Rodrigo Siroma

Experience

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  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2012

  Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  Assist the professor of Introduction to Mechanics in preparing classes and correcting exercises

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  Departamento de Trânsito de Joinville – DETRANS

  Feb 2014 - Aug 2015

  Engineer Intern

  • Selected through an external competitive examination from 50+ candidates.• Added and ordered to the database the processes related to citizen and policymaker requests for new traffic signs and reporting problems. • Adapted road signs and surface markings projects on AutoCAD in compliance with the municipal, state, and federal regulations. • Carried out quality control on contracted services and procured materials.

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  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  Undergraduate Research Fellow

  Fellowship: Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)Report title: Comparative and Applied Study of the Influence of the Use of Spent Foundry Sand (SFS) in the formulation and mechanical behavior of Hot Mix Asphalt (in Portuguese)Advisor: Breno Barra Salgado, Ph.D.Main activities: -> Technical visit to the foundry unit to better understand the processes that originate the Spent Foundry Sand employed in this research work.-> Characterize the Spent Foundry Sands (SFS) and granite aggregate through chemical - e.g., X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) - and microscopic - e.g., Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) on the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) - approaches.-> Perform standard procedures to characterize hot asphalt mixes (HMA), such as the Marshall stability, Indirect tensile strength, and Modified Lottman tests). Show less

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  JPasini Projetos

  Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Assisted the head engineer in keeping the construction sites compliant with applicable laws.• Liaised with contruction professionals, e.g., contractors, surveyors, engineers, architects, etc.• Modified plans using computer-aided design software• Inspected the construction sites • Monitored construction progress • Performed quality control on 500+ apartments • Modified plans using computer-aided design software• Compiled reports in project status

  • Engineering Assistant

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Engineer Intern

    Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
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  Université Gustave Eiffel

  Jan 2019 - Nov 2022

  PHD Candidate

  This Ph.D. work is part of the "Modeling of Aging and Damage for Pavement Lifetime Assessment (MoveDVDC), which in turn is financed by the French National Research Agency (ANR). Ph.D. dissertation title: Experimental and Theoretical Methods for Determining the Pavement Residual Lifespan Through the Assessment of Its Extracted BitumensResearch laboratory: Laboratory for Modeling, Experimentation, and Survey of Transport Infrastructures (LAMES-MAST) at Université Gustave Eiffel (former IFSTTAR)Advisor: Mai Lan Nguyen, Ph.D.Thesis director: Emmanuel Chailleux, Ph.D.Main activities:-> Perform laboratory-aging protocols on a bitumen and loose asphalt mix scale;-> Core field-aged asphalt mixes from in-service roads across France;-> Extract and recover bitumens from laboratory- and field-aged asphalt mixes;-> Characterize the bitumens as well as asphalt mixes;-> Establish the most suitable indexes for tracking the aging evolution;-> Determine a model capable of estimating the asphalt mix performance level based on the properties of its extracted bitumen. Show less

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  COLAS

  Nov 2022 - now

  Research And Development Engineer