PAULO R. FERNANDES, Ph.D.
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Av. Rovisco Pais 
1049-001 Lisboa  
PORTUGAL 
Tel:      +351-218417925 
Fax:     +351-218417915
E-mail:
prfernan@dem.ist.utl.pt

Institutional Homegage: https://fenix.ist.utl.pt/homepage/ist13157

 



 - Associate Professor at  the Mechanical Engineering Department  (DEM), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL)


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Research member of  LAETA - Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics

                                                 IDMEC - CPM - Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Center of Mechanical Design
 



CLASSES


       *MECÂNICA E MODELAÇÃO COMPUTACIONAL  -  Engenharia Biomédica - Página da disciplina

       *Computational Mechanics - Biomedical  Engineering - Homepage

 

       *MECÂNICA COMPUTACIONAL - Eng. Mecânica

       *Computational Mechanics - Mechanical Engineering

 

       *MECÂNICA DOS MATERIAIS - Eng. Mecânica e Aeroespacial  

       *Mechanics of Materials - Mechanical Engineering

 

       *BIOMECÂNICA DOS TECIDOS - Eng. Biomédica - Página da disciplina

       *Tissue Biomechanics - Biomedical  Engineering - Homepage

 

        

 


RESEARCH FIELD

          * BIOMECHANICS
                 - Bone Tissue Engineering
                 - Bone Mechanics
                 - Prosthesis Design
         * STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION
                 - Topology Optimization
         * SOLID MECHANICS
         * FINITE ELEMENT METHOD



RESEARCH PROJECTS


          
* PTDC/EME-PME/104498/2008,

              "Desenvolvimento de Scaffolds com Microestrutura Controlada para Engenharia do Tecido Ósseo"

                (Development of Scaffolds with Controlled Microstructure for Bone Tissue Engineering)

 

           * PTDC/EME-PME/71436/2006,

                "Modelação Computacional da Estrutura Óssea – Aplicação à Engenharia do Tecido Ósseo"

                (Computational Modelling of Bone Structure - Application to Bone Tissue Engineering)   

 

          * PRAXIS / P/ EME/ 12002/ 1998

                  "Projecto Óptimo de Implantes Ortopédicos" (Optimal Design of Orthopaedics Implants)

 

          * POCTI/2001/EME/38367

                   “Modelos computacionais e Experimentais para a análise da estabilidade de próteses da anca”

                   (Computational and Experimental Models for the Analysis of the Stability of Hip Prostheses )



PUBLICATIONS:

            * Selected Papers

            * Ph.D. Thesis (1998) - Topology Optimization of Three Dimensional Structures
                                                   (original title: Optimização de Topologia em Estruturas Tridimensionais)

            * Master Thesis (1993) - Topology Optimization of Linear Elastic Structures
                                                     Subjected to Thermal Loads
                                                     (original title: Optimização de Topologia em Estruturas Lineares e Elásticas
                                                      Sujeitas a Solicitações Térmicas)

 



 OTHERS MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH TEAM:

    (STRUCTURAL AND MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION AND MODELING )

     Helder C. Rodrigues
     José Miranda Guedes
     João O. Folgado
     Jose Aguilar Madeira
     Pedro Gonçalves Coelho
     Rui Ruben

    



 
LINKS

    ESB - European Society of Biomechanics

    SPB - Portuguese Society of Biomechanics

    DOMS - Division of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Dep. of Orthopaedics, PennState University.
    TOPOPT - Topology Optimization Homepage