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Fábio Rúben Monteiro Conde is an Invited Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA) since September 2023. He obtained both his M.Sc. degree (October 2017, Best Student Award) and Ph.D. degree (May 2023) from FCT NOVA. His expertise lies in Structural and Computational Mechanics, with a strong focus on topology optimization. His research centers on the computational design of structures and microstructures with enhanced mechanical and thermo-mechanical performance, including stiffness and strength, as well as tailored response characteristics. In a relatively short academic career, he has already established a solid research profile, evidenced by the following achievements: 1) Participation as a researcher in 2 funded research projects; 2) Publication of 11 articles in peer-reviewed international journals; 3) Presentation of his work at 8 international conferences; 4) Membership of the editorial board of the journal Advances in Engineering Software; 5) Contribution to the peer-review process through the review of 11 scientific manuscripts; 6) Involvement in the organization of 2 international conferences, EngOpt 2018 and ECCOMAS 2024; and 7) Receipt of an award for excellence for his scientific contribution at the COMUS17 – ECCOMAS Thematic Conference. He also has teaching experience in structural and computational mechanics, having supervised eight M.Sc. students to completion, and has served as a member of the examination committees for five M.Sc. theses.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fábio Conde

Citation names

  • Conde, F.M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2610-34DC-40FF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5447-6747
Researcher Id
R-4758-2017
Scopus Author Id
57201877644

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/01/01 - 2023/05/19
Concluded
 Mechanical Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/01/21
Concluded
 High Performance Computing: FORTRAN, OpenMP and MPI (Postgraduate Certificate)
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
2021/10/08
Concluded
 Computational Mechanics for Novel Designs of Advanced Materials (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
2019/12/07
Concluded
 Data processing automation (Python) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/06/25
Concluded
 Topology Optimization - Theory, Methods and Applications (Postgraduate Certificate)
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
2019/05/17
Concluded
 Scientific text processing with LATEX course (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/05/18
Concluded
 Analysis and Gradient Based Optimization of Laminated Composite Structures (Postgraduate Certificate)
Aalborg Universitet Ingeniør- og Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet, Denmark
2012/09/01 - 2017/10/20
Concluded
 Mechanical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Portugal
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2024/06/01 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2017/04/13 - 2018/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/03/07 - 2023/08/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/01/19 - 2020/02/24 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/01/21 - 2019/02/21 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/01/09 - 2017/02/24 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/01/01 - 2023/02/28 PhD Scolarship
SFRH/BD/136744/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Topology optimization and metal additive manufacturing unified to obtain functionally graded material structures
2022.06903.PTDC
Researcher
Ongoing
2017/04/01 - 2018/12/31 Desenvolvimento de Compósitos de Matrix Polimérica não Convencionais baseados em Análise Multi Escala e Otimização
PTDC/EMS-PRO/4732/2014
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Conde, Fábio; Almeida, Cláudia J.; Coelho P G; Rodrigues, G.; Biscaia, Hugo. "Truss topology optimization considering chain effects in local buckling". Paper presented in EngOpt2026, 2026.
    Submitted
  2. Conde, Fábio; Silva, R.F.; Almeida, C.J.,; Coelho, P.G.; Guedes, J.M.. Corresponding author: Conde, Fábio. "Structural multi-material design at different length-scales using topology optimization". Paper presented in WCCM-PANACM 2024, Vancouver, 2024.
    Published
  3. SIlva R.F.; Coelho, P.G.; Conde, Fábio. Corresponding author: SIlva R.F.. "Optimal layout and material property gradation in plane structures to minimize the maximum von mises stress". Paper presented in ECCOMAS 2024, Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  4. Almeida, C.J.; Coelho, P.G.; Conde, Fábio; Silva, R.F.. Corresponding author: Almeida, C.J.. "Analysis of Effective Thermoelastic Properties of Metamaterials Designed by Topology Optimization". Paper presented in ECCOMAS 2024, Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  5. Conde, Fábio; Coelho, P.G.; Guedes, J.M.. Corresponding author: Conde, Fábio. "Multi-Material Topology Optimization of Structures for Improved Mechanical Performance". Cork, 2023.
    Published
  6. Conde, Fábio. "Strength-oriented design of multi-material microstructures using topology optimization". Paper presented in ECCOMAS Congress 2022 - The 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, 2022.
    Published
  7. Conde, Fábio. "Multi-material topology optimization of microstructures using strength criteria". Paper presented in WCCM-XV – 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2022.
    Published
  8. Conde, Fábio. "Stress-based topology optimization of multi-material periodic microstructures". Paper presented in 5th Meeting of Young Researchers of LAETA, Lisboa, Portugal, 2022.
    Published
  9. Conde, Fábio. "Optimization of Unidirectional Hybrid Polymer Composites using a Spring Element Model". Paper presented in WCSMO13, 2019.
    Published
  10. Conde, Fábio. "Optimization of Unidirectional Hybrid Polymer Composites using a Spring Element Model". 2018.
    Published
  11. Conde, Fábio. "Optimization of hybrid composites in uniaxial traction introducing a pseudo-ductile response". 2017.
    Published
  12. Conde, Fábio. "Analysis and optimization of hybrid polymer composites in uniaxial traction: analytical and computational study". Paper presented in Computational Modelling of Multi-Uncertainty and Multi-Scale Problems: COMUS17, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Silva, R.; Coelho, P.; Conde, F.. "Optimal Topology and Material Property Gradation in Plane Structures to Minimize the Maximum Von Mises Stress". 2024.
    10.23967/eccomas.2024.177
  2. Almeida, Cláudia J.; Conde, Fábio. "Stiffness and Strength-Based Lightweight Design of Truss Structures using Multi-Material Topology Optimization". Paper presented in 9th edition of the International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (COUPLED PROBLEMS 2021), 2021.
Conference poster
  1. Conde, Fábio. "Optimization of hybrid composites in uniaxial traction introducing a pseudo-ductile response". 2017.
Journal article
  1. Conde, Fábio; Almeida, Cláudia J.; Coelho P G; Rodrigues, G.; Biscaia, Hugo. "Truss topology optimization for lightweight and stiff-oriented designs under local buckling constraints considering chain effects". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2026):
    Under revision
  2. Almeida, Cláudia J.; Coelho P G; Guedes, J.M.; Custódio, A. L.; Conde, Fábio; A. Velhinho. "Multiobjective Topology Optimization of metamaterials to analyse the conflicting nature of Negative Poisson’s Ratio and Negative Thermal Expansion". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-025-04131-7.
    Published
  3. Biscaia, Hugo C.; D’Antino, Tommaso; Coelho, Pedro; Conde, Fábio. "Influence of multiple debonding defects on the behaviour of mechanically anchored CFRP-to-steel joints". Composite Structures 355 (2025): 118847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2025.118847.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2025.118847
  4. Rui F. Silva; Pedro G. Coelho; Fábio M. Conde; Cláudia J. Almeida; Ana L. Custódio. "Topology optimization of thermoelastic structures with single and functionally graded materials exploring energy and stress-based formulations". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00158-024-03929-1.
    10.1007/s00158-024-03929-1
  5. Biscaia, Hugo C.; Coelho, Pedro; Conde, Fábio; D’Antino, Tommaso. "Theoretical study on the bond performance of CFRP-to-steel single-lap shear tests with multiple debonding defects". Composite Structures 345 (2024): 118406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118406.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118406
  6. Rui F. Silva; Pedro G. Coelho; Carolina V. Gustavo; Cláudia J. Almeida; Francisco Werley Cipriano Farias; Valdemar R. Duarte; José Xavier; et al. "Functionally Graded Materials and Structures: Unified Approach by Optimal Design, Metal Additive Manufacturing, and Image-Based Characterization". Materials (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma17184545.
    10.3390/ma17184545
  7. Silva, R.F.; Coelho, P.G.; Conde, Fábio; Santos, B.R.; Oliveira, J.P.. Corresponding author: Silva, R.F.. "Minimizing the maximum von Mises stress of elastic continuum structures using topology optimization and functionally graded materials". Computers and Structures (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2024.107469.
    Published
  8. Conde, Fábio; Coelho, P.G.; Guedes, J.M.. Corresponding author: Conde, Fábio. "Multi-scale topology optimization of structures with multi-material microstructures using stiffness and mass design criteria". Advances in Engineering Software (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2023.103566.
    Open access • Published
  9. Conde, Fábio; Coelho P G; Guedes, J.M.. "Multi-material and strength-oriented microstructural topology optimization applied to discrete phase and functionally graded materials". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-022-03209-w.
    Published
  10. Coelho P G; Barroca, B.; Conde, Fábio; Guedes, J.M.. "Minimization of maximal von Mises stress in porous composite microstructures using shape and topology optimization". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 64 4 (2021): 1781-1799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00158-021-02942-y.
    10.1007/s00158-021-02942-y
  11. Conde, Fábio; Coelho P G; Tavares, R.; Rodrigues, HC ; Guedes, J.M.; Camanho, Pedro. "Optimization of the microstructure of unidirectional hybrid composites under uniaxial tensile loads". Composite Structures 235 (2020): 111795-111795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111795.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111795
  12. Conde, Fábio; Coelho P G; Tavares, R.; Camanho, Pedro; Guedes, J.M.; Rodrigues, HC. "Optimization of hybrid polymer composites under uniaxial traction". Engineering Computations 35 2 (2018): 904-931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ec-11-2017-0427.
    Published • 10.1108/ec-11-2017-0427
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Multiscale optimization of non-conventional composite structures for improved mechanical response". PhD, NOVA School of Science and Technology - UNL, 2023.
  2. "Análise e otimização de materiais compósitos de matriz polimérica não convencional em tração uniaxial". Master, 2017.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026 - Current Otimização topológica de estruturas FGM utilizando o método da Lagrangeana Aumentada para a minimização da tensão
Supervisor
2026 - Current Otimização topológica de estruturas contínuas sujeitas a encurvadura
Supervisor
2025 - Current Otimização de estruturas em FGM para a minimização do máximo da tensão utilizando técnicas de agregação
Supervisor
2023/09/30 - 2025/11/18 Suavização geométrica e análise de microestruturas multimaterial obtidas por otimização topológica para fabrico aditivo
Supervisor
2024 - 2025 Otimização topológica e dimensional de treliças considerando encurvadura: comparação entre minimização da massa e da compliance
Supervisor
2024 - 2025 Otimização topológica de estruturas reticuladas considerando encurvadura com constrangimentos de admissibilidade geométrica
Supervisor
2023/09/30 - 2024/12/16 Otimização de estruturas reticuladas considerando critérios de rigidez e resistência mecânica
Supervisor
2022/09/30 - 2024/06/17 Otimização de estruturas reticuladas com constrangimentos de tensão, encurvadura e compliance
Co-supervisor
2023/09/30 - 2024/01/31 Otimização topológica de estruturas aplicada à resolução de problemas min-max
Supervisor
2022/09/30 - 2023/12/12 Otimização da distribuição das propriedades de material em estruturas planas para minimizar a tensão máxima de Von Mises
Co-supervisor
2021/09/30 - 2022/11/23 Otimização topológica baseada na tensão de estruturas com gradiente de funcionalidade
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Collaborator at the ECCOMAS CONGRESS 2024: 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (2024/06/03 - 2024/06/07)
Congress
2018/09/17 - 2018/09/19 Collaborator in the EngOpt2018: 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization (2018/09/17)
Conference
 Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026 Fluxo de trabalho para converter topologias ótimas de microestruturas multimaterial em formato de malha de elementos finitos não estruturada para análise de tensão
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro André Gonçalves Proença de Castro (Master)
2025 Da otimização topológica ao fabrico aditivo: fluxo de trabalho para produção de materiais e estruturas com gradiente de funcionalidade
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Vanessa da Costa e Silva Gustavo (Master)
2025 Otimização multiobjetivo com e sem derivadas aplicada a estruturas mecânicas multicarga
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Fernando Chícharo Das Neves (Master)
2024 Desempenho de ligações tubulares entre compósitos de CFRP e uma liga metálica sujeitas a temperaturas criogénicas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Afonso Martins Valente (Master)
2024 Influência do tipo de ensaio e do modo de fratura no desempenho da ligação colada de FRP com aço
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Martinho Alves Rodrigues (Master)
Distinctions

Award

2018 Best finalist student of the academic year 2016/2017 in the Mechanical Engineering course of FCT-UNL (Award Professor Neves da Silva)
2017 Young researcher award on the excellency of the work "Optimization of hybrid polymer composites under uniaxial traction" presented in ECCOMAS Thematic Conference