Dipl.-Ing. João Ranita

Front-end development in angular 5/6 for a cyber-security assessment software. Keywords: HTRA, NIST SP800-53r4 and draft r5, Angular 5/6, typescript, GoJS, javascript, Karma Jasmine unit testing, HTML, CSS, sass, docker.

Contribute to the development of a very advanced and flexible production planning software. Update/improve UI, add new components, update test scripts, testing, documentation, translation. Keywords: django, jquery, angular, jqgrid, bootstrap, python, javascript, git, selenium, jenkins, grunt, css, less, sql.

COEM Electricidade e Instrumentação SA – Oporto, Portugal Automation Engineer subcontracted by Hovione Pharmaceutical - Loures, Lisbon (Temporary contract 2013 - 2013) -DCS systems maintenance. -Helpdesk support. -24/7 on-call support. -Plant Systems shut-down and restarts. -DCS system computer set-up and commissioning. -Data extraction. -Unit, devices and instrument tests.

Project MagPro2Life: “Advanced Magnetic and structured nano-particles deliver smart products for Live Sciences with industrial processes by linking innovative manufacturing efforts” -Prototype assembly. -CFD Simulations, C++ Programming for OpenFOAM. -Magnetic Micro and Nano-particle characterization.

Project SolarSell: Development of a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, using an innovative seal, for potential application in BIPV. Consortium: FEUP (Porto University), EFACEC, CIN and EDP. Prototype design and assembly of Laser Glass Welding system. Computer Control and Data Acquisition.

Country IT responsible. Environmental Assessment ,Due Diligences and Phase 1 ESA of industrial plants and office buildings. Portuguese Legislation assessments regarding Industrial and Renewable Energy Production licensing of Wind Farms and Biofuel Plants. QA/QC of lab analysis results for the Mining Industry. Permeability and Compaction tests for Paste Dam. Quality Control/Assurance of Paste Dam lining and ongoing works supervision.

Admission and Qualification Office: -Prepare and translate documentation for EUR-ACE. -Propose improvements to the Engineering Course Accreditation Process. -Assist the Accreditation Commissions.

Superior Technician (equiv) (2005 to 2006) Chemical Engineering Department research activity database implementation. Report about the schools' Chemical Engineers employability. Assist in the Accreditation procedure of the Chemical Engineering Course by Ordem dos Engenheiros (Portuguese Engineering Council). Prepare the transition study plans for all the Chemical Engineering students. (Bolonia Process)

External Researcher (2005 to 2005) Project UF-Madeira. Development of new techniques for the analysis of UF resins. Analysis: Size Exclusion Chromatography, Thermo Mechanical Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Rheology, Viscosity, pH, Coulter-Counter.

Research Technician (2004 to 2005) Redesign of a pilot press for Wood Based Panels production: -New real-time control and data acquisition system. Expert System for waste water treatment conception: -Programming in KappaPC.

Conception of a artificial vision system for wood surface study: Specification of software and hardware (acquisition board, camera, lens and laser).

Analyst/Programmer in Production Planning and Development teams: - DataWharehouse dictionary maintenance. - Support and configuration of the ShopFloor system. - Support and configuration of the SAP system in PP module. - Support and configuration of APO (Advanced planner and Optimiser) system. - Programming in ABAP and Sapscript for FI module.

Project SAPIENS 34363/99: - Assembly of a fluidised bed for heat and mass transfer study of charcoal particles. - Assembly of a fluidised bed for the study of bubble coalescence and the relation with mass transfer. - Project and assembly of the control and data acquisition system for the fluidised beds. - Modelling, acquisition and processing of data by software with Matlab and Labview.

Research Technician (1999 to 2000) European Project JOULE III (JOE3-CT97-0078) High Performance Pressing of Fibrous Materials: - Operate and adapt a hydraulic press for high speed operation. - Implementation of control and data acquisition by software with Labview. - Implementation of signal processing and statistical data analysis in software with Matlab.

Fluid Flow

Applied Chemistry