marcos silveira

Marcos Silveira, PhD

Associate Professor

My research interests are in nonlinear dynamics applied to engineering, improvement of comfort in passenger vehicles, energy harvesting of mechanical vibrations, dyamics of periodic structures and dynamics of the immune system, with focus on mathematical modelling, computer simulation and also experimental study. More details of the research projects in which I am involved are here.

If you want more information about these research areas, opportunities for undergraduate or graduate students, or information about this website, please contact me.

some background

I graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the São Paulo State University (UNESP), in 2006. During this course I was part of a research project working with mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of nonlinear shock absorbers to be used in passenger vehicles to improve comfort, together with Dr. Bento Pontes Jr and Prof. José Balthazar. Results from this research reached the top 20 most downloaded papers in the Journal of Sound and Vibration.

After a brief period working at automotive and aerospace companies, in 2008 I started as a Ph.D. student at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Under supervision of Prof. Marian Wiercigroch, I investigated the dynamics of slender structures constrained inside a cylinder, with applications to oil drilling and extraction. During this time I was involved with the development of mathematical models to describe such structures, as well as computational and experimental methods for the study, with colleagues from Aberdeen, Cambridge, UCL, IIT Kanpur, among others inside the Centre for Applied Dynamics Research (CADR).

During 2015, I conducted a research project (CNPq-PDE) with Becca Asquith at Imperial College London, developing mathematical models and analysis methodology of dynamics of immune system under HTLV-I and HIV-1 infections. A mechanistic mathematical model was devised, able to represent differing levels of protection or susceptibility conferred by HLA class I alleles, and enhancing effect of expression of iKIR receptors. The model makes testable predictions about the associations between HLAs, iKIRs and CD8⁺ T cell count, agreeing with experiments.

Soon after receiving the Ph.D. degree, I returned to UNESP as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, joining the Dynamics and Control of Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems, together with Prof. José Balthazar, Dr. Bento Pontes Jr and Dr. Paulo Gonçalves. My research interests are in nonlinear dynamics applied to engineering, vehicle dynamics, mechatronics and biological systems, with focus on mathematical modelling, computer simulation and also experimental study. Some more details of these subjects can be found here.

research grants

2018 - ~~ CNPq: 308886/2017-8 ~~ Nonlinear stiffness and damping to increase efficiency of energy harvesters ~~ U$ 10k

2015 - 2016 ~~ CNPq: 206435/2014-2 ~~ Dynamics of the immune response to HIV-1 considering low efficacy of immune cell killing of virus-infected cells ~~ U$ 44k

2014 - 2015 ~~ PICR 2521/002/14 ~~ U$ 0.5k

2014 - 2017 ~~ CNPq: 448560/2014-3, edital Universal ~~ Algorithms for construction of basins of attraction using parallel computation techniques for multicore processors ~~ U$ 14k

2013 - 2014 ~~ FAPESP #2012/19774-3 ~~ Experimental determination of the nonlinear relationship between torsional rigidity and torsional angle for dynamic analysis of an elastic slender beam confined inside a cylinder ~~ U$ 30k

2013 - 2014 ~~ PICR #44/2013 ~~ U$ 1.5k

contact details

UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica
Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, 14-01
Bauru, SP, Brazil
17033-360

+55 (14) 3103 6119