profº José Ricardo Tarpani

Doctor in Materials Engineering, Associate Professor at the University of Sao Paulo - Brazil, coordinates the Structural Composite Materials and Nondestructive Testing research and teaching laboratories at Sao Carlos School of Engineering, acting especially in the fields of conception, manufacturing, mechanical, microstructural and fractographical characterization, nondestructive inspection, failure analysis and prevention of fiber-reinforced polymer & metal matrix composites, self-healing, hierarchical and hybrid materials, with emphasis in aerospace and other high-performance industries.

Graduated at the Federal University of Sao Carlos (1987) MSc. at the University of Sao Paulo (1991) DSc. at the University of Sao Paulo (1995) Fresh Doctorate at the University of Sao Paulo (1996) Post-Doctoral at the University of Sao Paulo (1997) Post-Doctoral at the University of Liverpool-UK (2003) Professor Doctor at the University of Sao Paulo (2004) Associate Professor 1 at the Univesity of Sao Paulo (2008) Post-Doctoral at the University of Bath-UK (2011) Associate Professor 2 at the Univesity of Sao Paulo (2013) Coordenates the Structural Composite and Nondestructve Research Groups at the Sao Carlos School of Engineering - University of Sao Paulo. Main Acting Areas: Manufacturing, Mechanical-Microstructural-Fractographic Characterization, Nondestructve Inspection, Failure Analysis and Prevention of Engineering Composite Materials and Structures