https://www.scipedia.com/profile/Alessandro-Calvi Fri, 19 May 2017 13:57:52 +0200 https://www.scipedia.com/profile/Alessandro-Calvi MScEng in Civil Engineering (110/110), Politecnico di Torino, 2010. Professional Program & Executive Education at Stanford University in 2014 (Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies) and in 2025 (Reservoir Geomechanics and Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics). Professional experience of 15 years, 130 activities (projects, studies, due diligences, FEM calculations, Direzione Lavori, analysis and inspections) in Italy and abroad since 2010.

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https://www.scipedia.com/profile/ipouplana Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:09:45 +0100 https://www.scipedia.com/profile/ipouplana Ignasi de Pouplana Sardà is a Civil Engineer by the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) since 2014. He is also a Master in Structural & Construction Engineering and a Ph.D. in Structural Analysis by the same university since 2015 and 2018, respectively.
His research career started in 2012 at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) when, in the context of the Civil Engineering bachelor thesis, he worked on the implementation and validation of a new code of the Discrete Element Method (DEM). In 2014 he started working on continuum damage mechanics in the field of the Finite Element Method (FEM), and developed a new approach for the failure analysis of quasi-brittle materials by combining non-local damage models with adaptive mesh refinement techniques.
He developed the Ph.D. with the research focused on fluid-structure interaction in porous and fractured media. Topics of major interest included: stable analysis of the fluid flux in porous media, fracture of the solid matrix driven by the fluid pressure, and adaptivity of the mesh to propagate fractures in the porous domain by using non-local damage models along with quasi-zero-thickness interface elements.
In the last years he has participated at CIMNE in various research projects and contracts with industry applied to different engineering problems, e.g. monitoring of stresses during the construction process of concrete arch dams, optimization of drill bit geometries for Particle Impact Drilling (PID) technology, prediction of the final stress state of metallic pieces during casting processes, quantification of sand production in well completions, and prediction of NO2 concentration in urban areas, to name a few. Such an experience has been accompanied by the publication of more than 10 JCR articles and the supervision of 2 PhD theses.
Ignasi is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Strength of Materials and Structural Engineering (RMEE) in UPC, participating in several courses related to structural analysis and strength of materials in the Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE).
His research is now focused on the extension of the interface elements formulation for different contact applications, and the generalization of the poromechanics solver presented in his PhD thesis for multiphase flows. The main objective behind such a work will be the development of a new software for the simulation of CO2 storage process.

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https://www.scipedia.com/profile/leilsonjoaquim Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:00:43 +0200 https://www.scipedia.com/profile/leilsonjoaquim Civil engineer, founding member of the Civil Engineering Academic Center (CAEC-IFG / FORMOSA). Both are linked to the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás, Campus Formosa. Researcher in the area of numerical modeling of structures, with emphasis on concrete dams by gravity. He has knowledge and experience in the area of works supervision

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https://www.scipedia.com/profile/maceligueta Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:44:06 +0200 https://www.scipedia.com/profile/maceligueta I am right between Engineering and Software development. 
Working at CIMNE since 2004, I have been involved and led research projects in a wide range of fields: harbours & waves, oil & gas drilling, aerodynamics, landslides, agriculture,... I developed a software for free surface flows (www.cimne.com/pfem/) and after that, one for particles (http://www.cimne.com/dem/), but I also found myself developing parts of standard CFD and structural (CSM) codes. 
In these years I have become an experienced programmer mainly in Object Oriented languages (C++, Python) and also Matlab. Subversion or Git (preferably the second) are a must for the best team work.
As an Engineer, the goal of each project is my main concern, and software is just a handy tool.
The lectures on Theory of Finite Elements and structures given at the University since 2010 were a good complement to my practical work at CIMNE.

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