Luiz Bevilacqua


	Luiz Bevilacqua is coordinator of the Center of Cognition and Systems at ABC Federal University (UFABC). He is a civil engineer who graduated from Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), with a specialist degree in bridges and structures from Stuttgart Technical School (Germany), a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Stanford University (United States) and a postdoctoral degree in Materials Resistance from UFRJ. He was president of UFRJ (2006-2008) and director of the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE) (1990-1992) at the same university. Bevilacqua was also secretary-general of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (1992-1993), president of the Brazilian Space Agency (2003-2004), scientific director of the Rio de Janeiro Carlos Chagas Filho Research Foundation (FAPERJ) (1995) and academic associate dean of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) (1979-1985). His areas of research include singularities in multiple connected mediums (variational approach); shape optimization of membranes and peels; stability of nonlinear membranes; Mooney-Rivlin solids and materials not resistant to compression (tension fields); wave propagation in non-homogeneous mediums (identification of mechanical parameters); dynamics of fractal structures; modeling of biological and social systems; and investigation of cognitive processes and mathematical modeling. He received CNPq’s Almirante Álvaro Alberto Award in Sciences of Engineering in 1995 and was the recipient of three federal commendations: the Order of Rio Branco Commendation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994); the President’s Commendation of the National Order of Scientific Merit (1995); and the President’s Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (2000).

Luiz Bevilacqua is coordinator of the Center of Cognition and Systems at ABC Federal University (UFABC). He is a civil engineer who graduated from Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), with a specialist degree in bridges and structures from Stuttgart Technical School (Germany), a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Stanford University (United States) and a postdoctoral degree in Materials Resistance from UFRJ. He was president of UFRJ (2006-2008) and director of the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE) (1990-1992) at the same university. Bevilacqua was also secretary-general of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (1992-1993), president of the Brazilian Space Agency (2003-2004), scientific director of the Rio de Janeiro Carlos Chagas Filho Research Foundation (FAPERJ) (1995) and academic associate dean of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) (1979-1985). His areas of research include singularities in multiple connected mediums (variational approach); shape optimization of membranes and peels; stability of nonlinear membranes; Mooney-Rivlin solids and materials not resistant to compression (tension fields); wave propagation in non-homogeneous mediums (identification of mechanical parameters); dynamics of fractal structures; modeling of biological and social systems; and investigation of cognitive processes and mathematical modeling. He received CNPq’s Almirante Álvaro Alberto Award in Sciences of Engineering in 1995 and was the recipient of three federal commendations: the Order of Rio Branco Commendation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994); the President’s Commendation of the National Order of Scientific Merit (1995); and the President’s Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (2000).