Ricardo Fernando Rodrigues Pinto (F413-72DD-B5F0)

Curriculum Vitae

Ricardo Fernando Rodrigues Pinto

My doctorate is in mechanical engineering, specifically in the area of materials and structures. I previously completed my MSc in biomechanics, worked for a while as a project engineer, and am a registered inventor on multiple patents. I shifted more and more into management and administrative roles over time. By co-directing a PhD thesis and serving on the committees for multiple MSc theses, I also maintained a connection to the teaching profession. I then established myself creating my own consulting company, in the area of forensic engineering, as manager and materials specialist. Currently I've been teaching for the last 2 and a half years at the ESTG-IPVC in Viana do Castelo, Portugal in the BsC degree on Mechanical Engineering where I am a full time adjunct professor and degree coordinator.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ricardo Fernando Rodrigues Pinto

Citation names

Pinto, Ricardo
R. F. Pinto
R. Pinto
R. F. Rodrigues-Pinto
R. F. R. Pinto
Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F413-72DD-B5F0
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4869-131X
Google Scholar ID: Id7NN-UAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id: 58681597500

Email addresses

rfernandopinto@estg.ipvc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

258 819 70 (Professional)

Addresses

Avenida do Atlântico, n.º 644 , 4900-348, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricpintopt (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2013/01/15 - 2016/10/15 Concluded	Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento) Major in Estruturas compósitas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2006/09/01 - 2010/12/15 Concluded	Mechanical Engineering (Master) Major in Biomechanics University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States	3.5
1999/09/15 - 2006/07/15 Concluded	Engenharia Mecânica (Licenciatura) Major in Fluidos e Calor Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	12

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/03/15 - 2020	Science and Technology Management	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/09/01 - Current	Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/08/31	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020 - 2022	Fundador, Diretor e Especialista em Engenharia de Materiais	Quick Equation - Unipessoal, Lda., Portugal

2015 - 2020	LAETA	Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

2012/06/01 - 2016	Researcher - Composite Materials and Structures \| Project Manager	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal

2011/03/01 - 2012/05/01	Forensic engineering cases and accident scenario reconstructions experimental and numerical investigations.	TRIPOS Enterprises LLC, United States

2006/09/01 - 2010/12/21	GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Projectar, desenhar e fabricar ferramentas, protocolos e métodos para ensaios mecânicos a biomateriais de acordo com as normas americanas American Society for Testing and M	University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States

2009/09/01 - 2010/06/30	PROFESSOR ASSISTENTE E COORDENADOR DO PROGRAMA PROJECT LEAD THE WAY Ensino da disciplina Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) do currículo Project Lead the Way (PLTW) no ensino secundário. Coorden	THE SETON KEOUGH HIGH SCHOOL, United States

2009/09/01 - 2010/05/31	FIRST FLL MARYLAND STATE QUALIFIER Director e coordenador do estado de Maryland para as competições First Lego League (FLL) da organização For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FI	First Lego League, United States

2009/06/01 - 2009/06/30	TEACHER - SUMMER COURSES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) Desenvolver, implementar e leccionar uma disciplina de curso de verão em parceria com a National Aeronautics and S	NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium, United States

2006/09/01 - 2007/05/31	TEACHING ASSISTANT Professor assistente durante o ano académico 2006/07 em duas cadeiras no departamento de Engenharia Mecânica da University of Maryland Baltimore County ENES110-Statics and ENME320-F	University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States

2005/09/01 - 2006/07/31	INVESTIGADOR PESC Líder de grupo de estudantes responsável por adaptar e testar um motor de pequenas dimensões a um protótipo com o objectivo principal de competir na Shell Eco Marathon em Nogaro, Fra	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2005 - 2006	Construção de um banco de ensaios de motores de combustão interna até 5hp de potência FCT/POCI Ciência Inovação 2010 Research Fellow Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2017 - 2020	COMETH - Composite elastic hinge for antenna deployment structures 4000120195/17/NL/EM Principal investigator Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	European Space Agency Concluded
2016 - 2020	PASSARO - caPAbilities for innovative Structural and functional teSting of AeROstructures 807083 Post-doc Fellow Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	Concluded
2017 - 2019	ALIR_mcs – Advanced Lightweight Impact Resistant: materials, components and structures POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017751 Principal investigator Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	European Union Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2018/05/31	In situ manufactured carbon-thermoplast curved stiffened panel 686894 10.3030/686894 Principal investigator	European Commission Concluded
2013 - 2016	SHEFAE - Surface Heat Exchangers for Aero-Engines FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-JAPAN PhD Student Fellow Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2017	PROTEVS 0000 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Journal article

Ribeiro, T. F. R.; Campilho, R. D. S. G.; Pinto, R. F. R.; Rocha, R. J. B.. "Structural behaviour of adhesive bonds in 3D printed adherends". Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (2024): 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/01694243.2024.2391012.
Published • 10.1080/01694243.2024.2391012
Pedro Fernandes; Àlex Ferrer; Paulo Gonçalves; Marco Parente; Ricardo Pinto; Nuno Correia. "Stress-Constrained Topology Optimization for Commercial Software: A Python Implementation for ABAQUS®". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app132312916.
10.3390/app132312916
C. Furtado; R.F. Pinto; A. Volpi; F. Danzi; L.F. Pereira; R.P. Tavares; G. Catalanotti; F.J. Queirós de Melo; P.P. Camanho. "Combined bearing/pull-through failure envelope of composite joints: Experimental setup and numerical validation". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107754.
10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107754
P. Fernandes; R. Pinto; A. Ferrer; N. Correia. "Performance analysis of a damage tolerant composite self-deployable elastic-hinge". Composite Structures (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115407.
10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115407
Pinto, R.; Oliveira, F.; Borges, J.; Correia, N.. "Multimaterial ballistic solutions for UAVs". Revista de Materiales Compuestos (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.23967/r.matcomp.2021.01.010.
10.23967/r.matcomp.2021.01.010
Fernandes, P.; Marques, R.; Pinto, R.; Mimoso, P.; Rodrigues, J.; Silva, A.; Tavares, J.; Rodrigues, G.; Correia, N.. "Design and optimization of a self-deployable composite structure". Revista de Materiales Compuestos (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.23967/r.matcomp.2022.06.010.
10.23967/r.matcomp.2022.06.010
Sampaio-Fernandes, M; Pinto, Ricardo; Sampaio-Fernandes, J; Marques, Duarte; Figueiral, Maria. "Accuracy of silicone impressions and stone models using two laboratory scanners: a 3D evaluation". The International Journal of Prosthodontics (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.11607/ijp.8074.
10.11607/ijp.8074
P. Fernandes; R. Pinto; N. Correia. "Design and optimization of self-deployable damage tolerant composite structures: A review". Composites Part B: Engineering 221 (2021): 109029-109029. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.compositesb.2021.109029.
10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109029
P. Fernandes; B. Sousa; R. Marques; João Manuel R.S. Tavares; A.T. Marques; R.M. Natal Jorge; R. Pinto; N. Correia. "Influence of relaxation on the deployment behaviour of a CFRP composite elastic hinge". Composite Structures 259 (2021): 113217-113217. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.compstruct.2020.113217.
10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113217
Fernandes, Pedro; R. Marques; R. Pinto; P. Mimoso; Rodrigues, Jhonny; A. Silva; João Manuel R. S. Tavares; G. Rodrigues; N. Correia. "Design and optimization of a self-deployable composite structures / Diseño y optimización de una estrutura compuesta auto desplegable". Materiales Compuestos 4 1 (2020): 80-89. https://revista.aemac.org/materiales-compuestos/article/view/403.
Published
Pinto, R.F.; Catalanotti, G.; Camanho, P.P.. "Measuring the intralaminar crack resistance curve of fibre reinforced composites at extreme temperatures". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 91 (2016): 145-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.10.004.
10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.10.004

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/07/04	Multimaterial Ballistic Solutions for UAVs	MATCOMP’19 Composites para la Industria AEMAC (Vigo, Spain)
2018	Hybrid ballistic solutions	AuxDefense 2018 - 1st World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense Consórcio AuxDefense (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018	Virtual testing tools for composite material characterization using a multiscale approach	3rd Georgian International Conference 2018 on Advanced Lightweight Structures and Reflector Antennas TSU (Tbilisi, Georgia)
2014	Prediction of out-of-plane failure modes in CFRP	ECCM-16th European Conference on Composite Materials European Society for Composite Materials (Seville, Spain)
2010	Changing the Mechanical Properties of Bone Cement with Micro and Nano Particles	2010 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting Society for Biomaterials (Seattle, Washington, United States)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/10/18 - 2022/07/15	Topology optimization of high-strain capable damage tolerant composite structures Co-supervisor of Pedro Nuno Martins Fernandes	Engenharia Mecânica (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/12/04	A methodology to develop shallow cracks for qualification of a NDT technique Co-supervisor	Engenharia Aeronáutica (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/07/11	Modelling, simulation and test of bailistic paneis Co-supervisor	Engenharia Mecânica (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/10/13	DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS TECNOLOGIAS DE IMPRESSÃO 3D: SLS E FDM (MATERIAIS DE ENGENHARIA) (Thesis) Main arguer	ARTUR JOSÉ AZEVEDO BARROS E CASTRO (Master) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/10/04	Análise do comportamento estrutural de ligações adesivas em aderentes impressos em 3D (Thesis) Main arguer	TIAGO FILIPE RODRIGUES RIBEIRO (Master) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2020/09/30	Multi-scale analysis of void formation and transport in Liquid Composite Moulding (Thesis) Arguer	João Miguel Eira Machado (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/26	Numerical Modelling of Damage Induced by Lightning Strike Events (Thesis) Main arguer	Daniel Filipe Moreira Alonso (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/07/18	Hybrid Metal/Polymer Composite Profiles (Thesis) Main arguer	José Diogo Moutinho Vieira (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/10/26	Estudo numérico e experimental da adesão de SMC e Prepreg (Thesis) Main arguer	VÍTOR HUGO PINTO LOPES (Master) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2019/11/10	INEGI cria braço "elástico" em compósito para satélites do futuro	INEGI notícias
2019/10/16	Instituto de engenharia português desenvolve braços elásticos para satélites da Agência Espacial Europeia	SAPO24
2019/10/15	INEGI cria braço “elástico” para os satélites do futuro	Notícias Universidade do Porto

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2019/11/26 - 2019/11/26	Ponto de Partida	Ponto de Partida 119 - Os Vigilantes do Espaço
2019/10/22 - 2019/10/22	Primeiro Jornal	Braço elástico espacial

Distinctions

Award

2022	Patents nominated by the European Patent Office for the European Inventor Award 2022 - Top 13 Europäisches Patentamt, Germany

Title

2009	Golden Key International Hionour Society Member Golden Key International Honour Society, United States
2009	Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society Member Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society Member, United States
2007	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Membro The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United States

Other distinction

2022	“Instrumented hoof tester” - U.S. pat. Provisional USSN 63/432,109 Patent United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
2018	Rotating Floating Platform. Pub. No.: WO/2018/055585 Patent United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
2018	Floating Module for Modular Solar Panel Platforms. Pub. No.: WO/2018/055471 Patent United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
2018	Connectors for Modular Support Platforms. Pub. No.: WO/2018/055470 Patent United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
2018	Solar Panel Tracking System. Pub. No.: WO/2018/055469 Patent United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
2017	Membro senior da Ordem dos Engenheiros
2016	Test rig for combined in-plane and out-of-plane testing of bolted joints. Patente Provisória Nº20161000005920 Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Justica, Portugal