Group

Postdoc

Almeida

Renato Almeida Dr.-Ing.

Am Biologischen Garten 2
IW3, Room 2240
28359 Bremen
Tel. 0421 218 64946

renato.almeida@uni-bremen.de

Research Interests

  • Processing of oxide ceramic matrix composites
  • Long-term behavior of composites
  • Mechanical testing of materials
  • Microstructural analysis

Education

12/2017 Ph.D. in Engineering, University of Bremen - Bremen, Germany
09/2012 Diploma in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) - Florianópolis, Brazil

Positions and Work Experience

03/2017 - Present Postdoctoral researcher, Advanced Ceramics Group, University of Bremen - Bremen, Germany
03/2013 - 02/2017 Ph.D. Student, Advanced Ceramics Group, University of Bremen - Bremen, Germany
05/2012 - 08/2012 Internship in quality control engineering, Intelbras S/A - São José, Brazil
05/2011 - 01/2012 Diploma Thesis, Advanced Ceramics Group, University of Bremen - Bremen, Germany
05/2010 - 05/2011 Undergraduate research fellow, Heat Pipe Laboratory (LABTUCAL/LEPTEN), UFSC - Florianópolis, Brazil
02/2010 - 05/2010 Internship in quality control engineering, Metalúrgica Fey - Indial, Brazil
05/2009 - 09/2009 Internship in quality control engineering, Nitrion do Brasil Ltda. - Guaramirim, Brazil

Awards and Fellowships

03/2013 - 02/2017 Ph.D. research fellowship
09/2012 Diploma of merit: Best student of Materials Science and Engineering. Awarded by the Brazilian Ministry of Education - UFSC, Brazil

Publications

  1. Matrix compositions and their impact on grain growth and strength of oxide ceramic composites.
    Almeida, R.S.M., Rech, M., Condi Mainardi, J., Tushtev K., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024
    Volume: 107, Nr. (10), p. n/a
    https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20069

  2. Novel approach for predicting the creep behavior of ceramic fibers using dimensional analysis.
    Berman, R.B., Almeida, R.S.M., Hanim, M.A.A., de Pieri, E.R., Al-Qureshi, H.A.,
    International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 2024
    Volume: n/a, Nr. (n/a), p. n/a
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.14876

  3. Alumina Ceramic Textiles as Novel Bacteria-Capturing Wound Dressings.
    Dutta, D., Almeida, R.S.M., Karim, Md.N., Brüggemann, D., Rezwan, K., Maas, M.,
    Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2024
    Volume: 11, Nr. (11), p. 2400232
    https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400232

  4. The use of bundles with higher filament count for cost reduction of high-strength oxide ceramic composites.
    Almeida, R. SM, Hoque, M. A., Pritzkow, W. EC., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Open Ceramics, 2023
    Volume: 15, Nr. ( 0 ), p. 100389
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2023.100389

  5. Identifying damage mechanisms of composites by acoustic emission and supervised machine learning.
    Almeida, R. SM, Magalhães, M. D., Karim, Md N., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Materials and Design, 2023
    Volume:  227 , Nr. (0 ), p. 111745
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111745

  6. A damage constitutive model for the nonlinear mechanical behavior of C/SiC composites during mechanical cyclical loading/unloading
    Niu, ZB, Chen, SA, Li, Y, Xiao, P, Yang, ZM, Tong, YG, Almeida, R.SM,
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2022
    Volume:  161 , Nr. ( . ), p. 107072
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107072

  7. Fatigue behavior and damage analysis of PIP C/SiC composite
    Almeida, R., Besser, B., Tushtev, K., Li, Y., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2022
    Volume:  42 , Nr. ( 13 ), p. 5391-5398
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.06.053

  8. Enhancing thermal stability of oxide ceramic matrix composites via matrix doping
    Almeida, R. SM, Farhandi, H., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society , 2022
    Volume:  42 , Nr. ( 7 ), p.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.02.040

  9. Increasing the tensile strength of oxide ceramic matrix mini‐composites by two-step sintering
    Farhandi, H., Karim, Md N., Almeida, R. SM, Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society , 2021
    Volume: 105, Nr. ( 1 ), p. ..
    https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18212

  10. Phase-field simulation of abnormal anisotropic grain growth in polycrystalline ceramic fibers
    Kundin, J., Almeida, R., Salama, H., Farhandi, H., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Computational Materials Science , 2020
    Volume:  185, Nr. ( 11 ), p. 109926
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109926

  11. All-oxide ceramic matrix composites (OCMC) based on low cost 3M Nextel 610 fabrics
    Pritzkow, W. E. C., Almeida, R., Mateus, L. B., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society , 2021
    Volume: 41, Nr. (5), p.10
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.05.070

  12. Phase-field modeling of grain growth in presence of grain boundary diffusion and segregation in ceramic matrix mini-composites
    Kundin, J., Farhandi, H., Ganesan, K., P., Almeida, R., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Computational Materials Science , 2021
    Volume: 190, Nr. (), p.110295
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110295

  13. Joining oxide ceramic matrix composites by ionotropic gelation
    Saint Martin Almeida, R., Farhandi, H., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology , 2020
    Volume: 17, Nr. (4), p.1574-1581
    https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijac.13507

  14. Damage analysis of 2.5D C/C-SiC composites subjected to fatigue loadings
    Almeida, R., Li, Y., Besser, B., Xiao, P., Zhou, W., Brückner, A., Langhof, N., Tushtev, K., Krenkel, W., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2019
    Volume: 39, Nr. (7), p.2244-2250
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955221919300147

  15. Obtaining complex-shaped oxide ceramic composites via ionotropic gelation
    Almeida, R., Pereira, T., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2018
    Volume: 102, Nr. (1), p.53-57
    https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.15990

  16. Interlaminar Shear Response of Carbon/Carbon in Torsion Tests
    Krause, T., Almeida, R., Volkmann, E., Tushtev K., Koch, D., Rezwan, K., Grathwohl, G,
    Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology, 2018
    Volume: 9, Nr. (), p.319-326
    https://doi.org/10.4416/JCST2018-00021

  17. On the Dimensional analysis for THE creep rate prediction of ceramic fibers
    Almeida, R., Al-Qureshi, Hazim A., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Ceramics International, 2018
    Volume: 44, Nr. (13), p.15924-15928
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027288421831438X

  18. Thermal exposure effects on the long-term behavior of a mullite fiber at high temperature
    Almeida, R., Bergmüller, E., Lührs, H., Wendschuh, M., Clauß, B., Tushtev, K., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2017
    Volume: 100, Nr. (9), p.4101-4109
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.14922

  19. Microstructure and properties of Cu-Ti alloy infiltrated chopped Cf reinforced ceramics composites
    Xiao, P., Lu, Y., Liu, Y., Li, Z., Fang, H., Zhou, W., Almeida, R., Li, Y.,
    Ceramics International, 2017
    Volume: 43, Nr. (18), p.16628-16637
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884217319818

  20. Mechanical behavior of LSI based C/C-SiC composites subjected to flexural loadings
    Li, Y., Xiao, P., Shi, Y., Almeida, R., Zhou, W., Li, Z., Luo, H., Reichert, F., Langhof, N., Krenkel, W.,
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2017
    Volume: 95, Nr. (), p.315-324
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359835X17300465

  21. Fatigue behavior and residual strength evolution of 2.5D C/C-SiC composites
    Li, Y., Xiao, P., Luo, H., Almeida, R., Li, Z., Zhou, W., Brückner, A., Reichert, F., Langhof, N., Krenkel, W.,
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2016
    Volume: 36, Nr. (16), p.3977-3985
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955221916303752

  22. Thermal Exposure Effects on the Strength and Microstructure of a Novel Mullite Fiber
    Almeida, R., Bergmüller, E. L., Eggert, B. G. F., Tushtev, K., Schumacher, T., Lührs, H., Clauß, B., Grathwohl, G., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2016
    Volume: , Nr. (), p.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.14093

  23. Tensile and creep performance of a novel mullite fiber at high temperatures
    Almeida, R., Tushtev, K., Clauß, B., Grathwohl, G., Rezwan, K.,
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2015
    Volume: 76, Nr. (0), p.37-43
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.05.013