Paulo Weinhardt

Paulo Weinhardt serves as the Mechanical, Geotechnical and Structural R&D Lab Coordinator at FIT - Instituto de Tecnologia since September 2021, where leadership focuses on FEA modeling, process automation, and dynamic analysis within solar projects. Prior roles at FIT include Geotechnical and Structural R&D Lab Coordinator and Senior Structural Engineer, contributing significantly to solar tracker product design. Paulo has also instructed undergraduate courses in calculus and linear algebra at Universidade Federal do Paraná and Uniandrade. An academic career began as an Academic Monitor at UFPR, supporting calculus students. Educational qualifications include a PhD and Master’s degree in Computational Mechanics from Universidade Federal do Paraná, along with an Engineer's degree in Civil Engineering.