SABBATICALS

2018 – 2019   Visiting Scholar Western Sydney University / Australia – School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics.

2012 – 2013 Departmento de Ingeniería Mecánica ETSEQ, Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Visiing Scholar, research grant by Fundación Carolina - Spain.

2009 – 2010Department of Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain. - Visiting Scholar, research grant by Fundación Carolina - Spain.

2005 – 2006Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida

1998 – 2000 and 2004    Fluminense Federal University, Brazil - Visiting Professor at the Civil Engineering graduate program.

2002 – 2003  Department of Production Engineering, North Fluminense State University, Brazil

Accreditations / CERTIFICATION

Certified Quality Engineer. American Society for Quality. 2005, recertified 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017. 

Certified Reliability Engineer. American Society for Quality. 2006, recertified 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017.

Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor, Batalas Inc., England, 2004.

Professional Registered Engineer, State of Rio de Janeiro Board of Engineer, BRAZIL, Professional Civil and Safety Engineer.

Real Estate Broker License for the State of Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Effective from 1986 to 1992.

Work experience (Academic and professional)

1994 to present   Department of Construction Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 1994 to 2001 Assistant Professor; from 2001 to April 2014 Associate Professor from May 2014 Professor of Civil Engineering. Graduate and undergraduate teaching in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Civil, Industrial and Safety Engineering consultancy via university contracts and academic funded research. Quality, Safety and Environmental Management Systems development and auditing. Academic interests in Construction; Sustainability;

1990 to 1996State of Rio de Janeiro. - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Forensics, Engineering Expert.         Working with construction failures and pathology investigation. Industrial Accidents Analysis. 

1987 to 1993   Planicoop Engineering Inc.  -  Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil . Construction / Production Engineer. Development of technical studies, surveys, budgeting and construction designs, including building installations, structural design and analysis of reinforced concrete structures.

CIMNE’s headquarters are located at the heart of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in Barcelona. CIMNE has also premises at different buildings in several campus of the UPC. CIMNE has also offices in Spain (Madrid, Terrassa and Ibiza). In 2005 CIMNE started its international expansion and since then has created the following international branches: CIMNE Latinoamerica (Non-profit Foundation in Santa Fe, Argentina); CIMNE USA (Non-profit Corporation in Washington DC, USA); CIMNE Singapore (Non-profit Corporation in Singapore) and CIMNE Beijing (China).

CIMNE employs some 250 scientists and engineers who work in the different offices of CIMNE around the world. CIMNE has also established a network of 30 Classrooms in partnership with Universities in Spain and 11 Latin American countries. 

The research and technology development (RTD) activities of CIMNE cover a wide spectrum of topics ranging from classical engineering fields such as civil, mechanic, environmental, naval, marine and offshore, food, telecommunication and bio-medical engineering, computer sciences and applied sciences such as material sciences bio-medicine, computational physics, nature, social and economic sciences and multimedia sciences, among others. 

Over its history, CIMNE has taken part in over 2,000 RTD projects in cooperation with some 500 companies, universities and research centers worldwide.

Currently, I am full professor of shipbuilding technology at the Higher Technical School of Naval Architects and Offshore Engineers (ETSIN) of the Technical University of Madrid and the Deputy Director of Institutional Relations.

I conduct my research in collaboration with the Model Basin Research Group at ETSIN (CEHINAV) and the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). My research career has focused on developing computational models for fluid-structure interaction analysis and their application to the design and verification of ships, platforms, and marine structures.

I am the author of more than 35 articles published in first-tier international journals, have presented over 80 papers at international conferences, and have participated in more than 25 European or international research projects.

Additionally, I have been the promoter and co-founder of Compass IS, a company specializing in engineering design, and Scipedia, the developer of the platforms Scipedia.com and BIM TeamUp.