Active funded partner
Jovana Jovanova
TU Delft · Netherlands
Offshore structures, design optimization and the Unicamp-USP-TU Delft SPRINT project.
ProfileCollaboration network
Research moves through relationships.
Long-term partnerships connect SSI Lab with complementary expertise in mechanics, optimization, ecology and design. Research grants and scholarships support the projects, exchanges and people who make these collaborations possible.
Network
International network
Funded projects, exchanges and publication-based collaborations across mechanics, design and ecology.
Active funded partner
Xiaodong Huang
Swinburne University of Technology · Australia
Evolutionary and floating-projection topology optimization, additive manufacturing and student exchange.
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Dingena Schott
TU Delft · Netherlands
Offshore and bulk-material systems within the main FAPESP collaboration network.
ProfileProject and exchange partner
Wouter Halfwerk
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · Netherlands
Biotremology, sensory ecology and Murilo Oliveira's organism-soil mechanics programme.
ProfileRecent publication collaborator
George Em Karniadakis
Brown University · United States
Operator learning and DeepONet surrogates for continuum mechanics in unbounded domains.
ProfileFoundational collaborator
Nimal Rajapakse
Simon Fraser University · Canada
A long-running intellectual connection in computational mechanics and soil-structure interaction.
ProfileNetwork
Brazilian network
Long-term collaborators and current partners who connect SSI Lab to complementary methods and applications.
Foundational collaborator
Euclides Mesquita
University of Campinas
Boundary elements, wave propagation, fundamental solutions and coupled formulations.
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Pérsio Barros
University of Campinas
Dynamic soil-structure interaction, pile groups and wave propagation in elastic media.
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Renato Picelli
University of São Paulo
Topology optimization with binary variables, dynamic design and offshore applications.
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Amasa Carvalho
NIPE · University of Campinas
Environmental psychology, climate justice and socially referenced design.
ProfileLong-term collaborator
Edivaldo Romanini
Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Three-dimensional influence functions, wave fields and boundary-element formulations.
Long-term collaborator
Simone dos Santos
Federal University of Piauí
Computational mechanics, ground-vibration studies and a sustained student pathway from LAMEC to SSI Lab.
ProfilePartner labs
Shared research, student trajectories and sustained work between groups.
São Paulo, Brazil
OTTO Lab
Renato Picelli
We bring soil and structural dynamics into computational design, from optimized foundations to offshore systems.
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Teresina, Brazil
LAMEC
Simone dos Santos
A sustained connection through computational mechanics, shared publications and students moving from UFPI to SSI Lab.
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Delft, Netherlands
MS3 · TU Delft
Jovana Jovanova
Adaptive structures, metamaterials and offshore mechanics connect our groups through student trajectories and joint research.
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Recife & Campinas, Brazil
STFMi · IFPE
Gustavo Leite · Januário Vieira · Paulo Kurka
With Gustavo Leite, Januário Vieira and Paulo Kurka, we investigate how vehicle mass distribution and suspension affect passenger motion.
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Grants and scholarships supporting research, exchange and university extension.
FAPESP · 2022/02753-5
Main PI research projectOptimization and applications in dynamic soil-structure interaction
Our main research programme develops coupled models of structures and ground, methods for vibration control, and optimization tools that account for soil flexibility and energy radiation. It connects the lab's computational mechanics, engineering design and international collaborations.
FAPESP project recordFAPESP · 2025/02487-1
SPRINT · international collaborationDesign optimization of structures in offshore applications
A SPRINT collaboration linking Unicamp, USP and TU Delft around optimization and offshore engineering.
FAPESP project recordFAPESP · 2025/14015-7
Regular research grantStructural Optimization, Territory, and Equity
An interdisciplinary umbrella for Ancestral Structures and the Bag Sentável research lines.
FAPESP project recordFAPESP · 2026/04121-7
IC · Thiago GomesBag Sentável
Structural Optimization, Territory and Equity, Line 2: a lightweight delivery backpack that can also provide a place to sit.
FAPESP project recordFAPESP · 2026/04060-8
IC · Elivany Macario AvelinoAncestral Structures
Structural Optimization, Territory and Equity, Line 1: structural and environmental performance in traditional Indigenous building systems.
FAPESP project recordFAPESP · 2026/03487-8
IC · Murilo OliveiraWormBot: earthworm mechanics for flexible robotics
Coupled models of body motion and soil deformation to understand anchorage, forces and energy expenditure during burrowing.
FAPESP project recordFAPESP · 2023/03137-9
PhD scholarship · Aldemar SiqueiraTopology optimization in soil-structure interaction problems
Optimization methods that incorporate deformable supports, soil properties and the transfer of energy between a structure and the ground.
FAPESP project recordCNPq · 300114/2025-7
Research productivity fellowshipMultiphysics Analysis for Sustainable Operation of Offshore Wind Farms
Research productivity support for multiphysics analysis in offshore wind engineering, connecting structural mechanics, water and seabed interaction with sustainable operation.
FAEPEX · Unicamp · Convergências COCEN 2026
Extensão · proposal approved in September 2026A extensão como matriz epistemológica para sustentabilidade
How can working with society reshape the knowledge universities produce? This project brings together Pagu, NEAB, NEPAM, NEPP, NIED and LUME to study university extension as a foundation for sustainability in higher education. We contribute engineering, modelling and our experience with PRODS and Bag Sentável.
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