Marie Curie Individual Fellow
Contact
f.figueiredo@sheffield.ac.uk
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street,
Sheffield,
S1 3JD
Profile
Fabio Figueiredo is a Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering of The University of Sheffield (UK). He obtained his BEng and MSc in Civil Structural Engineering from the Rio de Janeiro State University (Brazil) and his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). His research interests include Structural Analysis, Concrete Engineering, Numerical and Computational Methods and Software Engineering. He has experience in high performance software development and application of numeric methods for the solution of engineering problems.
Qualifications
BEng in Civil Engineering, Rio de Janeiro State University, 2001
MSc in Civil Engineering, Rio de Janeiro State University, 2005
PhD in Civil Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 2010
PGDip in Software Analysis and Design, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 2011
Research project(s)
Reuse of Tyre Fibres for Fire-Spalling-Proof Concrete (IGNIS)
Reuse of Tyre Fibres for Fire-Spalling-Proof Concrete (IGNIS) is a research project funded by H2020 through the Marie Slodovska Curie Programme. Fire-induced explosive spalling (violent peeling-off of concrete surface) is a major drawback of modern high-performance and high-strength concrete. Tunnels and buildings have been seen to experience catastrophic failure due...
ReTyFiCo : Re-use of waste fibres in concrete construction
Aim: The Brazilian construction industry consumes about 32,750 tonnes of steel and polymer fibres every year for use in concrete as a reinforcement or admixture. Meanwhile, an estimated 24,836 tonnes of steel wire and polymer fibre are recovered annually from end-of-life tyres as by-products of tyre recycling. These materials are...