Carolina Furtado Pereira da Silva (9312-B97B-FAF6)

Curriculum Vitae

Carolina Furtado Pereira da Silva

Carolina Furtado (PhD 2020, University of Porto, Portugal) is an Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Carolina Furtado has published 25 papers in international peer-reviewed journals having a Scopus h-index of 16. She is the recipient of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) award for the best PhD thesis (2020), and she is an Amelia Earhart Fellow (2018) and a Fulbright Grantee (2016). Carolina Furtado participated and helped coordinate research projects funded by Airbus, Embraer, FCT, US Air Force, US Navy and NASA. During her doctoral program, she developed numerical models for the simulation of elastic and inelastic failure of composite materials, analytical models for the generation of design allowables for composite materials, and studied the mechanical performance of advanced, non-conventional composite materials. As a Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of AeroAstro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, she helped coordinate several research projects funded by the US Navy and NASA, mainly focused on the development of composite-based multifunctional materials.

Read full resume ↓

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Carolina Furtado Pereira da Silva

Citation names

Furtado, Carolina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9312-B97B-FAF6
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9367-1238
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=4mwl9hcAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id: 57147149700

Email addresses

cfurtado@fe.up.pt (Professional)
cfurtado@mit.edu (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

913161922 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/02/01 - 2020/01/27 Concluded	Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento) Major in Materiais compósitos Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Damage and fracture in advanced composite laminates: thin-ply and nano-engineered composites" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Cum laude
2010/09/10 - 2015/07/15 Concluded	Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado) Major in Projecto e Construção Mecânica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "The optimal use of ultra-thin plies in composite structures" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10/01 - 2022/02/15	Postdoc (Research)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2020/06/15 - 2020/09/15	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
	Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/02/15 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal (...)
2021/02/01 - 2021/12/15	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2017/09/01 - 2020/02/29	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/09/01 - 2026/08/31	Digital Design strategies to certify and mAnufacture Robust cOmposite sTructures 10.3030/101056682 Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal	Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/09/01 - Current	CARBON FIBER LAMINATE DAMAGE SEGMENTATION NA Post-doc Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ongoing
2025/01/13 - 2026/07/12	JOInt eNergy absorption with Double-Double Design 2023.15692.PEX 10.54499/2023.15692.PEX Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics UIDB/50022/2020 10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020 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
2022/10 - 2022/12	Simulation of composite coupons with complex 3D stress cases N/A Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal	Airbus Operations SAS Concluded
2021/01 - 2022/02/15	SCALABLE MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE COMPONENTS USING NANOSTRUCTURED HEATERS N18-T031 Post-doc Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States	US Department of the Navy Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2022/02/15	INNOVATIONS IN DESIGNING DAMAGE TOLERANT ROTORCRAFT COMPONENTS BY INTERFACE TAILORING N19-T003 Post-doc Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States	US Department of the Navy Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2022/02/15	MULTIFUNCTIONAL FUSION: LIFE-CYCLE ENHANCEMENTS VIA DATA-DRIVEN NANOENGINEERING OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES NA Post-doc Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States	Skolkovo Foundation Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/02/15	US-COMP, ULTRA STRONG COMPOSITES BY COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN NNX17AJ32G Post-doc Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States	NASA
2020/10/01 - 2021/02/01	ALIGNED NANOTUBE REINFORCEMENT OF POLYMER-MATRIX LAMINATES N201-072 Post-doc Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States	US Department of the Navy Concluded
2019/02 - 2020/01	VIRTUAL ALLOWABLE CAPABILITIES FOR COMPOSITES (PART 2) C000156502 Researcher Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal	Airbus France Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2019/12/31	IAMAT - INTRODUÇÃO DE TECNOLOGIAS BASEADAS EM MATERIAIS AVANÇADOS NAS INDÚSTRIAS DA MOBILIDADE MITP-TB/PFM/0005/2013 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Portugal Program Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/02/01 - 2019	VIRTUAL ALLOWABLE CAPABILITIES FOR COMPOSITES C000298681 Researcher Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal	Airbus France Concluded
2017 - 2018	AIRNET RSC17020 Researcher Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal	Airbus Group Innovations Concluded
2015/11/01 - 2016/02/01	COMDAMOD - COMPOSITE DAMAGE MODELLING IMPROVEMENTS PO8205239901 Research Fellow Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal	Airbus Deutschland GmbH Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Li, Carina Xiaochen; Catalano, Carlos; Furtado, Carolina; Kalfon-Cohen, Estelle; Cassady, Shannon; Lee, Jeonyoon; Kessler, Seth; Wardle, Brian L.. "Enhanced Manufacturing of Complex Shape Composites with Nano-Porous Networks". 2023. 10.2514/6.2023-0199 Serrano, S.; Patel, P.B.; Li, C.X.; Dai, J.; Rogers, M.; Gonzalez, E.; Furtado, C.; et al. "SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 3D COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF IN SITU MODE I TESTING OF CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES WITH CARBON NANOTUBE INTERLAMINAR REINFORCEMENT". 2023. Kopp, R.; Ni, X.; Furtado, C.; Lee, J.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Uesugi, K.; Kinsella, M.; et al. "IN SITU SYNCHROTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY REVEALS PLY THICKNESS AND NANOREINFORCEMENT EFFECTS ON HYBRID COMPOSITE PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE". 2023. Lee, Y.; Rankin, K.; Patel, P.; Basford, P.; Furtado, C.; Campos, P.; Takeuchi, A.; et al. "INTERNAL STRAIN SENSING IN CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES VIA DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATION AND IN SITU SYNCHROTRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY". 2023. Patel, P.B.; Furtado, C.; Lee, J.; Dunn, C.; Borgen, M.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Kessler, S.S.; Acauan, L.; Wardle, B.L.. "INTEGRATED MULTIFUNCTIONAL GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES: TOWARD SMART AND SUSTAINABLE LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES". 2023. Furtado, C.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Lee, J.; Hank, T.J.; Li, C.X.; Kessler, S.S.; Wardle, B.L.. "Nano-Porous Networks Enabled Out-of-Autoclave Curing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Aerospace Composites". 2023. Jain S.; Li C.X.; Vuong D.; McGllick M.; Saifaee S.; Furtado C.; Kopp R.; et al. "Deep Learning-Based Automated Segmentation of Fiber Breaks in Advanced Composites". 2023. Furtado, Carolina; Kalfon-Cohen, Estelle; Lee, Jeonyoon; Patel, Palak B.; Kopp, Reed; Hank, Travis J.; Kessler, Seth; Wardle, Brian L.. "Effective Interlaminar Reinforcement of High Glass Transition Temperature Laminated Composites via Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes". 2022. 10.2514/6.2022-0503 Kopp, Reed; Ni, Xinchen; Furtado, Carolina; Lee, Jeonyoon; Kalfon-Cohen, Estelle; Uesugi, Kentaro; Kinsella, Mike; et al. "In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Microtomography of Progressive Damage in Canted Notched Cross-Ply Composites with Interlaminar Nanoreinforcement". 2022. 10.2514/6.2022-0375 Patel, Palak B.; Furtado, Carolina; Lee, Jeonyoon; Cooper, Megan; Acauan, Luiz; Lomov, Stepan V.; Akhatov, Iskander S.; Abaimov, Sergey G.; Wardle, Brian L.. "Building Life-Cycle Enhancement Multifunctionality into Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Laminates via Hierarchical Assemblies of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes". 2022. 10.2514/6.2022-0501 Ball, K.; Lee, Y.; Furtado, C.; Arteiro, A.; Patel, P.; Majkut, M.; Helfen, L.; et al. "MODE I CRACK PATH TRANSITIONS IN UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES ANALYSED USING IN SITU 3D COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND THE EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD". 2022. Patel, P.B.; Furtado, C.; Cooper, M.; Lee, J.; Ball, K.; Lee, Y.; Arteiro, A.; et al. "SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 3D COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY STUDY ON INSITU MECHANICAL DAMAGE PROGRESSION OF NANOENGINEERED GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE LAMINATES WITH INTEGRATED MULTIFUNCTIONALITY". 2022. Patel, P.; Furtado, C.; Cooper, M.; Acauan, L.; Lomov, S.; Akhatov, I.; Abaimov, S.; Lee, J.; Wardle, B.. "Nanoengineered glass fiber reinforced composite laminates with integrated multifunctionality". 2021. Kopp, R.; Ni, X.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Furtado, C.; Arteiro, A.; Borstnar, G.; Mavrogordato, M.N.; et al. "Damage micro-mechanisms in notched hierarchical nanoengineered thin-ply composite laminates studied by in situ synchrotron x-ray microtomography". 2019. 10.2514/6.2019-1692 Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Kopp, R.; Furtado, C.; Ni, X.; Fritz, N.; Arteiro, A.; Borstnar, G.; et al. "Synergetic effects of thin ply and nanostitching studied by synchrotron radiation computed tomography". 2017. Furtado, C.; Ni, X.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Arteiro, A.; Wardle, B.L.; Camanho, P.P.. "Damage modelling of thin-ply nano-reinforced composite laminates". 2017. Ni, X.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Furtado, C.; Kopp, R.; Fritz, N.K.; Arterio, A.; Valdes, G.A.; et al. "Interlaminar reinforcement of carbon fiber composites using aligned carbon nanotubes". 2017. Arteiro, A.; Furtado, C.; Catalanotti, G.; Xavier, J.; Camanho, P.P.. "Selective ply-level hybridisation for improved notched response". 2016. Arteiro, A; Furtado, C; Catalanotti, G; Xavier, J; Camanho, PP. "Selective ply-level hybridisation for improved notched response". 2016.
Journal article	Li, C.X.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Lee, J.; Furtado, C.; Patel, P.; Kopp, R.; Hank, T.J.; et al. "Interlaminar reinforcement of carbon fiber reinforced polyimide composites using vertically aligned carbon nanotubes". Composites Part B: Engineering 292 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85213282492&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.112098 Rodrigues Lopes, I.A.; Furtado, C.; Pereira, S.; Furtado, A.. "Editorial: Envisioning the future of computational methods applied to engineering and sciences". Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales) 41 6 (2024): 1369-1370. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85200248883&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1108/EC-07-2024-970 Li, C.X.; Hank, T.J.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Furtado, C.; Lee, J.; Cassady, S.; Tucker, J.; Kessler, S.S.; Wardle, B.L.. "Manufacturing Autoclave-Grade Thermoset Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Aerospace Composites without an Autoclave Using Nanoporous Materials". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 19 (2024): 25280-25293. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85192842317&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/acsami.4c02107 Furtado, C.; Pinto, R.F.; Volpi, A.; Danzi, F.; Pereira, L.F.; Tavares, R.P.; Catalanotti, G.; Queirós de Melo, F.J.; Camanho, P.P.. "Combined bearing/pull-through failure envelope of composite joints: Experimental setup and numerical validation". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 175 (2023): 107754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107754. 10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107754 Yan, Bing; Tong, Mingbo; Furtado, Carolina; Danzi, Federico; Arteiro, Albertino; Camanho, Pedro P.. "A design methodology of composite scarf repairs using artificial intelligence". Composites Part B: Engineering 266 (2023): 111020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.111020. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.111020 Danzi, Federico; Campos, Pedro J. Silva; Arteiro, Albertino; Dalli, Denis; Furtado, Carolina; Chevalier, Jérémy; Tavares, Rodrigo P.; Lani, Frédéric; Camanho, Pedro P.. "Longitudinal failure mechanisms and crack resistance curves of unidirectional thermoplastic composites". Engineering Fracture Mechanics 282 (2023): 109147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109147. 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109147 Yan, Bing; Tong, Mingbo; Furtado, C.; Danzi, Federico; Arteiro, A.; Pan, Song; Pan, Xiong; Camanho, Pedro P.. "An Improved Semi-analytical Method for the strength prediction of composite bonded scarf repairs". Composite Structures 306 (2023): 116537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116537. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116537 Furtado, C.; Kopp, R.; Ni, X.; Sarrado, C.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Wardle, B.L.; Camanho, P.P.. "J-Integral Experimental Reduction Reveals Fracture Toughness Improvements in Thin-Ply Carbon Fiber Laminates with Aligned Carbon Nanotube Interlaminar Reinforcement". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85190731215&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/acsami.3c17333 Ball, Keiran; Lee, Yeajin; Furtado, Carolina; Arteiro, Albertino; Patel, Palak; Majkut, Marta; Helfen, Lukas; et al. "Gaining mechanistic insight into key factors contributing to crack path transition in particle toughened carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites using 3D X-ray computed tomography". Energy Reports 8 (2022): 61-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.05.041. 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.05.041 Ni, Xinchen; Kopp, Reed; Kalfon-Cohen, Estelle; Furtado, Carolina; Lee, Jeonyoon; Arteiro, Albertino; Borstnar, Gregor; et al. "In situ synchrotron computed tomography study of nanoscale interlaminar reinforcement and thin-ply effects on damage progression in composite laminates". Composites Part B: Engineering 217 (2021): 108623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108623. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108623 Laux, Tobias; Gan, Khong Wui; Tavares, Rodrigo P.; Furtado, Carolina; Arteiro, Albertino; Camanho, Pedro P.; Thomsen, Ole T.; Dulieu-Barton, Janice M.. "Modelling damage in multidirectional laminates subjected to multi-axial loading: Ply thickness effects and model assessment". Composite Structures 266 (2021): 113766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113766. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113766 Furtado, C.; Pereira, L.F.; Tavares, R.P.; Salgado, M.; Otero, F.; Catalanotti, G.; Arteiro, A.; Bessa, M.A.; Camanho, P.P.. "A methodology to generate design allowables of composite laminates using machine learning". International Journal of Solids and Structures (2021): 111095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111095. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111095 Furtado, Carolina; Tavares, Rodrigo P.; Arteiro, Albertino; Xavier, José; Linde, Peter; Wardle, Brian L.; Camanho, Pedro P.. "Effects of ply thickness and architecture on the strength of composite sub-structures". Composite Structures 256 (2021): 113061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113061. Published • 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113061 Furtado, C.; Arteiro, A.; Linde, P.; Wardle, B.L.; Camanho, P.P.. "Is there a ply thickness effect on the mode I intralaminar fracture toughness of composite laminates?". Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 107 (2020): 102473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2020.102473. 10.1016/j.tafmec.2020.102473 Arteiro, A.; Furtado, C.; Catalanotti, G.; Linde, P.; Camanho, P.P.. "Thin-ply polymer composite materials: A review". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 132 (2020): 105777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105777. 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105777 Ni, Xinchen; Furtado, Carolina; Fritz, Nathan K.; Kopp, Reed; Camanho, Pedro P.; Wardle, Brian L.. "Interlaminar to intralaminar mode I and II crack bifurcation due to aligned carbon nanotube reinforcement of aerospace-grade advanced composites". Composites Science and Technology 190 (2020): 108014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108014. 10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108014 Zhuang, Fujian; Arteiro, Albertino; Furtado, Carolina; Chen, Puhui; Camanho, Pedro P.. "Mesoscale modelling of damage in single- and double-shear composite bolted joints". Composite Structures 226 (2019): 111210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111210. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111210 Furtado, C.; Catalanotti, G.; Arteiro, A.; Gray, P.J.; Wardle, B.L.; Camanho, P.P.. "Simulation of failure in laminated polymer composites: Building-block validation". Composite Structures 226 (2019): 111168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111168. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111168 Arteiro, A.; Pereira, L.F.; Bessa, M.A.; Furtado, C.; Camanho, P.P.. "A micro-mechanics perspective to the invariant-based approach to stiffness". Composites Science and Technology 176 (2019): 72-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2019.04.002. 10.1016/j.compscitech.2019.04.002 Ni, Xinchen; Furtado, Carolina; Kalfon-Cohen, Estelle; Zhou, Yue; Valdes, Gabriel A.; Hank, Travis J.; Camanho, Pedro P.; Wardle, Brian L.. "Static and fatigue interlaminar shear reinforcement in aligned carbon nanotube-reinforced hierarchical advanced composites". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 120 (2019): 106-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.02.023. 10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.02.023 Vallmajó, O.; Cózar, I.R.; Furtado, C.; Tavares, R.; Arteiro, A.; Turon, A.; Camanho, P.P.. "Virtual calculation of the B-value allowables of notched composite laminates". Composite Structures 212 (2019): 11-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.12.049. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.12.049 Kalfon-Cohen, Estelle; Kopp, Reed; Furtado, Carolina; Ni, Xinchen; Arteiro, Albertino; Borstnar, Gregor; Mavrogordato, Mark N.; et al. "Synergetic effects of thin plies and aligned carbon nanotube interlaminar reinforcement in composite laminates". Composites Science and Technology 166 (2018): 160-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.01.007. 10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.01.007 Catalanotti, G.; Furtado, C.; Scalici, T.; Pitarresi, G.; van der Meer, F.P.; Camanho, P.P.. "The effect of through-thickness compressive stress on mode II interlaminar fracture toughness". Composite Structures 182 (2017): 153-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.09.014. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.09.014 Furtado, C.; Arteiro, A.; Bessa, M.A.; Wardle, B.L.; Camanho, P.P.. "Prediction of size effects in open-hole laminates using only the Young’s modulus, the strength, and the R-curve of the 0° ply". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 101 (2017): 306-317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.04.014. 10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.04.014 Furtado, C.; Arteiro, A.; Catalanotti, G.; Xavier, J.; Camanho, P.P.. "Selective ply-level hybridisation for improved notched response of composite laminates". Composite Structures 145 (2016): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.02.050. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.02.050
Journal issue	Igor A. Rodrigues Lopes; Furtado, Carolina; Sérgio Pereira; André Furtado. "Envisioning the future of computational methods applied to engineering and sciences". Engineering Computations (2024): https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/envisioning-future-computational-methods-applied-engineering-and-sciences.
Thesis / Dissertation	Furtado, Carolina. "Damage and fracture in advanced composite laminates: thin-ply and nanoengineered composites". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2020. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/125860. Furtado, Carolina. "The optimal use of ultra-thin plies in composite structures". Master, 2015.

Other

Other output

Interlaminar Reinforcement of High-Temperature Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Using Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. 2024. Li, C.X.; Kalfon-Cohen, E.; Lee, J.; Furtado, C.; Patel, P.; Kopp, R.; Hank, T.J.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85201532879&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Physically Recurrent Neural Networks for Computational Homogenization of Composite Materials with Microscale Debonding. 2024. Kovács, N.; Maia, M.A.; Rocha, I.B.C.M.; Furtado, C.; Camanho, P.P.; van der Meer, F.P.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85207238259&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.48550/arXiv.2410.13774
Physically Recurrent Neural Networks for Computational Homogenization of Composite Materials with Microscale Debonding. 2024. Kovács, N.; Maia, M.A.; Rocha, I.B.C.M.; Furtado, C.; Camanho, P.P.; van der Meer, F.P.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85214725653&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.2139/ssrn.5069970

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/01	Effective interlaminar reinforcement of high glass transition temperature laminated composites via vertically aligned carbon nanotubes	2022 AIAA SciTech (San Diego, United States)
2021	Effects of ply thickness and architecture on the strength of composite sub-structures	CompTest 2021
2021	A methodology to generate design allowables of composite laminates using machine learning	Composites 2021
2019	Simulation of failure in laminated polymer composites: building-block validation	3rd Doctoral Congress in Engineering (Porto, Portugal)
2019	Virtual Calculation of the B-basis allowables of notched composite laminates,	22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (Melbourne, Australia)
2018	Experimental determination of the crack resistance curves of thin-ply nano-reinforced laminates	XVI Portuguese Conference on Fracture (Covilha, Portugal)
2018	Experimental determination of the crack resistance curves and cohesive laws of thin-ply nano-reinforced laminates	18th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-18) (2018, Greece)
2017	Damage Modelling of Thin-ply Nano-reinforced Composite Laminates	21st International Conference on Composite Materials (Xi'An, China)
2017	Damage Modelling of Conventinal Grade and Thin-ply Nano-reinforced Composite Laminates	4¿ Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do LAETA - 4EJIL (Covilhã, Portugal)
2015	Optimal use of ultra-thin plies in composite structures	10th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology ICCST/10 (Lisboa)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Physically Recurrent Neural Networks for Homogenization of Composite Materials Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023 - Current	Machine Learning Assisted Virtual Certification of Composite Materials Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - Current	The Effect of Ply Angle on the Fracture Toughness Measurements on Composite Interfaces Supervisor	PhD (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	ECCOMAS YIC 2023 (2023 - 2023)
2019 - 2019	3º Congresso Doutoral em Engenharia na FEUP (2019 - 2019) Congress (Co-organisor)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024 - Current	ECCOMAS Young Investigator Board	Portugal Representative

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Analysis of Aircraft Structural Design II
2022 - Current	Fundaments of Aircraft Structural Design
2022 - Current	Aircraft Certification
2022 - Current	Fundaments of Aircraft Engineering Systems
2022 - Current	Analysis of Aircraft Structural Design I
2023 - 2023	Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue
2020 - 2021	Structural Mechanics	AeroAstro (Bachelor)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2018 - 2020	Análise Numérica	Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Mecânica I	Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Análise Matemática	Engenharia Informática e Computação (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Programação de Computadores	Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021 - Current	Polymer composites Journal
2021 - Current	AIAA Journal

Distinctions

Award

2021	Melhor Tese de Doutoramento em Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional 2020 Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica Aplicada e Computacional, Portugal
2021	Best Ph.D. Thesis in the field of Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Belgium
2018	Prémio Amelia Earhart Zonta International, United States
2017	Prémio "Next Generation Women Leaders" McKinsey and Company Portugal, Portugal
2016	Bolsa Fulbright Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2015	Prémio Professor J.F. Silva Gomes / Frezite 2015 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015	Prémio Colep 2015 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal