Rui Teixeira

Rui Teixeira is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil Engineering at University College Dublin (UCD). He leads UCD's Centre for Critical Infrastructure Research (CCIR) and focuses on Uncertainty Quantification, Safety, and Risk in civil engineering systems, with applications to infrastructure resilience. His research emphasizes reliability analysis, multi-fidelity modeling, and AI-driven risk assessment.

Education:

• MSc in Civil Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
• PhD in Civil Engineering, Trinity College Dublin
• Professional Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, UCD

Research Interests:

• Development of novel reliability analysis techniques
• Resilience of infrastructure systems
• Artificial intelligence applications for risk assessment
• Probabilistic system evaluation and safety standards

Grants & Projects:

• Smart Enforcement of Transport Operations (SETO), Horizon Europe (2023–2026)
• Optimality-Tracking Civil Engineering Systems, Enterprise Ireland (2023–2025)
• Floating Offshore Wind Dynamic Cables (FlOWDyn), Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (2024–2027)

Teaching: Coordinates courses such as 'Civil Engineering Systems' and 'Design of Structures 1'.

Labs/Teams: Director of the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Research (CCIR), focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to infrastructure resilience.