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Professor Saulo G.P. Castro

Professor, Aerospace Structures and Computational Mechanics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

PhD, Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) with “summa cum laude” at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany.
• Thesis: “Semi-Analytical Tools for the Analysis of Laminated Composite Cylindrical and Conical Imperfect Shells under Various Loading and Boundary Conditions”

Embraer SA, Product Development Engineer: CAE Specialist.
• Consultant for Stress Analysis teams in linear and non-linear analyses, mainly in Nastran, Abaqus and Marc and its related pre- and post- processors (FEMAP, PATRAN, Hypermesh, Abaqus CAE)
• Development of automations in CATIA (C++ and VBA)
• Lecturer for the Course “Advanced Optimization in MSC Nastran’s SOL 200 and Optistruct”
- Topological Optimization, Design for Manufacturability
- Extensive use of DRESP2 and DRESP3 to achieve realistic design constraints
- Semi-analytical external subroutines in FORTRAN to calculated constraints (panel buckling, crippling, effective width and so forth)
• Development of new stress analysis methods and processes
• Development of method to generate actuator loads in structural tests that best-fits theoretical loads for full-scale static and fatigue tests
• Project leader for Embraer’s new stress analysis platform
- Conversion of Excel-based tools to C++ and Python
- Implemented concept of structural analysis solvers
- Certification process facilitated by full traceability of analysis data
- Use of high-performance computing
• Project leader for Embraer’s next generation Fatigue Solver and Fatigue Calculation Process
- Dispenses need of stress transfer functions
- State of the art accuracy for fatigue analysis
• Participation in several Master Thesis Examination Committees and Co-Orientation of Master Students at the Aeronautical Technology Institute, Brazil
• Project management performed with the Agile concept using JIRA
• Specialist in version control of Engineering Methods, Tools and Processes using Git and SVN

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