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My scientific activity has mainly been related to the wellposedness of initial boundary value problems. Nevertheless, my research interests span a variety of areas in differential equations of continuum mechanics. In particular,
fluid mechanics (with emphasis in non-Newtonian flows and friction effects at the boundary),
heat transfer (with emphasis in radiative effects at the boundary),
and their interconnection with other fields such as electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Professional activity
University teaching positions at the Department of Mathematics of Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL):
December 1987 - December 1988: Instructor;
December 1988 - September 1992: Junior teaching assistant;
September 1992 - February 2000: Assistant lecturer;
February 2000 - January 2005: Assistant professor;
February 2005 - April 2009: Full tenure-track position, Assistant Professor.
Research position as a member of the Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais of University of Lisbon (CMAFUL) in the area of partial differential equations, 1988-2008.
Participated as Organizing Commitee to the workshop Topics of Regularity on Partial Differential Equations, held in CMAFUL, November 8-10, 2001.
Collaborations
The Euler International Mathematical Institute (EIMI)
GI-1563 - Mathematical engineering, Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, University of Santiago de Compostela 1997-2016.
Didactic material (in portuguese)
Some models on biomedical engineering DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3585946
Infinitesimal analysis DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3585950
Selected presentations
I do maths with the conviction that science exists under crossdisciplinarity (which includes multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary).
The (p-q) coupled fluid-energy systems
Convective-radiation effects on thermal viscous incompressible flows
Presented in: International Conference on Mathematical Fluid Mechanics a Tribute to Giovanni Paolo Galdi, on the Occasion of Professor Galdi’s 60th Birthday, IST/UTL, Estoril, May 21-25, 2007.
The (p-q) coupled fluid-energy systems revisited
Seminar at: Departamento de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Análisis Numérico of Universidad de Sevilla , November 3, 2010.
A (p-q) coupled system in elliptic nonlinear problems with nonstandard boundary conditions
Seminar in: NEČAS SEMINAR ON CONTINUUM MECHANICS, organized by the Mathematical Institute of the Charles University, Necas Center for Mathematical Modeling, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2, 2006.
Séminaire de Mathématiques et de leurs applications, Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université de Pau et des Pays de L’Adour, Pau, France, December 14, 2006.
Steady-state thermal viscous incompressible flows with frictional and radiative effects
Presentation in: Third International Conference on Applied Mathematics
At: Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 2006.
A (p-q) coupled system in elliptic nonlinear boundary value problems
Presentation in: International Conference on Applied Analysis and Differential Equations
At: Iasi, Romania, September 2006.
Friction boundary conditions for stationary thermal viscous incompressible flows
Presentation in: International Conference of Applied Mathematics (ICAM5)
At: Baia Mare, Romania, September 2006.
Steady-state Bingham flow with temperature dependent nonlocal parameters
Presentation in: International Conference Free Boundary Problems: Theory and Applications
Univ. of Coimbra, June 7-12, 2005.
Crossdisciplinarity seminars
My interests focus in mathematical models on biomechanics, medical biophysics, and thermal therapies from biomedical engineering. Other interest deals with the connections between the contemporary architecture/aesthetics and mathematics.
Cooling effect of blood flow on RF ablation technique
Presentation in:
2nd International Symposium on Modelling of Physiological Flows
IST/Technical University of Lisbon, Sezimbra, March 31- April 2, 2005.
- Biomechanics
Um modelo analítico para a determinação de momentos internos utilizando dinâmica multi-corpos inversa
Presentation in:
CMNE - Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia
XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino-Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia
Univ. do Porto, June 13-15, 2007, a1174.
The squat jumping model revisited
Presentation in: Encontro 1, Biomecânica
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Martinchel, Abrantes, February 2-3, 2005.
- Architecture/mathematics
Continuity versus Discretization
Presentation in: International Conference Nexus 2008: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, USA, June 23-25, 2008.
How can architecture be helped by mathematics?
Presentation in: 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics (at the undergraduate level)
University of Crete, Hersonissos, Greece, July 1-6, 2002.