Georgina Miranda

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  • 9.2.19

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Georgina Miranda is Assistant Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Materials Engineering and Ceramics (DEMaC) at the University of Aveiro and an integrated member of the Associated Laboratory CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2015) and Habilitation in Materials Science and Engineering (2025).

She has been actively working in the area of ​​additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, laser approaches for melting/sintering/surface modification, cellular materials and on the design and manufacture of multi-material parts.

She is the author of more than 128 publications indexed in SCOPUS (3700 citations, h-index 33), with more than 60 papers presented at national and international conferences. This body of work has led her to be included, since 2021, on the Top 2% authors worldwide list yearly disclosed by Elsevier and Stanford University. 

She is member of the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA), namely the European Powder Metallurgy Institutes (EPMI) working group, whose mission is to strengthen synergies between academic research and industry, promoting the exchange of knowledge and the development of high-impact collaborative projects. She is also member of the Portuguese Society of Materials (SPM).

Principal Investigator of funded projects (e.g. ADAPTPROSTHESIS - Development of smart designed adaptive prosthesis for Orthopaedic Applications (PTDC/EMS-TEC/5422/2014); SMARTCUT - Smart designed cutting tools by Multi-material Selective Laser Melting/Sintering (030353 FCT/02/SAICT/2017); ADD2MECHBIO – Additive manufacturing meets mechanobiology – design and fabrication of osteogenic-stimulating implants (PTDC/EME-EME/1442/2020)), she has also collaborated as a team member in several industrial and European projects. She is supervisor of 11 PhD students, 4 of whom have completed their studies, and of several master's students.

She has been acting as reviewer for several reputable journals (e.g. Additive Manufacturing; Materials & Design; Progress in Additive Manufacturing; Materials Characterization), as well as project evaluator for national and international entities, including the European Commission.

Director of the Master's Degree in Materials Engineering and Vice-Director of the Degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Aveiro. Professor in several curricular units (e.g. Metallurgical Technology, Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of Materials, Welding Metallurgy II), taught in several Bachelor's and Master's courses at the University of Aveiro.

She is an elected member of the Pedagogical Council of the University of Aveiro.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

After joining the University of Aveiro, DEMaC and CICECO, she  establishes the “Materials Design and Manufacturing Laboratory”, where the following areas are developed:

Additive manufacturing of metal alloys;

Powder metallurgy, especially for the development of metal matrix composites;

Manufacturing of multi-material components through a combination of technologies;

Laser modification of metal and ceramic components;

Component design for property optimization, including cellular materials and interpenetrating phase composites;

Tribology.

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Ongoing Supervisions

Carlos Pedro Esteves Matos

PhD Student

Edna Filipa Soares da Silva

PhD Student

Francisco Leite

PhD Student

Indrani Coondoo

Junior Researcher

Jorge Filipe Moreira dos Santos

Junior Researcher

Simão Cordeiro Santos

PhD Student

Projects

AM2R - Agenda Mobilizadora para a inovação empresarial do setor das Duas Rodas (AM2R (Novas ferramentas de metal duro aplicadas à indústria de duas rodas))

PartnerIndustry National
The Mobilizing Agenda for business innovation in the Two-Wheeled Sector aims to operationalize the intervention in priority areas in the value chain that will allow the transformation of the national production profile and the development of a new specialization profile in the sector to leverage its competitive position in the international mark...

ILLIANCE (ILLIANCE (WP2 - Desenvolvimento de novos e avançados (IoT) esquentadores de água quente sanitária, como antecipação da transição energética/eletrificação da economia))

PartnerIndustry National
ILLIANCE Agenda embodies a complex ecosystem of integrated projects which aims at addressing the goal of carbon neutrality of the buildings sector, which represents 40% of global CO2 emissions. The adopted approach adopted is based on the development of complementary technologies associated with 3 core pillars, i.e.: health, comfort and sustaina...

Processamento aditivo por laser de ligas de Titânio para fabrico de dispositivos médicos personalizados (Laser4Implant)

PartnerIndustry National
The Laser4Implant project – Laser Additive Processing of Titanium Alloys for the Manufacturing of Custom Medical Devices – aims to explore new laser printing strategies for the production of personalized subperiosteal implants using directed energy deposition. The goal is to enable new designs, concepts, and value-added produ...

Sustainable Surface Treatments of Complex Shape Components for Transsectorial Industrial Innovation (SURE2COAT)

PartnerEuropean Comission
Light alloys, like Al, have shown to be good options for replacing steel in many sectors due to higher thermal conductivity and weight reduction they allow, which has become crucial e.g. for e-mobility. However, without protection, recycled Al is prone to corrosion under operation in harsh environments (e.g. heat exchangers in heat storage units...

Additive manufacturing meets mechanobiology – design and fabrication of osteogenic-stimulating implants (ADD2MECHBIO)

Local CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Over the years, the number of patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasties has been increasing. Due to the lengthened life expectancy and aging population this trend is expected to continue and the number of patients that will outlive their first prosthesis will also rise (patients that will need revision surgeries). These implants impa...

Hi-rEV - Recuperação do Setor de Componentes Automóveis (Hi-rEV (HIREV1))

PartnerIndustry National
The automotive industry has seen several developments in recent years that have reshaped the future of the mobility sector. The various players in the automotive value chain will have to respond to: the pandemic economic recovery, the energy transition, the digital transformation and the restructuring of the national and European manufacturing f...

Human Platelet Lysates-based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-tissue Repair (INTERLYNK)

PartnerEuropean Comission
InterLynk aims to develop multi-tissue 3D patient-specific scaffolds by providing a portfolio of highly compatible and biofunctional composite inks and biomaterials, and streamlining their co-processing using an upgraded AM equipment. Unprecedented biofunctionality in the synthetic reconstruction of complex interfacial tissues is expected to be ...

Multifunctional polymer nanocomposite flexible films for electrocaloric cooling and energy storage applications: Towards advanced electronics (EXPL/CTM-CTM/0687/2021)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publications

Functionalized magnesium-zinc surfaces for biodegradable implants: Nd:YAG machining and hot pressing approach

H. Pereira, S. Madeira, I. Costa, O. Carvalho, F.S. Silva, G. Miranda
2026, Optics and Lasers in Engineering.

Water-based hydroxyapatite photocurable feedstock for the manufacture of architectured parts by vat photopolymerization

Simão Santos , Manuel F.R.P. Alves , Georgina Miranda , Susana M. Olhero
2025, Additive Manufacturing, Volume 101, 104710.

Flexible and multifunctional P(VDF-TrFE)/BT-BMT polymer composite films: Realizing high piezoelectric performance and electrocaloric effect

Indrani Coondoo, Vahideh B. Isfahani, Harvey Amorín, Igor Bdikin, João Carvalho, Cristina Pascual-González, Bruna M. Silva, João Oliveira, D. Pukazhselvan, Bernardo G. Almeida, Georgina Miranda
2025, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 505, 1 February 2025, 158639.

Effect of TPMS reinforcement on the mechanical properties of aluminium–alumina interpenetrating phase composites

S. Santos, C. Matos, I. Duarte, S. M. Olhero, G. Miranda
2025, Progress in Additive Manufacturing, Volume 10, 1187–1199.

Laser ablation in liquid-assisted synthesis of three types of nanoparticles for enhanced antibacterial applications

Daniel Coutinho Costa, Margarida Fernandes, Caroline Moura, Georgina Miranda, Filipe Silva, Óscar Carvalho, Sara Madeira
2025, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology.

Titanium-based hybrid coatings grown using ALD/MLD onto AZ31 screw-like supports for implantable systems

R. M. Silva, F. J. Oliveira, M. F. Lima, N. A. Silva, G. Miranda
2025, RSC Advances, Volume 15, 10774-10786.

Laser patterning for the modification of copper’s wettability: A systematic review

Alexandre M.P. Botas, Alexandre F. Carvalho, Kiryl Yasakau, Nuno M. Ferreira, Georgina Miranda, João Tedim, Florinda M. Costa
2025, Applied Surface Science Advances.

Hydrothermal treatment of laser micro-textured Ti6Al4V systems for osseointegration of orthopaedic implants

Melo-Fonseca, F; Gasik, M; Freitas, PP; Carvalho, DN; Pinto, IM; Silva, FS; Miranda, G
2024, OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING, 183.
ISBN: 1873-0302

Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nano-TiC-Reinforced 18Ni300 Maraging Steel Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting

Leite, FF; Coondoo, I; Vieira, JS; Oliveira, JM; Miranda, G
2024, JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS PROCESSING, 8, 6.
ISBN: 2504-4494

Multifunctional lead-free piezoelectric (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3 compounds: From energy harvesting to electrocaloric cooling and energy storage applications

Coondoo, I; Pullar, RC; Miranda, G
2024, MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 179.
ISBN: 1873-4227

TECNOLOGIAS DE FABRICO ADITIVO DE METAIS

Impressão 3D – Tecnologias, materiais e aplicações
G. Miranda, F. Bartolomeu
2023, 223-260, ENGEBOOK.
ISBN: 978-9-899-10159-3

FABRICO ADITIVO DE COMPONENTES MULTIMATERIAL

In Francisco J. G. Silva, Flávio Bartolomeu, Teresa Duarte, Jorge Lino Alves, Georgina Miranda, Rui Neto, António Bastos Pereira, Carlos Relvas, Leonardo Santana, Miguel Terroso (Eds.), Impressão 3D – Tecnologias, materiais e aplicações
F. Bartolomeu, G. Miranda
2023, 299-323, ENGEBOOK.
ISBN: 978-9-899-10159-3

FABRICO HÍBRIDO

In Francisco J. G. Silva, Flávio Bartolomeu, Teresa Duarte, Jorge Lino Alves, Georgina Miranda, Rui Neto, António Bastos Pereira, Carlos Relvas, Leonardo Santana, Miguel Terroso (Eds.), Impressão 3D – Tecnologias, materiais e aplicações
F. Bartolomeu, G. Miranda
2023, 325-339, ENGEBOOK.
ISBN: 978-9-899-10159-3

WC-Co Smart Cutting Tools With 3D Printed Embedded Thermocouples For Real Time Cutting Temperature Measurement

B. Guimarães; F. Marques; C. M. Fernandes; D. Figueiredo; F. S. Silva; G. Miranda
2024.

Chip Morphology Evaluation On Turning Of 316L Stainless Steel Using Laser Surface Textured WC-Co Cutting Tools

Guimarães B.; Fernandes C.M.; Figueiredo D.; Silva F.S.; Miranda G.
2023, Euro Powder Metallurgy 2023 Congress and Exhibition, PM 2023.

Fabrication Of Micro-Scale Laser Textured Surfaces On WC-Co Green Compacts

Miranda G.; Basílio L.; Guimarães B.; Carvalho O.; Fernandes C.M.; Figueiredo D.; Silva F.S.
2023, Euro Powder Metallurgy 2023 Congress and Exhibition, PM 2023.

Innovative 3D-Printed Osteogenic-Stimulating Structures for Orthopaedic Implants

J. M. Dias, F. S. Silva, M. Gasik, F. Bartolomeu, G. Miranda
2023.

High density HAp and β-TCP blocks for biomedical applications-fabrication strategy and resulting properties

Pereira H.; Carvalho O.; Silva F.S.; Miranda G.
2023, Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials - 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, PowderMet 2023, 297-301.
ISBN: 978-194369439-6

The effect of surface texturing on the temperature distribution on WC-Co cutting tools

B. Guimarães, C.M. Fernandes, D. Figueiredo, F.S. Silva, G. Miranda
2020.

Multi-Material Cellular Structures Produced by Selective Laser Melting: A Suitable Transition between Niti and Ti6Al4V Alloys

F. Bartolomeu, M.M. Costa, N. Alves, G. Miranda, Silva F.S.
2020.

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