2014 – Present Invited Auxiliar Professor | University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Lectures practical classes of Computer Programming, Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Sciences and Technology Faculty of the University of Coimbra.
2013 – 2017 PhD Candidate and Researcher | Institute for Systems and Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal PhD grant SFRH/BD/94272/2013, from Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Researcher in the field of mobile service robots, parallel robotics and automation systems.
Design, development, prototyping and testing of breakthrough solutions in electronics, mechatronics and robotic systems.
Development of a novel, patent pending, automation system capable of offering high accuracy over a large workspace, based on multiple mobile agents moving on a rail mesh, and parallel manipulators for precise work.
2012 – 2013 Researcher | Institute for Systems and Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal Research grant from Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
Mechanical Engineer and researcher in the field of inspection climbing robots.
Design, development, prototyping and testing of electronics, mechatronics and all robotic systems.
Development of a small scale inspection robot for ferromagnetic structures, for the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) project "OmniClimbers – Climbing Robots with high maneuverability for inspection and maintenance of 3D human-made structures".
2010 – 2011 Researcher | ADAI, Coimbra, Portugal
Research work, theoretical and practical, at the Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, of the University of Coimbra.
The stages of work included research, numerical analysis, production of mathematical models and validation through experimental work, in the field of Fluid Mechanics and Forest Fire Research.
Estimation of the ignition rates of several types of fuel beds with flaming particles, according to air temperature and fuel moist levels.
2009 – 2010 Auxiliar Researcher | ADAI, Coimbra, Portugal
Research work assistance, both theoretical and practical, at the Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, of the University of Coimbra.
The stages of work included research, numerical analysis, production of mathematical models and validation through experimental work, in the field of Aerodinamics, Fluid Mechanics and Forest Fire Research.
Estimation of the aerodynamic characteristics of flaming airborne particles and modelling of their flight patterns.