Rodolfo Lisboa Batalha

Dr. Rodolfo Batalha is a researcher on additive manufacturing at the Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade in Portugal, currently responsible for PBF-LB and post-processing labs. His research interests are materials development for additive manufacturing, materials characterization, microstructure, mechanical properties, and design for additive manufacturing. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Brazil?s Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto in 2012, and his MS in Materials Engineering from the same university in 2015. In 2019, he was awarded his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering by the Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, also in Brazil. Dr. Batalha has experience in the development of new alloys for additive manufacturing, evaluation of metallic powders, and parameters optimization for the laser-powder bed fusion process, with an emphasis on the design of microstructure. He has also worked with (micro)structural characterization, mechanical tests, and analysis by micro X-ray computed tomography of metallic materials. He has worked in the steel industry conducting innovation projects and process improvement projects.

Graduação em Engenharia Metalúrgica pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (2012). Mestrado em Engenharia de Materiais na REDEMAT - UFOP/UEMG/CETEC (2015), com projeto em Metalurgia da Soldagem de Aço API e período sanduíche no exterior estudando Fadiga de Trilhos Ferroviários na Montanuniversität Leoben. Doutorado em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais pelo PPGCEM-Dema-UFSCar (2019), com projeto de pesquisa em Fusão Seletiva a Laser da Liga TNZT e período sanduíche no Leibniz Institute of Solid State and Materials Research - IFW-Dresden. Atualmente atua como pesquisador em manufatura aditiva de metais. Atualmente, é pesquisador em manufatura aditiva no Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade em Portugal. Seus interesses de pesquisa são desenvolvimento de materiais para manufatura aditiva, caracterização de materiais, microestrutura, propriedades mecânicas e design para manufatura aditiva.