Coordinator: Prof° Antonio José da Silva Neto

Description: The formulation and solution of direct and inverse problems constitute a research area with numerous relevant applications in Engineering, Biotechnology and Environment, just to name a few. Brazil stands out in the international scenario in the area of ​​inverse problems, and one of the strongest research group in the country works at the Polytechnic Institute of UERJ, under the coordination of the proponent of this research project of international cooperation. Various formulations and different methods of solution have been proposed by this research group for more than 20 years in partnership with different institutions of the country and from abroad. This project will make possible to consolidate existing partnerships, as well as to broaden them, with concrete results both in terms of publication of research activities, and in the training of human resources at the graduation level. These activities are directly linked to research lines of the Graduation Program in Computational Modeling entitled: (i) Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation; and (ii) Thermofluidodynamics. In the last ten years (2007-2017), international cooperation projects started and grew significantly in the field of Inverse Problems using Computational Intelligence, leading to the publication of two books, six chapters, 24 complete articles in scientific journals, and 30 complete papers in scientific events, in addition to the training of human resources in Brazil and abroad. The research project in international cooperation proposed here aims to develop computational modeling, simulation and experimentation, based on Inverse Problems and Computacional Intelligence, aiming applications in Engineering, Biotechnology and Environment. In this project will be developed theoretical / analytical, numerical and experimental activities in three main axes of action: (i) Heat Transfer; (ii) Transportation / Mass Transfer; and (iii) Identification of Damage and Failures in Industrial Systems. This project strengthens a solid partnership built with the Technological University of Havana José Antonio Echeverría from 2007 to 2017, as well as extending its scope with the participation of the University of Granada, Spain. There is thus a trilateral, internacional cooperation project: Brazil, Spain and Cuba, to be held in the period from 2018 to 2022. Connections are also established with the BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER (CHINA).