Henrique De Carvalho Pinheiro

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Meccanica , 35th cycle (2019-2022)

Ph.D. obtained in 2023

Dissertation:

All-wheel drive EVs: from the modeling and validation to the development of a design tool and advanced control strategies (Abstract)

Tutors:

Massimiliana Carello

Profile

Research topic

Electric full vehicle multi-body model for driving simulation and control

Research interests

Vehicle design / Progetto del veicolo
Automation and control / Automazione e controllo
Multi-body analysis / Analisi multi-body

Biography

Born in Sao Paulo - Brasil in 1992, is graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Universidade de Sao Paulo (https://www5.usp.br) with double degree in Automotive Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, both concluded in 2015.
In 2018 started as research fellow in the Innovative Hybrid and Electric Vehicles research group and in 2019 was admitted for the PoliTo's PhD program in Mechanical Engineering.

Scientific branch

ING-IND/13 - APPLIED MECHANICS
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Awards and Honors

  • Brevetto depositato: PLT100 (2022-001) domanda di brevetto per invenzione industriale nr. 102022000009272 del 05.05.2022 per "MOTORE ELETTRICO ATTO AD ESSERE MONTATO IN UNA RUOTA DI UN VEICOLO E RELATIVO SISTEMA FRENANTE" (2023)
  • Winner of the 2023 SAE Torino Section prize for the Best Student Paper @ SAE WCX 2023 with the paper "Pre-Design and Feasibility Analysis of a Magneto-Rheological Braking System for Electric Vehicles" (2023)
  • The Paper “Design and Modelling of the Powertrain of a Hybrid Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle” presented at SAE 2021 World Congress Experience (WCX 2021) has been awarded as one of the "Best papers for WCX" and has been selected to appear in SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. (2023)
  • The Paper “Composite Control Arm Design: A Comprehensive Workflow” presented at SAE 2021 World Congress Experience (WCX 2021) has been awarded as one of the "Best papers for WCX" and has been selected to appear in SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. (2023)
  • The Paper “Active Aerodynamics through Active Body Control: Modelling and Static Simulator Validation” presented at ASME IDETC/CIE 2020 Virtual Conference has been awarded as "Best Student Paper at the 22nd AVT Conference" from the Design Engineering Division and Advanced Vehicle Technologies. (2020)
  • The Paper “Experimental Characterization of Piezoelectric Transducers for Automotive Composite Structural Health Monitoring” presented at SAE 2020 World Congress Experience (WCX 2020) has been awarded as one of the "Best papers for WCX" and has been selected to appear in SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. (2020)
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Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Supervised PhD students

  • Giuseppe Pio Tempone. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
  • Elia Grano. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)

Publications

Last years publications

PoliTO co-authors

Publications by type

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties