César A. C.
Sequeira
Who Am I
César Augusto Correia de Sequeira was born in Peso da Régua, Portugal, in 1943. On graduation in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1968 (7-year course) he was invited to join the staff of Instituto Superior Técnico as Lecturer (“assistente”). One year later he was invited to serve as Reader (“regente”) of Electrochemistry, Electrometallurgy and Electrothermy (one year course), for the 6th year students of chemical and electrotechnical engineering. In 1971 he started high temperature chemistry research in the Nuffield Research Group at Imperial College, obtaining a DIC (Diploma of Imperial College) in 1972 and a PhD from London University in October 1974. In the same year he returned to Lisbon and joined the University teaching staff, where he has been teaching and supervising research (at undergraduate, MSc and PhD levels) for more than 50 years. In 1976, jointly with the Dean of the University of Lisbon, he established the CECUL (Centre of Electrochemistry and Kinetics of the University of Lisbon). He spent one year (1982) with the Materials Development Division of the Atomic Research Establishment (Harwell, U.K.), where he performed a fruitful research work on the development of all solid-state polymer-based lithium cells.. He was also Invited Professor at the University of Utah, UMIST (UK), Univ. of Reading (UK), Univ. of Iserlohn (Germany), and Univ. of Arizona (USA). He has directed several international projects on electrochemistry which were financed by the European Union. He is author/co-author of over 650 technical publications. He is a member of several renowned international societies, being a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, IOM3, U.K., a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.), and an Emeritus Member of the Electrochemical Society (U.S.A.). Recently, he continues au IST as retired professor, coordinating the Materials Electrochemistry Group (MEG-IST, University of Lisbon).
Education
4/71 - 10/74 Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, U.K Ph.D., DIC
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9/70 - 3/71 Sir John Cass College, London, U.K. Cert.
2/70 - 5/70 ENSIEE, Univ. of Grenoble, France Cert.
7/69 - 10/69 Cebelcor, Free Univ. Brussels, Belgium Cert.
10/61 - 9/68 Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Chem Eng. (Dip.)
Professional Experience
9/17 – Present Research Leader, MEG, CeFEMA, IST, Lisbon
6/13 –9/17 Research Leader, MEG, ICEMS, IST, Lisbon
(Volunteer Work)
5/13 –Present Retired Professor
10/08 – 4/13 Professor in Materials Science, IST, Lisbon
2/02 –9/08 Professor in “General Chemistry”, IST, Lisbon
6/99 Director, Fourth International European Federation of Corrosion
Workshop on Microbial Corrosion
5/97 Director, Third European Workshop on Chemistry,
Energy and the Environment.
8/96 Organising Committee Member, NATO ASI on Mineral Processing and the Environment.
5/95 Director, Topical Seminar on Modern Applications of Polymeric Materials.
3/95 Director, Second European East West Workshop
on Chemistry and Energy.
3/94 Director, Third European Federation of Corrosion Workshop on Microbial Corrosion.
4/93 - 3/96 Honorary Lecturer at UMIST and in the
University of Manchester, U.K.
3/93 Director, European Workshop on Electrochemical
Technology of Molten Salts
9/92 - 3/93 Director, Action of Professional Formation on “Industrial Electrolysis” (700 hour course)
5/92 - 1/93 Director, Action of Professional Formation on
“Electrochemistry of Materials” (700 hour course)
4/92 Director, NATO ASI on Multifunctional Mesoporous Inorganic Solids
3/91 Director, Second European Federation of
Corrosion Workshop on Microbial Corrosion
2/91 - 10/91 Director, Action of Professional Formation on “Industrial Electrolysis” (700 hour course)
3/90 Director, First European East-West
Workshop on Chemistry and Energy.
5/89 - 12/89 Director, Action of Professional Formation
on “Electrolysis and its Industrial Applications” (400 hour course)
9/88 - 12/88 Director, Action of Professional Formation
on “Industrial Electrolysis” (400 hour course)
3/88 Director, First European Federation of Corrosion Workshop on Microbial Corrosion.
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10/86 – 1/03 Associate Professor in “Electrochemical Processes”
and “Materials and Corrosion”, IST, Lisbon.
11/86 - 9/86 Visiting Professor, Univ. of Utah, U.S.A.
2/85 Director, First Portuguese Workshop on Electrochemical Science and Engineering.
9/84 Director, NATO ASI on “Solid State Batteries”.
1/83 - 12/84 Vice-President of the Scientific Committee of IST (College of Engineering of the Technical University of Lisbon).
10/81-9/82 Research Associate, Materials Development Division, AERE-Harwell, Oxfordshire, U.K.
11/79-10/85 Associate Professor in Electrochemistry and Corrosion, IST, Lisbon.
1/76-4/80 Research Supervisor, Electrochemical and Kinetics Centre of the Lisbon University (CECUL), Lisbon.
1/75-10/79 Assistant Professor in Electrochemistry, Applied Electrochemistry and Corrosion, IST, Lisbon.
9/70 - 3/71 NATO Postgraduate Research Fellow, Sir John Cass College, London.
10/68 - 8/70 Lecturer in Electrochemistry, Electrometallurgy and Electrothermy, Laboratory of Electrochemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, IST, Lisbon.