- Development of lightweight composites for automotive ballistic armour applications.- Design of new composites with mechanical properties enhanced by graphene.- Feasibility study of composite structures based on thermoplastic polymer reinforced with natural fibres for high-impact energy absorption.- Computer-aided simulation to predict the dynamic performance.- Predictive modelling and mechanical performance optimization of layered composites.

- Inspecting via physicochemical analysis of raw materials, intermediates/in-process samples, and final products according to reference standards.- Equipment qualification: operation and calibration.- Executing analytical methods: Karl Fischer, UV-VIS, FTIR, HPLC, and GC.- Testing for purity and related substances, potency, consistency, and stability in raw materials, intermediates, and final products.- Planning and executing analytical methods verification/validation.- Elaborating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) according to cGMP and reference standards and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

- Prospecting for new materials and synthesis routes for advanced materials (nanomaterials).- Developing iron-based magnetic nanoparticles via solvothermal and combustion routes.- Scaling up magnetic nanoparticles synthesis process.- Synthesis of nanocomposites based on Titanium Dioxide doped with Ferrites (Fe, Co, Mg).- Physicochemical, structural, optical, and magnetic characterization of nanostructured composites.- Performance analysis of materials under critical conditions such as pressure, temperature and corrosion.- Applying nanocomposites in the Oil and Natural Gas industry processes.Scholarship awarded: National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels through the Human Resources Training Program - PRH-ANP-44.1.

- Developing physicochemical characterization methods for natural polymers and agroindustrial inputs.- Predictive modelling (via machine learning/deep learning and big data concepts) for cotton and synthetic fibre microstructural analysis. - Data analysis using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Squares - Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and other statistical methods.- Hyperspectral images in the near-infrared (NIR) analysis.- Providing technological and intellectual property support for the agricultural and textile industries.

- Prospecting new technologies for the detection and quantification of contaminants/biomarkers in cotton fibres.- Synthesis and characterization of electrochemical sensors based on graphite oxide doped with metals or metallic oxides.- Developing cyclic voltammetry methodology using modified electrodes based on Cobalt/Graphite Oxides.

- Developing advanced materials (nanocomposites) based on metallic oxides.- Developing magnetic nanocomposites containing metallic oxides to improve electron transfer in semiconductors.- Nanomaterials synthesis with superparamagnetic characteristics in pilot scale via combustion reaction.- Nanomaterials surface modification to improve optical, magnetic, and electrical properties.- Scaling up the magnetic nanoparticles synthesis process.Project funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (PIBIC/CNPq).

- Developing a gas stripping system for the recovery of ethanol produced by fermentation processes in industry.- Developing and assembling a packed absorption column to recover ethanol vapours.- Column absorption process: mathematical modelling and computer simulation.- Validating mathematical models based on experimental data on a pilot scale.Project funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (PIBIC/CNPq).