Cutting-Edge Research
Virginia S. A. Monteiro, PhD Engineer
Owner and Project Lead
Virginia Monteiro has a bachelor in Civil Engineering from UFMG (2002), MBA from IBMEC-Rio (2006), PhD with honors in Structural Engineering and Strength of Materials from UPC | Barcelona Tech (2013) and postdoctoral studies in Multiphysics Optimization from PUC-Rio (2018) and Cell Biology from UFMG (2021). She has conducted applied mathematics research in multiple areas, including biomechanics, oil and gas and automotive. Main research centers where Virginia worked include:  International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, CIMNE, in Barcelona (2007-2011), the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, in Stockholm (2011), Tecgraf, PUC-Rio (2015-2018) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT (2018-2019). Virginia has worked in the mining industry for over 8 years (Vale) assuming roles in projects optimization, strategy analysis, finance and investor relations. As researcher she worked in close collaboration with the industry (FCA, Shell and Petrobras). At MIT | Bionics lab, Virginia was engaged in clinical trials and was responsible for all phases of product development life-cycle, including concept definition, data acquisition, computational design, additive manufacturing and medical prototype evaluation.
Marlene S. Tapia Morales, PhD Engineer
R&D Consultant
Marlene Susy Tapia Morales graduated in Civil Engineering at UNSAAC-Peru (2002), and obtained her MSc (2008) and PhD (2013) degrees in Civil Engineering, specializing on Geotechnical Engineering, from PUC-Rio, Brazil. Her research areas involve petroleum geomechanics, geochemistry, saturated - unsaturated flow analyses and reliability analyses. Marlene worked in the Geomechanics Computational Group at Institute Tecgraf/PUC-Rio (2008-2020), where she carried out studies on 2D and 3D oil reservoir modeling, fault reactivation, and wellbore stability in salt areas. Marlene's recent work includes numerical simulations of oil reservoir hydro-chemical problems and modeling the geochemical impact of CO2 injections on carbonate rocks.
Katiane Alcantara, PhD Physics
R&D Consultant
Bachelor's Degree and Master's degree in Physics from the State University of Santa Catarina (2010) and a PhD in Physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2014). Experienced processing geophysicist with strong mathematical background. Hands-on software and hardware development and research in coda wave interferometry and 4D seismic analysis connected with geomechanics. Ability to effectively work on multiple projects including complex experimental setups. Significant achievements as a result of commitment to continuous learning & in-group integration, sharing the knowledge of several areas. Experience in data-science.
Guilherme Augusto
CAD designer
Guilherme Augusto has an incredible dedication to the work he does as CAD designer. He is a recent addition to the team, but he is already making invaluable contributions toward our research goals.