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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANDRÉ FILIPE GOMES PEREIRA

Citation names

  • Pereira A.F.G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9915-FCCB-E742

Email addresses

  • andre.pereira@uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
Education
Degree Classification
2014/09/22 - 2019/03/12
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento)
Major in Production Technologies
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"On the Constitutive Parameters Identification of Metal Sheets. Bulge, Shear and Tensile Tests" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 - Approved with praise and distinction
2013/09 - 2016/06
Concluded
 German Language and Culture (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 18
2008/09 - 2014/01
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Production and Project
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"New methods for determining the kinematic hardening law of sheet metals" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2012/01 - 2012/12
Concluded
 English Language Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/07 - 2022/07 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/12 - 2015/03 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/01 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02 - 2022/08 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/08 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/08 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/08 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/01 - 2019/03 Representative of Mechanical Engineering PhD Students Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10 - 2023/05 Consultancy Kaiser Aluminum, United States
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/06 - 2021/10 Consultancy Crown Holdings Inc, United States
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/04 Service Agreement Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/03 - 2019/02 Constitutive Parameters Identification of Metal Sheets Using Bulge and Shear Tests
SFRH/BD/102519/2014
PhD Student Fellow
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/12 - 2015/02 Mechanical modelling and numerical simulation of the behavior of carbon nanotubes
PTDC/EME-TME/122472/2010
Research Fellow
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - Current Smart Design, Optimization and Control of Sheet Metal Bending Processes
2023.14606.PEX
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01 - Current Financing of the R&D Units, CEMMPRE (Base Financing)
UIDB/00285/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01 - Current Financing of the R&D Units, CEMMPRE (Programmatic Financing)
UIDP/00285/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07 - Current EZ-SHEET: Easy-to-Use Strategy for the Accurate Material Description in Sheet Metal Forming
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031216
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Advanced Production and Intelligent Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0112/2020
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal

Instituto para a Sustentabilidade e Inovação em Estruturas de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2025/02/01 Stochastic Modelling and Uncertainty Quantification in Sheet Metal Forming Processes
2022.02370.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal

Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes
UID/EMS/00285/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. A. Sakharova, Nataliya; M. Antunes, Jorge; F.G. Pereira, André; M. Chaparro, Bruno; V. Fernandes, José. "Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Boron Nitride Nanosheets and Nanotubes". In Boron, Boron Compounds and Boron-Based Materials and Structures. IntechOpen, 2024.
    10.5772/intechopen.111868
  2. Sakharova N.A. ; Antunes J.M. ; Pereira A.F.G. ; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "The Effect of Vacancy Defects on the Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Numerical Simulation Study". In Mechanical and Materials Engineering of Modern Structure and Component Design, 323-339. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-19443-1_26
Conference abstract
  1. P. A. Prates; Mitreiro, Dário; João Marques; Pereira A.F.G.; A. Andrade-Campos. "Evaluating the Impact of 3D Constitutive Models on Predictive Performance of XGBoost for Material Parameter Identification". Paper presented in 28th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2025, Salerno, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Parreira, Tomás G.; Cruz, Daniel J.; Pedro A. Prates; Marta Cristina Cardoso Oliveira; Diogo Neto; Abel Santos; José Valdemar Bidarra Fernandes; Pereira A.F.G.. "Uncertainty Analysis in Sheet Metal Forming Processes: Troubleshooting with Machine Learning.". Paper presented in 28th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2025, Salerno, 2025.
    Accepted
  3. N.A. Sakharova; J.M. Antunes; Pereira, A.F.G.; Fernandes, José Valdemar. "Mechanical Properties of Two-Dimensional Metal Nitrides: Numerical Simulation Study". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACEX2024, Barcelona, 2024.
    Published
  4. N.A. Sakharova; Jorge M. Antunes; Pereira, A.F.G.; Fernandes, José Valdemar. Corresponding author: N.A. Sakharova. "Numerical simulation study of the elastic properties of singe-walled silicon carbide nanotubes". Paper presented in 16th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACEX 2023, Heraklion, Crete, 2023.
    Published
  5. N.A. Sakharova; Antunes, J.M.; Pereira, A.F.G.. "Numerical Simulation Study on Elastic Properties of Aluminium Nitride, Gallium Nitride, Indium Nitride Nanotubes and Nanosheets". Paper presented in 15th International (Hybrid) Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACEX 2022, Florence, 2022.
    Published
  6. Oliveira M.C.; Neto D.M. ; Pereira A.F.G.; Alves J.L.; Menezes L.F.. "Evaluating the influence of the deformation of the forming tools in the thickness distribution along the wall of a cylindrical cup". Paper presented in 1st International Deep Drawing Research Group Conference, Lorient, 2022.
    Accepted
  7. Cruz D.J.; Pereira A.F.G.; Simões V.M.; Amaral R.L.; Santos A.D.; Oliveira M.C.. "Modelling the work hardening behavior of Metallic Sheets submitted to Tension- Compression or Simple Shear Reverse Loadings". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Engineering Manufacture, Porto, 2022.
    Accepted
  8. N.A. Sakharova; Antunes, J.M.; Pereira, A.F.G.; Fernandes, José Valdemar. "On Determination of Elastic Properties of III Group Elements - Phosphide Nanotubes: Numerical Simulation Study". Paper presented in 14th International (Hybrid) Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACEX 2021, 2021.
    Published
  9. Marques A.E.; Pereira A.F.G.; Ribeiro B.M.; Prates P.A.. "On the Identification of Material Constitutive Model Parameters using Machine Learning Algorithms". Paper presented in 25th International Conference in Material Forming, Braga, 2021.
    Accepted
  10. Cruz D.J.; Pereira A.F.G.; Simões V.M.; Amaral R.L; Santos A.D.; Oliveira M.C.. "Work Hardening of Metallic Sheets under Tension-Compression and Simple Shear Reverse Loading". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Material Forming, Braga, 2021.
    Published
  11. Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.; Prates P.A.. "Variance-based sensitivity analysis of the biaxial test on a cruciform specimen". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Material Forming, Braga, 2021.
    Published
  12. Marques A.E.; Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Machine Learning for Predicting Defects in Sheet Metal Forming under Uncertainty". Paper presented in Conference: 14th World Congress in Computational Mechanics (WCCM), Paris, 2020.
    Published
  13. Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Fernandes J.V.; Sakharova N.A.. "On the development of dataset supported strategies for the constitutive parameters identification of metal sheets". Paper presented in XVI International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications, Barcelona, 2020.
    Published
  14. Pereira A.F.G.; Ruivo M.F.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.; Prates P.A.. "Numerical study of the square cup stamping process: a stochastic analysis". Paper presented in 24th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2021, Liège, 2020.
    Published
  15. Sakharova N.A.; Antunes J.M.; Pereira A.F.G.; Chaparro B.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Elastic properties of carbon nanotubes and their heterojunctions". Paper presented in XIV International Conference on Computational Plasticity: fundamentals and applications, Barcelona, 2017.
    Published
  16. Sakharova N.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes J.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Numerical simulation on the mechanical behaviour of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACE-X, Split, 2016.
    Published
  17. Sakharova N.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes J.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Numerical simulation of the mechanical behaviour of single-walled carbon nanotubes heterojunctions". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACE-X, Munich, 2015.
    Published
  18. Sakharova N.A.; Antunes, J.M.; Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "The Effect of Vacancy Defects on the Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Numerical Simulation Study". Paper presented in Conference: 8th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACE-X, Paris, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Prates, P.A.; Pinto J.; Marques J.; Pereira A.F.G.; Andrade-Campos A.. "Influence Of Data Filtering And Noise On The Calibration Of Constitutive Models Using Machine Learning Techniques". Paper presented in ESAFORM 2024, Toulouse, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Pereira A.F.G.; P. A. Prates; Parreira T.G.; Oliveira M.C.. "Influence of the Sheet Thickness Variability on the Deep Drawing of a Cylindrical Cup.". Paper presented in ESAFORM 2024, Toulouse, 2024.
    Accepted
  3. Pereira A.F.G.; Marques A.E.; Oliveira M.C.; P.A. Prates. "Sensitivity analysis of the of the square cup stamping process using a polynomial chaos expansion". Krakow, 2023.
    Published • 10.21741/9781644902479-129
  4. Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.; Prates P.A. "Variance-based sensitivity analysis of the biaxial test on a cruciform specimen". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Material Forming, Braga, 2022.
    Accepted
  5. Cruz D.J.; Pereira A.F.G.; Simões V.M.; Amaral R.L.; Santos A.D.; Oliveira M.C.. "Work Hardening of Metallic Sheets under Tension-Compression and Simple Shear Reverse Loading". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Material Forming, Braga, 2022.
    Accepted
  6. Marques A.E.; Pereira A.F.G.; Ribeiro B.M.; Prates P.A.. "On the Identification of Material Constitutive Model Parameters using Machine Learning Algorithms". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Material Forming, Braga, 2022.
    Accepted
  7. Pereira A.F.G.; Ruivo M.F.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.; Prates, P.A.. "Numerical study of the square cup stamping process: a stochastic analysis". Paper presented in 24th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2021, Liège, 2021.
    Published • 10.25518/esaform21.2158
  8. Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Fernandes J.V.; Sakharova N.A.. "On the development of dataset supported strategies for the constitutive parameters identification of metal sheets". Paper presented in XVI International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications, Barcelona, 2021.
    Published • 10.23967/complas.2021.056
  9. Marques A.E.; Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Hole Expansion Tests of Metal Sheets: Numerical Study.". Paper presented in 3rd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  10. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Identification of the work hardening parameters using the bulge test with elliptical and circular dies". Paper presented in Conference: 2nd Doctoral Congress of Engineering (DCE17), Porto, 2017.
    Published
  11. Sakharova N.A.; Antunes J.M.; Pereira A.F.G.; Chaparro B.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Elastic properties of carbon nanotubes and their heterojunctions". Paper presented in Conference: XIV international conference on computational plasticity, Barcelona, 2017.
    Published
  12. Prates P.A.; Adaixo A.S.; Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "On the influence of mechanical properties variability in the robustness of sheet metal forming processes.". Paper presented in Eccomas Thematic Conference on Computational Modelling of Multi-Uncertainty and Multiscale Problems (COMUS17), Porto, 2017.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Pedro Prates; André Pereira. Recent Advances and Applications of Machine Learning in Metal Forming Processes. MDPI AG. 2022.
    Published • 10.3390/met12081342 • Editor
Journal article
  1. Marques, Armando E.; Parreira, Tomás G.; Pereira A.F.G.; Ribeiro, Bernardete M.; Pedro A. Prates. "Machine Learning Application to the Identification of Sheet Metal Constitutive Model Parameters". Machine Learning for Computational Science and Engineering (2024):
    Accepted
  2. Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes, Jorge M.. "Mechanical Properties of Two-Dimensional Metal Nitrides: Numerical Simulation Study". Nanomaterials 14 21 (2024): 1736. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14211736.
    10.3390/nano14211736
  3. Marques, Armando E.; Parreira, Tomás G.; Pereira A.F.G.; Ribeiro, Bernardete M.; Prates, Pedro A.. "Machine learning applications in sheet metal constitutive Modelling: A review". International Journal of Solids and Structures 303 (2024): 113024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.113024.
    10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.113024
  4. Sakharova, Nataliya; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes, Jorge M.; B.M. Chaparro; Parreira, Tomás G.; Fernandes, José Valdemar. "On the determination of elastic properties of single-walled nitride nanotubes using numerical simulation". Materials (2024):
    Under revision • https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17102444
  5. Parreira, Tomás G.; Marques, Armando E.; Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Prates, Pedro A.; Pereira, André F. G.. "Identification of Sheet Metal Constitutive Parameters Using Metamodeling of the Biaxial Tensile Test on a Cruciform Specimen". Metals 14 2 (2024): 212. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met14020212.
    10.3390/met14020212
  6. Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Antunes, Jorge M.; Pereira, André F. G.; Chaparro, Bruno M.; Parreira, Tomás G.; Fernandes, José V.. "Numerical Evaluation of the Elastic Moduli of AlN and GaN Nanosheets". Materials 17 4 (2024): 799. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma17040799.
    10.3390/ma17040799
  7. Parreira, Tomás G.; Rodrigues ,D. C.; Marta Cristina Cardoso Oliveira; A. Sakharova, Nataliya; Pedro A. Prates; Pereira A.F.G.. "Sensitivity Analysis of the Square Cup Forming Process Using PAWN and Sobol Indices". Metals 14 4 (2024): 432.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/met14040432
  8. Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Pereira, André F. G.; Antunes, Jorge M.. "A Study of the Mechanical Behaviour of Boron Nitride Nanosheets Using Numerical Simulation". Nanomaterials 13 20 (2023): 2759. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13202759.
    10.3390/nano13202759
  9. Fernandes, José V.; Pereira, André F. G.; Antunes, Jorge M.; Chaparro, Bruno M.; Sakharova, Nataliya A.. "Numerical Simulation Study of the Mechanical Behaviour of 1D and 2D Germanium Carbide and Tin Carbide Nanostructures". Materials 16 15 (2023): 5484. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16155484.
    10.3390/ma16155484
  10. Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes, Jorge M.; Chaparro, Bruno M.; Fernandes, José V.. "On the Determination of Elastic Properties of Indium Nitride Nanosheets and Nanotubes by Numerical Simulation". Metals 13 1 (2022): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met13010073.
    10.3390/met13010073
  11. Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Pereira, André F. G.; Antunes, Jorge M.. "Elastic Moduli of Non-Chiral Singe-Walled Silicon Carbide Nanotubes: Numerical Simulation Study". Materials 15 22 (2022): 8153. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15228153.
    10.3390/ma15228153
  12. Antunes, Jorge M.; Pereira, André F. G.; Sakharova, Nataliya A.. "Overview on the Evaluation of the Elastic Properties of Non-Carbon Nanotubes by Theoretical Approaches". Materials 15 9 (2022): 3325. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15093325.
    10.3390/ma15093325
  13. Habraken A.M.; Aksen T. A.; Alves J.L.; Amaral R.L.; Betaieb E.; Chandola N.; Corallo L.; et al. "Analysis of ESAFORM 2021 cup drawing benchmark of an Al alloy, critical factors for accuracy and efficiency of FE simulations". International Journal of Material Forming (2022):
    Accepted
  14. Sakharova N.A; Antunes J.M.; Pereira A.F.G.; Chaparro B.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "On the Determination of Elastic Properties of Single-Walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes by Numerical Simulation". Materials 14 12 (2021):
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ma14123183
  15. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Inverse identification of the work hardening law from circular and elliptical bulge tests". Journal of Materials Processing Technology (2020): 116573-116573.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2019.116573
  16. Marques A.E.; Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.; Ribeiro B.M.. "Performance Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Regression Models for Uncertainty Analysis of Sheet Metal Forming Processes". Metals 10 4 (2020): 457.
    Published • 10.3390/met10040457
  17. Sakharova N.A.; Pereira A.F.; Antunes J.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Mechanical characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Numerical simulation study". Materials 13 19 (2020):
    Published • 10.3390/MA13194283
  18. Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes J.M.; Fernandes J.V.; Sakharova N.A.. "Mechanical characterisation of single-walled carbon nanotube heterojunctions: Numerical simulation study". Materials 13 22 (2020): 1-30.
    Published • 10.3390/ma13225100
  19. Marques A.E.; Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Sakharova N.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Numerical study on the forming behaviour of multilayer sheets". Metals 10 6 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085606737&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3390/met10060716
  20. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Normal stress components during shear tests of metal sheets". International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 164 (2019): 105169-105169.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2019.105169
  21. Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Analytical sensitivity matrix for the inverse identification of hardening parameters of metal sheets". European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 75 (2019): 205-215.
    Published • 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2019.01.010
  22. Sakharova, Nataliya A.; Pereira, André F.G.; Antunes, Jorge M.; Fernandes, José Valdemar. "Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical Behaviour of the Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes". Journal of Nano Research 47 - (2017): 106-119.
    Published • 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.47.106
  23. A. Sakharova, Nataliya; M. Antunes, Jorge; F. G. Pereira, Andre; V. Fernandes, Jose. "Developments in the evaluation of elastic properties of carbon nanotubes and their heterojunctions by numerical simulation". AIMS Materials Science 4 3 (2017): 706-737.
    Published • 10.3934/matersci.2017.3.706
  24. Sakharova N.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes J.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Heterojunctions". Journal of Nano Research 38 - (2016): 73-87.
    Published • 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.38.73
  25. Pereira A.F.G.; Fernandes J.V.; Antunes J.M.; Sakharova N.A.. "Shear modulus and Poisson's ratio of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Numerical evaluation". physica status solidi (b) 253 2 (2016): 366-376.
    Published • 10.1002/pssb.201552320
  26. Sakharova N.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes J.M.; Fernandes J.V.. "Numerical simulation study of the elastic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes containing vacancy defects". Composites Part B: Engineering 89 - (2016): 155-168.
    Published • 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.11.029
  27. Prates P.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Sakharova N.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Inverse Strategies for Identifying the Parameters of Constitutive Laws of Metal Sheets". Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 2016 - (2016): 1-18.
    Published • 10.1155/2016/4152963
  28. Sakharova N.A.; Pereira A.F.G.; Antunes J.M.; Brett C.M.A.; Fernandes J.V.. "Mechanical characterization of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Numerical simulation study". Composites Part B: Engineering 75 - (2015): 73-85.
    Published • 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.01.014
  29. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.; Sakharova N.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "On the identification of kinematic hardening with reverse shear test". Engineering with Computers 31 4 (2014): 681-690.
    Published • 10.1007/s00366-014-0369-7
Journal issue
  1. Pereira A.F.G.; P. A. Prates. "Applications of Machine Learning in Forming Processes". Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (2023): https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/60832/applications-of-machine-learning-in-forming-processes.
    Invited editor
  2. A. Sakharova, Nataliya; Pereira A.F.G.. "Structure, Properties, and Applications of Carbon and Non-carbon Nanotubes". Materials (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/noncarbon_nanotube.
  3. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.; Oliveira M.C.; Fernandes J.V.. "Deformation of Crystalline Materials". Crystals (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/special_issues/deformation_polycrystalline.
    Invited editor
  4. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.. "Recent Advances and Applications of Machine Learning in Metal Forming Processes". Metals (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals/special_issues/machine_learning_forming.
    Invited editor
Report
  1. Pereira A.F.G.; Carlos M. A. Leitao; Marta Cristina Cardoso Oliveira. 2023. Characterization of the mechanical behavior of an aluminum alloy.
  2. P. A. Prates; Pereira A.F.G.. 2022. Final Report of the Project - Easy-to-Use Strategy for the Accurate Material Description in Sheet Metal Forming.
  3. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.. 2021. 3rd Progress Report of project "Easy-to-Use Strategy for the Accurate Material Description in Sheet Metal Forming".
  4. Pereira A.F.G.; Diogo Neto; Marta Cristina Cardoso Oliveira. 2021. Parameters Identification of an Aluminium alloy and Tinplate steel.
  5. Pereira A.F.G.; Prates P.A.. 2020. 2nd Progress Report of project "Easy-to-Use Strategy for the Accurate Material Description in Sheet Metal Forming".
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "On the Constitutive Parameters Identification of Metal Sheets: Bulge, Shear and Tensile Tests". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2019.
  2. "New methods for determining the kinematic hardening law of sheet metals". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2013.

Other

Software
  1. Pereira A.F.G.. "Uncertainty Generator in Forming Tools". 2023.
  2. Pereira A.F.G.. "Machine Learning Software (Gaussian Processes)". 2023.
  3. Pereira A.F.G.. "Thickness Uncertainty Generator". 2022.
  4. Pereira A.F.G.. "Metamodeling Software". 2021.
  5. Pereira A.F.G.. "Big Data Analytics Software". 2020.
  6. Pereira A.F.G.. "Constitutive Parameters Identification Software". 2018.
  7. Pereira A.F.G.. "DD3IMP Software". 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Influence of the Sheet Thickness Variability on the Deep Drawing of a Cylindrical Cup 27th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2024
2023 Sensitivity analysis of the of the square cup stamping process using a polynomial chaos expansion 27th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2024
(Poland)
2022 Variance-based sensitivity analysis of the biaxial test on a cruciform specimen, 25th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2022
(Portugal)
2021 Numerical study of the square cup stamping process: a stochastic analysis 24th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2021
(Liège, Belgium)
2021 Results presentation of the team from University of Coimbra EXACT - Experiment and Analysis of Aluminum Cup Drawing Test
2021 Robust design in metal forming processes CEMMPRE Meeting
2021 Parameters Identification of an Aluminium alloy and Tinplate steel
Crown Holdings Inc
2017 Identification of the work hardening parameters using the bulge test with elliptical and circular dies 2nd Doctoral Congress of Engineering
(Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Numerical simulation of the mechanical behaviour of non-carbon nanotubes
Supervisor
2024 - Current Modelling and quantification of uncertainties associated with misalignment in the stamping process
Supervisor
2024 - Current Influence of thickness variability in stamping processes
Supervisor
2024 - Current Identification of sheet metal parameters using metamodelling of the hydraulic biaxial expansion test
Supervisor
2024 - Current Numerical simulation of the mechanical behaviour of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Supervisor
2024 - Current Parameter identification of elastoplastic constitutive laws using machine learning techniques
Supervisor
2023 - Current Data-driven and Model-based Design for Sheet Metal Parameter Estimation
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - Current Harmonisation of transformer assemblies.
Supervisor
2023 - Current Machine Learning for the Stamping Process (Postdoctoral researcher)
Supervisor
2023 - 2023 Sensitivity Analysis of the Bulge Test to Thickness Variability
Supervisor
2023 - 2023 Identification of sheet metal constitutive parameters using metamodeling of the biaxial tensile test on a cruciform specimen
Supervisor
2023 - 2023 Influence of the blank thickness variability on the stamping process of a cylindrical cup
Supervisor
2023 - 2023 Influence of thickness variability in the bulge test
Supervisor
2021/02 - 2021/09 Sensitivity analysis techniques applied to the forming process of a square cup
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/09 Study and implementation of sensors for measuring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of packaging lines. (Thesis in collaboration with Medinfar)
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/06 Advanced Product Quality (APQP) - Planning Production Part Approval Process (PPAP). (Thesis in collaboration with SRAM)
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02 - 2021/02 Sensitivity analysis of the biaxial test on a cruciform specimen
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02 - 2021/01 Strategy for identifying the plastic behaviour of sheet metals.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/10 Variability analysis in the numerical simulation of a U-rail stamping process.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/10 Numerical study of the square cup stamping process: a stochastic analysis.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current International Forum on Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (MECHFORUM2023), Osaka, Japan. (2023)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/01 - 2021/12 Group Leader of the University of Coimbra team in the benchmark Experiment and Analysis of Aluminum Cup Drawing Test.
Other
 EXACT Benchmark Experiment and Analysis of Aluminum Cup Drawing Test. Benchmark
2021 - 2021 Participation in CEMMPRE Meeting, with preparation of presentation about "Robust Design in metal forming processes"
Meeting
 CEMMPRE Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Influence of Thickness Variability in the Stamping Process of a Cylindrical Cup.
Supervisor
 Carlos Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 Identification of Metal Sheet Parameters Using Metamodeling of Bulge Test
Supervisor
 João Pedro da Costa Monteiro (Master)
2024 Modelling and quantification of uncertainties associated with misalignments in the stamping process
Supervisor
 Pedro Miguel Ludovino Seixas (Master)
2024 Design and numerical analysis of hemming-like joints applied to ADAS electronic components for the automotive industry
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisca Mesquita Machado Ferreira Machado (Master)
2024 Numerical study of the importance of heat transfer during the cooling of steel billets
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Filipe da Cruz Teixeira (Master)
2024 Quality improvement in the aluminum bicycle frame painting department
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Andreia Cunha Oliveira (Master)
2024 Freight demand forecasting for effective logistics management in the supply chain using machine learning techniques
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nehalben Ranabhatt (PhD)
2023 Sensitivity Analysis of the Bulge Test to Thickness Variability
Supervisor
 4. Carlos Filipe Carvalho de Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 Identification of sheet metal constitutive parameters using metamodeling of the biaxial tensile test on a cruciform specimen
Supervisor
 Tomás Gaspar Parreira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 Influence of thickness variability in the bulge test
Supervisor
 Hugo Miguel Ferreira de Melo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 Influence of the blank thickness variability on the stamping process of a cylindrical cup
Supervisor
 Isaac Edson Gonçalves Gabriel (Master)
2023 Development of a maintenance plan for the metalworking department of an SME
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Malheiro (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 Development of an automatic container exchange system to improve progressive presses of OEE
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Manuel Caride Gregório Barata Figueira (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 Bicycle Assembly Line Balancing
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Miguel Lopes Fernandes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/02 Sensitivity analysis of the dimensional accuracy of a tensile/compression meso-specimen
President of the jury
 Paulo Jorge Sebastião Gaspar (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 Sensitivity analysis techniques applied to the forming process of a square cup
Supervisor
 Diogo Castanhas Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/08 Data-driven and Model-based Design for Sheet Metal Parameter Estimation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Armando José Eusébio Marques (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/08 Robust analysis of tube hydroforming in a square cross section die
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Eduardo Nunes da Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/08 Prediction of Strain Localization in Nonlinear Strain Paths
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Felipe Ferreira Salles (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02 Sensitivity analysis of the biaxial test on a cruciform specimen
Supervisor
 Bernardo Monteiro dos Santos de Aguiar da Câmara (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 Constitutive parameter identification strategies for metallic sheets
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Eduardo Filipe Soares Carvalheiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 Database-supported strategy for the material parameter identification of metal sheets
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Silva Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 Numerical study of the square cup stamping process: a stochastic analysis.
Supervisor
 Miguel António Fernandes Pereira Ruivo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 Variability analysis in the numerical simulation of a U-rail stamping process.
Supervisor
 Miguel Abranches e Menezes Peixoto de Brito (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 Numeric Prediction of Fatigue Lifetime for 7075-T651 Aluminium Alloys for Load Stories with Variable Range
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nicolau da Costa Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 Numerical study on the characterization of the plastic behaviour of multilayer sheets
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tomás Mendonça Nicolau da Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017 Identification of Sheet Metal Anisotropy using Simple Mechanical Tests
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mário João Pereira Viegas (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current International Journal of Material Forming (1960-6214)
2024 - Current Lubricants (2075-4442)
2024 - Current ICSOMS (Conference)
2023 - Current Materials & Design (0264-1275)
2023 - Current Journal of Manufacturing Processes (1526-6125)
2023 - Current Sensors (1996-1944)
2023 - Current Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (2504-4494)
2023 - Current Machines (2075-1702)
2022 - Current Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (1995-6665) Hashemite University Publishing
2022 - Current Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (1059-9495) Springer
2022 - Current Mathematics (2227-7390) MDPI
2022 - Current Applied Mechanics (2673-3161)
2022 - Current International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture (2588-8404)
2022 - Current Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (2374-0698)
2021/01 - Current Materials (996-1944) MDPI
2021 - Current Applied sciences (2076-3417) MDPI
2020/11 - Current Metals (2075-4701) MDPI

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/02 - Current International Association of Engineers Association Member
2022/01 - Current South Asia Institute of Science and Engineering Association Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current CEMMPRE - CEMMPRE - Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/11 - Current 12th annual International Conference on Material Science and Environmental Engineering (MSEE2024)
2024/10 - Current 2024 International Conference on Smart Optoelectronics and Materials Science (ICSOMS 2024)
2024 - Current 27th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2024 (Reviewer)
2024 - Current World Forum & Expo on 2D Materials and Graphene - 2DMATFORUM2025,
2024 - Current 2nd International Conference on the Material Research
2023 - Current 11th annual International Conference on Material Science and Environmental Engineering
2022 - Current 10th annual International Conference on Material Science and Environmental Engineering
2022 - Current 10th Annual International Conference on Material Science and Engineering
2022/01 - 2022/01 25th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2022 (Reviewer) Braga
2021/01 - 2021/01 24th International Conference on Material Forming - ESAFORM 2021 (Reviewer) Liege

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/10 - 2023/05 Performance of mechanical tests and results analysis (Tinplate). Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Kaiser Aluminum, United States
2021/06 - 2021/10 Parameters Identification of the yield criterion, and the isotropic and kinematic hardening laws of two metal sheets. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Crown Holdings Inc, United States
2019/03 - 2019/04 Development of numerical models for the simulation of tensile tests, to study the influence of plastic behavior on the rotation of the material axis system and, consequently, on the determination of mechanical properties. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Applied Mechanics I (2024/2025)
2022/02 - Current Numerical and Computational Methods (2021/2022) Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/08 Elasticity and Plasticity (2020/2021) Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/08 Numerical and Computational Methods (2019/2020) Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/08 Numerical and Computational Methods (2018/2019) Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024 - Current Monitoring and Evaluation of National Projects with the emission of technical and scientific reports. Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2020/10 - Current Monitoring and Evaluation of National Projects with the emission of technical and scientific reports.
Evaluator
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/03 - Current IgMin Research (Editor) (2995-8067)
2024 - Current Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (Editor) (3048-5223)
2022/01 - Current International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (Reviewer Board) (2575-3150) Science Publishing Group
2020/01 - Current Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (Reviewer Board) (2504-4494) MDPI
2020 - Current Crystals (Topic Editor)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024 - Current Stochastic Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Initiation research fellowship -1) André Ribeiro Oliveira
2024 - Current Stochastic Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Initiation research fellowship -2) Diego Andres Pizzella de Araujo
2023 - Current Stochastic Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Research fellowship) Tomás Gaspar Parreira
2021/02 - 2021/08 Strategies for Identification of Constitutive Parameters of Sheet Metal (MSc Thesis) Eduardo Filipe Soares Carvalheiro
2020 - 2021 Strategies for Identifying the Plastic Behavior of Sheets Metals using a Database (MSc Thesis) Inês Silva Ribeiro
2018/02 - 2018/09 Numerical Study on the Characterization of the Plastic Behavior of Multilayer Metal Sheets (MSc Thesis) Tomás Mendonça Nicolau da Costa
2017/02 - 2017/08 Numerical study of the mechanical behavior variability effect in the simulation of stamping processes (MSc Thesis) André Salzedas Adaixo
2017 - 2017 Identification of the Anisotropy of Metallic Sheets with the use of Simple Mechanical Tests (MSc Thesis) Mário João Pereira Viegas
2013/09 - 2014/12 Inverse Methodologies for Identifying Constitutive Parameters of Metal Sheets (PhD Thesis) Pedro André Dias Prates

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/06 - Current President of the jury for the award of 1 research grant under the "RealForm" project Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - Current President of the jury for the award of 2 research initiation grants under the "RealForm" project Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/08 - Current President of the jury for the award of 1 research grant under the "RealForm" project
Distinctions

Award

2013 3% Best Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012 3% Best Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 3% Best Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 3% Best Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Title

2016 Representative of Mechanical PhD Students

Other distinction

2023 Selected for FCT funding associated with the contest "Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 5th Edition"
2019 PhD thesis distinguished with praise and distinction by unanimity of the Jury
2019 Winner of international contest for a research position, under the project EZ-Sheet
2019 Winner of international contest for a research position, under the project ifDAMAGElse
2015 PhD Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 Winner of international contest for a grant, under the project PTDC/EME-TME/122472/2010