CV

General Information

Full Name Luã Guedes Costa
Date of Birth 07th June 1993
Languages Portuguese, English

Experience

  • 2024 - today
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Center for Nonlinear Mechanics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
    • Design, development and analysis of new nonlinear smart systems and structures.
    • Development of high performance software package to simulate dynamical systems.
  • 2020 - 2024
    Doctoral Researcher
    Center for Nonlinear Mechanics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
    • Design, development and analysis of nonlinear energy harvesters.
      • Development of a theoretical nonlinear dynamics framework.
      • Design of novel compact and multidirectional energy harvesters.
  • 2020 - 2022
    Co-Founder and Partner
    Tupan Acessibility
    • Co-creator of the EVA system, an equipment to assist the visually impaired to navigate independently while walking.
  • 2018 - 2020
    Research Assistant
    Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), Brazil
    • Analysis of bistable piezoelectric energy harvesters using reduced order models
  • 2017 - 2018
    Undergraduate Research Fellowship
    Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), Brazil
    • Analysis of bistable piezoelectric energy harvesters using finite element method

Education

  • 2020 - 2024
    PhD in Mechanical Engineering
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
  • 2018 - 2020
    Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology
    Centro Federal de Educação Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), Brazil
  • 2011 - 2017
    Mechanical Engineering Degree
    Centro Federal de Educação Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), Brazil

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    ABCM Best Paper Award
    Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM)
    • Award at the 9th International Symposium on Solid Mechanics (MECSOL)
  • 2023
    Best PhD Student Paper Award
    Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM)
    • Award at XIX International Symposium on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics (DINAME)
  • 2019
    Champion of the Invent for the Planet
    Texas A&M, USA
    • Award for the invention of a device to help the visually impaired navigate while walking, replacing a cane.

Additional Training

  • 2019
    School of Advanced Sciences on Nonlinear Dynamics
    Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil
  • 2017
    Oratory
    Rogéria Guida Oratory Course, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2015 - 2016
    Undergraduate Exchange Program in Mechanical Engineering
    Technological University Dublin, Ireland
    • Two semester academic exchange focused on computational-aided engineering (CAE) and entrepreneurship for engineers.

Peer Review

  • 2021 - 2024
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • 2023 - 2024
    Nonlinear Dynamics
  • 2020 - 2023
    Journal of Vibration and Control
  • 2023 - 2024
    Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
  • 2024
    Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies

Skills and Expertise

  • Programming Languages
    • C
    • Python
    • Matlab
    • Wolfram Mathematica
    • Bash
  • Software
    • ANSYS APDL
  • Libraries
    • OpenMP
    • Pandas
    • Numpy
    • Matplotlib