{"id":7,"date":"2018-03-05T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T20:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.ubi.pt\/clusterdem\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:22:28","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clusterdem.ubi.pt\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coordinators<\/h1>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n
\n \"Prof.<\/td>\n\n Prof. Dr. Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor<\/em>
\n*  Coordinator<\/strong> of Numerical Modelling and Multi-physics simulation Section.<\/u><\/em>
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> mm.abdollahzadeh@ubi.pt<\/a>
\n\ud83c\udf10Website:<\/strong> Personal Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Research Profiles:<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\udd17 Google Scholar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n \"Prof.<\/td>\n\n Prof. Dr. Frederico Rodrigues<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor<\/em>
\n*  Coordinator<\/strong> of Experimental electro-hydrodynamic Section.<\/u><\/em>
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> fmfr@ubi.pt<\/a>
\n\ud83c\udf10Website:<\/strong> Personal Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Research Profiles:<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\udd17 Google Scholar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Senior Members<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Dr. Jos\u00e9 C. P\u00e1scoa<\/strong>
\nFull Professor, Founder of ClusterDEM
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> pascoa@ubi.pt<\/a>
\n\ud83c\udf10Website:<\/strong> Personal Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc4 Research Profiles:<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\udd17 Google Scholar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Amine Benmoussa<\/strong>
\nResearcher (Topic Leader<\/em>)
\nEHD modelling and FSI in multiphysics,  with PSA Group \"\"<\/u>
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> amine.benmoussa@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Dr. Jo\u00e3o Pereira <\/strong>
\nProfessor Auxiliar Convidado| FCT Researcher
\nPrintable sensors and plasma actuators for flow control in aeronautics, with \"\"<\/a> <\/u>
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> j.nunespereira@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Michele Trancossi<\/strong>
\nVisiting Scholar (also at Sheffield Hallam University, Senior Lecturer<\/a>)
\nFluiddynamics and second law of thermodynamics.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Mostafa Gerdroodbary<\/strong>
\nVisiting Researcher
\nCompressible Flow; Reduced Order Modelling; Machine Learning; DSMC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

PhD\/Master Students<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMrs Odelma Teixeira,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (PhD Student)
\nMHD modelling of plasma thrusters for cubesats<\/u>
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> odelma.teixeira@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMrs Fatemeh Bagherighajari,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (Ph.D. Student)
\nNon-equilibrium plasma enhanced flame stabilization
\nfor high efficiency low emission combustion<\/u>
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> f.bagherighajari@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Miguel Moreira,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (Ph.D. Student)
\nExperimental testing of plasma actuators
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> a34263@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMiss Kateryna Shvydyuk,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (Ph.D. Student)
\nSelf-sensing and self-healing ceramic composites using functionally graded materials and additive manufacturing technologies for thermal barrier coatings in aerospace applications
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> kateryna.shvydyuk@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMiss Lylia Dai (University of Algeria),<\/strong>
\nVisiting Researcher
\nDesgin and 3D simulation of 2D wedge nozzel
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> lylida66@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Gustavo Nunes,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (M.Sc. Student)
\nElectrospray Experimental testing
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> gustavo.camacho.nunes@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Leonardo Mbanguine,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (M.Sc. Student)
\nPlasma actuators experimental testing
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> leonardo.mbanguine@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Kahinan Pastro Teixeira da Rosa,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (M.Sc. Student)
\nTesla turbine design and simulation for compressed air energy storage system
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> kahinan.rosa@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Diogo Freire,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (M.Sc. Student)
\nExperiments with DBD plasma actuators
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> costa.freire@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMiss Ana Catarina Gaspar Franja Franco Gon\u00e7alves,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (M.Sc. Student)
\nNumerical simulation of Ammonia combustion enhanced with DBD plasma actuators
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> ana.catarina.goncalves@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Eduardo Freire Silva,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (M.Sc. Student)
\nOptimization and uniformization of the flow at the outlets of a plenum using adjoint solver based mesh morphers (In collaboration with Adamastor \"\")
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> freire.silva@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Project Manager\/secretary<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMrs Tatiana Nunes,<\/strong>
\nProject Manager
\n\ud83d\udce7Email:<\/strong> tatiana.tm.nunes@ubi.pt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alumni<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Shivesh Narayan Sharma,<\/strong>
\nFormer Visiting Researcher
\nFluid dynamics, Aeronautic Engineering, also at Henri Coanda Labs<\/a> LLC (USA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Edson Concei\u00e7\u00e3o,<\/strong>
\nFormer M.Sc. Student
\nNumerical modelling of a Tesla disk pump<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Reza Pendar<\/strong>
\nFormer Researcher, now at University of Victoria<\/a>
\nNumerical simulation of Electrohydrodynamic sprays<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr S\u00edlvio C\u00e2ndido,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (PhD Student)
\nNumerical modelling of Taylor cone Electrohydrodynamics<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nProf. Dr. Carlos Xisto<\/strong>
\nFormer Member (now at Chalmers University<\/a>)
\nComputational Modelling of MHD Flow.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Mehdi Rami,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former PhD Student) now at Aalto University
\nComputational modelling of unsteady 3D effects in cyclorotors <\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr. Filipe Dias,<\/strong>
\nFormer Researcher
\nComputational modelling of MHD Flows at arbitrary magnetic Reynolds number<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Karuppusamy Periyadurai <\/strong>
\nResearcher (former Post-Doc)
\nNumerical simulation of MHD-Non-Newtonian flows <\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Filipe Sabugueiro,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former M.Sc. Student)
\nExperimental testing of Taylor cone EHD<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Gustavo Ribeiro,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former MSc Student), now at  \"\"<\/a>
\nNumerical modelling of micro-Electrothrusters for CubeSats, <\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Galina Ilieva,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former Pos-Doc), now at  TU-Varna  \"Resultado<\/a>
\nNumerical Modelling of Propulsion Systems for Airships<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Kuldeep Dagar,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former Post-Doc), now at University of Nottingham <\/a>\"\"
\nCycloidal <\/u>rotors working in turbine and propulsive mode.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor  Aditya Mushyam,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former Post-Doc), now at European Space Agency (ESA), ESTEC<\/a>\"\"
\nComputational Modelling of plasma actuators.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr. Guilherme Santos,<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former M.Sc. student), now at \"\"<\/a>
\nExperimental testing of plasma actuators using quantitative Schlieren<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nMr. F\u00e1bio Silva<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former M.Sc. Student) now at \"\"<\/a>Modeling of Turbulent Flow in  an Industrial Centrifugal Pump in Direct and Reverse Mode<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nMr. Marco Santos<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former M.Sc Student) now at \"\"<\/a>
\nExperimental Modeling of an MHD pump for MEMS Applicatio<\/u>ns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\n Mr. Duncan Gawel<\/strong>
\nVisiting researcher from Queens University, Canada, now at \"\"
\nNumerical modelling of MHD flows with applications to MPD thrusters<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nMr. Fikri Hangul<\/strong>
\nVisiting researcher from \u00c7ukurova University, Turkey, now at \"\"<\/a>
\nCFD analysis of aerodynamic performance for the UBIan prototype Eco-Marathon vehicle<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nProf. Dr. Jakson Monteiro<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former PhD Student) now at University of Cape Verde \"\"<\/strong><\/a>
\nParametric and numerical design of cycloidal rotor thrusters<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMr Serafim Pinto<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former M.Sc. Student), now at \"\"<\/a>
\nRoughness for passive control of transition in 3D boundary layers.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Shyam Sumanta Das<\/strong>
\nPost-Doc Researcher, now at \"\"<\/a>
\nDBD Plasma Actuator Applications Design.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Rui Oliveira<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former PhD Student), now at \"\"<\/a>
\nNumerical Computation of Transitional Flow in Propulsion System Elements.<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDoctor Jo\u00e3o Morgado,<\/strong>
\nResearcher  (former PhD Student) now at \"\"<\/a> )
\nPropeller blade design and simulation<\/u> (Creator of JBlade<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"\"<\/td>\nMr. Nelson Mendes<\/strong>
\nResearcher (former M.Sc. Student) now at \"\"
\nNumerical and Experimental modelling of low-Re number ground vehicles<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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