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Leandro Barbosa Magalhães. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Engenharia Aeronáutica in 2016/07/06 by Universidade da Beira Interior, Doutoramento in Engenharia Aeronáutica in 2022/12/22 by Universidade da Beira Interior and Postgraduate Certificate in Research Master in Fluid Dynamics in 2017/07/03 by Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics Aeronautics and Aerospace Department. Is Adjunct Teacher in Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências. Published 5 articles in journals. Participates and/or participated as Researcher in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Aerospace Engineering. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Coaxial injection; Subcritical condition; Supercritical condition; Liquid rocket engines; Incompressible but variable density; Two-way coupling; Eulerian¿Lagrangian; Cryogenic conditions; Supercritical fluids; Variable turbulent Prandtl number; Cryogenics; Rocket engines; supercritical fluids; icing; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Liquid Rocket Engines; transcritical fluids; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Leandro Barbosa Magalhães

Citation names

  • Magalhães, Leandro
  • Leandro B. Magalhães

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
571C-5641-9D78
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1256-9689
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=glDKVn4AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
ABA-4745-2020
Scopus Author Id
57216176866

Email addresses

  • leandro.magalhaes@iseclisboa.pt (Professional)
  • leandro.magalhaes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • leandrobmagalhaes@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • Alameda das Linhas de Torres 179, 1750-142, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
  • Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • www.linkedin.com/in/leandro-magalh˜aes-5a3496117 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09/01 - 2022/12/22
Concluded
 Engenharia Aeronáutica (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Contribution to the Physical Description of Supercritical Fluid Flows: A Computational Perspective" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Honors
2016/10/06 - 2017/07/03
Concluded
 Research Master in Fluid Dynamics (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Aeronautics and Aerospace
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics Aeronautics and Aerospace Department, Belgium
"Design of a Mach 14 Contoured Nozzle for the VKI Longshot Gun Tunnel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/09/09 - 2016/07/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Aeronáutica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Numerical Study of Freezing Droplets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
2015 - Current Researcher (Research) Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Aeronautics and Astronautics Research Center, Portugal
(...)

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10/01 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011 - 2013 Vice-President AEROUBI-Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/06/01 - 2027/06/01 Deep Removal of CO2 and Innovative Electrification Concepts – DRIVE
GAN°101069750
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2025/09/01 - 2026/09/01 Direct Numerical Simulation, Analysis, and Modeling of Supercritical Jets and Wakes
2025.00188.CPCA
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09 - 2022/10 Contribution to the Physical Understanding of Supercritical Fluid Flows: A Computational Perspective
SFRH/BD/136381/2018
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/06/01 - 2021/07/31 Summer with Science–LAETA
BI 01.Verão com Ciência_AEROG
Supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aerospace.
LA/P/0079/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0079/2020
Post-doc
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDP/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50022/2020
Post-doc
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
Post-doc
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - 2027 Sustainable Aviation Fuels as a Pathway for Carbon-neutral Economy
UNITA2023\ER\3
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Aeronautics and Astronautics Research Center, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2021/12/01 Large Eddy Simulation of supercritical mixing layers relevant to liquid rocket propulsion
CPCA/A00/7355/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Guilherme Quaresma; Leandro B. Magalhães; Ana Ferreira; André R R Silva. "E-kerosene Potential for Commercial Aviation Decarbonization". Paper presented in 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), Florence, 2024.
  2. Julio C. da Silva; Barqueira, Ana; Leandro B. Magalhães; Luís Santos. "Insights into Human Fatigue: Statistical Analysis in Aircraft Maintenance". Paper presented in 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), Florence, 2024.
  3. Leandro B. Magalhães; Ana Ferreira; Mauro Rocha; André Silva. Corresponding author: Leandro B. Magalhães. "Techno-economic Analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuels: E-fuels". Paper presented in Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 Joint 10th EUCASS - 9th CEAS Conference, 2023.
  4. Magalhães, Leandro; Silva, A. R. R.; Barata, Jorge M M. "Temperature Field Validation on Supercritical Coaxial Injection". Paper presented in 9th European Conference for Aeronautics and Aerospace Sciences (EUCASS), 2022.
  5. Magalhães, Leandro; Silva, Andre R. R.; Barata, Jorge M. M.. "On The Stratification of Density at Supercritical Liquid-like Conditions". 2022.
    10.1615/tfec2022.aes.040878
  6. Magalhães, Leandro; Meireles, Rúben; Silva, Andre R. R.; Barata, Jorge M. M.. "Numerical Modeling of Freezing Water Droplets". 2022.
    10.1615/tfec2022.fnd.040881
  7. Magalhães, Leandro; J. Cleto; A. R. R. Silva; J. M. M. Barata. "Description of an Incompressible Variable Density Approach for the Modeling of Supercritical Fluid Flows". Paper presented in 8th Edition of the Space Propulsion Conference, 2022.
  8. Magalhães, Leandro; André R. R. Silva; J. M. M. Barata. "Coaxial Injection of Hydrogen-Nitrogen at Supercritical Conditions,". Paper presented in 8th Edition of the Space Propulsion Conference, 2022.
  9. Magalhães, Leandro B.; Silva, Andre R.; Barata, Jorge M.. "Computational Study on Coaxial Nitrogen-hydrogen Injection at Supercritical Condition". Paper presented in AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 2022.
    10.2514/6.2022-0877
  10. Magalhães, Leandro B.; Silva, Andre R.; Barata, Jorge M.. "Computational Analysis of High-Pressure Nitrogen Jets from Transcritical to Supercritical Gas-Like Conditions". Paper presented in AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum, 2021.
    10.2514/6.2021-3341
  11. Meireles, Rúben D. S. O.; Magalhães, Leandro; Silva, A. R. R.; Barata, Jorge M M. "Characterization of a Two-way Coupling Approach for the Simulation of Fluid Flows under Cryogenic Conditions". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 2021.
  12. Magalhães, Leandro; Silva, A. R. R.; Barata, Jorge M M. "Injector Wall Heat Transfer Quantification in Supercritical Nitrogen Injection". 2021.
  13. "Turbulence Quantification in Supercritical Nitrogen Injection: An Analysis of Turbulence Models". 2020.
    10.18502/keg.v5i6.7052
  14. Magalhaes, Leandro B.; Silva, Andre R.; Barata, Jorge M.. "The Role of Injector Heat Transfer in Supercritical Injection Phenomena". Paper presented in AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum, 2020.
    10.2514/6.2020-3658
  15. Magalhães, Leandro; Silva, A. R. R.; Barata, Jorge M M. "Locally variable turbulent Prandtl number considerations on the modeling of Liquid Rocket Engines operating above the critical point". 2019.
  16. Magalhães, Leandro; Antunes, Eduardo; Silva, Andre R. R.; Barata, Jorge M. M.. "Cubic and Multiparameter Equations of State Evaluation for Supercritical Flow Modeling". Paper presented in Proceedings of the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference (TFEC), 2019.
    10.1615/tfec2019.ref.028385
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Ana; Leandro B. Magalhães; Mauro Rocha; André R R Silva. "Life Cycle Analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuels Production". Paper presented in INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI cEntury, INCREaSE 2023, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Julio C. da Silva; Ana Barqueira; Leandro B. Magalhães; Luís F.F.M. Santos. "Human fatigue in the aircraft maintenance environment". Safety Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106634.
    10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106634
  2. Magalhães, Leandro B.; Silva, André R.; Barata, Jorge M.. "Heat Transfer Effect on the Modeling of Jets under Supercritical and Transcritical Conditions". CEAS Space Journal (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12567-024-00533-3.
    Open access • 10.1007/s12567-024-00533-3
  3. Ivo Abrantes; Ana F. Ferreira; Leandro B. Magalhães; Mário Costa; André Silva. "The Impact of Revolutionary Aircraft Designs on Global Aviation Emissions". Renewable Energy (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.119937.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.renene.2024.119937
  4. Leandro B. Magalhães; André R.R. Silva; Jorge M.M. Barata. Corresponding author: Leandro B. Magalhães. "Computational Characterization of the Temperature Field in Coaxial Nitrogen Injection under Supercritical Conditions". Acta Astronautica (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.08.004.
    10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.08.004
  5. Leandro B. Magalhães; André R. R. Silva; Jorge M. M. Barata. Corresponding author: Leandro B. Magalhães. "Supercritical Injection Modeling by an Incompressible but Variable Density Approach". Aerospace (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10020114.
    Open access • 10.3390/aerospace10020114
  6. Rúben D. S. O. Meireles; Leandro Magalhães; Andre R. R. Silva; Jorge M. M. Barata. "Computational Modeling of Water Droplets Under Cooling and Freezing Conditions". International Review of Aerospace Engineering (IREASE) 15 2 (2022): 112-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.15866/irease.v15i2.21571.
    10.15866/irease.v15i2.21571
  7. Leandro B. Magalhães; André R.R. Silva; Jorge M.M. Barata. "Contribution to the physical description of supercritical cold flow injection: The case of nitrogen". Acta Astronautica 190 (2022): 251-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.09.044.
    10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.09.044
  8. Meireles, Rúben; Magalhães, Leandro; Silva, André; Barata, Jorge. "Description of a Eulerian-Lagrangian Approach for the Modeling of Cooling Water Droplets". Aerospace 8 9 (2021): 270. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8090270.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/aerospace8090270
  9. Magalhães, Leandro; Carvalho, Francisco; Silva, André; Barata, Jorge. "Turbulence Modeling Insights into Supercritical Nitrogen Mixing Layers". Energies 13 7 (2020): 1586. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13071586.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/en13071586
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Evaluation of Different Technologies for a CO2 Capture - Life Cycle Assessment
Supervisor
 Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024 - Current Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Air Transport Operations
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2024 - Current Techno-economic Analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Air Transport Operations (Master)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2024 - Current Development of a DNS Code to Study Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence for Incompressible and Variable Density Flows
Co-supervisor
 Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 - Current Influence of Global Warming on Atmospheric Temperature and its Impact on Aviation Fuel Consumption
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Air Transport Operations (Master)
2023 - Current Noise Impact of Commercial Aircraft Operations in the Vicinity of Airports
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Air Transport Operations (Master)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2022 - Current Combustion Characteristics of Oxygen-Hydrogen and Oxygen-Methane Mixtures
Co-supervisor
 Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024 - 2025 Weight Estimation of a Twin-body Liquid Hydrogen Airliner "Gondola"
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Impact Analysis of E-kerosene on Aviation CO2 Emissions up to 2100
Co-supervisor
 Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Numerical Analysis of a Cryogenic Pump
Co-supervisor
 Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 - 2024 The Environmental and Economic Impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Commercial Airports
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Air Transport Operations (Master)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Balanced Approach to Aircraft Noise Management
Supervisor
 Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences (Degree)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Techno-economic Analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuels – E-fuel
Supervisor
 Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences (Degree)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Human Fatigue in the Aircraft Maintenance Environment
Supervisor
 Master’s degree in Air Transport Operations (Master)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Developing a Certifiable Liquid Hydrogen ”Gondola” Airliner Pragmatic Approach - Design, Innovation & Challenges (2023 - 2023)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013 - 2013 The Future of Skies (2013 - 2013)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 AEROUBI-Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Breakthroughs in Aeronautics (2012 - 2012)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 AEROUBI-Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2012 - 2012 SESAR–Opportunities and Challenges (2012 - 2012)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 AEROUBI-Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Propulsive Enhancement and Dynamic Stall Mitigation in Flapping Airfoils
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Emanuel António Rodrigues Camacho (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023 Project of an ADS-B Station on the OpenSky Network
President of the jury
 João Vitor Mouquinho dos Santos (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Biometric Security System for Aircraft Cockpit Access
President of the jury
 Lino Filipe Ribeiro de Castro (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Performance-based Navigation on an AW139
President of the jury
 Margarida Alexandra Esteves Adão dos Santos Estêvão (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Development of a Sense and Avoid System for a UAV
President of the jury
 Diogo Batista Rodrigues dos Santos (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Winglets as a Landing System for a Tailsitter Flying Wing
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Carvalho Guerreiro de Sousa (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Sharklet Retrofit
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bruno Miguel Cardoso Vicente (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 The Introduction of E-learning in Part-147 Formation Centers
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marco António de Almeida Ferreira (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Impact of Commercial Aviation on CO2 Emissions in Europe
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Vitor Ricardo Pereira Figueiredo (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Electric Aircraft for Flight Training
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Jorge Leal Barbosa (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Contribution to the Improvement of the Propulsion Group Transition System in a Fixed-Wing UAV
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Duarte Colaço Martins (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2023 Development of a Preliminary Framework for the Evaluation of Oxygen-Hydrogen Combustion Characteristics
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Ricardo de Sousa Pedrosa (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 The Effects of Caffeine on Pilots Performance
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Telmina Natacha da Silva (Other)
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/02/17 - 2025/03/04 The Aeronautical Journal (0001-9240) Cambridge University Press

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/02 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa para a Educação em Engenharia (SPEE)

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024 - Current IX Congress of the Iberoamerican Air Transport Research Network, RIDITA
2024 - Current 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2018 doctoral fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 Fellowship
NATO, Belgium