Inês de Maria Santos Afonso (5514-524A-1811)

Curriculum Vitae

Inês de Maria Santos Afonso

Inês de Maria Santos Afonso is currently a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minho, supported by a fellowship from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Her doctoral work is conducted in collaboration with the Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center (MEtRICs) at UMinho, the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). In parallel with her PhD studies, she is also pursuing a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. She completed a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 and a master's degree in Industrial Engineering, specialising in Mechanical Engineering, in 2022, both at IPB. She also holds a postgraduate qualification as a Senior Safety and Hygiene Technician, obtained from the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda in 2023. In her master's dissertation, entitled "Mechanical, Chemical and Biological Characterisation of Olive Mill Wastewaters (OMWW)", she conducted a detailed analysis of an olive oil by-product for potential industrial applications. Inês has authored or co-authored 10 articles in indexed international journals, achieving an h-index of 5, and has presented her work at 4 international conferences and 1 local scientific meeting. She has also contributed to multiple research projects and scholarships.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Inês de Maria Santos Afonso

Citation names

Afonso, Inês
Inês S. Afonso

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5514-524A-1811
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6416-2867
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FgE3QF4AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57880904400

Addresses

Campus de Santa Apolónia , 5300-253 , Bragança, Bragança, Portugal (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09 - 2030 Ongoing	Engenharia Química (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/09 - 2028 Ongoing	Doutoramento em Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/04 - 2023/01/27 Concluded	Técnico Superior de Segurança no Trabalho (Pós-Graduação) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal	18
2020/09 - 2022/12/21 Concluded	Engenharia Industrial (Mestrado) Major in Engenharia Mecânica Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal "Mechanical, Chemical and Biological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewaters" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2021 - 2021 Concluded	Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal	5
2017 - 2020 Concluded	Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/07/03 - 2024/09/02	Researcher (Research)	Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center (MEtRICs), Portugal
	Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/12/13 - 2023/02/28	Researcher (Research)	Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2022/04 - 2022/08/31	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

2021/02 - 2021/06	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/09 - Current	i9OliveFluids: Development of innovative olive mill wastewaters for metalworking fluid 2024.05919.BDANA	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022/12 - Current	OliveWasteWater4MWFs CMFPE3	Centro de Investigação de Montanha
2022/12/13 - 2023/02/28	OliveWasteWater4MWFs CMFPE3 Research Fellow Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal	Centro de Investigação de Montanha Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2021/05/31	Selfmed - Automatic Pill Dispenser CDP004 Scientific Initiation Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Digitalização e Robótica Inteligente, Portugal	Fundação 'la Caixa' Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/07/03 - 2024/09/02	CoolPDMS: An innovative and sustainable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) cooling system to enhance the heat transfer efficiency and lifetime of photovoltaic panels 2022.03151.PTDC Research Fellow	Ongoing
2022/04 - 2022/12	OliveWasteWater4MWFs CMFPE3 Research Fellow Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal	Centro de Investigação de Montanha Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Afonso, I.S.; Duarte, C.; Ribeiro, A.; Amaral, J.S.; Ribeiro, J.. Didactic Analysis of Olive Mill Wastewaters Antimicrobial Activity. 2023. 10.1007/978-981-99-0942-1_47
Conference abstract	Afonso, Inês; Ribeiro, António E.; Joana S. Amaral; Sousa, Patrícia; Lima, Rui A.; Ribeiro, João E.. "Valorisation of Olive Mill Wastewaters for Industrial Applications". Paper presented in 2nd. International Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability (IWAM), Bragança, 2025. Published NEVES, LUCAS; Nobrega, Glauco; Inês S. Afonso; Lima, R. A.; Ribeiro, João; Luiz Gustavo Barbosa. "Strategies for Modifying PDMS Wettability and Potential Applications". Paper presented in IWAM 2024 - International Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability, Bragança, 2024. Published Bruno A Costa; Roshan Paudel; Richard Jonker; Inês S. Afonso; Rui Pedro Lima; L M R Mesquita; Ana I. Pereira. "Medication dispensing system architecture". Paper presented in 1st Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers, Bragança, 2021. Published
Conference paper	Andrews Souza; Inês S. Afonso; Carvalho, Violeta; Rodrigues, Diana; Senhorinha Teixeira; João E. Ribeiro; José Pereira; et al. "Experimental Flow Studies in PDMS Intracranial Aneurysms Manufactured by Two Different Techniques". Paper presented in Experimental Flow Studies in PDMS Intracranial Aneurysms Manufactured by Two Different Techniques, Roma, 2024. Published Inês S. Afonso; Cristina Duarte; Ribeiro, António E.; Joana S. Amaral; João E. Ribeiro. "Didactic analysis of olive mill wastewaters antimicrobial activity". Paper presented in TEEM 2022: Tenth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca, 2022. Published
Conference poster	Inês S. Afonso; Lourdes Monteiro; Tasneem Mahmasa; Liedson Dias; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Maria Filomena Barreiro. "VITAGOM: Biotin-rich gums obtained from apple biowaste". Paper presented in International Conference on Co-Creation Processes in Higher Education (In2CoP), 2024.
Journal article	Neves, Lucas B.; Afonso, Inês S.; Barbosa, Luiz G.; Nobrega, Glauco; Lima, Rui A.; Ribeiro, João E.. "Optimizing parameters to improve PDMS surface wettability and the thermal conductivity analysis". Journal of Molecular Liquids 436 (2025): 128204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128204. Published • 10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128204 Inês S. Afonso; Cristina Duarte; Maria João Afonso; António E. Ribeiro; Joana S. Amaral; Patrícia C. Sousa; Rui A. Lima; João E. Ribeiro. "Physicochemical Characterisation of Olive Mill Wastewaters Based on Extraction Methods and Filtration Levels". Clean Technologies (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol7030073. 10.3390/cleantechnol7030073 Beatriz D. Cardoso; Andrews Souza; Glauco Nobrega; Inês S. Afonso; Lucas B. Neves; Carlos Faria; João Ribeiro; Rui A. Lima. "Progress in Nanofluid Technology: From Conventional to Green Nanofluids for Biomedical, Heat Transfer, and Machining Applications". Nanomaterials (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15161242. 10.3390/nano15161242 Cardoso, Beatriz D.; Souza, Andrews; Nobrega, Glauco; Afonso, Inês S.; Neves, Lucas B.; Faria, Carlos; Ribeiro, João; Lima, Rui A.. "Progress in Nanofluid Technology: From Conventional to Green Nanofluids for Biomedical, Heat Transfer, and Machining Applications". Nanomaterials 15 16 (2025): 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15161242. Open access • Published • 10.3390/nano15161242 Souza, Reinaldo; Nobrega, Glauco; Afonso, Inês S.; Pereira, José; Cardoso, Elaine; Marques, Filipe; Vilarinho, Cândida; Moita, Ana; Lima, Rui A.. "Thermal performance evaluation of pure PDMS and PDMS composites heat exchangers". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-025-14394-3. 10.1007/s10973-025-14394-3 Cardoso, Beatriz; Nobrega, Glauco; Afonso, Inês S.; Ribeiro, João E.; Lima, Rui A.. "Sustainable green synthesis of metallic nanoparticle using plants and microorganisms: A review of biosynthesis methods, mechanisms, toxicity, and applications". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 13 3 (2025): 116921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.116921. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jece.2025.116921 Glauco Nobrega; Inês Santos Afonso; Beatriz Cardoso; Reinaldo Rodrigues de Souza; Ana Moita; João Eduardo Ribeiro; R. A. Lima. "Exploring heat exchange in space: Recent advances in two-phase fluid experiments in microgravity". Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2024.103025. 10.1016/j.tsep.2024.103025 Glauco Nobrega; Reinaldo Rodrigues de Souza; Beatriz Cardoso; Inês Afonso; José Pereira; Elaine Maria Cardoso; A. S. Moita; J.E. Ribeiro; Rui Lima. "Experimental evaluation of green nanofluids in heat exchanger made oF PDMS". Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2024.102978. 10.1016/j.tsep.2024.102978 Afonso, Inês S.; Cardoso, Beatriz; Nobrega, Glauco; Minas, Graça; Ribeiro, João E.; Lima, Rui A.. "Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Olive Oil Waste for Environmental and Health Applications: A Review". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12 5 (2024): 114022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.114022. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jece.2024.114022 F. Barbosa; Glauco Nobrega; R.R. Souza; R.P. Ralha; Elaine Maria Cardoso; J.E. Pereira; I.S. Afonso; et al. "Heat transfer experimental and numerical study of a three-sided serpentine with the operating fluid directly contacting the PV cell back". Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.105029. 10.1016/j.csite.2024.105029 Lucas B. Neves; Inês S. Afonso; Glauco Nobrega; Luiz G. Barbosa; Rui A. Lima; João E. Ribeiro. "A Review of Methods to Modify the PDMS Surface Wettability and Their Applications". Micromachines (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15060670. 10.3390/mi15060670 Afonso, Inês S.; Nobrega, Glauco; Lima, Rui; Gomes, José R.; Ribeiro, João E.. "Conventional and Recent Advances of Vegetable Oils as Metalworking Fluids (MWFs): A Review". Lubricants 11 4 (2023): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/lubricants11040160. Open access • 10.3390/lubricants11040160 Inês S. Afonso; José Pereira; António E. Ribeiro; Joana S. Amaral; Nuno Rodrigues; José R. Gomes; Rui Lima; João Ribeiro. "Analysis of a Vegetable Oil Performance in a Milling Process by MQL Lubrication". Micromachines (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13081254. 10.3390/mi13081254 Inês S. Afonso; Manuel Rodríguez Martín; João E. Ribeiro. "Effect of Welding Sequence in Angular Distortion on Butt Joint GMAW Process". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app122010402. 10.3390/app122010402
Thesis / Dissertation	"Mechanical, chemical and biological characterization of olive mill wastewaters". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 2022. https://bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt/handle/10198/26274.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/10/04	Valorisation of Olive Mill Wastewaters for Industrial Applications	IWAM - International Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/12/11	Physicochemical characterization and biological activity of olive mill wastewaters	5th International Yale Symposium on Olive Oil & Health BLC3 (Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal)
2022/11/24	Caracterização mecânica, química e biológica de águas-ruças	I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens Investigadores STEAM VII Encontro Jovens Investigadores – STEAM Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)