Apresentação Pessoal

Academics

• Post-Doctorate - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2013.
• Habilitation (“Livre-Docencia”/Doctorat d'Etat) - University of Sao Paulo, USP, Brazil, 2011. Design and analysis of composite aeronautical structures.
• Post-Doctorate - University of Sao Paulo, USP, Brazil, 2004.
• PhD. - University of Sao Paulo, USP, Brazil, 2003. Study of damage and progressive failure analysis on composite structures. (*) Part of Ph.D. work developed at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2002.
• MSc. - University of Sao Paulo, USP, Brazil, 1999. Theoretical and experimental dynamic analysis of composite beams.
• Mechanical Engineer - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos School of Engineering, Brazil, 1996.

Research Expertise & Interest

• Expertise in design and analysis of aircraft structures (static & dynamic loading conditions)
• Numerical analysis using Finite Element Method
• Composite structures: numerical and experimental analyses
• Material models: fracture, damage and progressive failure analysis
• Smart materials and structures: structural health monitoring
• Natural composites, biopolymers and biodegradation

Áreas de Interesse

1. Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia aeroespacial > Aeronaútica