C.V. Lattes
  Education  

Doctor of Science, Chemical Engineering
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

March 2010 - May 2014
"Development of numerical methods for the mass transfer in the flow of multicomponent semi-continuous mixtures with adaptive characterization"
Advisors: Prof. Paulo L. C. Lage and Prof. Luiz F. L. R. Silva.

Master of Science, Chemical Engineering
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

March 2010 - March 2012
"Flow Simulation of continuous mixture using adaptive quadrature".
Advisors: Prof. Paulo L. C. Lage and Dr. Flavio B. Campos.

Bachelor, Chemical Engineering
Rio de Janeiro State University

July 2001 - October 2006

Associate in Applied Science, Industrial Chemistry Technology
Rio de Janeiro Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology

July 2000 - September 2002
  Complementary Education  

Applied Thermodynamics to Oil Reservoir 
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

September 2013
School of Applied Thermodynamics with Prof. Abbas Firoozabadi (Reservoir Engineering Research Institute and Yale University, US).

NUMAP-FOAM
University of Zagreb

August - September 2012
Summer school on Numerical Modeling of Coupled Problems in Applied Physics with OpenFOAM® organized by Prof. Hrvoje Jasak.


READ MORE


    Work Experience

Fluminense Federal University
Research Associate

April 2014 - May 2015
Project contracted by PETROBRAS and developed in the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Laboratory on the CFD modeling of gas seal flow and rotor dynamics stability of turbomachinery using OpenFOAM®.

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Research Assistant

August 2012 - August 2013
Project contracted by PETROBRAS and developed in the Chemical Engineering Department to study and improve method for coupling population balance and multiphase flow in CFD development using OpenFOAM®.

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Research Assistant

August 2010 - August 2011
Project contracted by PETROBRAS and developed in the Chemical Engineering Department to study the application of a numerical method for the adaptive characterization of continuous mixtures in mixing and separation processes.

PETROBRAS
Petroleum Chemical Technician

August 2006 - February 2008
R&D for the Natural Gas, Energy and Sustainable Development Department. Studied experimentally the kinetics of hydrate formation. Assembled and commissioned a biodiesel pilot plant in lab-scale.

SC Johnson
Chemical Engineer Intern

July 2005 - July 2006
R&D for the New Products Department. Worked on the development of new products formulation and technical documentation. Planned and executed tests in laboratory and industrial scale.

READ MORE PAST EXPERIENCES


    Teaching Experience

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

School of Chemistry Department

March 2015 - May 2015
Professor of Transport Phenomena for the undergraduate course.

Chemical Engineering Department

June 2012
Lecturer in Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM®.

Chemical Engineering Department

February 2012
Instructor at the Numerical Modeling of Coupled Problems in Applied Physics with OpenFOAM® (NUMAP-FOAM-Br).

School of Chemistry Department

August 2011
Lecturer in Transport Phenomena, discipline for the undergraduate course.
    Academic Advisory

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, School of Chemistry Department, Brazil, 2012
Final project, Bachelors in Chemical Engineering: MENDES, M. C; DANTAS, M. N.; " Implementation of thermodynamic equilibrium by UNIFAC model for mass transfer in OpenFOAM".

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Chemical Engineering Department, Brazil, 2009.
Undergraduate scientific project, Chemical Engineering: MIRANDA, M. G.; "Analysis of double conductivity sensors for obtaining the speed and size of bubbles using high-speed camera".
    Languages
  • Portuguese: native speaker
  • English: fluent
  • Spanish: beginner
    Computer Skills
  • Programing Languages: C/C++, Python
  • Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu), Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows
  • Technical software: OpenFOAM, Paraview, ICEM, Pointwise
  • Tools:  vim, shell scripting, git, OpenMPI, gnuplot, Netbeans, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, \LaTeX