Associate Laboratory

of

Energy, Transports and Aeronautics

Lisbon, 6th October 2014

PhD Students and Laboratory Technicians

2010 2011 2013 2014+

Large-scale furnace

Model testing

Massive parallelization

EU PRACE project

Model development

EU COST Action project

MSc dissertation

Biomass pellets for heating

Experimental studies

Industry services

IEE SUNFLOWER project

Miriam Rabaçal – Large Eddy Simulations Coal and biomass combustion

PhD studies

Swirled flow simulations

Model implementation Experimental studies

Model development

Model validation

2012 2013 2014 2014+

Morphing Wingtip

applied to

conventional and

unconventional

aircraft

configurations

NOVEMOR Project

Researcher

Frederico Afonso – PhD Student Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aircraft

MDO Architecture

designed to

incorporate

morphing

capabilities and

novel

configurations in a

MDO Framework Experimental

Validation

2014

Joined-Wing

Configuration

Applied to a

Regional Jet

2012

IDMEC-EMBRAER

Cooperation

Modelation of a

reference model

Paulo C. Neves – PhD Student Transports – bus structures

2008 2010 2014 2014+

ENLIGHT European project

LITEBUS European project

HCV European project

PhD Mechanical Eng. (Oral exam pending)

2009

MSc Mechanical Eng.

Civitas-Elan European project (Sporadic contribution:

numerical modelling)

2010 2011 2014+

Development and

Manufacturing of

UAV Airframe

Tooling Edge

Aerospace Out-of-autoclave

composite manufacturing

Pedro Mimoso – Process Engineer Composite materials and structures

2013

New skin

materials for

GAYA Airship

Resin Infusion

composite solutions

using natural and

sustainable materials

2012 2014

Continuous Fiber

Thermoplastic

Composites for the

automotive industry

Development, testing,

validation and

certification of UAV’s

2011 2012 2013 2014+

Start of PhD thesis

UKERC Summer School

MSc

Renewable Energy Enterprise &

Management

Christian Wimmler –PhD Student Isolated Sustainable Energy Systems

MIT Portugal PhD Course

Sustainable Energy Systems

Scientific Publications

PhD (continued)

2012 2013 2014+

Projects:

- Wearwheel (FCT/IDMEC)

- Smartrack (FCT/IDMEC)

- Vouga (CP/REFER)

- Pantograph/Catenary

Benchmarks

MSc

Pantograph/Catenary Interaction:

- Simulation software

development

- Co-Simulation

- PantoTrain European Project

Pedro Antunes – PhD Student Transports Technology

Software development:

- Wheel/Rail Interaction

- Track geometry

- Flexible track

- Vehicle virtual certification

Full Integrated Co-

Simulation:

- Vehicle (MBS)

- Track (FEM)

- Subgrade (FEM)

- Catenary (FEM)

- Pantograph (MBS)

National Partners: Academic Partners: Industry Partners:

2012 2013 2014 2015+

Prototype with

noise reduction

MSc:

Study of vibrations in a

motorcycle: AJP Motos

(confidential)

António Pedro Paiva - Eng. @ FREZITE and PhD Student Noise and Vibrations

PhD in Industry

Development of design

tools for noise reduction

in operating circular saws

(confidential)

Technology

transfer

INEGI/FREZITE

2009 2010 2012 2014+

Design & Fabrication

Electromagnetic Hopkinson bar

PhD

Mechanical & fracture

characterization of materials

Carlos M.A. Silva – Laboratory Facility Engineer

Research &

Technology Transfer

Design & Fabrication

Electromagnetic Cam Driven

Testing Machine

Design & Fabrication

Drop Hammer Testing Machine

2013

2011 2012 2013 2014+

Laser Doppler

Measurements &

Flow Visualization

Experimental work

The impact of twin jets on a flat

surface (Project PTDCEME-

MFE1021902008)

Diana Vieira-PhD Student V/STOL Aircraft Systems

MSc

Turbulent Structure of the

Impact of a Ground Vortex

Flow Numerical

Simulation

2009 2011 2014 2014+

PhD

Powertrain

optimization of

alternative road

vehicles

MSc

Electric and

hydrogen

consumption in

plug-in road vehicles

João Ribau – PhD Student Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems

Energy and Transports

Power demand estimation

of fleet penetration of

electric/plug-in vehicles Optimization and decision

support tool for energy

systems related to road

transportation

Technology transfer

2010 2012 2013 2014+

Biomechanical Human Models

Hybrid Forward Dynamics

Methodologies

MSc Thesis (Biomedical Engineering)

Human Gait Analysis

Sérgio Gonçalves – PhD Student Mechanical Design

PhD (Bioengineering Systems)

Inverse & Forward Dynamics

Analysis of Human Motion

Computational models:

Support of clinical decisions

Development of customized

prosthetic solutions

2003 ……. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014+

Tests performance of vaporization ability and gas level monitoring.

Silvina Guimarães – Senior Engineer Wind farm technologies

Research & Technology Transfer Verification of warranties on

wind farms Development and optimization of its water heaters

Wind turbine testing - power curve measurements; - structure measurements.

2001 2011 2013 2014+

“Estimating Time Varying

Air Exchange Rates.”

presented at CLIMA 2013 in

Prague, Czech Republic

MEng

Engineering Acoustics & Vibration

(ISVR, University of Southampton)

João A. Dias Carrilho Infiltration and Ventilation Rates in Buildings

Joined ADAI-LAETA as PhD

student in Energy Efficiency

and Indoor Environmental

Quality in Buildings.

Supervisor: Prof. Manuel C.

Gameiro da Silva

“Air Exchange Rates from

Atmospheric CO2 Daily

Cycle.” Submitted to Energy &

Buildings and presented at

AIVC 2014 in Poznan, Poland

2008 2011 2014 2015+

Knowledge

transfer

Bacteriophage effectiveness in

urinary tract infections control

Dulce Oliveira- PhD Student Biomechanics

PhD

Formulation of damage

process for biological

soft tissues

Research &

Technology

Transfer

Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia

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> FEUP/PRODEM/PhD Enhancement of the formability of Mg

alloys by deformation at high strain-rates

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Thesis Topic: Electromagnetic Forming Process > INEGI/CETECOP Advanced Manufacturing Processes

Inês Oliveira - PhD Student Advanced Manufacturing Processes

> FCT/Exploratory project Analysis of dynamic mechanical

behavior of metals deformation at

high strain rates

2009 2010-2012 2013-2014 2014+

Manufacturing and Testing of

Surface Coatings for CFRP

Composites

Fire Reaction Behavior of Polymers and

Composites

Preparation and characterization of

modified polymeric resins

Synthesis of nanoclays

Dispersion methods

Marta Martins Fire Reaction Behavior of Composite Materials

Studies on kinetics of reaction

CFRP composites

manufacturing

Picture related to the PhD research work

- Fire reaction

tests

- Thesis

written

2010 2013 2014+

PhD Thesis

Microwave

heating

applied to

highly

endothermic

reforming

reactions

FC-District

(7th FP

Project)

Development

of a

µ-CHP unit

MSc

Dissertation

Modeling and

simulation of

catalytic

partial

oxidation

Coupled Multiscale/

Multiphysics

methodology to

clarify the role of

MW heating on the

performance of

catalytic reforming

strategies

2014 2012

Multiscale

modeling of

reaction-

diffusion steps

in catalytic

layers

Thermal

analysis of a

µ-CHP system

through an

innovative

two-way

iterative

approach

DAPhNE

(7th FP

Project)

Microwave

heating for

energy-

intensive

applications

Jorge E. P. Navalho (PhD Student) Energy

Hydrogen Production

2008 2014 2013 2014+

Multi-dimensional optimization

of the incorporation of PCM-

drywalls in lightweight steel-

framed residential buildings

MSc - Civil Engineering

Nelson Soares – PhD student Sustainable Energy Systems (MIT-Portugal)

7 months visit to MIT

Reduction of cooling demand in residential

buildings in the dry desert climate by

incorporating PCM-drywalls: the case of

Kuwait

2011

MSc - Energy for Sustainability

Numerical modeling of a solar thermal

energy storage system (PCM Shutter)

2012

Experimental and numerical

evaluation of a masonry

wall solution with PCMs

PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/51640/2011 supported by FCT

+

Thermal energy storage with PCMs towards buildings’ energy efficiency

Experimental study of

the heat transfer through

a vertical stack of

rectangular cavities filled

with different PCMs