Materials & Manufacturing Processes
Materials & Manufacturing Processes (MMP)
Advances on materials formulation, processing and characterization.
Research Topics
Materials Design and Modelling
Advanced Materials Characterization
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Process Modelling and Simulation
Materials Design and Modelling
- Composites, cellular materials and FGMs
- Multi-material lightweight designs, including polymer and metal composites, synthesis of nanocoatings/ nanocomposites for new bio-based composites
- Advanced tooling materials, including coatings
- Materials for AM
- High entropy alloys
- Low-dimensional nanomaterials
- Energy materials: high-energy density batteries, catalysts for fuel cells/ water electrolysis with reduced utilization of platinum, photovoltaic materials for higher efficiency
- Biomaterials and natural materials for multifunctional applications
- Renewing and re-manufacturing of products to achieve circularity
Advanced Materials Characterization
- Constitutive models of materials’ systems, using multi-scale (micro-/meso-/macroscopic) methods to consider the effect of microstructure and interfaces in the macro-scale mechanical behaviours (e.g. H2 embrittlement)
- Advanced materials experimental characterization methods (e.g. high-strain rate; fatigue; fracture; high temperature, cryogenic temperature, fire-resistance)
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
- Innovative, flexible, environmental-friendly manufacturing processes with emphasis on metal forming, casting, joining and polymer, composite and stone processing, additive manufacturing, subtractive and hybrid manufacturing
Process Modelling and Simulation
- Integration of new materials, by deeper understanding of the fundamental phenomena playing a key role in their performance
- Manufacturing processes optimization (parameters-process-properties) approaches, though analytical and numerical modelling, development of digital/virtual twins, and AI and machine learning applied to manufacturing
R&D Projects
Featured Publications
Costa Oliveira, F.A. et al. Manufacturing and Thermal Shock Resistance of 3D-Printed Porous Black Zirconia for Concentrated Solar Applications (2023) Crystals, 13(9), 1323.
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13091323
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13091323
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Sampaio, R.F. et al. A complete characterization of THE fracture forming limits in bulk forming by means of an upset geometry sequence (2023) The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 58(8), 621-632.
DOI: 10.1177/03093247231187015
DOI: 10.1177/03093247231187015
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Akhavan-Safar, A. et al. Effects of low cycle impact fatigue on the residual mode II fracture energy of adhesively bonded joints (2023) International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 126, 103455.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2023.103455
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2023.103455
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Dantas, R. et al. Notch effect in very high-cycle fatigue behaviour of a structural steel (2023) International Journal of Fatigue, 177, 107925.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107925
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107925
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Pereira, R. et al. Pure (I and II) and mixed-mode (I+ II) fracture characterisation of unidirectional AS4/Low-melt-PolyaryletherketoneTM polymer composites (2023) Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 07316844231207749.
DOI: 10.1177/07316844231207749
DOI: 10.1177/07316844231207749
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Global Coordinator
Maria de Fátima Reis Vaz
IST
Other Institutional Coordinators
Abílio Manuel Pinho de Jesus
FEUP
Isabel Cristina Aguiar de Sousa e Silva Gouveia
UBI
Team
Abel Dias dos Santos
FEUP
Aida Beatriz Vieira Moreira
FEUP
Alexandra Manuela Vieira da Cruz Pinto Alves
FEUP
Alireza Akhavan-Safar
INEGI
Ana Paula Ascensão Rosa Gomes
UBI
Ana Rosanete Lourenço Reis
FEUP
Andreia Isabel da Silva Araújo
INEGI
António Manuel Relógio Ribeiro
IST
António Torres Marques
FEUP
Bárbara Perry Pereira Alves Gouveia Almeida
IST
Carlos Manuel Alves da Silva
IST
Cláudia Filipa Duarte Mouro
UBI
Elsa Maria Pires Henriques
FLAD
Elsa Wellenkamp de Sequeiros
FEUP
Erfan Azinpour
FEUP
Fernando Jorge Lino Alves
FEUP
Filomena Maria da Conceição Viana
FEUP
Inês da Fonseca Pestana Ascenso Pires
IST
Inês Esteves Ribeiro
IST
Ivo Manuel Ferreira Bragança
ISEL
João Pedro da Fonseca Matos Pragana
IST
João Pedro Grosa Magrinho
IDMEC
José Carlos Magalhães Duque da Fonseca
FEUP
José Jorge Lopes Da Cruz Fernandes
IST
José Manuel de Almeida César de Sá
FEUP
Laura Maria Melo Ribeiro
FEUP
Lucas Filipe Martins Silva
FEUP
Lucival Malcher
INEGI
Luís Filipe Galrão dos Reis
IST
Luís Manuel Guerra Silva Rosa
IST
Luís Manuel Mendonça Alves
IST
Luís Miguel Pereira Durão
ISEP
Manuel Fernando Gonçalves Vieira
FEUP
Marcelo Francisco S. F. Moura
FEUP
Marco Alexandre de Oliveira Leite
IST
Maria Beatriz Cipriano de Jesus Silva
IST
Maria de Fátima Reis Vaz
IST
Mohammad Mehdi Kasaei
INEGI
Nuno André Curado Mateus Correia
INEGI
Omid Emadínia
INEGI
Paulo António Firme Martins
IST
Paulo Jorge Matos Fernandes Martins Ferreira
IST
Paulo Miguel Nogueira Peças
IST
Paulo Reinier Teixeira Gonçalves
INEGI
Pedro Alexandre Rodrigues Carvalho Rosa
IST
Pedro Miguel Gomes Abrunhosa Amaral
IST
Raquel Miriam Barbosa dos Santos
INEGI
Raul Moreira
FEUP
Ricardo João Camilo Carbas
INEGI
Rogério Anacleto Cordeiro Colaço
IST
Rúben Filipe da Silva Santos
FEUP
Rui Jorge de Lemos Neto
FEUP
Rui Ricardo Loureiro Amaral
INEGI
Sofia Teixeira de Freitas
IST
Sonia Luísa dos Santos Simões
FEUP
Tiago Emanuel Fraga da Silva
INEGI
Virginia Isabel Monteiro Nabais Infante
IST