PhD Students

NameThesis TitleScientific AreaSupervisors
Amadeu Gomes RochaPEM electrolyser for renewable energy storage system: from materials to deviceChemical and Biological EngineeringAlexandra Pinto, Daniela Falcão and Rui Ferreira
Ana Isabel Dias MoreiraNew biomimetic fluids for biomedical applicationsChemical and Biological EngineeringJoão Campos and João Mário Miranda
Ana Teresa Sanches CerdeiraDevelopment of new fluidic devices for processing Taylor bubbles and dropletsChemical and Biological EngineeringJosé Daniel Araújo and João Mário Miranda
Angela Margarida Vergas RibauMulti-scale approaches to micro-injection mouldingMechanical EngineeringAlexandre Afonso, Manuel Alves and Fernando Tavares Pinho
Artur Filipe Sucena Martins FerreiraHigh-Fidelity Numerical Investigations on Micro-physics of Complex FluidsMechanical EngineeringAlexandre Afonso, Manuel Alves and Fernando Tavares Pinho
Catarina de Sousa MoreiraDevelopment of a Micro Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell as an alternative to Lithium Batteries in medical devicesChemical and Biological EngineeringVânia Oliveira and Alexandra Pinto
David André BentoA study of the behaviour blood flow in miceochannelsMechanical EngineeringJoão Mário Miranda and Rui Lima
Diogo Luís Almeida SilvaHydrolysis of sodium borohydride for hydrogen generation: Study of the by-product and its recyclingChemical and Biological EngineeringAlexandra Pinto
Eduardo Filipe Moura CalvoOptimization of Hall Thrusters (HT) and Helicon PLasma Thrusters (HPT)
Fernando Filipe Guerra Dinis SimõesLarge eddy simulation for turbulent channel flow of viscoelastic fluids and sensitivity to rheological modelMechanical EngineeringFernando Pinho e Alexandre Afonso
Francisco Vide Coelho de AlmeidaNumerical methods for turbulent flows of complex fluidsMechanical EngineeringAlexandre Afonso, Carlos Rodrigues e Fernando Pinho
Helder Xavier Teixeira NunesOn-demand hydrogen generation through sodium borohydride for fuel cell applicationsChemical and Biological EngineeringAlexandra Pinto
Joana Isabel Gonçalves Vilas BoasMicrobial Fuel Cells for wastewater treatment and energy productionChemical and Biological EngineeringAlexandra Pinto Manuel Simões (LEPABE) and Vânia Oliveira
João Pedro Rocha ValeNumerical analysis of transport phenomena in microfluidic applicationsChemical and Biological EngineeringTiago Sotto Mayor and Josep Puigmartí-Luis (University of Barcelona)
Jorge André Fonseca MalaquiasThe application of phase change materials in thermal stressful situations (Numerical simulation, Heat and mass transfer, Human body thermoregulation).Chemical and Biological EngineeringJoão Campos and Soraia Neves
Marta Sofia Ramos de Oliveira SantosPractical configurations of small scale absorption heat transformersChemical and Biological EngineeringCarlos Pinho and João Campos
Miguel Alexandre Branco da Silva Mendonça MontenegroDevelopment of optimized rheinforced cork composites for antivibration applicationsMechanical EngineeringFrancisco J. Galindo Rosales e Laura Campo Deaño
Pedro Daniel Canuto RijoElectrohydrodynamics of non-polar viscoelastic fluids
(EHD-NP-VEF)
Mechanical EngineeringFrancisco J. Galindo Rosales e Laura Campo Deaño
Pedro Guilherme Reis AlvesNumerical studies on particle manipulation in biological systemsChemical and Biological EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering
Tânia Vanessa de Jesus FerreiraChar combustion in a travelling grateMechanical EngineeringCarlos Pinho and João Monney Paiva
Tomás Rodrigues PintoComplex fluid flows around 3D swimming microbotsMechanical EngineeringLaura Campo Deaño e Francisco J. Galindo Rosales
Tomás Schuller de Almeida e Graça BarbosaFused Deposition Modeling (FDM) Nozzle Optimization: Experimental and Numerical ApproachesMechanical EngineeringFrancisco J. Galindo Rosales e Laura Campo Deaño