Title: "MINERVAMESH: AN OPEN-SOURCE WEB PLATFORM FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION"

Speaker: Luiz Gustavo Santos Farias

Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Rabello dos Anjos, Ph.D.

Order date: 21/09/2026
Open Hours: 10 hrs
Location: Block G, room 203, Technology Center – University City

Examining Board:
Professor Gustavo Rabello dos Anjos, Ph.D.
Professor Silvio Carlos Anibal de Almeida, D.Sc.
Prof. Luã Guedes Costa, D.Sc.

Title: "Control and Identification of a Flexible Inverted Pendulum Using LQR, Optimization by Bees Algorithm and Neural Networks"

Speaker: João Castro Santinoni

Advisor: Prof. Fernando Augusto de Noronha Castro Pinto

Order date: 10/09/2026
Open Hours: 09 hrs
Location: Laboratory of Acoustics and Vibrations - LAVI

Examining Board:
Professor Fernando Augusto de Noronha Castro Pinto
Prof. Daniel Alves Castello
Prof. Thiago Gamboa Ritto

Title: "Locating Leaks in Pipelines Through Reverse Problems"

Speaker: Thiago Luiz Ribeiro de Almeida

Advisor: Prof. Marcelo José Colaço

Order date: 27/08/2026
Open Hours: 10h AM
Location: LMT Block I, Room 136, Technology Center – University City

Examining Board:
Professor Marcelo José Colaço
Prof. Daniel Alves Castello
Prof. Hélcio Rangel Barreto Orlande

Title: "Study of the Influence of Fairing Geometry on Sounding Rockets: CFD Analysis Based on the Black Brant IX"

Speaker: Filipi dos Santos Melo

Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Rabello dos Anjos

Order date: 24/08/2026
Open Hours: 13h AM
Modality: Remote

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Examining Board:
Professor Gustavo Rabello dos Anjos
Prof. Gustavo Cesar Rachid Bodstein
Professor Nísio de Carvalho Lobo Brum