Assistant Prof. José Reinoso
I am Assistant Professor at the Department of Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Structures Universidad de Sevilla (Spain).
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My first research was during my Diploma Thesis (2006-2007), performing simulations activities of nonlinear vibration methods in mechanics. This work was carried out in the Department of Engineering Mathematics at University of Bristol (United Kingdom) in cooperation with the Applied Mathematics Department at Universidad de Sevilla (Spain).
During my PhD, I conducted a thorough research within the field of postbuckling behaviour of composite stiffened panels, runout specimens for aeronautical applications, and cohesive zone methods for fracture, enjoying different periods abroad and in close collaboration with the Structural Mechanics Institute at Universität Stuttgart (Germany).
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After the completion of my PhD, I started working at the Institute for Structural Analysis at Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) as postdoctoral researcher associate during the period 2012-2014. Throughout this stage, I was co-leading the Composites Division within the Department, co-supervising several PhD students and the main developments in computational methods for material and fracture modelling (phase field methods, interface-like techniques and continuum damage).
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I have been appointed as visiting professor in the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (2014-2019), visiting scholar at FEU Porto (Portugal) in 2015, and Stanford University (USA) in 2014. I spent several research stays at different Institutions, establishing solid cooperation with Prof. Pedro Camanho at FEU Porto (Portugal), Prof. Marco Paggi at IMT Lucca (Italy), Prof. Mauro Corrado at Politecnico Torino (Italy), Prof. Albert Turón at Univ Girona (Spain), Dr. Eva Casoni at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain), Prof. Christian Linder at Stanford Uniersity (USA), Prof. José Merodio at Univ. Politécnica Madrid (Spain), Prof. Emilio Martínez-Pañeda at Imperial College (United Kingdom).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Composite materials, Structural Mechanics, Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering, Shell models, Experimental Mechanics, Postbuckling behavior of structures, Damage characterization in computational materials: Cohesive Zone Models, Continuum Damage models, Phase Field approach of fracture.
HONORS & AWARDS
Juan Carlos Simó Award.
Best Young researcher on Numerical Methods in Engineering. SEMNI, 2019.
Best PhD Thesis on Composite Materials Prize.
Spanish Association of Composite Materials (AEMAC www.aemac.org), 2013.
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Best PhD Thesis on Aeronautics.
EADS Chair on Aeronautical Studies, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, 2013.
Erasmus Grant.
University of Bristol (U.K.). End of Studies Project on bifurcation analysis of cable-stayed bridges, Sept. 2006–July 2007.
Excellence Scholarship Andalusian Government for research stays in foreign institutions.
Institute of Structural Mechanics, Universität Stuttgart (Germany), Prof. EkkehardRamm and Prof. Manfred Bischoff, Sept. 2009–Dec. 2009, July 2011–Oct. 2011.
Excellence Scholarship Andalusian Government.
PhD studies 2008–2012.
EDUCATION
Dr. Mechanical Engineering
Oct. 2007 – May 2012
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
Graduation with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude)
Advisers: Prof. Federico París, Prof. Antonio Blázquez
Thesis: Study of Composite Stiffened Panels in Postbuckling Regime
MSc Civil Engineering
Oct. 2017 – Apr. 2020
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
MSc Advanced Design in Mechanical Engineering
Oct. 2007 – Dec. 2008
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
MSc Marketing and Business Administration
Oct. 2006 – June 2008
UNED, Spain
Diploma Mechanical Engineering (5years Program)
Oct. 2000 – July 2006
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Thesis: Non-linear dynamic behavior of cables