Thesis defended at Coppe on the use of mechanical energy receives national award from ABCM
Planeta COPPE / Mechanical Engineering / News
Date: 25/09/2025

The doctoral thesis by engineer Luã Guedes Costa, defended in 2024 in Coppe/UFRJ’s Mechanical Engineering Program, won the 2024 ABCM-Springer Award for Best Doctoral Thesis – the only Coppe research awarded in this edition. Titled “Analysis of Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using a Nonlinear Dynamics Perspective”, the work stood out for its originality and scientific relevance in proposing new approaches and analytical methodologies for energy harvesting devices – technologies capable of converting mechanic stimuli, such as sound, wind, waves, vibrations and biomechanical movements, into electricity.
Granted by the Brazilian Association of Engineering and Mechanical Sciences (ABCM) in partnership with the Springer publisher, the award is one of the country’s most important academic distinctions in the field, recognizing studies that significantly contribute to the advancement of knowledge and technological innovation.
Under the supervision of Professor Marcelo Savi, coordinator of the Center for Nonlinear Mechanics (Mecanon) at PEM, Luã developed a systematic approach to investigating new energy harvesting devices based on nonlinear smart materials and structures, aiming to increase the efficiency of energy harvesting to power electronic systems. Today, a professor at PEM and a researcher associated with Mecanon, Luã continues research on this topic.
