Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva

He began his work as a PhD Professor in the Department of Mechatronics and Mechanical Systems Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (EPUSP) in 1998. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003 and Full Professor in 2005. He is currently a researcher at CNPq level 1A. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from EPUSP in 1990 and 1993, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA, in 1998. During his doctorate, received two awards: "Distinguished Achievement Award" and "Ivor K. McIvor Award". The first award is given in recognition of personal and academic excellence, and the second in recognition of research performance. He is Deputy Scientific Director of the "Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation - RCG2I" (https://www.rcgi.poli.usp.br/). He specializes in Computational Mechanics, mainly in the application of topology optimization methods and finite elements to multiphysics systems such as intelligent materials and structures, (piezoelectric sensors and actuators, piezocomposite materials including materials with functional gradation (MGF)), energy harvesting devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and devices based on fluid flow (mainly flow machines). He has published articles in international journals with selective editorial policy, and given lectures at universities and foreign and national companies. Citations of published articles result in an H ISI Web of Science factor equal to 33. He has acted as a reviewer for national and international journals and conferences and as an ad hoc consultant for national funding agencies such as FAPESP, CNPq and CAPES and international agencies such as ERC (Europe), DFG (Germany), NWO (Netherlands), ISF (Israel), NRF (South Africa) and NSF (USA). He participated as a panelist in the "Panel of Experts for Proposals" in the "Mechanics of Materials (MoM-X) 2010" program of the NSF, USA, and was a voting member in the "Frontier Ideas meeting panel" to decide potential topics for the announcement of " Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI-2011)", USA. In the last ten years, the author has organized or co-organized Mini-Symposia (MS) at the international conferences WCCM from 2012 to 2024, USNCCM from 2013 to 2023, IFAC 2022, ENGOPT 2014, TopWebinar 2021, FGM 2022, at the Ibero-Latin American congresses CILAMCE from 2015 to 2024. The author belonged to the "International Scientific Committee" of the international congresses FGM 2012 and 2016, ENGOPT from 2008 to 2018, WCCM 2012. He was a member of the "International Papers Committee (IPC)" at WCSMO-10 in 2013. From 2006 to 2009, he was part of the Program Committee of the conference "Modelling, Signal Processing, and Control - SPIE (Smart Structures and Materials)". The author was a plenary speaker at the international conferences MMFGM 2006, WCSMO 2013, 3rd EMI 2017, at the Ibero-Latin American conferences CILAMCE 2006, VIII CIMM 2017, CILAMCE 2022, and MecSol 2013. He was also "semi-plenary speaker" at the international conferences WCCM 2012 and 2022. In addition, he gave "keynote lectures" at the international conferences 6th ICCSS 2008, USNCCM 2009, MMFGM 2012, WCCM 2014 and USNCCM 2015 and at the Ibero-Latin-American conference CILAMCE 2015 . He is a member of "International Advisory Committee of FGM - IACFGM". He was the Chair of the MMFGM2014 congress (http://mmfgm2014.org), held in Atibaia, SP, Brazil, in October 2014. He is a member of the "Editorial board" of the journals "Mechanics Research Communications","International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics", "International Journal of Computational Engineering Science and Mechanics" and "Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering", acts as "review editor" in the journal "Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" and is editor-in-chief of the journal "Polytechnica". (Source: Lattes Curriculum)