Mechanical Design Engineer | R&D | Rotating Equipment | Thermal Systems | Machine & Test Rigs | FEA/CFD | MATLAB
Mechanical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and experience in product design,
testing, and process development for industrial equipment. Specialized in thermal systems,
rotating equipment, and laboratory performance validation.
Experience in R&D projects in collaboration with Petrobras, WEG, and PROBAT.
Strong background in experimental test rigs, mechanical simulations (FEA/CFD),
and sanitary design for food-processing equipment.
- Rotating equipment
- Rolling bearings
- Thermal systems
- Experimental test rigs
- Cocoa & chocolate processing equipment
- Sanitary design (food-grade equipment)
- Vibration analysis
- Fluid mechanics
- Mechanical simulations (FEA/CFD)
- MATLAB data processing
- Mechanical design
- Experimental instrumentation
- Industrial R&D
Experimental vibration measurement using Digital Image Correlation.
Highlights:
- Non-contact vibration measurement
- Modal identification
- MATLAB post-processing
- Experimental validation
Experimental test rig developed to measure power losses and temperature in rolling bearings.
Highlights:
- High precision torque measurement
- Thermal model validation
- Experimental uncertainty analysis
- MATLAB data acquisition and processing
- Industrial-scale instrumentation
Numerical and analytical modeling of contact mechanics in rolling bearings.
Highlights:
- Hertzian contact modeling
- Thermal coupling
- Load distribution
- MATLAB simulation
Large-scale experimental facility to study fluid displacement during casing running.
Highlights:
- Industrial scale test rig
- Fluid displacement experiments
- Turbulent flow regime
- Instrumentation and data acquisition
- Petrobras funded project
Image processing and tracking of fluid displacement during experiments.
Highlights:
- Fluid interface tracking
- Mixing quantification
- Image processing
- MATLAB analysis
- Experimental validation
- Mechanical design of cocoa and chocolate processing equipment (PROBAT)
- Sanitary design for food-grade applications
- Rolling bearing thermal modeling for electric motors (WEG)
- Replacement of fluids in Oil Wells (Petrobras)
- Full-scale experimental test tower design
- 850 m hydraulic pipeline project
- Experimental vibration measurement systems
- Thermal modeling of rotating equipment
- Mechanical test rig development
- Experimental uncertainty analysis
Elementos de Máquina — MATLAB exercises
https://github.com/mhtakahama/Aulas_Elemaq2022
CFD Fortran exercise
https://github.com/mhtakahama/Code-examples/blob/main/Fortran_CFD_exercise
MATLAB Deep Learning Pattern Classifier
https://github.com/mhtakahama/Code-examples/blob/main/Matlab_DeeplLearning_Classificador%20de%20Padr%C3%B5es/Algoritmo.m
Engineering Templates
https://github.com/mhtakahama/Templates
CAD & Simulation
SolidEdge • SolidWorks • Autodesk Inventor • Ansys (APDL / Workbench)
Testing & Instrumentation
Thermocouples • National Instruments DAQ • Vibration sensors
Programming
MATLAB • LabVIEW • C++
Engineering
FEA • CFD • Thermal analysis • Rotating equipment • Fluid systems