This project under the CAPES / PRINT-UERJ program aims to consolidate the existing partnerships of researchers from the LEMA Technological Development Units – Patrícia Oliva Soares Laboratory for Experimentation and Numerical Simulation in Heat and Mass Transfer – and LEMec – Mechanical Testing and Metrology Laboratory – with researchers from abroad, as well as expanding them, with concrete results both with regard to the dissemination of the results of research activities, and in the training of human resources at the graduate level.

The main objective of this project is to develop computational modeling, simulation and experimentation, based on Inverse Problems and Computational Intelligence, aiming at applications in Engineering, Biotechnology and Environment. Theoretical / analytical, numerical and experimental activities will be developed in three main areas of activity: (i) Heat Transfer; (ii) Transport / Mass Transfer; and (iii) Identification of Damages and Failures in Industrial Systems. The planned activities of research, mobility and training of human resources aim to contribute to the institutional project of internationalization of UERJ, continuing and strengthening a solid partnership with institutions from other countries, such as: Portugal, Spain, Cuba, Cyprus.