ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Doctorate in Co-Tutorship (UFRJ and U.Porto):
Duration: August 2009 to April 2011
Institution: Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (IDMEC - New Energy Technologies Unit), Portugal
Research Focus: Applied research in solar thermal energy, energy consumption rationalization, and reduction of harmful emissions.
Advisors: Armando C. Oliveira & Renata Antoun Simão
PhD Student (UFRJ):
Duration: July 2007 to April 2011
Institution: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Research Topic: Electrochemical nanostructuring to modify the Cu surface using semiconductors ZnS and Ni at the nanometer scale.
Advisor: Renata Antoun Simão
[https://www.metalmat.ufrj.br/index.php/br/pesquisa/producao-academica/teses/2011-1
http://objdig.ufrj.br/60/teses/coppe_d/RicardoLuizPerezTeixeira.pdf ]
Master’s Student (EEUFMG):
Duration: March 2001 to April 2004
Institution: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
Research Area: Biomaterials and thin films (corrosion, characterization of biomaterial surfaces using XRD, profilometry, EDX, FTIR, and optical/electron microscopy techniques).
Advisor: Marivalda Magalhães Pereira
[https://ppgem.eng.ufmg.br/diss_detalhes.php?aluno=546]
Occupational Safety and Health Engineering (UFMG):
Duration: 1997 to 1998
Institution: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
Chemical Engineering Graduation (DEQ/UFMG):
Duration: 1990 to 1996
Institution: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
LIST OF RESEARCH FIELDS
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Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
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Biomedical materials
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Research topics addressing: the four pillars of sustainable development.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Computational, Experimental and Numerical Fluid and Thermal Engineering Laboratory - LEFTER100 Laboratory - UNIFEI
LEFTER100 is a research laboratory at UNIFEI - Itabira Campus, founded in 2024 by Prof. Dr. Paulo Mohallem Guimarães and Prof. Dr. Rogério Fernandes Brito, with the collaboration of Prof. Dr. Ricardo Luiz Perez Teixeira. It focuses on transport phenomena, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and renewable energy, supported by advanced computational tools such as COMSOL Multiphysics and ANSYS.
