Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
• M.S. Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 2015
• B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 2012

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor (Non-tenure track), Florida Institute of Technology, 2024 – Present
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 2023 – 2024
• 1st Lt Engineer - Aircraft structures certification specialist, Brazilian Air Force, 2013 – 2016

Current Courses

• AEE 2201 – Aerospace Fundamentals
• AEE 3261 – Aerospace Experimentation

Selected Publications

De Camargo Branco, D.; De Silva Bussamra, F.L. Fatigue life monitoring system for aircraft to flexibilize operations and maintenance planning. J. Aircr. 2016, 53, doi:10.2514/1.C033652

Branco, D. de C.; de Vasconcelos, L.S.; An, L.; Zhao, K.; Cheng, G.J. Ultrastrong pure aluminum structure with gradient nanocrystals via selective pulsed laser melting: Computation framework and experiments. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 2021, 151, 104391, doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104391.

Branco, D. de C.; Cheng, G.J. Employing Hybrid Lennard-Jones and Axilrod-Teller Potentials to Parametrize Force Fields for the Simulation of Materials’ Properties. Materials (Basel). 2021, 14, 6352, doi:10.3390/ma14216352.

Branco, D.D.C.; Cheng, G.J. A strategy for 2D MXenes as thermal management materials by laser shock nanoshaping. JPhys Mater. 2023, 6, doi:10.1088/2515-7639/acef96.

Branco, D. de C.; Ganju, E.; An, L.; Chawla, N.; Cheng, G.J. Elucidating the role of pulse shaping on defects formation in aluminum alloys fabricated by powder bed fusion. Addit. Manuf. 2023, 78, 103848, doi:10.1016/j.addma.2023.103848.

Research

Additive Manufacturing
Production and characterization of superior strength metallic materials via Powder Bed Fusion.

2D Materials
Characterization of novel 2D materials via Molecular Dynamics and First-Principles calculations.