Simão Rodrigues
Aerospace Engineer, PhD
Welcome
Experienced in aeroacoustic optimization of wind turbines, in the development of sensitivity analysis tools for turbomachinery applications and in developing tools for sustainable design using Life Cycle Assessment. Particularly interested in the development of numerical methods, for analysis, optimization and visualization of problems with focus on sustainability concerns.
Interests
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Aeroacoustics
- Wind Turbine
- Aircraft Design
- Aerodynamics
- Data Analysis / Visualization
Education
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, 2019
Instituto Superior Técnico
MSc in Aerospace Engineering, 2012
Instituto Superior Técnico
Experience
Software Developer
Multiphysics Modelling and Optimization Engineer
- Development of tools to optimize product design across various disciplines while considering environmental impact throughout the product lifecycle.
- Development of solutions for visualizing complex, multi-dimensional data to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Development and support tools for optimizing the aerodynamic performance of propeller blades for a major OEM.
- Coordination of Overall Aircraft Design project using the SoSTrades collaborative simulation and optimization platform.
- Development for the WITNESS Integrated Assessment Model.
- Development of models for analysis and optimization of multi-energy systems.
Postoctoral researcher
Participate in project IMOTHEP (https://www.imothep-project.eu/)
- Development (and application) of tools and procedures for the initial design and aerodynamic shape optimization of aircraft intakes (shape parameterization; data/file handling; flow analysis; data visualization)
Postoctoral researcher
Instituto Superior Técnico
FLEXCRAFT project (https://www.flexcraft.pt)
Development of an RPV to demonstrate a new aircraft concept
- Design/machine/assemble various structural parts
- Design and perform experiments to study its inertial characteristics
- Participate in ground vibration tests of RPV
- Perform numerical simulations to estimate its flight stability
- Co-manage team of students working on the project
