João Francisco Lopes Miranda (1A15-258C-656A)

Curriculum Vitae

João Francisco Lopes Miranda

João L. Miranda graduated in Materials Engineering from the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, in 2024, studying alternative processing of niobate electroceramics by ultrafast high-temperature sintering. The completion of his MSc degree included a 5-month stay at Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, under the Erasmus+ programme. Following his MSc degree completion, he worked as a scholar in the internal project of Dr Oleksandr Tkach, in CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, preparing thermoelectric oxide ceramics by ultrafast high-temperature sintering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the program Materials Science and Engineering at UA, investigating the application of alternative fast sintering techniques applied in ceramics for energy harvesting, with a scholarship 2024.01367.BD awarded by the Portuguese Science Foundation, and is being supervised by Professor Paula M. Vilarinho and Dr Oleksandr Tkach. His research interests are processing-properties relations, Flash sintering, ultrafast high-temperature sintering, ferroelectric ceramics and thermoelectric ceramics. J. L. Miranda currently has 1 published scientific paper, 4 oral participations in international conferences and 8 poster participations in international conferences, one of which was awarded second place in the poster competition. He was awarded the prize for the best master thesis in Materials Sience in Portugal in 2024, by the Portuguese Materials Society, and the second place in the best master thesis in Materials Science in Europe, in 2025, by the Federation of European Materials Societies. J. L. Miranda is currently a member of the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM) and of the Portuguese Ceramics and Glass Society, and by extension, of the Federation of European Materials Societies and of the European Ceramics Society, respectively. He also serves as one of the coordinators of the junior section in SPM, and he was a member of the Materials Engineering Students Nucleus of the Academic Association of the University of Aveiro from 2021 to 2023.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Francisco Lopes Miranda

Citation names

Miranda, João L.
Miranda, João
João Miranda
João L. Miranda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1A15-258C-656A
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-0427-2476

Email addresses

j.miranda@ua.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/10/08 - 2028/10/30 Ongoing	Programa Doutoral em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais (Doctorate) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09/29 - 2024/04/09 Concluded	Engenharia de Materiais (Master's Degree) Major in Materiais cerâmicos Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais e Cerâmica, Portugal Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel Technische Fakultät, Germany "Sinterização ultrarrápida a alta temperatura como técnica alternativa para produção de niobato de sódio e potássio / Ultrafast high-temperature sintering as an alternative technique for potassium-sodium niobate production" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2018/09/11 - 2022/09/29 Concluded	Engenharia de Materiais (Licenciate Degree) Major in Materiais cerâmicos Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais e Cerâmica, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/11/01 - Current	PhD student	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/11/01 - 2028/10/30	Fast sintering techniques applied to the processing of lead-free electroceramics for energy harvesting 2024.01367.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2024/04/01 - 2024/09/30	Projeto interno do Dr. Oleksandr Tkach do CICECO Ref. 3.89.75.9.4.7 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/07/27 - 2023/06/30	FLASHPOR: FLASH COMO TECNOLOGIA ALTERNATIVA DE SINTERIZAÇÃO DA PORCELANA POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047190 Voluntário Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

João L. Miranda; Camila Ribeiro; Alexander Tkach; Paula M. Vilarinho. "Energy efficient production of thermoelectric oxides for waste heat recovery". Paper presented in CICECO-CIIAE Workshop 2025, 2025.
João L. Miranda; Alexander Tkach; Paula M. Vilarinho. "Fast sintering of thermoelectric oxides". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 25, 2025.
João L. Miranda; Mariana Rodrigues; Noelle C. Zanini; Alexander Tkach; João N. Matos; Paula M. Vilarinho. Corresponding author: João L. Miranda. "Structural and electromechanical characterisation of piezoelectric cantilevers for domestic energy harvesting applications". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 24, 2024.
João L. Miranda; Camila Ribeiro; Alexander Tkach; Ana M. O. R. Senos; Paula M. Vilarinho. "Properties of lead-free alkali piezoelectric ceramics obtained by ultrafast high-temperature sintering". Paper presented in 3rd Materials for Energy Transition Summer School, 2024.
João L. Miranda; Camila Ribeiro; Alexander Tkach; Ana M. O. R. Senos; Paula M. Vilarinho. "Alternative fast sintering of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ferroelectric ceramics". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 23, 2023.
João L. Miranda; Ana M. O. R. Senos; Paula M. Vilarinho. "K1-xNaxNbO3 electroceramics by Ultrafast High-temperature Sintering (UHS): processing data". Paper presented in Summer School of Non-Conventional Sintering: Science and Technology, 2023.
Sloany Medeiros; Camila Ribeiro; Nathan Kerkad; João L. Miranda; Sílvia Soreto; Jorge Marinheiro; Elisabete Costa; Ana Senos; Paula Vilarinho. "Advancing ceramic porcelain production with Flash sintering: the role of processing maps". Paper presented in Summer School of Non-Conventional Sintering: Science and Technology, 2023.
João L. Miranda; Ana M. O. R. Senos; Paula M. Vilarinho. "Alternative sintering of K1-xNaxNbO3 (KNN) ceramics: preliminary data on the application of the ultrafast high-temperature method". Paper presented in 3rd YCN Workshop, 2023.

Journal article

Miranda, João L.; Camila Ribeiro; Alexander Tkach; Ana M.O.R. Senos; Paula M. Vilarinho. "Ultrafast high-temperature sintering of potassium-sodium niobate: Processing and properties". Journal of the European Ceramic Society 44 15 (2024): 116701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.116701.
Open access • 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.116701

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2026/09/01	Kinetics and mechanisms on ultrafast high-temperature sintering of barium calcium zirconate titanate	Sintering 2026 Julich Forschungszentrum (Aachen, Germany)
2026/07/07	Boosting sustainability and thermoelectric performance of strontium titanate with ultrafast high-temperature sintering	5th YCN Workshop Young Ceramists Network (Otrebusy, Poland)
2025/09/17	Ultrafast high-temperature sintering as an alternative technique for potassium-sodium niobate production	FEMS Euromat Federation of European Materials Societies (Granada, Spain)
2025/09/01	Impact of ultrafast high-temperature sintering on the defect chemistry of potassium-sodium niobate ceramics	XIX Ecers Conference 2025 European Ceramics Society (Dresden, Germany)
2025/07/01	Ultrafast high-temperature sintering of strontium titanate-based thermoelectric ceramics	Materiais 2025 Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/08/19	Properties of potassium-sodium niobate processed by ultrafast high-temperature sintering	XIX Electroceramics European Ceramics Society (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/01/03 - 2023/04/21	Integração na comissão organizadora local do evento "3rd YCN Workshop", realizado na Universidade de Aveiro, e em cooperação com a Young Ceramists Network da European Ceramics Society. (2023/04/19 - 2023/04/21) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2021/02/01 - 2023/06/30	Núcleo de Estudantes de Materiais da Associação Académica da Universidade de Aveiro	Membro com as funções de Responsável Financeiro (02/21 - 02/22), Presidente de Mesa da Reunião Geral de Membros (02/22 - 06/22) e Coordenador Cultural (06/22 - 06/23)

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2025/03/01 - 2025/06/30	Ultrafast high-temperature sintering of ceramics	Kimi Abiven

Distinctions

Award

2026	Winner of the YCN Rapid Fire competition European Ceramic Society, Belgium
2025	2nd place of the FEMS Master Thesis Award Federation of European Materials Societies, Belgium
2024	Prémio SPM 2024 for the best master thesis in Materials Engineering Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Portugal
2024	2nd place of the best poster competition in the 3rd YCN Workshop European Ceramic Society, Belgium