šŸ“ OpenSD 2026 -- Winter School at COPPE/UFRJ

Created in July 11, 2026

2026

[šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø] This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming more than 50 participants to the Alberto Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) for the first OpenSD Winter School (Open Source Scientific Computing in Structural Dynamics) held in Latin America.

OpenSD is an event dedicated to the development and use of open-source software in structural dynamics. The initiative aims to foster an open-source culture across academia and industry, bringing these two communities close together while showcasing the latest developments in open-source software for the field.

It was two days of great learning, knowledge exchange, and discussions about the future of open scientific computing in structural dynamics. The first day focused on an introduction to the Python programming language and its main scientific libraries. On the second day, we had presentations on several open-source packages for structural dynamics and related fields:

  • ROSS: Rotordynamics Open-Source Software
  • OpenPulse: Open-Source Software for Pulsation Analysis of Pipeline Systems
  • VIBRA: Vibroacustic Analysis using the Finite Element Method
  • PyMLDA: Open-Source Software for Structural Integrity
  • STONEHENGE: An ensemble of Matlab and C++ codes for nonlinear dynamic analysis of vibration energy harvesting systems
  • mSINDy: Modular Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics

We would like to thank everyone who participated and contributed to making this first edition such a special one.

Hereā€™s to the nest editions! šŸŽ‰

[šŸ‡§šŸ‡·] Nesta semana, tivemos o prazer de receber mais de 50 participantes no Instituto Alberto Coimbra de PĆ³s-GraduaĆ§Ć£o e Pesquisa de Engenharia, da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), para a primeira Escola de Inverno OpenSD (Open Source Scientific Computing in Structural Dynamics) realizada na AmĆ©rica Latina.

O OpenSD Ć© um evento dedicado ao desenvolvimento e uso de software open-source em dinĆ¢mica estrutural. A iniciativa busca fomentar a cultura open-source nos contextos acadĆŖmico e industrial, aproximando esses dois ambientes, alĆ©m de divulgar os avanƧos mais recentes em softwares livres para a Ć”rea. As

Foram dois dias de muito aprendizado, troca de experiĆŖncias e discussƵes sobre o futuro da computaĆ§Ć£o cientĆ­fica aberta em dinĆ¢mica estrutural. O primeiro dia foi dedicado a uma introduĆ§Ć£o Ć  linguagem de programaĆ§Ć£o Python e Ć s suas principais bibliotecas cientĆ­ficas. No segundo dia, foram apresentados diferentes pacotes open-source voltados Ć  dinĆ¢mica estrutural e Ć”reas relacionadas:

  • ROSS: Rotordynamics Open-Source Software
  • OpenPulse: Open-Source Software for Pulsation Analysis of Pipeline Systems
  • VIBRA: Vibroacustic Analysis using the Finite Element Method
  • PyMLDA: Open-Source Software for Structural Integrity
  • STONEHENGE: An ensemble of Matlab and C++ codes for nonlinear dynamic analysis of vibration energy harvesting systems
  • mSINDy: Modular Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics

Agradecemos a todos que participaram e contribuĆ­ram para tornar essa primeira ediĆ§Ć£o tĆ£o especial.

Que venham as prĆ³ximas ediƧƵes! šŸŽ‰