Speakers

Mario Miranda is a researcher in the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London in Silvestre Pinho’s group, working in collaboration with Airbus on early-stage design strategies for large, novel composite wings. He holds a master’s in mechanical engineering, specialising in aircraft structures, from the University of Porto (2023). His MSc thesis, conducted during a research stay at the ASD Lab of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, focused on the impact behaviour of composite fuselage components.

He has authored several publications, presented his work at conferences, and served as a reviewer for leading journals in the fields of composite materials and structures. He was also part of the winning team in the biggest engineering competition in Europe (EBEC) and has been involved in teaching and supervision activities at both Imperial College London and the University of Porto, mainly on the fields of structural mechanics and sustainability.

His research interests include computational and damage mechanics, composite materials, sustainable aviation, and impact behaviour of structures.

Dr Ludovic Renson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, leading the Nonlinear Dynamics and Control Research Group. Ludovic’s group focuses mainly on developing modelling, analysis, design and test techniques to address the presence of nonlinearities in mechanical structures. Ludovic is also part of Rolls-Royce’s Vibration University Technology Centre at Imperial, where he works closely with Rolls-Royce on developing tools to tackle nonlinearities found during aero-engine development.

Samson Cooper received his bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the university of the West of England and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol. He has previously worked in sales and technology roles for CMTG, Anthony Best Dynamics and Siemens Digital Industries Software.

Samson joined Dassault Systèmes in April 2023 and works within the education team leading the SIMULIA activities within EURONORTH. 

Tamara MONTI is the Education business director for the global software company Dassault Systèmes in Northern Europe, with the main objective to empower the workforce of the future. 

She is working closely with Education and Industry leaders to demonstrate the value of the 3DExperience platform to upskill all engineers to speed up sustainable innovation. She earned a PhD degree in Electromagnetics in 2013. She has been a visiting researcher at the Trieste Synchrotron, at Temple University of Philadelphia and at the University of Maryland at College Park working on microwave nanotechnology. She held a postdoctoral position at the University of Nottingham from 2014 to 2017 on high power microwave material processing. 

In 2017, she joined CST, subsequently acquired by Dassault Systèmes as part the SIMULIA brand, where she was one of the computational electromagnetic experts, supporting customers in the transportation and mobility industries.