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Mafalda Gonçalves is a Ph.D. student at the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) at the University of Aveiro. In the broad mechanical engineering field, her research focuses on the design of mechanical tests for material characterization and model calibration procedures. Her work reflects her interests in the design by topology optimization, the finite element method, numerical simulation and optimization techniques. Mafalda has presented her work at more than 10 conferences and contributed to the field with publications in 4 international journals. She has a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering (2020) and continues her academic journey as a student in the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mafalda Pereira Gonçalves

Citation names

  • Gonçalves, M.
  • Mafalda Gonçalves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6C1F-3618-4956
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7186-0954
Google Scholar ID
EaKzkGMAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id
57539801100

Email addresses

  • mafalda.goncalves@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação (TEMA), Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11 - 2025
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Design of a novel heterogeneous mechanical test using topology optimization for sheet metal characterization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/01/25 - 2021/01/29
Concluded
 Course on Digital Image Correlation (DIC) (Outros)
MatchID - Metrology beyond colors, Belgium
2015/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
 Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Development of topology optimization methodologies for a modular simulation platform" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/11 - Current Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - 2023/12 Invited Ph.D student Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme, France
Université Bretagne Sud, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/05/01 - 2025/04/30 Design of novel heterogeneous thermomechanical tests using topology-based optimization methodologies
UI/BD/151257/2021
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/11/16 - 2021/04/30 VForm-xSteels: Toward virtual forming and design - Thermomechanical characterization of advanced high strength steels through fullfield measurements and a single designed test
BI-14_DEM_TEMA_2020_VForm-xSteels
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal
 Research Fund for Coal and Steel
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/06 - 2022/05 Rumo ao projeto e à conformação virtuais: Caracterização termomecânica de aços de alto desempenho através de medidas de campo global e do desenvolvimento de um ensaio único
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EME-APL/29713/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Gonçalves, M.; J. Ferreira. "Implementação do algoritmo Ant Colony Optimization em problemas distintos — Minimização do custo energético de uma padaria e minimização do tempo de espera na Reitoria". In Otimização Não-Linear em Engenharia Trabalhos e Aplicações 2019/2020, edited by A. Gil Andrade-Campos; João Dias-de-Oliveira. Portugal, 2020.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Gonçalves, Mafalda; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, Mafalda. "Inverse identification of anisotropic plasticity model parameters using FEMU and a heterogeneous test". Paper presented in 28th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, 2025.
    Submitted
  2. Lisa Germain; Mafalda Gonçalves; A. Andrade-Campos; Sandrine Thuillier. "Virtual forming based on model calibration from heterogeneous tests". Paper presented in 28th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, 2025.
    Submitted
  3. Gonçalves, Mafalda; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, Mafalda. "Towards a novel mechanical test for accurately characterizing sheet metals". Paper presented in Research Summit 2024, Aveiro, 2024.
    Published
  4. Gonçalves, Mafalda; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, Mafalda. "Experimental analysis of heterogeneous mechanical tests for sheet metals". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions - TEchMA2024, Aveiro, 2024.
    Published
  5. Villalba Rama, Diego; Gonçalves, Mafalda; Dias-de-Oliveira, João; A. Andrade-Campos; Valente, Robertt; J. París; F. Navarrina. "Topology Optimization in the design of stress-constrained compliant mechanisms". Paper presented in ECCOMAS Congress 2024 - 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Lisbon, 2024.
  6. Gonçalves, M.; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M.. "Ranking heterogeneous mechanical tests for the characterization of sheet metal behavior". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  7. Gonçalves, M.; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M.. "The influence of symmetry boundary conditions in the design of heterogeneous mechanical tests using topology optimization". Paper presented in ECCOMAS 7th Young Investigators Conference 2023, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  8. Villalba Rama, Diego; Gonçalves, M.; Dias-de-Oliveira, João; A. Andrade-Campos; Valente, Robertt. Corresponding author: Villalba Rama, Diego. "Isogeometric-based topology optimization in the design of compliant mechanisms". Paper presented in ECCOMAS 7th Young Investigators Conference 2023, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  9. Gonçalves, M.; Oliveira, M.G.; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M.. "Selecting a heterogeneous mechanical test for sheet metal characterization". Paper presented in TEchMA2023 – 6th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  10. Gonçalves, M.; A. Andrade-Campos; S. Thuillier. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M.. "On the topology design of an innovative heterogeneous mechanical test for material mechanical characterization". Paper presented in Research Summit 2022, 2022.
    Published
  11. Gonçalves, M.; S. Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. "A nonlinear topology-based optimization approach for the design of a heterogeneous mechanical test". Paper presented in TEchMA2022 - 5th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, 2022.
    Published • 10.48528/2smr-sn15
  12. Gonçalves, M.. "On the design of mechanical heterogeneous specimens using both parametric and topology optimization". Paper presented in XVI International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications (COMPLAS 2021), Barcelona, 2021.
    Published
  13. Gonçalves, M.. "Design of novel heterogeneous thermomechanical tests using topology-based optimization methodologies". Paper presented in Research Summit 2021, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  14. Gonçalves, Mafalda. "Design of novel heterogeneous thermomechanical tests using topology-based optimization methodologies: motivation and prominence". Paper presented in TEchMA2021 - 4th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  15. Gonçalves, Mafalda. "Topology optimization of thermoelastic structural problems using a new bidirectional algorithm". Paper presented in TEchMA2021 - 4th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Gonçalves, Mafalda; Briag Guegan; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Gil Andrade-Campos. "Experimental investigation of heterogeneous mechanical tests". Paper presented in ESAFORM 2024 - 27th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, Toulouse, 2024.
    Published
  2. Andrade-Campos, António; Afonso Campos; João Diogo Henriques; Lúcius Filho; Marcos Túlio; Mariana Conde; Gonçalves, Mafalda; Pedro A. Prates; Rúben Lourenço. "VForm-xSteels: Virtual materials database". Paper presented in Interna, 2024.
    Published
  3. Gonçalves, M.; Oliveira, M.G.; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M.. "On the comparison of heterogeneous mechanical tests for sheet metal characterization". Paper presented in International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, Cracóvia, 2023.
    Published • 10.21741/9781644902479-123
Conference poster
  1. Gonçalves, Mafalda; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. "Advancing Material Testing: experimental insights into heterogeneous mechanical tests". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024.
  2. Gonçalves, M.; Sandrine Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. "Enhancing sheet metal behavior characterization: KPIs for ranking advanced mechanical tests". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 - Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal, 2023.
  3. Gonçalves, M.; Sandrine Thuillier; Andrade-Campos, António. "Design of a heterogeneous mechanical test using a nonlinear topology optimization approach". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2022 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2022.
Journal article
  1. M. Gonçalves; M.G. Oliveira; S. Thuillier; A. Andrade-Campos. "Key performance indicators for heterogeneous mechanical tests". International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108821.
    10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108821
  2. M. Gonçalves; A. Andrade-Campos; B. Barroqueiro. "On the design of mechanical heterogeneous specimens using multilevel topology optimization". Advances in Engineering Software (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2022.103314.
    10.1016/j.advengsoft.2022.103314
  3. Villalba, D.; Gonçalves, M.; Dias-de-Oliveira, J.; Andrade-Campos, A.; Valente, R.. "IGA-based topology optimization in the design of stress-constrained compliant mechanisms". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 66 12 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85177427011&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00158-023-03697-4
  4. Mafalda Gonçalves; António Andrade-Campos; Sandrine Thuillier. "On the Design of a Heterogeneous Mechanical Test Using a Nonlinear Topology Optimization Approach". Key Engineering Materials (2022): https://doi.org/10.4028/p-6rou28.
    10.4028/p-6rou28
  5. Gonçalves, M.; Andrade-Campos, A; Thuillier, S. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M.. "On the topology design of a mechanical heterogeneous specimen using geometric and material nonlinearities". IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1238 1 (2022): 012055. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1238/1/012055.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899x/1238/1/012055
  6. Andrade-Campos, A; Bastos, N; Conde, M; Gonçalves, M; Henriques, J; Lourenço, R; Martins, J M P; et al. "On the inverse identification methods for forming plasticity models using full-field measurements". IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1238 1 (2022): 012059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1238/1/012059.
    Published • 10.1088/1757-899x/1238/1/012059
  7. Gonçalves, Mafalda; Dias-de-Oliveira, João A.; Valente, Robertt. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, Mafalda. "A new bidirectional algorithm for topology optimization of thermoelastic structural problems". International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10999-022-09591-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s10999-022-09591-z
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gonçalves, Mafalda. "Development of topology optimization methodologies for a modular simulation platform". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/31314.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07 Towards a novel mechanical test for accurately characterizing sheet metals Research Summit 2024
2024/06 Experimental analysis of heterogeneous mechanical tests for sheet metals 7th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
2024/04 Experimental investigation of heterogeneous mechanical tests 27th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming
(Toulouse, France)
2023/07 Ranking heterogeneous mechanical tests for the characterization of sheet metal behavior Research Summit 2023
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/06 The influence of symmetry boundary conditions in the design of heterogeneous mechanical tests using topology optimization YIC 2023 - VII ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/06 Isogeometric-based topology optimization in the design of compliant mechanisms YIC 2023 - VII ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/05 Selecting a heterogeneous mechanical test for sheet metal characterization TEchMA2023 – 6th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/04 On the comparison of heterogeneous mechanical tests for sheet metal characterization ESAFORM 2023 - 26th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming
(Cracóvia, Poland)
2022/07 On the topology design of an innovative heterogeneous mechanical test for material mechanical characterization Research Summit 2022
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/06 On the topology design of a mechanical heterogeneous specimen using geometric and material nonlinearities IDDRG 2022 - 41st International Deep Drawing Research Group Conference
(Lorient, France)
2022/05 A nonlinear topology-based optimization approach for the design of a heterogeneous mechanical test TEchMA2022 - 5th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/04 On the design of a heterogeneous mechanical test using a nonlinear topology optimization approach 25th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming
(Braga, Portugal)
2021/09 On the design of mechanical heterogeneous specimens using both parametric and topology optimization XVI International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications (COMPLAS 2021)
(Barcelona, Spain)
2021/07 Design of novel heterogeneous thermomechanical tests using topology-based optimization methodologies Research Summit 2021
University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2021/01 Design of novel heterogeneous thermomechanical tests using topology-based optimization methodologies: motivation and prominence TEchMA2021 - 4th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/01 Topology optimization of thermoelastic structural problems using a new bidirectional algorithm TEchMA2021 - 4th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/21 Mini-symposia "Advanced numerical strategies and inverse methodologies for material characterization" in the VII ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference 2023. (2023/06/19)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/07 - 2023/07 Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Symposium
Conference
 Research Summit 2023
2023/05 - 2023/05 Co-chair of the Mini-symposia "Advanced numerical strategies and inverse methodologies for material characterization"
Conference
 YIC 2023 - VII ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Communication Award
ESAFORM - European Scientific Association for Material Forming, France
2020 Prémio Fundação Engenheiro António Pascoal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015 Prémio Fundação Engenheiro António Pascoal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 ESAFORM Mobility grant
ESAFORM - European Scientific Association for Material Forming, France