CV
General Information
Full Name | Luã Guedes Costa |
Date of Birth | 07th June 1993 |
Languages | Portuguese, English |
Experience
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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.
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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.
- Design, development and analysis of nonlinear energy harvesters.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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2024 ABCM Best Paper Award
Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM) - Award at the 9th International Symposium on Solid Mechanics (MECSOL)
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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)
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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
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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
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2021 - 2024 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
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2023 - 2024 Nonlinear Dynamics
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2020 - 2023 Journal of Vibration and Control
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2023 - 2024 Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
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2024 Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies
Skills and Expertise
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Programming Languages
- C
- Python
- Matlab
- Wolfram Mathematica
- Bash
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Software
- ANSYS APDL
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Libraries
- OpenMP
- Pandas
- Numpy
- Matplotlib