António Câmara is a Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

The Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCTUNL or FCT for short, is a Portuguese faculty of the New University of Lisbon located on the Caparica Campus, near Lisbon....

 and has been a Visiting Professor at both Cornell University

Cornell University

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 (1988-89) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 (1998-99). He was a Senior Consultant to the Expo '98

Expo '98

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 project and Senior Advisor to the National Geographical Information System (Sistema Nacional de Informação Geográfica). He was a member of the engineering team which studied and evaluated the Alqueva Dam

Alqueva dam

The Alqueva dam is a dam located on the Guadiana River in the Alentejo region. The reservoir is the largest in Portugal and Western Europe.The complex project was made to produce hydroelectric power, irrigation for farms in the surrounding area, as well as a large reservoir where several tourist...

's environmental impact. He has been YDreams

YDreams

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 CEO and founder since the company was created in June 2000. In 2006, Câmara was awarded the Prémio Pessoa

Prémio Pessoa

The Prémio Pessoa is a Portuguese award instituted in 1987 by the newspaper Expresso and the IT company Unisys. It is granted annually to the person of Portuguese nationality who during this period, and in the course of previous activity, has distinguished him or herself as a figure in scientific,...

.

Câmara was awarded a licentiate

Licentiate

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 degree in civil engineering

Civil engineering

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 from the Instituto Superior Técnico

Instituto Superior Técnico

Instituto Superior Técnico is a reputed school of engineering, part of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa . IST is the largest and the most prestigious school of engineering in Portugal...

 (Technical University of Lisbon

Technical University of Lisbon

The Technical University of Lisbon is a Portuguese public university. It was created in 1930 in Lisbon, as a confederation of older schools, and comprises, nowadays, the faculties and institutes of veterinary medicine; agricultural sciences; economics and business administration; engineering,...

) and a doctorate

Doctorate

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 degree from the Virginia Tech. He was a tennis

Tennis

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player during his youth and was part of the under-18 and under-21 national tennis teams.