These are the laboratories and faculty members at the Polytechnic School who are available to host international students for research internships. Each entry includes information about the research areas and ongoing projects that students may join during their stay. Students who will carry out only a research internship — without enrolling in courses at UFRJ — are exempt from the Portuguese language proficiency requirement, provided they hold a B1 level or higher in English.
Adriana da Cunha Rocha
Laboratory: Laboratório de Ensaios Não Destrutivos, Corrosão e Soldagem – LNDC
Research area: – High-temperature oxidation, – High-entropy alloys, – X-ray diffraction, – Physical metallurgy
Celio Albano da Costa Neto
Laboratory: Laboratório de Processamento e Caracterização de Materiais – LPCM (POLI73)
Research area: – Mechanical behavior of composites and polymers (fracture, fatigue, creep, ESC, processing, etc.)
Fernando A. N. Castro Pinto
Laboratory: Laboratório de Acústica e Vibrações
Research area: – Experimental and operational modal analysis, – Dynamics of mechanical systems, – Acoustic materials
Gabriel Lisbôa Verissimo
Laboratory: Laboratório de Transmissão e Tecnologia do Calor (LTTC)
Research area: – Inverse problems, – Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), – Simulation and optimization of thermal systems, – Heat and mass transfer, – Air conditioning and refrigeration
George Victor Brigagão
Laboratory: Núcleo de Pesquisa em Sistemas e Gestão de Engenharia – GESTORE
Research area: – Low carbon engineering and management, – CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage), – CO2 capture, storage, and utilization, – Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), – Chemical and biochemical biomass conversion, – Biorefineries, – Hydrogen technology, – Chemical conversion of CO2, – Process simulation and optimization, – Technical and economic project evaluation
Gustavo Rabello dos Anjos
Laboratory: Laboratório de Mecânica dos Fluidos e Aerodinâmica – LabMFA
Research area: – Fluid mechanics, – Computational heat and mass transfer, – Scientific computing, – Multiphase flows, – Flow in porous media, – Finite element method
Hector Kotik
Laboratory: Laboratório de Materiais Compósitos – LaCom
Research area: – Fatigue and fracture of laminated fiber-reinforced composites (carbon, glass, aramid, etc.) and fiber-metal laminates (Glare and Arall), – Experimental techniques for evaluating quasi-static mechanical properties in-plane and out-of-plane of laminates (2D and 3D), – Experimental techniques for evaluating interlaminar and translaminar fracture and fatigue properties
Hector Kotik
Laboratory: Laboratório de Mecânica da Fratura – LMF
Research area: – Experimental techniques for determining fracture toughness in metallic materials, – Effects of splits on fracture toughness, – Fracture characterization of multi-component and high-entropy alloys, – Measurement of fracture toughness and fatigue performance of metallic alloys exposed to aggressive environments
Jose Luis Lopes da Silveira
Laboratory: Centro de Estudos em Fabricação e Comando Numérico – CEFCON
Research area: – Manufacturing processes
Julio Cesar Boscher Torres
Laboratory:Laboratório de Instrumentação e Simulação Acústica – LISA
Research area: – Indoor and environmental acoustic simulation, – 3D audio, – Noise mapping
Karen Johanna Quintana Cuellar
Laboratory: Sala do Futuro da Graduação em Engenharia de Produção
Research area: – Machining and micromachining, – Solid-state welding, – Friction stir manufacturing technique, – Analysis and modeling of forces and torque in manufacturing processes
Laís Ferreira Crispino Proença
Laboratory: Laboratory of Energy Management Technologies – LEMT (Antigo Laboratório de Eletrônica de Potência e Média Tensão)
Research area: – Study and implementation of offline and real-time simulators for power electronics converters for various applications, including:, – Integration of renewables, – Power supply for hydrogen production plants (electrolytic), – Machine drives, – Mobility applications
Marcelo Gomes Miguez
Laboratory: Laboratório Água & Cidade – LAC
Research area: – Urban drainage, – Flood control, – Flood risk management and urban flood resilience
Maria Alice Ferruccio da Rocha
Laboratory:Laboratório de Empreendedorismo e Novos Negócios (gn²)
Research area: – Entrepreneurship and new business development
Mayara Amario
Laboratory: Núcleo de Ensino e Pesquisa em Materiais e Tecnologias de Baixo Impacto Ambiental na Construção Sustentável – NUMATS
Research area: – Sustainable materials for civil construction
Natanael Nunes de Moura Junior
Laboratory: Laboratório de Processamento de Sinais – LPS
Research area: – Artificial intelligence, – Signal processing, – Data science, – Data engineering, – Data visualization
Roberto Ivo da Rocha Lima Filho
Laboratory: Research in Interdisciplinary Industrial Organization – RioGroup
Research area: – Engineering economics, – Sustainability, – Energy economics, – Econometrics, – Behavioral economics
Silvia Corbani
Laboratory: Laboratório de Acústica e Vibrações
Research area: – Fracture mechanics, – Fatigue, – Structural mechanics
Su Jian
Laboratory: Laboratório de Simulação e Metodos em Engenharia – LASME
Research area: – Nuclear systems, – Numerical and hybrid methods in engineering
Ulisses Admar Barbosa Vicente Monteiro
Laboratory: Laboratório de Ensaios Dinâmicos e Análise de Vibração – LEDAV
Research area: – Failure prediction in reciprocating machines and turbomachinery using artificial intelligence
Vitor Ferreira Romano
Laboratory: Laboratório de Robótica
Research area: Machine design, – Robotics, – Mechatronics, – Cine-video equipment, – Subsea technology
Information under preparation
We are currently updating the list of supervisors.
More laboratories and supervisors will soon be available to host international students for research internships.
Please check back later for updates on the research opportunities offered by the Polytechnic School.