Robertt Angelo Fontes Valente

perfil biográfico

Main research interests

• Computational Mechanics
• Computational Plasticity
• Finite Element Method (FEM) / Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) / Finite Cell Method (FCM)
• Integrated design, modelling and reliability assessment
• Simulation of:
• material forming processes
• joining techniques of metals (particularly Friction Stir Welding)
• stability of thin-walled structures
• additive manufacturing
• more to come...
• Engineering Education
• University-Business Cooperation

Education

• PhD (2004) in Mechanical Engineering (Alma Mater: University of Porto)

Experience

• extensive pedagogical experience in courses related to fundamental, applied and computational mechanics
• consolidated experience in the supervision of (successful) MSc and PhD students
• supervision of research scholars funded by the National Science Foundation (FCT, Portugal)
• Vice-President of the European Scientific Association For Material Forming (ESAFORM) from 2016 to 2018
• Member of the Board of Directors, European Scientific Association For Material Forming (ESAFORM) from 2012 to 2018
• Expert Evaluator at MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research) since 2012
• Steering Committee Member of the International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation Community (NAFEMS) since 2010
• Member of the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC)

Recent highlights

• 3rd International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE 2018)
• http://see.web.ua.pt/cispee2018/
  
  
• Editor, Special Issue "Constitutive Modelling for Metals"
• http://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals/special_issues/constitutive_modelling_metals
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Materials: Composites (Elsevier), Section Editor - "Design methods for composite materials", 2019

Coordination of competitive funded research projects (completed)

• "Development of Isogeometric (IGA) Formulations for the Numerical Simulation of Plastic Forming Processes
", 2015

• "Numerical simulation and design of extruded integrally stiffened panels (ISP) joined by friction stir welding (FSW) for aeronautic applications, 2014

• "Numerical simulation of dual-phase steel sheet forming: multi-scale constitutive models and prediction of defects in automotive parts", 2014
  
  
• "Wrinkling predictions in sheet forming of metallic alloys: enhanced 3D finite elements, anisotropic material laws, bifurcation analysis and sensitivity to process and numerical parameters
", 2010

Software product development / Dissemination of knowledge

• GRIDS ALPHA - Finite Element Method (FEM) code (Rúben Lourenço), http://grids.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/alpha/
• GRIDS FCMUA - Finite Cell Method (FCM) code (Márcio Carvalheiro), http://grids.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/fcmua/
• GRIDS APPS - Android suite for Mechanical Engineering (Rúben Lourenço, Tiago Ávila et al.), https://gridsapps.tk/