Francisco Manuel Braz Fernandes
Professor Associado com Agregação
Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais / CENIMAT, FCT/UNL, Quita da Torre, 2829-516 CAPARICA (email)
Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais / CENIMAT, FCT/UNL, Quita da Torre, 2829-516 CAPARICA (email)
NAME: Francisco Manuel Braz Fernandes
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: Beira (Moçambique), 14/12/1951.
NATIONALITY: Portuguese.
ID Card (Cartão de Cidadão): 07162753 7ZZ9.
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATONS AFFILIATION:
- Ordem dos Engenheiros (College of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) nº 10595. Professional
Cedule nº 14473.
Member of the Portuguese Materials Society.
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
- July 1976 – Mechanical Engineering, 14 val. - I.S.T. / UTL, Lisbon.
- July 1982 - Diplôme d'Études Aproffondies (D.E.A.) de Métallurgie Spéciale, classif. "Assez Bien" -
I.N.S.T.N. (Saclay), University of Paris XI (Orsay).
- April 1985 - Thèse Doctorat I.N.P.L., (Nancy) (Spécialité Sciences et Génie des Matériaux), classif.
"Très Honorable".
- October 1985 - Equivalence PhD degree in Materials Engineering, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
- May 2008 – “Agregação” in Physical Metallurgy, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
- October 2009 – Doctor Honoris Causa in Materials Science and Engineering by University of Galati (Universitatea Dunarea de Jos Galati), Romania.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITION:
Associate Professor of Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy of Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
LECTURING EXPERIENCE:
- Lecturing at graduation level:
Physical Chemistry,
Introduction to Materials Science,
Materials Testing and Analysis,
Thermal and Mechanical Treatments,
Metallurgical Technology.
- Post-graduation lecturing:
Heat Treatment of metal alloys,
X-Ray Diffraction,
Electron Microscopy,
Computational Simulation of Materials Processing.
- Supervision of MSc and PhD thesis:
MSc QUALIMAT and Materials Engineering,
PhD in Physical Metallurgy, Metallurgical Technology.
- Supervision of Post-Docs:
Composite materials,
Thin films,
Shape memory alloys.
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:
- Processing of metal alloys (ferrous alloys; shape memory alloys).
- Phase transformations interactions (thermal / mechanical).
- Computational Simulation of Materials Processing.
- Structural characterization by X-Ray Diffraction.
- Microfabrication and nanostructuring (by severe plastic deformation).
HOBBY:
Philately.