Research: Team
Research: Team
Past students (under my supervision at UFMG)
PhD
Clara Lisseth Mendoza Martinez
UFMG
Biomass
Characterization and conversion
Chemometrics
CAPES scholarship
Start: Mar, 2017
End: May, 2021
Co-advisor
Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
Co-tutelage dual degree
Prof. Esa Kari Vakkilainen
School of Energy Systems
Lappeenranta U. of Technology (LUT)
Finland
Carolina Cristiane Pinto
UFMG / Institute of Water Management of the State of Minas Gerais
Water quality monitoring
Local approach
PCA
Start: Mar, 2017
End: Mar, 2021
Co-advisor:
Prof. Silvia Maria Alves Corrêa Oliveira
Dept of Sanitary and Environmental Eng
UFMG
MSc
Rodrigo Fontes Mantovani
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Reinforcement learning
CAPES scholarship
Start: Mar, 2022
End: March, 2024
Paolla Marlene Caetano da Cunha
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Emissions
Soft sensor
Classification
k-NN
CAPES scholarship
Start: Mar, 2019
End: Aug, 2021
Lucas Augusto Ferreira de Oliveira
UFMG / Radix Engineering and software
Customer intent
(electrical sector)
Technical reports standardization
(chemical sector)
Unsupervised NLP
Ana Brandão Belisário
UFMG
Pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Emissions
Soft sensor
Regression
Sensitivity analysis
ANN
CNPq scholarship
Start: Mar, 2018
End: Feb, 2020
Short-term internship
Prof. Esa Kari Vakkilainen
School of Energy Systems
Lappeenranta U. of Technology (LUT)
Finland
Currently: linkedin
Guilherme Amorim Gomes
UFSJ / Ferrous Resources Brazil
Fluidized bed
Level measurement
Operating mode
Classification
Image processing
Start: Aug, 2017
End: Sep, 2019
Co-advisor:
Prof. Edgar Campos Furtado
Dept of Telecommunications and Mechatronics Eng
UFSJ
Currently: linkedin
Douglas Fernandes Rodrigues da Silva
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Ensemble learning
Bayesian inference
PCA, DPCA, KPCA
Felipe Coelho Vieira
UFSJ
Coal gasifier
Control system design
CAPES scholarship
Start: Aug, 2016
End: Jul, 2018
Co-advisor:
Prof. Edgar Campos Furtado
Dept of Telecommunications and Mechatronics Eng
UFSJ
Currently: linkedin
Specialization
Italo Junji Matsushita
UFMG / Primetals Technologies
Inventory control
Probability and statistics
Specialization course in Applied Statistics, Dept of Statistics, UFMG
Start: 2018
End: Jun, 2021
Currently: linkedin
Pedro Henrique Trindade Dias Cabral
UFMG / I. Systems
Mining plant
Process control
PCA
Specialization course in Applied Statistics, Dept of Statistics, UFMG, 2017
End: Feb, 2018
Currently: linkedin
Undergrads
Laura Batista Cwienk
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
PCA
Statistical moments
Volunteer
Start: Apr, 2022
End: Dec, 2022
CNPq scholarship
Start: Sep, 2021
End: Mar, 2022
Volunteer
Start: Jan, 2021
End: Aug, 2021
Thais de Moura e Almeida
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
PCA
Statistical moments
Volunteer
Start: Nov, 2021
End: Dec, 2022
Bruno Sayago Sathler Gripp
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
PCA
Statistical moments
Volunteer
Start: Jan, 2021
End: Dec, 2022
Rafael Mesquita de Moura
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Multiple-effect evaporation system
Energy efficiency
Monitoring
FAPEMIG scholarship
Start: Mar, 2022
End: Sep, 2022
Gabriel Souza Campos
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Emissions
Prediction
ML techniques
Volunteer
Start: Jul, 2021
End: Jun, 2022
Danielle Loreto Assis de Almeida
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Multiple-effect evaporation system
Process simulator
Sensitivity analysis
CENIBRA scholarship
Start: May, 2021
End: Mar, 2022
Co-advisor
Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
Percy Owusu-Ansah Manu
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Multiple-effect evaporation system
Process simulator
Sensitivity analysis
Volunteer
Start: May, 2021
End: Mar, 2022
Co-advisor
Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
Kaio Augusto Mello de Oliveira Zeferino
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Multiple-effect evaporation system
Process simulator
Sensitivity analysis
Volunteer
Start: May, 2021
End: Mar, 2022
Co-advisor
Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
Rodrigo Fontes Mantovani
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Multiple-effect evaporation system
Energy efficiency
Monitoring
FAPEMIG scholarship
Start: Nov, 2021
End: Feb, 2022
Isabela da Silva Dias Coelho
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Clogging
Monitoring
ANN
Volunteer
Start: Jan, 2021
End: Dec, 2021
Tomás Mordente de Souza e Carmo
UFMG
Kraft pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Emissions
Soft sensor
Classification
Imbalanced data
ANN
CNPq scholarship
Start: Sep, 2020
End: Aug, 2021
Volunteer
Start: Aug, 2019
End: Aug, 2020
Caio Soares Lopes
UFMG
Pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Operating mode
Clustering
SOM
Volunteer
Start: Jun, 2019
End: Nov, 2019
Tiago Chaimowicz Lins
UFMG
Pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Industrial reports
Descriptive stats
NLP
Deborah Santos Andrade Guimarães
UFMG
Pulp mill
Recovery boiler
Emissions
Soft sensor
Regression
ANN
Volunteer
Start: Oct, 2018
End: Jun, 2019
Gabriela Santos Costa
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Dimensionalty reduction
Volunteer
Start: Oct, 2018
End: Jun, 2019
Fábio Palmer Caldeira Parreiras de Faria
UFMG
Water quality monitoring
Local approach
PCA
Danilo Soares dos Reis
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Dimensionalty reduction
Leticia Sanders de Almada
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Dimensionalty reduction
Gustavo Feliciano de Jesus Barcelos
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Dimensionalty reduction
Marcelo Oliveira Aguiar
UFMG
Dynamic modeling/simulation
Multiple-effect evaporation systems + super concentrator
Pulp, paper and biorefinery modeling and flowsheeting project
Volunteer
Start: Jan, 2017
End: Jun, 2017
Joint work with Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
Currently: linkedin
João Vítor Basílio Barros
UFMG
Benchmark problem
Fault detection
Multivariate stats
Volunteer
Start: Jan, 2017
End: Jun, 2017
Past students (under my supervision at UFSJ)
Undergrads
- Diogo L. Oliveira, and Pedro H.C.C. Camargos, 2014-2015, keywords: Fault detection, dynamic SOM, Tennessee benchmark
- Brenda S.C. Coelho, 2013-2014, keywords: Fault detection, dynamic PCA, Tennessee benchmark
- Fernanda C. Campanha, 2013-2014, keywords: Fault detection and diagnosis, abrupt and incipient faults, shell and tube heat exchangers
- Mateus C.A. de Oliveira, 2011-2012
- Viviane R.A. Gomes, 2010-2011
- Camila V. Corrêa, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
- Carolina C. Pinto, 2009-2010
- Best paper award in the Engineering section of the 2010 Undergraduate Students Seminar (of the CNPq Brazilian Research Foundation)
- Cínthia F. Fernandes, 2009-2010
- Letícia M.S. Almeida, 2009-2010
- Lucas F.S. Maia, 2009-2010
- Gilberto D.M. Filho, 2007-2008
- Danilo C. Rena, 2006-2007
Past students (acting as co-advisor at UFMG and UFSJ)
Mayara Rezende Carvalho
UFSJ / Institute of Education Vale do Ipiranga
Extractive distillation
Aspen Plus Dynamics
RSM optimization
PCA monitoring
MSc advisor:
Prof. Edson Romano Nucci
Dept of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Eng
UFSJ
Start: Aug, 2018
End: Feb, 2021
Josemar Pereira da Silva
UFMG
Thermodynamics
Residue curve maps
PhD advisor:
Prof. Éder Domingos de Oliveira
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
End: Feb, 2021
Iara Campolina Dias Duarte
UFMG / Gerdau Açominas
Steelmaking plant
Ladle furnace
Release temperature
Regression
ANN
Brenno Santos Leite
UFMG
Pulp mill
Evaporation station
Modeling, simulation and monitoring
MSc advisor:
Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
End: 2008
Isac Quintão Pessoa
UFMG / Arcelormittal
Steelmaking plant
Mixture of blast furnace
Monitoring
MSc advisor:
Prof. Marcelo Cardoso
Dept of Chemical Eng
UFMG
End: 2007