Renato Cotta - Biography#

BSc degree in Mechanical-Nuclear Engineering, at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil, in 1981, and PhD in Mechanical-Aerospace Eng., North Carolina State Univ., NCSU, USA,1985. Assistant Prof. at the Aeronautics Technological Institute, ITA, Brazil, 1985-1987, then Associate Prof., at UFRJ, in 1987, and Professor, at COPPE-UFRJ in 1994, and at POLI-UFRJ in 1997, until now. Author of more than 600 scientific articles, 10 books, and supervisor of 49 MSc, 40 PhD, and 18 Pos-Docs. Member of 15 Editorial Boards, including Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, Int. Comm. Heat & Mass Transfer, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, and Founding Editor of the journal Hybrid Methods in Engineering. President, Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences & Engineering, ABCM, from 2000-2001, Member, Scientific Council, International Centre for Heat & Mass Transfer, ICHMT, since 1993, Executive Committee of ICHMT, 2006-2022, ICHMT EC Chairman, 2017-2018, and Congress Comm., Int. Union of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, IUTAM, 2012-2018. Exec. Director, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2012-2015. ICHMT Hartnett-Irvine Award in 2009 and 2015, ICHMT Fellowship Award, 2019, National Order of Scientific Merit, Brazil, 2009 (Comendador) and 2018 (Grã-Cruz), National Order of Naval Merit, Brazil, 2018, Nuclear Legacy Award for Research & Development, ABDAN, 2023, Prof. Leonardo Goldstein Jr. Prize, ABCM, 2023, the highest award from this national association. Awarded the prestigious Luikov Medal, the highest award of the ICHMT, in 2023. Inducted to MAE Hall of Fame, North Carolina State University, USA, in 2024. Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, since 2009, National Engineering Academy, since 2011, and The World Academy of Sciences, TWAS, UNESCO, since 2012. Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Reims, URCA, France, 2018. President, National Commission of Nuclear Energy, CNEN, both regulatory body and science promoter in nuclear energy in Brazil, 2015-2017. Adjunct Professor, University of Miami, 1993-2005, and Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University College London, UCL, UK in 2018. Member, National Council of Energy Policy, CNPE, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil, 2020-2022. Previously and presently, Member, Technical Working Group (TWG) in Nuclear Desalination, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Vienna, 2022-2025 and 2025-2028, and Expert Evaluator, European Innovation Council, EIC. Since 2017, Senior Technical Consultant, General Directorate of Nuclear and Technological Development, Brazilian Navy. Best known in the heat and mass transfer field for original hybrid approaches, combining analytical, numerical and experimental methods in direct-inverse problems, in both fundamentals and applications. Various sponsored research projects for different agencies and enterprises, such as Petrobras, Renault, NSF, CNEN, IAE/CTA, CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, British Council, INB, ANP, CTMSP, AEB, RAEng, CNRS, Eletronuclear, Tenaris, IAEA, GALP, Qatar Energy, Total.