Agriculture and Forestry (ISA, U. Lisbon), and from Instituto Superior Técnico
(IST, U. Lisbon) an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1994), and a Ph.D. in
Environmental Engineering (2002). He is a Senior Researcher at the Forestry
Research Unit of the National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research,
where he developed research on atmospheric fluxes and on production and conversion of biomass from short rotation coppices.
Gabriel Pita has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering/Applied
Thermodynamics (1975) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1988), both from
IST. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
IST, where he teaches Applied Thermodynamics, Physical Ecology, and Mass and
Energy Transfer. Professor Pita’s research has dealt with applied combustion,
characterization of the impacts of droughts on Portuguese forests, and analysis of
carbon uptake and productivity in eucalypt plantations.
Raúl Sardinha has an M.Sc. in Forestry from the University of Lisbon (1962)
and a D. Ph. in Wood Science from Oxford University (1974). He was a Full
Professor at ISA and retired in 2002. Professor Sardinha directed the Portuguese
National Forest Research Station in 1988–1995, was chairman of the installation
board of the University of Madeira and Rector of the Piaget University in
Guinea-Bissau, and represented Portugal in various international research organizations. He developed research on the properties and suitability of the use of forest
products and on natural resources research policy for sustainable management in
tropical countries.
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(IST, U. Lisbon) an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1994), and a Ph.D. in
Environmental Engineering (2002). He is a Senior Researcher at the Forestry
Research Unit of the National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research,
where he developed research on atmospheric fluxes and on production and conversion of biomass from short rotation coppices.
Gabriel Pita has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering/Applied
Thermodynamics (1975) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1988), both from
IST. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
IST, where he teaches Applied Thermodynamics, Physical Ecology, and Mass and
Energy Transfer. Professor Pita’s research has dealt with applied combustion,
characterization of the impacts of droughts on Portuguese forests, and analysis of
carbon uptake and productivity in eucalypt plantations.
Raúl Sardinha has an M.Sc. in Forestry from the University of Lisbon (1962)
and a D. Ph. in Wood Science from Oxford University (1974). He was a Full
Professor at ISA and retired in 2002. Professor Sardinha directed the Portuguese
National Forest Research Station in 1988–1995, was chairman of the installation
board of the University of Madeira and Rector of the Piaget University in
Guinea-Bissau, and represented Portugal in various international research organizations. He developed research on the properties and suitability of the use of forest
products and on natural resources research policy for sustainable management in
tropical countries.
Lisbon, Portugal
May 2020
José M. Cardoso Pereira
Professor ISA/UL
vi
Foreword I