Jessica Souza

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PhD Candidate
Department of Transportation

His current lines of research deal with the use of biomaterials and biopolymers in pavements, durability of materials, alternative modifiers, mechanical behaviour of bituminous materials, aging, performance of asphalt binders, rheological properties, including viscoelastic modelling and other application techniques. She is author of more than 25 indexed publications in recent years.

EDUCATION

Civil Engineer from Nilton Lins University (2018) and Occupational Safety Engineer from Educamais College (2020). Specialist in Roads and Highways Paving from the Amazonas Specialization Institute (2020). Master in Civil Engineering focusing on Geotechnics and Paving from the Post-Graduate Program in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria (2023).

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Mechanics of Materials

CONSULTANCY

Former Assistant Director of Communication and Marketing of the Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy Junior of Amazonas (CREA Jr-AM/Management 2020) where she worked in the organization of several congresses both at state and national level, in addition to producing digital content aimed at the areas covered by the CONFEA/CREA and MÚTUA system.

Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration

Former member of the Study and Research Group on Pavement and Road Safety (GEPPASV) affiliated to UFSM (2021-2023) where he worked on the development of the Project "Study of the behaviour of geotechnical and pavement materials (Phase IV)", and of the Study and Research Group of the Foundation for Scientific and Technological Enterprises (FINATEC), Finance Code No. 663/2021-2023, of the University of Brasília (UnB) linked to the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) through the Decentralized Execution Term (TED) where it worked on the development of the project "Improvement and consolidation of the empirical mechanistic method of design for flexible road pavements (MeDiNa) and complementary studies with geosynthetics and drainage for railway pavements".

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

He has experience in project managing, with a focus on firefighting, supervision, inspection, surveys, technical reports, execution and management of road works and urban infrastructure. He has extensive experience in managing materials and equipment, drawing up schedules, reports and budgets, while maintaining a focus on quality in the execution of actions.

STARTUP

He does voluntary work for the following organizations: Virada Sustentável and Projeto Remada Ambiental.