Main current topics of research:
· Advanced characterization methods & structural integrity assessment of materials & components.
· Materials processing & intelligible usage of solar heat for industrial processes.
· Ornamental & engineered stones; fracture mechanics & machining of hard materials.
See profile and contributions in ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Luis_Rosa2
See short list of R&D projects for enterprises, as project manager (max. 10)
Most recent participations:
Participation in the International Conference on Powder Metallurgy (PM 22) and 47th Annual technical meeting of the Powder Metallurgy Association of India (PMAI) which will be held during April 18-20, 2022, in virtual mode: https://www.pmaipm22.in/index.html
Participation in the "2nd edition of Mechanical, Metallurgy and Materials Science conference" (organized by the Scientic Federation) which was held during February 13-14, 2020 at Lisbon: https://scientificfederation.com/metallurgy-2020/
Research Proposals approved at SFERA III Transnational Access Programme (European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant agreement No 823802):
2019 - Project Acronym: OpThLenses, Project title: Optical and thermal characterization of glass and quartz lenses under concentrated solar light; https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SFERA-III_List-of-SURP-Granted_190617-1-V2-1.pdf. For further information see: https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/noticias/projeto-opthlenses-considerado-um-dos-mais-promissores-de-programa-europeu-de-energia-solar-concentrada/
Publications:
- Study on the performance of optical lenses under high fluxes of solar radiation
- "Análise do comportamento de lentes em vidro de sílica perante a utilização de radiação solar concentrada"
2020 - Project Acronym: Cable-Heat, Project title: Low-angle incident beam for the use of optical fibre bundles to conduct concentrated solar radiation. https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/SFERA-III_List-SURP-Granted_200811.pdf
Publications:
2021 (postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19, Project Leader: José Carlos Garcia Pereira) - Project Acronym: CAHO, Project title: Development of Computer Algorithms to Optimize Heliostat Orientation. https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SFERA-III_List-SURP-Granted_210420.pdf
2022 - Project Acronym: HOMOFLUX, Project title: Experimental validation of double paraboloid reflection for obtaining quasihomogeneous distribution of concentrated solar flux. https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SFERA-III-List-of-SURP-Granted-2022.pdf
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