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Mónica Silva is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) researcher at the University of Porto and part of the CEFT research group (now integrated into ALICE). She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from FEUP. Her Ph.D. work focused on using CFD to study the hydrodynamic features of Slug flow for both macro and micro-scales and its potential applications in medical devices. In addition, she also studied the effect of this type of flow on two mass-transfer mechanisms: soluble wall-liquid and bubble-liquid. She was part of the project NewPHYMOIL as a postdoctoral researcher where her main tasks concerned improving CFD tools to allow a detailed prediction of multiphase flows. Now, she is doing some experiments on the segmentation of experimental data of bubbly flow (images) using AI technologies. The main goal is to be able to detect and interpret the two-phase flow represented in an image automatically. She is also part of the project MultiBlood where her contribution lies in performing numerical studies and helping in image treatment using AI methods. She has authored several papers (seven as first author), having her work published in Q1 journals, and has participated in international conferences. Her main research interests lie in multiphase flows - both macro and micro scale, transport phenomena, and different CFD techniques (using commercial and free software solutions). Recently, her interests also extend to the application of Artificial Intelligence to study the hydrodynamics of two-phase flow.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mónica Cristina Ferreira da Silva Filgueiras

Citation names

  • Silva, Mónica C. F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BC14-1A3E-ADC0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1144-3347

Email addresses

  • mcfs@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, sn, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/12/27 - 2022/02/23
Concluded
Machine Learning (Outros)
Coursera - Stanford Online , United States
2014/04/17 - 2019/01/25
Concluded
Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Cleaning of macro and micro tubes using slug flow" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved (maximum qualification of UPORTO - FEUP)
2010/09 - 2012/11
Concluded
Biologia e Gestão da Qualidade da Água (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Alocação de recursos para a reprodução em Syngnathidae" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18 (20-point grading scale)
2007/09 - 2010/06
Concluded
Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
16 (20-point grading scale)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/07 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/06 - Current Ceec Institucional -
CEECINST/00010/2021/CP1770/CT0001
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ALICE - Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering
LA/P/0045/2020
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy
UIDP/00511/2020
UIDB/00511/2020
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Study Center of Transport Phenomena
UID/EMS/00532/2013
UID/EMS/00532/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 20 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/EQB/LA0020/2011
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Silva, Mónica C. F.. "Potassium catalysed degradation of wood under nitrogen and air". In New Research on Carbon Materials. Materials Research Forum LLC, 2013.
Conference abstract
  1. Diogo P. Gonçalves; Silva, Mónica C. F.; Neves, Soraia Ferreira; Couto, Sandra. "Influence of windings design on the thermal performance of core-type power transformers using mineral oil and natural ester as cooling fluid". Paper presented in Livro de Resumos do 16.º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto, Porto, 2023.
Conference poster
  1. Silva, Mónica C. F.; Sonia Carabineiro; José Joaquim de Melo Órfão. "Potassium Catalysed defradation of wood under nitrogen and air". Paper presented in 4th meeting of young researchers at UP, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Neves, M.C.; Filgueiras, J.; Kokkinogenis, Z.; Silva, M.C.F.; Campos, J.B.L.M.; Reis, L.P.. "Enhancing experimental image quality in two-phase bubbly systems with super-resolution using generative adversarial networks". International Journal of Multiphase Flow 180 (2024): 104952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2024.104952.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2024.104952
  2. M.C.F. Silva; J.B.L.M. Campos; J.D.P. Araújo. "3D numerical study of a single Taylor bubble rising along an inclined tube through Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids". Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2022.109219.
    10.1016/j.cep.2022.109219
  3. Soraia F. Neves; Mónica C. F. Silva; João M. Miranda; George Stilwell; Paulo P. Cortez. "Predictive Models of Dairy Cow Thermal State: A Review from a Technological Perspective". Veterinary Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9080416.
    10.3390/vetsci9080416
  4. Silva, Mónica C. F.. "Numerical Study of Single Taylor Bubble Movement Through a Microchannel Using Different CFD Packages". Processes (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr8111418.
    10.3390/pr8111418
  5. Silva, Mónica C. F.. "General correlations for gas-liquid mass transfer in laminar slug flow". International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2020): 104998-104998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2020.104998.
    10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2020.104998
  6. Silva, M.C.F.; Campos, J.B.L.M.; Araújo, J.D.P.. "Mass transfer from a soluble wall into gas-liquid slug flow in a capillary tube". International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 132 (2019): 745-761. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.12.025.
    10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.12.025
  7. Mónica C. F. Silva; João M. Miranda; João B. L. M. Campos; José D. P. Araújo. "Mass transfer from a Taylor bubble to the surrounding flowing liquid at the micro-scale: a numerical approach". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 23 4 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-019-2225-y.
    10.1007/s10404-019-2225-y
  8. M.C.F. Silva; J.B.L.M. Campos; J.D.P. Araújo. "Mass transfer from a soluble Taylor bubble to the surrounding flowing liquid in a vertical macro tube — A numerical approach". Chemical Engineering Research and Design (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2019.01.022.
    10.1016/j.cherd.2019.01.022
  9. Silva, Mónica C. F.; Araújo, José D. P.; Campos, João B. L. M.. "CFD studies coupling hydrodynamics and solid-liquid mass transfer in slug flow for matter removal from tube walls". AIChE Journal 63 6 (2016): 2420-2439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.15610.
    10.1002/aic.15610
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Mónica C. F.. "Cleaning of macro and micro tubes using slug flow". PhD, 2018.
  2. Silva, Mónica C. F.. "Alocação de recursos para a reprodução em Syngnathidae". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2012. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/65120.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/08/28 Enhanced Slug Flow Dynamics: Inclined to Curved Tube Hydrodynamics CHISA 24 - 27th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering
(Prague, Czech Republic)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/04 - 2025/06/30 Advanced Segmentation Techniques for Experimental Images of Bubbly Flow
Supervisor
Mestrado em Engenharia Informática e Computação (Master)
2024/09/04 - 2025/06/30 Generative AI as surrogate models for superresolution fluid flow simulations
Co-supervisor
Mestrado em Engenharia Informática e Computação (Degree)
2024/02/05 - 2024/07/17 Improved methodology for predicting the thermal behavior of core-type power transformer windings: AI-Driven Integration of CFD and Correlations
Supervisor
Master in Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/05 - 2023/07/24 Application of Novel Techniques in Super Resolution GANs for Fluid Dynamics
Co-supervisor
M.EIC - Mestrado em Engenharia Informática e Computação (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/07 Influence of Windings Design on the Thermal Performance of Core-Type Power Transformers using Mineral Oil and Natural Ester as Cooling Fluid
Co-supervisor
Mestrado em Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/08/26 - 2024/08/26 Chair Person of the Session C2- Matter In Motion
Conference
Chisa 24 - 27th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering
2022/09/27 - 2022/09/29 Practical tips on how to organize the proposal writing; Defining the scope, objectives, and key outputs of the project; Key learnings from failed proposals
Workshop
Online Workshop: Successful Proposal Planning & Writing - With a Focus on EU-funded Collaborative Research Projects
2022/06/10 - 2022/06/16 Summer school with theoretical and practical sessions in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
Other
VISUM 2022

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05 Experimental & Computational Project (PEC) Congress
Evaluator
Distinctions

Award

2024 Outstanding Presentation