!!!Renato Cotta
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__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
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__Fields of Scholarship__
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__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)
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