Pedro Manuel Pimenta da Silva Oliveira (E812-1D98-5836)

Curriculum Vitae

Pedro Manuel Pimenta da Silva Oliveira

Pedro Oliveira holds a Doctoral Degree and a Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He is familiar with airfield's environment due to a traineeship at Viseu airfield, in Portugal, where he developed his MSc Thesis in the field of radio aids and approach systems. During his Integrated Master's Degree, he has been part of different projects such as: Development of an aircraft in CATIA; DAC Challenge - Development of a remote-controlled aircraft prototype with posterior flight performance tests; Helicopter Challenge - Rotor design and prototype manufacturing; Air Cargo Challenge - UAV design and optimization in the aerodynamics, propulsion, systems, structures, and design areas. He has also developed skills in different softwares such as: SolidWorks, Catia V5, XFLR5, Arduino, LabView, Matlab, Python, SPSS, and R. He concluded his PhD in Aeronautical Engineering at Universidade da Beira Interior where he developed his PhD Thesis (Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications.). Currently, he is a Non-Executive Director at Fuelsion Ltd, an Invited Assistant Professor, and a Research Fellow for the New Space project at Universidade da Beira Interior. He has been author of several scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences, as well as communications. As a Professor, he was responsible for teaching the courses "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics", "Engineering Optimization", and "Aircraft Design" (Course Coordinator) within the university's Aeronautical Engineering program.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Pedro Manuel Pimenta da Silva Oliveira

Citation names

Oliveira, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E812-1D98-5836
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2978-3809

Email addresses

pedro.manuel.oliveira@ubi.pt (Professional)
pmps.oliveira@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

Cumieira, 3500-887, São João de Lourosa, Viseu, Portugal (Professional)

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)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2025/01 - 2026 Ongoing	Aeronautical Engineering (Pós-doutoramento) Major in Space Launchers, Spacecraft, and Satellites Propulsion Systems Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2025/06 Concluded	Aeronautical Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with Distinction
2025/01 - 2025/04 Concluded	Machine Learning & Deep Learning in Python & R (Outros) Udemy Inc, United States
2024/04/03 - 2024/06/12 Concluded	Initial Pedagogical Training for Trainers (Outros) Major in Teaching (90 hours in person+ 72 hours) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	20/20
2023/02 - 2023/05 Concluded	Complete Machine Learning with R Studio (Outros) Udemy Inc, United States
2022/11 - 2023/01 Concluded	Mastering R Programming (Outros) Udemy Inc, United States
2014/09 - 2020/05 Concluded	Aeronautical Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Technical and economic viability of the implementation of approach systems (radio aids) in regional airfields (Viseu airfield case study)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Dissertation - 18/20
2016/09 - 2017/02 Concluded	Aeronautical Engineering (Master) Politechnika Rzeszowska im Ignacego Lukasiewicza, Poland	17.4/20
2011/09 - 2014/06 Concluded	Scientific-Humanistic Course in Science and Technology (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária de Penafiel, Portugal	18.1/20 (FIC)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/06 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior Centro da Ciências e Tecnologias Mecânicas e Aeroespaciais, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Centro da Ciências e Tecnologias Mecânicas e Aeroespaciais, Portugal
2020/09 - 2025/06	Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior Centro da Ciências e Tecnologias Mecânicas e Aeroespaciais, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Centro da Ciências e Tecnologias Mecânicas e Aeroespaciais, Portugal
2019/01 - 2020/05	Researcher (Research)	NIT - Transportation Research Team, Portugal
	NIT - Transportation Research Team, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/10 - 2026/02	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/03 - 2025/07	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02 - Current	Engineering Non-Executive Director	Fuelsion Ltd, United Kingdom

2020/09 - Current	Aircraft Propulsion I Course - Support, Surveillance, and Practical Classes	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/03/01 - 2024/03/15	Project Tutor - Electronic Control of Piston Engines - Theoretical and Practical Classes	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Academia Júnior STEM, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/01	Traineeship - Density, viscosity, and calorific value laboratory tests of different water-in-diesel emulsions samples with varying proportions of diesel, water, and surfactant	Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Campus de Toledo, Spain
	Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Campus de Toledo, Spain
2019/06 - 2019/07	Traineeship - Operations, Air Traffic Control, and Civil Protection	Viseu Airfield, Portugal
	Viseu Airfield, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2025/01 - 2025/12/31	New Space Portugal 02/C05-i01.01/2022.PC644936537-00000046 Post-doc Fellow	Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications FCT through individual PhD Grant 2021.07535.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2023/01 - 2023/01	Laboratory Tests of Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel International Doctoral Mobility Program through Grant 2021-1-PT01-KA131-HED-000007870 PhD Student Fellow Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Campus de Toledo, Spain	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2021/01/15 - 2021/05/15	Emulsified fuels in aviation - Water-emulsified diesel fuel in a CI engine for aeronautical applications Santander Totta through individual PhD Grant Santander Totta/UBI 2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	Banco Santander Totta Concluded
2014/09 - 2019/09	Integrated Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering +Superior Grant Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	DGES Concluded
2016/09 - 2017/01	Erasmus+ Mobility Erasmus+ Mobility Grant	Erasmus Plus Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/01 - 2025/12/31	New Space Portugal 02/C05-i01.01/2022.PC644936537-00000046 Post-doc	Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications 2021.07535.BD Researcher	Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31	Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies - 6817 - DCRRNI ID Evaluation call within the framework of the Multiannual Funding Programme for R&D Units (2017/2018) UIDP/00151/2020 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior Centro da Ciências e Tecnologias Mecânicas e Aeroespaciais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies - 6817 - DCRRNI ID Evaluation call within the framework of the Multiannual Funding Programme for R&D Units (2017/2018) UIDB/00151/2020 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior Centro da Ciências e Tecnologias Mecânicas e Aeroespaciais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Oliveira, Pedro; Francisco Miguel Ribeiro Proença Brójo; Rogério Serôdio; Serôdio, João. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Pedro. "Effect of Water-in-Diesel Blends on Efficiency and Pollutant Emissions at Medium Engine Load". Paper presented in ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Memphis, 2025. Accepted Oliveira, Pedro; Francisco Miguel Ribeiro Proença Brójo; Rogério Serôdio. "Influence of Water Percentage on Performance and Emissions of a Diesel Engine Fuelled With Water-Emulsified Diesel". Paper presented in International Congress On Engineering, 2024. Published Oliveira, Pedro; Francisco Miguel Ribeiro Proença Brójo; Rafael Domingues. "Influence of Fuel Temperature on Performance and Emissions of Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel". Paper presented in ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Portland, 2024. Published Oliveira, Pedro; Brójo, Francisco. "Water-in-Diesel Emulsion: Torque, Fuel Consumption and Emission Analysis". Paper presented in ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, New Orleans, 2023. Published Domingues, Rafael; Brójo, Francisco; Oliveira, Pedro. "CFD Analysis of the Combustion of Hydrogen Fuel on a CFM56-3 Combustor". Paper presented in ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Columbus, 2022. Published
Journal article	Oliveira, Pedro; Brójo, Francisco; Serôdio, Rogério; Serôdio, João. "Investigation of Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Behavior Formulated for Performance Conditions in a Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine". Energies (Special Issue - Advances in Fuel Energy) 18 4 (2025): 934. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18040934. Open access • Published Oliveira, Pedro; Brójo, Francisco. "Fuel properties, performance, and emissions of water-emulsified diesel fuel in an IDI diesel engine (reprint)". Thermal Science and Engineering 7 2 (2024): Open access • Published Oliveira, Pedro; Brójo, Francisco. "An Experimental Study on the Performance and Emissions of an 8% Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Stabilized by a Hydrophilic Surfactant Blend". Energies 17 6 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en17061328. Open access • Published Oliveira, Pedro; Brójo, Francisco. "Performance and emissions of water-emulsified diesel fuel in an IDI diesel engine under varying engine load". Natural Resources Conservation and Research 5 2 (2023): 1-14. Open access • Published Oliveira, Pedro; Silva, Jorge; Soares, Paulo. "A comparative study between ILS and GBAS approaches: The case of Viseu airfield". Journal of Airline and Airport Management 10 2 (2020): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jairm.168. Open access • 10.3926/jairm.168
Thesis / Dissertation	"Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications". PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, 2025. "Technical and economic viability of the implementation of approach systems (radio aids) in regional airfields (Viseu airfield case study)". Master, Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, 2020.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/06/18	Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications	PhD Thesis Defence Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2024/11/27	Influence of Water Percentage on Performance and Emissions of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Water-Emulsified Diesel	International Congress On Engineering University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
2024/07/03	Water-Emulsified Diesel Fuel in a CI Engine Tested for Aeronautical Applications	My 3-minute PhD thesis UNITA
2023/11	Water-in-Diesel Emulsion: Torque, Fuel Consumption and Emission Analysis	ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ASME: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (New Orleans, United States)
2022/11/02	CFD Analysis of the Combustion of Hydrogen Fuel on a CFM56-3 Combustor	ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ASME: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Columbus, United States)
2022/11	Emulsified Fuels	Ask a Researcher Unight (Covilhã, Portugal)
2022/07/13	Water-in-Diesel Emulsions	C-MAST Seminars C-MAST (Covilhã, Portugal)
2020/05	Technical and economic viability of the implementation of approach systems (radio aids) in regional airfields (Viseu airfield case study)	MSc. Thesis Defence Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/10 - Current	Performance and Emissions of Piston Engines with Different Fuel Blends Supervisor	Engenharia Aeronáutica (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/11/27 - 2024/11/29	ICEUBI 2024 - International Congress on Engineering - Support in organization, secretarial services, and lecture halls. (2024/11/27 - 2024/11/29) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/30	ICEUBI 2022 - International Congress on Engineering - Support in organization, secretarial services, and lecture halls. (2022/11/28 - 2022/11/30) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/05/06 - 2024/05/10	National Aeronautics Meeting Conference	Encontro Nacional de Aeronáutica 2024 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/10/12 - 2022/10/15	Sponsor Villa - An event dedicated to the aeronautical industry, with the aim of promoting the sector. Meeting	Portugal Air Summit 2022 Aeródromo de Ponte de Sor, Portugal
2017/05 - 2017/05	Covilhã Aeronautical Sessions - Organized by the Order of Engineers. Conference	Covilhã Aeronautical Conferences Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/10 - 2026/02	Engineering Optimization	Engenharia Aeronáutica (Mestrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/10 - 2026/02	Aircraft Design (Course Coordinator)	Engenharia Aeronáutica (Licenciatura)	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/03 - 2025/07	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics	Engenharia Aeronáutica (Licenciatura)	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/01 - 2023/01	Data collection of different fuel properties to characterise Water-in-Diesel Emulsions.	Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Campus de Toledo, Spain