Sergio Persival Baroncini Proença

Biography

Dr. Sergio Persival Baroncini Proença holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná (1978), a Master's Degree in Structural Engineering from the University of São Paulo / S.Carlos (1981), PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of São Paulo / S.Carlos (1988) postdoctoral degree at the Polytechnic of Milan (1990-1991). He obtained the title of Professor Livre in 1997. In January 2004, he was approved in a competition for Full Professor of the Department of Structural Engineering of the School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo. During the period from March to June 2008 he was a visiting researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has developed research with emphasis in Structural Engineering, acting mainly in the following subjects: mechanics of the damage, nonlinear analysis of structures, generalized finite element method, shell structures. Collaborates with the course of graduation in Aeronautical Engineering ministering the disciplines of Mechanics of Aeronautical Structures. In the postgraduate course in Structural Engineering he is responsible for the disciplines Introduction to Numerical Methods, Nonlinear Analysis of Structures and Special Topics in Structural Engineering. He develops projects and collaborates in research with the Polytechnic of Milan, Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology of Cachan / France, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon and University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Coordinator of the research group accredited at CNPQ and denominated: SCIEnCE. Collaborates with the course of graduation in Aeronautical Engineering ministering the disciplines of Mechanics of Aeronautical Structures. In the postgraduate course in Structural Engineering he is responsible for the disciplines Introduction to Numerical Methods, Nonlinear Analysis of Structures and Special Topics in Structural Engineering. He develops projects and collaborates in research with the Polytechnic of Milan, Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology of Cachan / France, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon and University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Coordinator of the research group accredited at CNPQ and denominated: SCIEnCE. Collaborates with the course of graduation in Aeronautical Engineering ministering the disciplines of Mechanics of Aeronautical Structures. In the postgraduate course in Structural Engineering he is responsible for the disciplines Introduction to Numerical Methods, Nonlinear Analysis of Structures and Special Topics in Structural Engineering. He develops projects and collaborates in research with the Polytechnic of Milan, Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology of Cachan / France, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon and University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Coordinator of the research group accredited at CNPQ and denominated: SCIEnCE. He develops projects and collaborates in research with the Polytechnic of Milan, Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology of Cachan / France, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon and University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Coordinator of the research group accredited at CNPQ and denominated: SCIEnCE. He develops projects and collaborates in research with the Polytechnic of Milan, Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology of Cachan / France, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon and University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Coordinator of the research group accredited at CNPQ and denominated: SCIEnCE.

Research Interest

Material materials and mechanics, Mechanics of structures, Numerical methods