Renato Cotta#
| Membership Number: | 7434 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ENGINEERING |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BRAZIL |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0965-0811 |
| Linkedin: | https://linkedin.com/in/renato-machado-cotta-72b94029b |
| Publication Link: | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0965-0811 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1997 - present Full Professor - Mechanical Engineering Department, POLI & COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- 1987 - 1997 Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering Department, PEM/COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- 1986 - 1987 Assistant Professor, Mechanical-Aeronautical Engineering Department, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, ITA/CTA, São José dos Campos, Brasil
- 2019 - present Senior Technical Consultant, General Directorate for Nuclear and Technological Development, DGDNTM, Brazilian Navy, AMAZUL S.A.
- 2015 - 2017 President, National Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, Brazil
- 1993 - 2005 Adjunct Professor - Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
- 2017 - 2018 Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor - Mechanical Eng. Dept., University College London, UCL, London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Heat and mass transfer
- Inverse problems
- Hybrid numerical-analytical methods
- Membrane distillation
- Fluid mechanics
- Nuclear technology
- Nano & micro-scale heat transfer
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Member – The World Academy of Sciences, TWAS, Trieste, Italy (https://www.twas.org
).
- 2009 Member - Brazilian Academy of Sciences, ABC, Area: Engineering Sciences (https://www.abc.org.br)
- 2011 Member - National Academy of Engineering, ANE, Brazil (https://www.ane.org.br)
- 2018 Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URCA, France (https://www.univ-reims.fr)
- 2022 Luikov Medal, International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, ICHMT, Ankara, Turkey, awarded at the 17th IHTC, Cape Town, South Africa, 2023 (https://www.ichmt.org)
- 2023 Leonardo Goldstein Jr. Prize, 3rd Edition, ABCM, Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Brazil (https://abcm.org.br/news/view/1477)
- 2024 MAE Hall of Fame – North Carolina State University (https://mae.ncsu.edu/2024-alumni-hall-of-fame)
- 2017 - 2018 Leverhulme Visiting Professorship – University College London, UK (https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/visiting-professorships)
- 2018 Fellowship Award, International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, ICHMT (https://www.ichmt.org/p/fellowship-award)
- 2018 Member of the National Order of the Scientific Merit, Class Grã-Cruz, Presidência da República, Brazil
- 2018 Member of the National Order of the Naval Merit, Class Comendador, Presidência da República, Brazil
- 2009 Member of the National Order of the Scientific Merit, Class: Comendador, Presidência da República, Brazil
- 2024 ANP Technological Innovation Prize – Winner, with Petrogal Brasil, ANP – National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/assuntos/tecnologia-meio-ambiente/premio-anp-inovacao-tecnologica/premio-anp-de-inovacao-tecnologica-2024)
- 2023 Nuclear Legacy Medal, R&D Category, ABDAN, Brazilian Association for the Development of Nuclear Activities, Brazil
- 2018 Medal “Carneiro Fellipe”, National Commission of Nuclear Energy, CNEN
- 2016 Medal "Mérito Tamandaré", Brazilian Navy, Ministry of Defense, Brazil
- Since 1993 Member, Scientific Council of the International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, ICHMT, Turkey (https://www.ichmt.org/p/scientific-council)
- 2010 - 2018 (two mandates) Elected Member of Congress Committee - IUTAM, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (https://www.iutam.org)
- 1999 Outstanding Research Award, COPPE/UFRJ (second year of this award)
- 2017 Award "Honra ao Mérito", Navy Engineers Corps, Brazilian Navy, Ministry of Defense, Brazil
- 2017 Award "Submarinista Emérito", Submarines Force, Brazilian Navy, Ministry of Defense, Brazil
- Since 1999 FAPERJ (State of Rio de Janeiro Scientific Award) - Cientista do Nosso Estado
- Since 1986 Research Productivity Fellowship, CNPq/Brazil (highest rank – Pesquisador 1A, since 1992)
