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Contact Information

Name José Luís Medeiros Thiesen
Professional Title Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email jose.thiesen@ufsc.br

Professional Summary

Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Research in computational solid mechanics and biomechanics, with focus on multiscale methods, poromechanics under large deformations, and the mechanical behavior of soft biological tissues and composite materials.

Experience

  • 2026 - present

    Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

    Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering (EMC)
    • Affiliated with GRANTE and LEBm research groups

Education

  • 2022 - 2026

    Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

    Ph.D.
    Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
    Mechanical Engineering
    • Supervisor: Prof. DSc. Eduardo A. Fancello
    • Thesis: Multiscale modeling in hydrated porous media: Second-order computational homogenization and micromechanics of aortic dissection
  • 2023 - 2024

    Graz, Austria

    Visiting Ph.D. Student
    Institute of Biomechanics, TU Graz
    Biomedical Engineering
    • Supervisor: Prof. DSc. Gerhard A. Holzapfel
  • 2019 - 2021

    Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

    M.Sc.
    Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
    Mechanical Engineering
    • Supervisor: Prof. DSc. Eduardo A. Fancello
    • Thesis: Algorithms and solution strategies in poroviscoelasticity: a study applied to the modelling of soft biological tissues subjected to large deformations
  • 2014 - 2019

    Joinville, SC, Brazil

    B.Sc.
    Santa Catarina State University (UDESC)
    Mechanical Engineering
    • Thesis: Numerical modelling to determine the effective properties of smart composite materials considering imperfect contact

Awards

  • 2024
    Best Graduate Student Paper Award
    Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

    9th International Symposium on Solid Mechanics, Brazil

  • 2023
    Ernst Macht Worldwide Scholarship
    Ernst Macht Foundation

    Austria

  • 2022
    Ph.D. Scholarship
    CAPES — Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

    Brazil

  • 2019
    M.Sc. Scholarship
    CAPES — Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

    Brazil

Languages

Portuguese : Native speaker
English : Fluent
Spanish : Intermediate