Jesuino Takachi Tomita

Dr. Tomita hold the diploma of Mechanical Engineering from Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial (FEI) in 2000. He earned his Masters degree in 2003 and his PhD in 2009 in Aeronautical-Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, (the top ranked engineering institution in Brazil), focused on aerospace propulsion, specifically gas turbines, turbopumps. and turbomachines. C-Level, certified by INSPER (the top ranked business school in Brazil), in the Owners and President Program/Top Management Program (OPP/TMP) and Columbia Business School (2023) covering the pillars of Leadership, Business Strategy, Value Generation, Futuring Literacy, ESG, Culture and Communication. Corporative Governance and Board Member formation (2021) conducted by Instituto Euvaldo Lodi (IEL/FIEMG Industry Federation of Minas Gerais State). For four years, he holds the position of Vice-president at ITA (Feb/2020-Feb/2024). Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Turbomachines department in the Mechanical Engineering division at ITA. He served as the head of this department for eight years (2014-2022). Additionally, he was the coordinator of the Mechanical-Aeronautical Engineering undergraduate course (2015-2017) and head of the Continuing Education division in the Pro-Rector of Graduate and Research (2018-2020) at ITA. He held the position the Vice-head of Mechanical Engineering division (2017-2020). Furthermore, he was a member of Aerospace Engineering Executive Committee (2011-2015) of the ABCM (Brazilian Association of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences). From 2011 to 2014, he worked as advisor of CREA-SP (Regional Engineering and Agronomy Council in Sao Paulo State) in the Specialized Chamber of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering (CEEMM), representing ITA 14). Dr. Tomita is the National Representative of the International Society on Air Breathing Engines (ISABE) since 2015 and member of the International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR) in the area of electric-hybrid propulsion.. He is member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), where he serves in the committees of cycle innovations and education. He has actively participated and gain experience in offset program, especially in the Transfer of Technology (ToT) between Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and SAAB, focusing on the F-39 Gripen military fighter jets. During the period of 2019-2023, he contributed to research and technology in jet engine design and testing program. Furthermore, he played a role in the Project of a Small Aeronautical Gas Turbine (TAPP, 5kN of thrust) and in the SPD-TR5000 Project (Defense Propulsion System 5000N), involving collaboration between government and the defense industry, DCTA/ITA/IAE/TGM/FINEP. Dr. Tomita currently serves as a board member of AMPLA (Amazon Leadership Platform) and Industrial Federation of Minas Gerais State (FIEMG) in the innovation and technology areas. His expertise spans aerospace propulsion, gas turbines, turbomachines, power generation, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), optimization, sustainable energy, sustainable aviation, numerical methods, turbulence models and interest/actions in digital technologies such as: cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning, big data, Industry 4.0, sustainability and advanced manufacturing. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)