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Daniel Lucena

Daniel Lucena

Mechatronics and Automotive Engineer

Curitiba, BR
English, Italian, Portuguese

Background


About

About

Double degree in Automotive Engineering (Laurea Magistrale) from the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Experience in diesel injection systems and SCR after treatment systems, autonomous vehicles and in automotive transmission design. Strong interest in the automotive industry, programming, robotics, automation and R&D.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Systems Development and Application Engineer, 

    Dec, 2017 - Present

    Focus on diesel systems for commercial and off-highway vehicles

    • Application of Common Rail and Aftertreatment (SCR) Systems

    • ECU software flashing and calibration on INCA

    • Vehicle instrumentation and testing

    • ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) responsible

  • Research Student, Master Student, 

    Sep, 2016 - Mar, 20176 months

    Thesis: Enhancement of GPS Positioning through an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) for Collision Warning Systems (CWS) on Connected Vehicles.

    • Creation of an EKF to fuse GPS and sensors data to enhance precision and reliability of vehicles' coordinates used in CWS

    • Proficiency in MATLAB to analyse data, generate graphs, and perform simulations

    • Software developed in MATLAB to perform simulation and in C to use it as embedded system

  • Research Assistant, Co-op Student, 

    Sep, 2014 - Dec, 20144 months

    Participated in two projects: autonomous car (1/5 scale) and autonomous quadcopter.

    • Testing and debugging of source code written in C++ and ROS (Robot Operating System)

    • Mechanical and electrical hardware modifications in the prototypes

    • Design and 3D print of a GPS enclosure for the quadcopter according to specific dimension and mass requirements

    • 3D modelling of an AscTec Pelican quadcopter used as an Open Source project by the manufacturer

  • Powertrain Design Leader, 

    Jan, 2014 - Dec, 20141 year

    The project recreates a real engineering situation where student teams are responsible to design, build, test, and promote an off-road vehicle. The yearly SAE competitions evaluate and judge the cars by: Design, Safety, Performance and Endurance.

    • Participation in the competitions for 2014 (El Paso) and 2015 (Portland) seasons

    • Gearbox design for 2015 season

    • Lathe, mill, and carbon fiber experience

  • Research Assitant, 

    Sep, 2012 - Aug, 201311 months

    Project: Mathematical Modeling, Computer Simulation and Optimization of a Gasification Unit for Fuel Gas Generation

    • Development of mathematical software in C++ for simulation and parameters optimization

    • Publication of a scientific paper for the 22nd International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM)

Skills

Skills

  • Automotive

    Vehicle Dynamics

    INCA

    Canalyzer

    CAN

  • Programming

    Python

    C/C++

    Linux

    ROS

    MATLAB

    Arduino

    RaspberryPi

Education

Education

  • Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Engineering, Specialization, Faculdades da Indústria - São José dos Pinhais

    Mar, 2018 - Aug, 2019

    Energy Storage and Management Systems

    Vehicle Connectivity

    Embedded Systems

  • Automotive Engineering, Laurea Magistrale/Master of Science (Double Degree), Politecnico di Torino

    Oct, 2015 - Apr, 2017

    Internal Cumbustion Engines

    Automotive Electronics

    Car Body Design and Aerodynamics

  • Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor's Degree (Double Degree), Universidade de Pernambuco

    Aug, 2010 - Apr, 2017

    Microcontrolers

    Machine Elements

    Control Systems

  • Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor's Degree (Exchange), University of Waterloo

    Sep, 2013 - Dec, 2014

    Control Systems

    Mechanical Design

    Machine Intelligence

    Finite Element Method

Volunteer Work

Volunteer Work

Publications

Publications

  • Mathematical Modeling, Computer Simulation and Optimization of a Gasification Unit for Fuel Gas Generation, COBEM 2013

    Published on: Nov 30, 2013

    Scientific paper resultant from a research project on Optimization of Gas Fuel Generation.

Interests

Interests

  • Games

    Board gamesTabletop RPG
  • General

    GuitarHarmonicaReading
  • Outdoor

    BikingCampingHiking