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Aeronautical Engineer (1976) from the Brazilian Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Aeron\u00e1utica (ITA)<\/li>\n<li>Manager Assistant and Chief, Aeroelasticity Group (1986-1990) at EMBRAER (Brazil) responsible for the certification of turbo-propeller aircraft<\/li>\n<li>Scientist at DLR (German Aerospace Center): Institute of Aeroelasticity (G\u00f6ttingen, 1991-1994) and Institute for Adaptive Structures (Braunschweig, 1994-1995). Pioneer researcher in the area of \u201csmart\u201d structures technologies applied to rotorcraft vibration control problems<\/li>\n<li>Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Aerospace Research of the National Research Council Canada, NRC (1995-1999) with studies on \u201csmart\u201d structures applications to aircraft and rotorcraft noise and vibration. Canadian scientist during a USA\/Canada\/Australia consortium for the first demonstration of the use of \u201csmart\u201d structures to control fin buffeting in a full-scale fighter. 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Co-founder of the Rotorcraft Research Group (2003) and leader (2003-2007) of the \u201cSmart Hybrid Active Rotor Control System \u2013 SHARCS\u201d international project for demonstrations of the stiffness control principle in rotorcraft rotor vibration alleviation involving industrial, academic and research partners<\/li>\n<li>Co-founder of the spin-off company Smart Rotor Systems incorporated in 2009<\/li>\n<li>Visiting Professor at University of Rome \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d (2010), German Aerospace Center (2012-2014), University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (2013-2014), Conservatoire National des Arts et M\u00e9tiers, CNAM, Paris, France (2013) and Politecnico di Milano, POLIMI, Milan, Italy (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Guest Professor at TU Delft\u2019s Aerospace Engineering Department (Netherlands) since 2015<\/li>\n<li>Supervisor and co-supervisor of approximately 40 Master\u2019s and 10 PhD\u2019s graduate students at Carleton University, University of Rome, University of Rome III, TU Braunschweig, University of S\u00e3o Paulo and Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Aeron\u00e1utica<\/li>\n<li>Author of 150+ referred publications in the areas of Aeroelasticity of fixed and rotary wings, Structural Dynamics and Control, Aeroacoustics and \u201cSmart\u201d Structures and Materials technologies. 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