistant Lecturer to Distinguished Professor, a position he has held since 2017.

In 1994, he founded the Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), which he continues to lead. The centre has five research groups and around 100 researchers, half of whom are international scholars.

He led the expansion of the curriculum from Naval Architecture to Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and the implementation of the Bologna Process. He has supervised approximately 100 master’s graduates, 70 PhD graduates, 50 international joint PhD graduates, and 60 postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty members.

03 BOND WITH CHINA

1. Guest Professor at Harbin Engineering Univ. (2010–)

2. Wuhan University of Technology (2013–)

3. Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (2016–2019)

4. Tsinghua University (2019–2022)

5. Northwestern Polytechnic University (2023–2026)

6. Shanghai Maritime University (2023–2026)

7. Advisory Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2025–) Strategic Scientist at WUT (2025–). 

Awarded the China Friendship Award (2024) for his contributions to Chinese universities.

04 RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

1. Coordinated landmark EU projects including SHIPREL, SAFERELNET, MARSTRUCT, WAVEMOD, HIPOCAS, FREAK WAVES, EXTREME SEAS, ARCWIND, DeWatra; participated in over 100 international projects and about 60 national projects.

2. His research covers marine environments, hydrodynamics, marine structures, safety and reliability, autonomous ships, offshore renewable energy, and decarbonization of waterborne transport, with recent work focusing on autonomous shipping and offshore wind energy.

3. Under his leadership, the University of Lisbon ranked 3rd worldwide in Marine/Ocean Engineering (Shanghai Ranking 2017), 4th in 2024, and 1st among non-Chinese universities in 2025.

05 ACADEMIC IMPACT

1. 1,200+ WoS-indexed journal papers (16 highly cited), 50,000+ citations (65k Scopus, 83k Google Scholar), 27 edited books.

2.  Stanford World Top-2% Highly Cited: #1 globally in Civil Engineering in 2021 and 2023; #1 among all Portuguese scientists every year from 2020 to 2025.

3. Editor-in-Chief of Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety for ~30 years; Co-Editor-in-Chief of JMSA, JRSE, ATRJ.

4. President of ESRA, ISSC, IMAM, WEGEMT; International Vice-President of SNAME; Fellow of SNAME, RINA, IMarEst, ASME.

06 MAJOR AWARDS

1. China Friendship Award (2024)

2. ASME Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)

3. ESRA Safety and Reliability Achievement Award (2025)

4. CEMT Award (2012) · SOBENA International Award (2010)

5. Ibero-Latin American Career Award (2017)

6. UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Prize (2007)

7. ULisboa/Santander Scientific Prize (2016).

Prof. Soares brings to the conference decades of insight from ship and ocean engineering and safety & reliability research. We look forward to witnessing the latest practices and future prospects of simulation technology together with you!

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