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Alexandre Afonso

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Alexandre Afonso

About

Afonso graduated in Chemical Engineering from Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto in 2000, with the final-year Research Project at Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya graded with an Honour Grade (10/10). In 2005 completed the Msc in Heat and Fluid mechanics and in 2010 completed the PhD degree in Biological and Chemical Engineering from FEUP.

The dissertation thesis was awarded with the “Best PhD Thesis in Applied and Computational Mechanics 2010”, awarded by APMTAC – Portuguese Association of Theoretical and Applied Computational Mechanics. In 2017 received the Younger Researcher Award in Applied and Computational Mechanics Prof. João Martins, awarded by APMTAC – Portuguese Association of Theoretical and Applied Computational Mechanics.

Afonso worked, in 2012/13, as R&D Engineering at Bosch, developing new components and products for water heaters systems especially for low NOx combustion burner and fuel/air mixing systems, and monitoring the industrialization of new products, including production of prototypes and zero-series. During this period, submitted several innovation reports, from which 9 patents were granted.

Currently, Afonso is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at FEUP, where it received diploma for pedagogical recognition in the the academic year of 2016/17.

Research interests

Theoretical and computational rheology, Complex flows of complex fluids, Electrokinetics, Multiphase flow, Micro-combustion.

Selected publications

  1. C. Nascimento and A.M. Afonso, Gas distributor device for an atmospheric gas burner, W.P. Office, Patent WO 2016124641 A1, August 2016.
  2. R.A. Figueiredo, C.N. Oishi, A.M. Afonso, I.V.M. Tasso and J.A. Cuminato, A two-phase solver for complex fluids: Studies of the Weissenberg effect, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 84 (pp. 98-115 (118), 2016.
  3. K. Patanji, V. Zeferina and A.M. Afonso, Burner, W.I.P. Organization, WO2015079043 (A1), 4 June 2015.
  4. V. Zeferina, R. Ferreira and A.M. Afonso, Nozzle for a gas burner, E.P. Office, EP2863121 (A2), 22 April 2015.
  5. K. Patanji, V. Zeferina, A.M. Afonso and S.V.O.L. Salústio, Burner and method for operating same, E.P. Office, EP2957831 (A1), 23 December 2015.
  6. A.M. Afonso, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves, Electro-osmosis of viscoelastic fluids and prediction of electro-elastic flow instabilities in a cross slot using a finite-volume method, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 179 (pp. 55-68 (14), 2012.
  7. A.M. Afonso, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves, The kernel-conformation constitutive laws, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 167 (pp. 30-37 (38), 2012.
  8. A.M. Afonso, P.J. Oliveira, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves, Dynamics of high-Deborah-number entry flows: a numerical study, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677 (pp. 272-304 (233), 2011.
  9. A.M. Afonso, M.A. Alves and F.T. Pinho, Analytical solution of mixed electro-osmotic/pressure driven flows of viscoelastic fluids in microchannels, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 159 (1-3), pp. 50-63, 2009.
  10. A.M. Afonso, P.J. Oliveira, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves, The log-conformation tensor approach in the finite-volume method framework, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 157 (1-2), pp. 55-65 (11), 2009.