Guilherme Rosa Franzini - Associate Professor
My name is Guilherme Rosa Franzini and I am Associate Professor at the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering of Escola Politécnica at University of São Paulo, Brazil.
You can contact me by e-mail gfranzini@usp.br. A pdf version of my curriculum (in English) can be found here.
Short Bio
| Period | Description | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 - 2007 | BSc: Naval Engineering | Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo |
| 2008 - 2012 | Doctor in Sciences Thesis: Investigação experimental do escoamento ao redor de cilindros inclinados, sujeitos a condições de contorno assimétricas nas extremidades. (in Portuguese). Sponsored by FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), grant 2008/00668-4 |
Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo |
| 2013 - 2014 | Post-doctoral researcher. Sponsored by FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), grant 2013/09802-2 | Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo |
| 2014 - 2019 | Assistant Professor | Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo |
| December, 2017 - February, 2018 | Visiting Researcher. Sponsored by Fond de Recherche du Québec | École Polytechnique, Montréal, Canada. |
| 2019 - | Associate Professor Habilitation thesis: Tópicos de pesquisa em problemas de excitação paramétrica e de vibrações induzidas pelo escoamento. (in Portuguese) |
Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo |
| December, 2019 - February, 2020 | Visiting Researcher. Sponsored by FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), grant 2019/15046-2 | Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. |
Research interests
I am working with the following research topics
- Linear and nonlinear dynamics (Theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches)
- Reduced-order models
- Experimental and theoretical topics of Flow-induced vibrations (FIV)
- Energy harvesting from structural oscillations
- Passive suppression of vibrations using Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) or non-linear energy sinks (NES)
- Parametrically excited systems
- Wind turbine dynamics
- Dynamics of floating bodies
- Artificial inteligence applied to dynamics of structures
Awards, grants and coordination of projects sponsored by funding agencies or by companies
Awards
- 2018: Guest of honor - Civil Engineering class, Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo
- 2019: Guest of honor - Civil Engineering class, Escola Politécnica-University of São Paulo
- 2022: Advisor of Pauline Kolb, who receive the best poster award during the European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference - ENOC2022
Grants
- 2016 - 2019: Research topics on flow-induced vibration phenomena, sponsored by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), grant 310595/ 2015-0 (level 2)
- 2017 - 2018: Grant for a short-term (3 months) as a visiting researcher at École Polytechnique de Montréal, sponsored by the Fonds de recherche du Québec
- 2019 - 2020: Grant for a short-term (3 months) as a visiting researcher at Università Politecnica delle Marche, sponsored by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), grant 2019/15046-2
- 2021 - 2024: Numerical studies on passive suppression and energy harvesting from strucutral oscillations, sponsored by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), grant 310595/ 2015-0 (level 2)
Coordination of projects sponsored by funding agencies or by companies
- 2016 - 2018: Research project entitled Numerical studies on passive and rotative suppressors for parametric instability and vortex-induced vibration phenomena, sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), grant 2016/20929-2
- 2020 - 2022: Research project entitled Further numerical studies on passive suppression of flow-induced vibrations, sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), grant 2019/27855-2
- 2023 - 2028: Research project entitled Numerical, analytical and experimental studies on passive control of vibrations and energy harvesting, sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) under the Program ``New Generation of Researchers'', grant 2022/02995-9
- 2018 - 2020: Research project entitled Development of a new solution of floating offshore wind turbine for Brazilian waters: Jappaku FOWT, sponsored by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
International cooperations
I work in collaboration with researchers from the following institutions:
- École Politechnique de Montréal - Canada
- Concordia University - Canada
- Università Politecnica delle Marche - Italy