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Objective
Structural Engineer focused on the coordination of structural projects
Summary of Skills
* More than 10 years' experience of coordinating structural projects and technology development acquired during the Master and Doctor Courses in Civil Engineering and working as engineer in construction, aerospace, offshore and onshore industries.
* Hands-on experience in commercial codes for Finite Element Analysis of structures: MSC.Nastran, GENESIS, ANSYS and the pre and post-processors MSC.Patran, MSC.FEA, MSC.VisualNastran, FEMAP, FEMB, POS3D, and MTOOL.
* Solid knowledge in international codes and standards.
* Good Knowledge of FORTRAN and C++ program languages, as well as XML and HTML markup languages. Experience with Windows and UNIX environments. Domain of MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Mathcad, Matlab, Freelancer, Photo Paint, Internet.
* Teamwork ability. Capacity to coordinate, relationship building and communication skills. Dynamic, creative, with initiative, hard working, open-minded, likes challenging situations, likes to travel and work in an international environment, ability to work under pressure.
Education and Qualifications
* Doctor's Degree in Civil Engineering - Structural Optimization
Catholic University, PUC-Rio, Brazil
2000
* Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Structural Optimization
Catholic University, PUC-Rio, Brazil
1996
* Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering - Structural emphasis
South National University – UNS, Argentina
1992
Language Skills
* Spanish: mother tongue
* Portuguese and English: fluent
* Italian: good knowledge
* French/German: classroom knowledge
Some Courses
* Basic Safety Training, ICN (Institute of Nautical Sciences of Rio de Janeiro), Nov. 2005, Brazil.
* Workshop in Structural Analysis and Optimization including practical training for the GENESIS, VisualDOC and DOT software, Vanderplaats R&D Optimization Training Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan, United Sates of America.
* Patran Command Language Course, MSC.Software, São Paulo, Brazil.
* Modern Techniques for Decision Behavior in the Business World, Carlos Dieulefait Group, South National University, UNS, Argentina.
* Advances Techniques for the Total Quality Control, Carlos Dieulefait Group, South National University, UNS, Argentina.
Work Experience
WOOD GROUP S.A. Macaé, RJ, Brazil (January 2006 at Present)
WGSB is a Macaé-based provider of offshore modifications and maintenance services to the Brazilian offshore market. Santos Barbosa is majority owned by Wood Group Engineering & Production Facilities Brasil Ltda, a subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC (www.woodgroup.com).
Position: Lead Structural Engineer
Responsible for coordinating technical activities of the structural discipline on various stages of projects, through from Conceptual Design to Detailed Engineering of different kind of projects in the area of oil and gas, offshore and onshore. Provide assistance for structure discipline during construction and installation phases. Client and subcontractor interface. Provide technical and supervisory support to engineers and designers, orienting in the execution of documents and monitoring project schedules to ensure timely completion of the projects. Inter-discipline coordination. Interface with people working in a large range of disciplines (operations, cost, schedule, contracts, construction, total quality, safety, etc). Ability and enthusiasm to undertake a variety of roles within the field of Civil and Structural Engineering.
MIP ENGENHARIA S.A. Niterói, RJ, Brazil (November 2004 – January 2006)
Engineering company active in the industrial erection business and engineering services for the offshore industry (www.mipengenharia.com.br)
Position: Lead Structural Engineer
Responsible for coordinating technical activities on various stages of projects, through from Conceptual Design to Detailed Engineering of different kind of projects in the offshore area with Petrobras Contract (P43, P48 and P50 Petrobras FPSO Platforms). Working closely with the Client to understand the problems and produce designs and services to meet these needs. Provide technical and supervisory support to engineers and designers. Ability and enthusiasm to undertake a variety of roles within the field of Civil and Structural Engineering.
PROJEMAR S.A. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (February 2003 – October 2004)
Maritime Technical Consultancy and engineering services for the shipbuilding, shipping and offshore industries. (www.projemar.com)
Position: Senior Structural Engineer.
Development of the structural analysis of offshore structures for maritime Petrobras Platforms P-47, P-50, P-51, P52 and P54.
FIBRAFORTE ENGENHARIA - São José dos Campos,SP, Brazil – (May 2000–December 2002)
Technical Consultancy and engineering services for aerospace industry. (www.fibraforte.com.br)
Position: Coordinator of the Structural Project: "Development of Structural Optimization Tools".
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) has become popular as engineering systems have become more complex. One of the most challenging applications of MDO is in the field of simultaneous aerodynamic and structural optimization because of the design tradeoffs between lift, drag, weight and strength. The optimization tools implemented were utilized first in satellite projects minimizing its weight and costs ordered by the National Institute of Spatial Researches (INPE). The new tools also were applied in the development of the first wing of Embraer 190.
Educational Experience
March 1995 –June 2000: Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Collaborated Professor of the Computer Department
Disciplines: Building Materials and Numerical Methods
Mar. 1998– Dec. 1999: Estate University of the Fluminense North, UENF, Brazil
Collaborated Professor of the Civil Engineering Department
Disciplines: Hydraulic, Reinforced Concrete, Building Materials
March–July 1993: South National University, UNS, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Monitor of the Civil Engineering and Physics Departments
Discipline: Reinforced Concrete, Physics I and Physics II
List of Publications
Brosowski B., Falco, S.A. & Ghavami K., 2004,"An Algorithm for the Multi-criteria Optimal Design of Stiffened Plates subjected to Compression Load", full paper accepted for publication in the Fourth International Conference in Thin-Walled Structure, 22-24 June, Loughborough, UK.
Falco, S.A., Afonso, S.M.B. & Vaz, L.E., 2004, "Analysis an Optimal Design of Plates and Shells under Dynamic Loads-I: Finite Element and Sensitivity analysis", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Journal, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, volume 27, Número 3, pp. 189-196.
Falco, S.A., Afonso, S.M.B. & Vaz, L.E., 2004, "Analysis an Optimal Design of Plates and Shells under Dynamic Loads – II: Optimization", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Journal Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, volume 27, Número 3, pp. 197-209.
De Faria A. & Falco, S.A., 2003, "Truss Optimization through an Interface between Nastran and Faipa", proceedings of XXIV Iberian Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering - CILAMCE, 29-31 October, Ouro Preto/MG, Brazil, in CD-ROM.
Falco, S.A., Afonso, S.M.B. & Vaz, L.E., 2002, "An Efficient Implementation of Hyperbolic Shells Design under Pulse Loading", proceedings of the GIMC-AMC 2002, Third Joint Conference of Italian Group of Computational Mechanics and Ibero-Latin American Association of Computational Methods in Engineering, XIV Italian Congress of Computational Mechanics, University of L'Aquila, 24-26 June, Giulianova (TE), Italy.
Falco, S.A. & de Faria, A.R., 2002, "Optimization of a Simple Aircraft Wing Model", proceedings of the 3rd Worldwide Aerospace Conference and Technology Showcase, 8-10 April, Toulouse, France, in CD-ROM.
de Faria, A.R. & Falco, S.A., 2002, "Interface between MSC.Nastran and Faipa, an Interior Point Algorithm for Optimal Design", proceedings of 3rd Worldwide Aerospace Conference and Technology Showcase, 8-10 April, Toulouse, France, in CD-ROM.
Falco S.A. & de Faria, 2002, "Structural Optimization of a Scientific Satellite Interface: Performance Assessment of Commercial Codes", proceedings of the International Conference on High Performance Structures and Composite Materials, 11-13 March, Seville, Spain, pp. 453-462.
Falco, S.A. & de Faria, 2001, "Performance Evaluation of Structural Optimization Tools Applied to Two representative Aerospace Problems", proceedings of the XVI Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM), 26-30 November, Uberlândia/MG, Brazil, in CD-ROM.
Falco, S.A. & Ghavami, K., 2001, "Vector Optimization of Stiffened Plates subjected to axial compression Load using Canadian Norm", proceedings of the Third International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures - ICTWS, 5-7 June, Cracow, Poland, pp. 549-558.
Falco, S.A., Vaz, L.E. & Afonso, S.M.B., 2001, "Structural Optimization of Thin Shells under Dynamic Loading", proceedings of the Third International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures - ICTWS, 5-7 June, Cracow, Poland, pp. 373-358.
Falco, S.A., Vaz, L.E. & Afonso, S.M.B., 2001, "Structural Optimization of Cylindrical Panels under Dynamic Loads", proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics - IX DINAME, 5-9 March, Florianópolis, Brazil, pp. 353-358.
Falco, S.A., 2000, "Shape and Sizing Optimization of Shells under Dynamic Loads", Ph. D. Thesis, Civil Engineering Department, Catholic University, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese).
Falco, S.A., Vaz, L.E. & Afonso, S.M.B., 2000, "Optimization of Shells under Dynamic Loads", proceedings of the XXI Iberian Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering - CILAMCE, 6-8 December, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in CD-ROM.
Falco, S.A., Afonso, S.M.B & Vaz, L.E., 2000, "Sensitivity Analysis and Shape Optimization of Shells under Dynamic Solicitation", proceedings of the 2nd ASMO UK/ISSMO Conference on Engineering Design Optimization, 10-12 July, Swansea, Wales, UK, pp. 73-78.
Falco, S.A., Vaz, L.E. & Afonso, S.M.B., 2000, "Shape and Sizing Optimization of Shells and Bending Plates under Dynamic Loading", Workshop on Computational Mechanics, April, Recife/ Pernambuco, Brazil, pp. 27-27.
Falco, S.A., 1996, "Vector Optimization of Stiffened Plates subjected to Axial Load", Master Thesis, Civil Engineering Department, Catholic University, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese).
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