Dr. João Henrique Corrêa de Souza

Technical consulting services in Engineering and Innovation.

Visiting Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Post-graduation Program - University of Rio Grande (FURG) - Brazil

Supervision of the R&D team and Materials Laboratory, conducting projects in all the technical areas of the company. Development of new products together with customers. Advice to the board and management regarding new technologies. Management and execution of R&D projects, with partners in Brazil and abroad.

Academic lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering bachelor course. Main lectures: Metal Forming Processes, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Materials I and II, Special Manufacturing Processes. Supervision of degree dissertations. Lecturer at the Latu-Sensu Post-Graduation Course in Industrial Engineering. Lecture: Topics of Sheet Forming.

Development of applied research in sheet metal forming and tooling. Creation of company´s tooling guidelines. Development of sheet hydroforming dies. Development of strip draw test machine for studies on friction and wear in sheet metal forming. Staff training.

Conduction of industry research projects. R&D in sheet metal forming, sheet hydroforming, rapid prototyping/ tooling, die design, process tribology, process simulation, advanced polymers.

CAD design and construction supervision of tools and devices for stamping parts. Product Engineer. Structural and stamping simulation. Quality Engineer. Customer support.