José Vieira Antunes

Biography

José Antunes got a Mechanical Engineering degree from IST (1977) in Lisbon, Portugal. He obtained his MSc (1983) and PhD (1986) degrees in France, from Paris University. As Principal Researcher of the Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN) of IST, in Portugal, he supervised the Applied Dynamics Laboratory. For 40 years he has also been visiting researcher at the Nuclear Research Centre (CEA) of the University Paris-Saclay, France. His research, focused on the nonlinear dynamics of nuclear power components, has been paralleled by work on the vibrations and acoustics of musical instruments, in particular at the Institute of Ethnomusicology, music and dance (INET-md) of the Nova University, in Lisbon. He co-authored three internationally published books, two on flow-induced vibrations and recently one on the physics of musical instruments, as well as more than 200 papers, published in international reference journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He has extensively lectured and supervised or co-supervised several PhD and MSc thesis. His work in flow-induced vibrations, nonlinear dynamics, system identification and music acoustics was awarded three international prizes, including two from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In 2012 he was honoured with the prestigious “Foreign Medal” of the French Society of Acoustics (SFA).