Professors
Prof. Dr. ALISSON SIMONETTI MILANI
He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (2008), a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering (2012) and a PhD in Civil Engineering (2019) from the Federal University of Santa Maria. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Pampa. He has experience in the field of Civil Engineering, with an emphasis on Structures.
Dr. CESAR FLAUBIANO DA CRUZ CRISTALDO
He works in the field of theoretical combustion with emphasis on: droplet combustion, magnetic heating applied to “ferrofluid fuels”, combustion in microgravity. Works with analytical, asymptotic and numerical models applied to combustion.
Profª. Drª. CHIARA VALSECCHI
Graduated in Chemical Sciences and Technologies – Universitá degli Studi – Milan, Italy (2009) with final course work at JKU Universität, Linz, Austria. She holds a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Victoria, Canada (2013). He has experience in fabrication of nanostructured, plasma and biosensor materials, and different FDTD characterization and simulation techniques. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) (2018), in the area of Theoretical Chemistry. Currently Prof. Chiara works with innovative and sustainable processes using rice husk ash, such as the production of glass from this residue.
Dr. EDERLI MARANGON
Civil Engineering from Northwestern Regional University of Rio Grande do Sul State (2004), master’s and doctorate at Civil Engineering from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006; 2011). Has experience in Civil Engineering, focusing on Structures and materials, acting on the following subjects: Silica from rice husk, concrete and self compacting concrete, light cementitious composites, refractory ceramics composites, fibres and reinforced concrete and desing structural.
Degree in Physics at Federal University of Santa Maria (2007), master in Physics at Federal University of Santa Maria (2009) and Ph.D. in Physics at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (2011), with an exchange period in the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.
Profª. Drª. FERNANDA BIANCHI PEREIRA DA COSTA
He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (UNIPAMPA, 2012), a Master’s in Engineering/Construction (PPGEC/UFRGS, 2015) and a PhD in Engineering/Construction (PPGEC/UFRGS, 2019). She is an adjunct professor of the Civil Engineering course at the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA). She has experience in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis on materials/structures, working on the following research topics: durability, sustainability, special concrete and composite materials.
He works in the experimental area with an emphasis on optics. He has experience in fabrication of micrometer, sub-micrometer and nanometer structures using interferometric lithography and photolithography techniques; new materials, Photonic crystals, Plasmonic Structures, biosensors and diffraction. His recent researches include fabrication of periodic structures for application in Photonics and Plasmonics.
Prof. Dr. JAELSON BUDNY
He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Regional University of the Northwest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (2010), a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2012) and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2018) . He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Pampa. He has experience in Civil Engineering, with emphasis on Civil Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: transport infrastructure, paving, asphalt concrete, asphalt mixtures and soil stabilization.
Professor Kosteski works in the area of solid mechanics. More specifically in material resistance; micro-mechanical structure of materials; fracture, size effect, and fractality in quasi-brittle materials; numerical simulation with discrete element and finite element methods in the study of failure and integrity of structures. He also works on the characterization of self-compacting concrete and conventional concrete.
Work on related topics related to: 1) Synthesis, characterization and fabrication of Micro and Nano Devices based on two dimensional Materials (2D): Graphene, Boron Nitrede, Molybdenum disulfide, black phosphorus, tungsten disulfide, among others. 2) Synthesis, characterization and production of graphene, from various types of biomass, for the manufacture of energy storage devices (batteries, supercapacitors). 3) Raman spectroscopy in 2D materials and its possible applications in Nanotechnology: Micro/Nano sensors, Biosensors, Nano medicine, etc. 4) Theoretical and experimental study of the temperature and magnetic field effect on 2D materials using Raman spectroscopy.
Bachelor’s degree in Physics (2003) and a master’s degree in Physics (2005) by the Federal University of Santa Maria (2002), and a Ph.D. (2011) in Atmospheric Science by the State University of New York at Albany (2011). He has experience in the field of Geosciences, with an emphasis on Meteorology, working on topics involving the study of the planetary boundary layer. The main objectives of the research are: 1) the investigation of the influences of topography and land surface cover on the distribution of turbulence, temperature, and wind near the surface; 2) the effect of the mixing process caused by the turbulence of the planetary boundary layer on the interaction of local atmospheric circulations with larger scale atmospheric circulations.
Mechanical Engineering from UFSM, Master’s degree from PPGE3M/UFRGS (level 7), PhD from PPGE3M/UFRGS – The University of Birmingham (UK) and a Post-Doctorate from Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Germany (2006-2008). Has experience in the area of materials with emphasis on Heat Treatment and Manufacturing Processes, working mainly on the following topics: friction spot welding (FSSW), cryogenic and surface treatments of tools and development of refractory ceramic materials using rice husk ash and ETA Clay.
Prof. Dr. RAFAEL MARONEZE
He holds a degree in Physics from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2014), a master’s degree (2016) and a doctorate (2019) in Physics from the Federal University of Santa Maria. He has experience in Physics, with emphasis on Atmospheric Physics, working mainly on the following topics: stable boundary layer and atmospheric modeling.
Collaborators
Graduation at Quimica from Federal University of Santa Maria (1996), master’s at Chemistry from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1999) and doctorate at Chemistry from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2003). Has experience in Chemistry, focusing on Inorganical Chemical Physicist, acting on the following subjects: xerogel, sol-gel, adsorption, anilina and poros.
Professor Rosa works mainly in the areas of extraction of bioactive compounds, active and intelligent biodegradable packaging for food, nanofibers for air filtration, and biomaterials for application as high-efficiency dressings. Moreover, she works with drying, coating, microencapsulation of compounds and development of new materials focused on the removal of contaminants present in effluents.
Today I work mainly with solid state welding, especially FSSW and FSpW. Our research is focused on the experimental characterization of welded joints in terms of mechanical properties and material transformations. I also have a background on strain gauge measurements of stresses and residual stresses by the hole drilling and Sachs methods.
Past professors
Prof. Dr. ANDRÉ RICARDO FELKL DE ALMEIDA
He has experience in the areas of Food Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with an emphasis on transport phenomena and unit operations in particulate systems.
Prof. Dr. JOSÉ RAFAEL BORDIN
He has experience in Computational Physics, with emphasis on molecular dynamics of complex fluids. He works mainly on nanofluidics, interfaces, charged systems and development and application of nanomaterials and nanostructures from molecular Legos (nanoparticles, colloids, surfactants and polymers).