CITeC - Centre for Innovation and Technology in Composite Materials

CITeC is a research group created in 2011 at UFSJ for the development and characterisation of laminate, particulate, hybrid and structural composites consisted of polymer and ceramic matrices for aeronautical, automotive, leisure, civil construction and orthopaedic applications. One of the pillars of the group is the research of sustainable materials through the use of natural fibres and recycled wastes. The group stands out for the use of statistical techniques in the evaluation of composite materials, counting on a significant number of articles published in journals of high impact. National and international collaborators have been contributing to the effective growing of the group. Visiting fellows, MSc and PhD students have been also a great motivation for our research team. CITeC has four laboratories in the area of composite materials, namely: (i) Manufacture, (ii) Characterisation, (iii) Applied Numerical Simulation and (iv) Precision Engineering.