Monica Oliveira

Mónica Oliveira scientific activity began in 1995 with the preparatory work leading to the award of a Doctor Degree. The latter was awarded at the University of Glamorgan (South Wales - UK) through a research program funded by Wyman & Gordon Forgings (USA) dealing with air assisted atomised water spray systems used to control cooling rates of high temperature forgings. Further insight has been given to this particular process during a postdoctoral FCT grant fellowship, by developing a predictive model of the process through neural networks. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro and develops her research activity at TEMA - Centre of Mechanical Technology and Automation. She was the Coordinator of the Platform for the Molds & Plastics Industry till 2019 and, at present, is the Director of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro. In the last decade, in her research activity, she has given particular attention to the development and properties characterization of polymeric materials, nanocomposites and nanofluids. It should however stand out that her research intervention and interests lie on both experimental and numeric approaches to tackle issues related with heat transfer, fluid mechanics and materials science.