Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- JOÃO PEDRO SOUSA FERREIRA
Citation names
- Ferreira, João
- Ferreira, João Pedro
- João Pedro Ferreira
- João Pedro Sousa Ferreira
- J. P. S. Ferreira
- JPS Ferreira
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3619-AFD1-9637
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4310-2915
- Google Scholar ID
- 4evUtFkAAAAJ&hl
- Researcher Id
- G-9796-2016
- Scopus Author Id
- 57193092231
Email addresses
- j.ferreira@fe.up.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial. Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015
Concluded
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Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"A cell-based approach to early detect female pelvic organ prolapse" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014
Concluded
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Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Projecto e Construção Mecânica
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Elasto-plastic analysis of structures using an isogeometric formulation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/03/27 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto, Portugal | ||
2019/01/07 - 2021/07/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, United States |
Case Western Reserve University, United States | ||
2014/09/01 - 2015/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017 - Current | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2016/09/01 - 2020/02/29 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2011/09/01 - 2013/07/31 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/03 - 2024/03 | Novel pre-tensioned cog threads for transvaginal repair of anterior and posterior compartment prolapse<br>
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EMD-EMD/2229/2020
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29 | Cyclic loading effects in bladder cancer cells
PTDC/EME-APL/1342/2020
Principal investigator
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/03 - 2024/02 | Cyclic loading effects in bladder cancer cells
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EME-APL/1342/2020
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2021/01/01 - 2021/06/30 | Generative Adversarial Networks for the material characterisation of biological tissues
CPCA/A0/7363/2020
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018/06 - 2021/05 | A biomechanical approach to improve childbirth outcomes
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EME-EME/30062/2017
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2016/01 - 2019/12 | A cell-based approach to early detect female pelvic floor disorders
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/107860/2015
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 | Novel pre-tensioned cog threads for transvaginal repair of anterior and posterior compartment prolapse<br>
PTDC/EMD-EMD/2229/2020
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31 | A biomechanical approach to improve childbirth outcomes
PTDC/EME-EME/30062/2017
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2016/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | A cell-based approach to early detect female pelvic floor disorders
SFRH/BD/107860/2015
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Provisional application for patent |
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Other
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Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/09 | Investigating the nanomechanical properties of living smooth muscle cells by atomic force microscopy | XV International Conference on Computational Plasticity
(Barcelona, Spain)
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2019/05 | Stiffness of vaginal smooth muscle cells: Loxl1 knockout vs wildtype | American Urology Association, AUA2019
(Chicago, United States)
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2018/07 | Modelling of cross-linking dynamics in actomyosin networks | 10th European Solid Mechanics Conference
(Bologne, Italy)
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2018/07 | A biomechanical model for actomyosin networks | 8th World Congress on Biomechanics, WCB2018 |
2017/09 | Continuum mechanical model for cross-linked actin networks with contractile bundles | XIV International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS2017
(Barcelona, Spain)
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2017/06 | Continuum mechanical model for cross-linked actin networks with contractile bundles | 2nd Doctoral Congress of Engineering, DCE2017
(Porto, Portugal)
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2016/06 | Strongly-objective modeling of fibre-reinforced hyperelastic materials, | Mechanical Engineering Conference, CEM2016
(Porto, Portugal)
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2016/06 | Modeling of Soft Tissues with Damage | 1st International Conference on Materials Design and Applications, MDA2016
(Porto, Portugal)
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2015/07 | Stem Cells Mechanics on regenerative procedures: a preliminary computational study of the actin network behaviour | 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, M2D2015
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
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2015/06 | Fibre Reinforcement in Living Cells: a Preliminary Study of the F-actin Filaments | 4th International Conference on Tissue Engineering, ICTE2015
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2015/05 | A preliminary computational study of the actin network passive behaviour. | III LAETA Young Researchers Meeting.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/09 | Elasto-plastic analysis of structures using an Isogeometric Formulation | International Conference of the International Journal of Structural Integrity
(Funchal, Portugal)
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2013/10 | Injury simulation of anterior cruciate ligament using isogeometric analysis | International Conference on computational and experimental biomedical sciences
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
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2013/02 | Análise do campo de deformações nos ligamentos cruzados joelho com formulação isogeométrica | 5 Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica
(Espinho, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/02/01 - Current | Tensile response of shoulder ligaments
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2023/02/01 - Current | Identification of ulcers and erosions in capsule endoscopy
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2023/02/01 - Current | Development of Artificial Intelligence models for detection of anatomic region from a capsule endoscopy video
Supervisor
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Bioengenharia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2023/02/01 - Current | Desenvolvimento plataforma de projetos Engenharia
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2023/02/01 - Current | Prediction of surface properties from nanoindentations using neural networks
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/09/06 - Current | Physics-informed prediction models for personalized breast cancer treatments
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2019/11/01 - Current | Topology optimization of structures using evolutionary algorithms with additive manufactur- ing applications
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/09/11 | Prediction of stress-strain curves in multi-phase materials under tension using machine learning
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/09/09 | Development of a microstructure-based deep model to predict uniaxial tension response of anisotropic materials
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Specialization course)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/03/02 - 2022/07/31 | 3D-printing of alginate-based hydrogels for skin wounds
Co-supervisor
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Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/30 | Development of 3D-printed hydrogel scaffolds for wound care bandages
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Specialization course)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/06/30 | Blood detection from capsule endoscopy images using convolutional neural networks
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Specialization course)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/06/30 | Stiffness extraction from atomic force microscopy curves using neural networks
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Specialization course)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/01/02 - 2022/06/30 | Modeling of surface adhesion in smooth muscle cells
Supervisor
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Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2022/01/02 - 2022/06/30 | Microstructure-driven predictions of materials under tension: a machine learning approach
Supervisor
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Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2021/02/06 - 2021/06/30 | Gastrointestinal tract chyme propulsion in patients with gastrointestinal limitations
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 | Fiber recruitment of the bladder during filling
Supervisor
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Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020/02/01 - 2020/07/31 | Biomechanical Study of the Shoulder Joint Complex and Associated Injuries
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020/02/01 - 2020/06/30 | Biomechanical Simulation of the Damage on the ACL in Injury Related Movements
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021/09/01 - 2022/05/06 | Co-chair of the 5th Meeting of the Young Researchers of LAETA (2022/05/05) | |
2017/04/02 - 2017/06/09 | Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2017 (2017/06/08 - 2017/06/09)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2015/04/01 - 2015/06/12 | Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2015 (2015/06/11 - 2015/06/12)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/10/12 - Current | Onsite Experience at Intelligent Health AI 2021 Conference
Conference
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4th annual Intelligent Health 2021 |
2021/06/08 - Current | Presentations attendance in Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2021 | Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2021
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/02/16 - 2022/02/19 | Presentations attendance in the 17th Congress of European Crohn¿s and Colitis Organisation
Congress
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17th Congress of ECCO Virtual |
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/27 | Presentations attendance in the 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting
Meeting
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2021 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting |
2021/09/07 - 2021/09/09 | Presentations attendance in the 17th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
and the 5th Conference on Imaging and Visualization
Symposium
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17th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and the 5th Conference on Imaging and Visualization |
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/08 | Course Atomic Force Microscopy applied to Life Sciences
Workshop
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Course Atomic Force Microscopy applied to Life Sciences
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação Formação Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto, Portugal
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2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 | From Pixels to Features to Learning Models: Image Processing, Computer Vision and Deep Learning in MATLAB.
MATLAB for Data Analysis, Visualization, Algorithm and Application Development and Deployment.
Seminar
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MATLAB instructional sessions at Cleveland Clinic |
2016/11/17 - 2016/11/17 | 2nd Annual MCBiology Symposium: Orchestrating life, from molecules to cells
Symposium
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2nd Annual MCBiology Symposium: Orchestrating life, from molecules to cells
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2016/07/04 - 2016/07/08 | 7th Summer School on Biomechanics of Soft Tissues: Multiscale Modeling, Simulation, and Applications
Other
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7th Summer School on Biomechanics of Soft Tissues: Multiscale Modeling, Simulation, and Applications
Technische Universität Graz, Austria
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021/11/03 | Numerical modelling of the human inner ear: associated pathologies and therapies
(Thesis) Arguer
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Bruno André Faria Areias (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/09/23 | Multi-Scale Analysis of Martensitic Transformation Based on Second-Order Homogenisation
(Thesis) Main arguer
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João Araújo Marques da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/09/20 | Optimization of Parameters for Injection Grade Highly Filled Materials
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Francisco Miguel Peixoto Lopes Teixeira (Master) |
2021/09/20 | Analysis on the dynamic load of an industrial robot and dimensioning of a corresponding modular structure
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Alexandre Jorge Rebelo Matos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/07/07 | Fiber recruitment of the bladder during filling
Supervisor
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Nuno Filipe Barros (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/07/07 | Gastrointestinal Tract Chyme Propulsion in Patients with Gastrointestinal Limitations
Supervisor
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Mariana Rocha Carvalho (Master) |
2020/10/07 | Detection of production defects using Machine Learning-based Image Classification Algorithms
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Pedro Miguel Pinto da Cunha Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020/10/02 | Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics aplicada ao processo de extrusão de alumínio
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Clara Mendes Barros (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020/09/12 | Finite Element Analysis of Molded Paper Pulp Packaging ABAQUS/EXPLICT
(Thesis) Main arguer
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André João Amaral dos Santos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021 - Current | Medical Engineering & Physics | |
2021 - Current | Tissue and Cell | |
2020 - Current | Journal of Biomechanics | |
2020 - Current | World Journal of Surgical Oncology | |
2020 - Current | Acta Biomaterialia | |
2020 - Current | Augmented Human Research | |
2020 - Current | Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering | |
2019 - Current | Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology | |
2017 - Current | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Part L |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2013/02 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2021/12 - 2022/05 | Project DigestAID realtime - real-time frame classification of endoscopic video pipes | Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal |
2021/11 - 2022/03 | Project DigestAID dataset - data preparation for data science and machine learning applications | Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal |
2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 | Consulting services on structural integrity and numerical modeling for the integration of a biomechanical product. | Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2020/02/01 - 2022/07/31 | Computer Programming | Computer Programming (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2020/09/01 - 2022/02/28 | Technical Drawing | Technical Drawing (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2021/02/01 - 2021/07/31 | Mechanical construction drawing | Mechanical construction drawing (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2020/09/01 - 2021/01/31 | Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry | Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2019/09/01 - 2020/07/31 | Mechanics II | Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2018/09/01 - 2019/02/28 | Structural Mechanics I | Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2017/09/01 - 2018/07/31 | Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing | Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2021/10/15 - Current | Main arguer in the Ph.D. proposal of Ana Rita Moura, entitled "Biomechanics of female trauma during childbirth." | |
2020/10/02 - 2020/10/02 | Main arguer in the Ph.D. proposal of Daniel Fidalgo, entitled "Biomechanics of the Cervix Towards Prevention of Spontaneous Preterm Birth." | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2020 | NVIDIA Academic Grant |
2019 | AUA 2019 Basic Sciences Symposium Travel Award
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, United States
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Other distinction
2019 | Fulbright Grant with the support of FCT
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
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