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Dr. Royson Donate Dsouza

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Journal Articles

Peer-reviewed journals

  1. Zubair, J., Dsouza, R., Javanshour, F., Kakkonen, M., Tanhuanpää, O., Pournoori, N., Malafeev, K. et al. “Determination of interfacial parameters using micro-peel testing and cohesive zone modelling for wood fibre-polylactic acid composite.” Materials & Design (Elsevier), 116258, 2026.
  2. Dsouza, R., Belt, T. & Fortino, S. “LFNMR-informed multi-phase moisture modelling of wood biodegradation by Coniophora puteana.” Forests (MDPI), 2026.
  3. Dsouza, R., Harjupatana, T., Miettinen, A., Brandstätter, F., Harju, A., Venäläinen, M., Möttönen, V. et al. “Multi-phase model for moisture transport in wood supported by X-ray computed tomography data.” Wood Science and Technology (Springer), 59(2), 2025. IF 3.1
  4. Simonini, L., Kakkonen, M., Dsouza, R., Kanerva, M., Mahmood, H., Dorigato, A. & Pegoretti, A. “Tailoring the interfacial properties of glass fiber-epoxy microcomposites through a self-healing poly(ε-caprolactone) coating.” Composites Science and Technology (Elsevier), 110991, 2025. IF 8.3
  5. Dsouza, R., Kakkonen, M., Prapavesis, A., Sarlin, E., Antunes, P., Van Vuure, A.W., Kallio, P. & Kanerva, M. “Does a polymer film due to Rayleigh-instability affect interfacial properties measured by microbond test?” Composite Interfaces (Taylor & Francis), 32(2), 2025. IF 2.1
  6. Dsouza, R., Di Vito, D., Jokinen, J. & Kanerva, M. “Mutual dependence of experimental and data analysis features in characterization of fiber–matrix interface via microdroplets.” Polymer Composites (Wiley), 44(11), 2023. IF 4.8
  7. Laurikainen, P., Dsouza, R., Kakkonen, M., Kanerva, M. & Sarlin, E. “Exploring the role of fibre sizing to the fatigue of glass fibre composites using a novel, reliable micro-fatigue test.” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (Elsevier), 107425, 2023. IF 9.4
  8. Dsouza, R., Antunes, P., Kakkonen, M., Tanhuanpää, O., Laurikainen, P., Javanshour, F. & Kanerva, M. “Microscale sensor solution for data collection from fibre-matrix interfaces.” Scientific Reports (Nature), 11(1), 2021. IF 4.9
  9. Dsouza, R., Antunes, P., Kakkonen, M., Jokinen, J., Sarlin, E., Kallio, P. & Kanerva, M. “3D interfacial debonding during microbond testing: advantages of local strain recording.” Composites Science and Technology (Elsevier), 195, 108163, 2020. IF 9.8
  10. Joshy, A., Dsouza, R., Muthirulan, V. & Sachidananda, K.H. “Experimental analysis on the turning of Aluminum Alloy 7075 based on Taguchi method and artificial neural network.” Journal Européen des Systèmes Automatisés, 52(5), 2019. IF 1.3
  11. Dsouza, R., Navin, K.P., Theodoridis, T. & Sharma, P. “Design, fabrication and testing of a 2 DOF compliant flexural microgripper.” Microsystem Technologies (Springer-Nature), 24(9), 3867–3883, 2018. IF 2.3

Conference Papers

Conference proceedings

  1. Dsouza, R., Belt, T. & Fortino, S. “Multiphase modeling of wood decay under fungal attack supported by LFNMR experiments.” ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics (CompWood), Vienna, Austria, 2025.
  2. Dsouza, R., Fortino, S., Miettinen, A. & Harjupatana, T. “X-ray computed tomography-based multi-phase model for moisture transport in wood and analysis of cell wall deformations.” 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS), Lisboa, Portugal, 2024.
  3. Dsouza, R., Prapavesis, A., Kakkonen, M., Sarlin, E., Van Vuure, A.W. & Kanerva, M. “Hygrothermal interfacial degradation of flax fibre micro-composites using micro-droplet test.” 20th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM20), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2022.
  4. Laurikainen, P., Dsouza, R., Kakkonen, M., Kanerva, M. & Sarlin, E. “Micro-fatigue test — a new dimension towards cyclic load test for interface characterisation.” ECCM20, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2022.
  5. Dsouza, R., Jokinen, J., Sarlin, E., Antunes, P. & Kanerva, M. “Future microbond testing — finite element simulation of optical fibers for strains.” International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22), Melbourne, Australia, 2020.
  6. Dsouza, R., Sequeira, A., Jose, M. & Golani, G. “Damage inspection and online monitoring using Lamb waves: a comparative study on aluminium and composite plate structures.” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Singapore, 2018.
  7. Dsouza, R. & Navin Karanth, P. “Experimental investigation of amplified piezoelectric stack actuators 50XS, 60S and 120S for the actuation of microgrippers.” Future Technologies Conference (FTC), IEEE, California, USA, 2016.

Thesis

Doctoral dissertation

  1. Dsouza, R. “Numerical analysis of fibre-matrix interface for accurate debonding in microbond tests.” Doctor of Science (Technology) thesis, Tampere University, Finland, 2025. (Doctorate with Distinction)