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Postgraduate Programme in Civil Engineering (PEC)

Julia Castro Mendes

e-mail: juliacastro.mendes@ufjf.br

Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), modules (disciplines) of Construction Management and Construction Materials. PhD and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) in the field of sustainable cement-based composites. Graduated in Civil Engineering from UFJF with the final project based on materials computational modeling. Young Professor of the Graduate Programme in Civil Engineering at UFOP (PROPEC/UFOP) and UFJF (PEC/UFJF). Coordinator of CIDENG – Research Group on Data Science in Engineering. Brazil representative at the Women’s Research Engineers Network (WREN). Coordinated, along with other colleagues, two extension projects: the Engineers Without Borders and the Projeto Labor (academic entrepreneurship consultancy). She has finished and active partnerships with the companies Rolth do Brasil, MRS Logística and MRV Engenharia. Research interests include: machine learning applied to construction materials, sustainable construction materials and techniques, reuse of solid residues, thermal properties of cement-based composites and concrete admixtures.

Knowledge Area: Structures and Materials

Lines of Research: Construction Materials and Components

Modules:

  • Materials science and technology

Research Projects:

  • 2023 – Current. CNPq Nº 68/2022 – 400077/2023-0 – Academic Master for Innovation (MAI) – New materials for replacing ceramic coating in wet areas
    • Sponsor(s): MRV Engenharia e Participações S.A.; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
  • 2021 – Current. FAPEMIG APQ-01838-21 – Data science applied to civil construction: dosage of conventional and non-conventional concrete
    • Sponsor(s): Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG).
  • 2020 – 2022. CNPq Nº 12/2020 – 403545/2020-0 – Academic Master for Innovation (MAI) – Sustainable industrialized mortars with aggregates from quartzite mining
    • Sponsor(s): Rolth do Brasil S.A.; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)

Recent Outcomes:

  • LOPES, C. M. N. ; MENDES, V. F. ; GARCIA, D. R. ; MENDES, JÚLIA CASTRO . Residues in cement-based composites: Occurrence mapping in Brazil. Case Studies In Construction Materials, v. 18, p. e01763, 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e01763 
  • MARTINS, L. M. ; PEIXOTO, R. A. F. ; MENDES, JÚLIA CASTRO . Quartzite tailings in civil construction materials: a systematic review. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, p. 1-18, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10098-023-02492-5
  • SOUZA, F. S. ; MENDES, JÚLIA CASTRO ; MORAIS, L. J. B. ; SILVA, J. S. ; PEIXOTO, R. A. F. . Mapping and recycling proposal for the construction and demolition waste generated in the Brazilian Amazon. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING, v. 176, p. 105896, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105896 
  • PENIDO, R. E. ; PAIXAO, R. C. F. ; COSTA, L. C. B. ; PEIXOTO, RICARDO ANDRÉ FIOROTTI ; CURY, A. A. ; MENDES, JULIA CASTRO . Predicting the compressive strength of steelmaking slag concrete with machine learning – Considerations on developing a mix design tool. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, v. 341, p. 127896, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127896 
  • MENDES, V. F. ; FARDIN, WELINGTON ; BARRETO, RODRIGO RONY ; CAETANO, LUCAS FONSECA ; MENDES, J. C. . Sensitivity analysis of coating mortars according to their specific heat, specific gravity, thermal conductivity, and thickness in contribution to the global thermal performance of buildings. SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES, v. 31, p. e00381, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2021.e00381

Current Supervisions:

MSc

  • Iasmin Ferreira Nery. Gender differences in Engineering teaching: diagnosis and suggested policies for Brazilian Graduate Programs. Beginning: 2023. Dissertation (Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. (Advisor).
  • Romário Parreira Pita. Machine Learning and the Real Estate Market: Estimate of the Price and Time of Sale of Urban Properties in the City of Juiz de Fora/MG. Beginning: 2022. Dissertation (Master in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto. (Advisor).
  • Edlaine Feital Barbosa Motta. Effect of carbon nanotubes on the properties of concrete subjected to elevated temperatures. Beginning: 2022. Dissertation (Master in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Co-advisor).

PhD

  • Aldo Ribeiro de Carvalho. Evaluation of geopolymeric concrete obtained through phosphoric acid and metakaolin with addition of graphene oxide. Beginning: 2023. Thesis (Doctorate in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais. (Advisor).
  • Vitor Freitas Mendes. Optimization of building materials under the aspects of thermal performance, cost and CO2 emissions: case studies in the Global South. Beginning: 2023. Thesis (Doctorate in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. (Advisor).
  • Carolina de Melo Nunes Lopes. Development of a machine learning model for the classification of construction and demolition waste. Beginning: 2023. Thesis (Doctorate in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. (Advisor).

Finished Supervisions:

MSc

  • PEDRO BARREIROS SILVA DE SOUZA FAGUNDES. Avaliação da precipitação química de estruvita a partir de efluente misto formado por esgoto e lixiviado de aterro sanitário. Início: 2022. Dissertação (Mestrado Acadêmico em Engenharia Civil) – Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. (Coorientador).

PhD

  • Ruben El-Katib Penido. Machine Learning applied to civil construction: estimation of compressive strength of steel slag concrete. 2022. Dissertation (Master in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor.
  • Julia Assumpção de Castro. Investigation of Hydraulic Tiles From an Environmental Perspective: Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Contamination. 2022. Dissertation (Master in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto, . Advisor.
  • Vitor Freitas Mendes. Methods for evaluating the thermal performance of buildings involving energy simulations. 2022. Dissertation (Master in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor.
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