Antônio José Da Silva Neto

Antônio J. Silva Neto is a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy, Polytechnic Institute, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State University). He has a diverse international education background in mechanical/nuclear engineering and applied mathematics: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (North Carolina State University - NCSU, USA, 1993), with a minor in Computational Mathematics; M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil, 1989); and Mechanical/Nuclear Engineer (UFRJ, Brazil, 1983). He worked for the Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy, CNEN (1984-1986), Promon Engineering (1986-1997), and since 1997 works for UERJ, being a Full Professor since 2013. His multi/interdisciplinary research activities resulted in the publication of 15 books, 61 book chapters, 155 refereed journal papers, and 441 full scientific conference papers. He has also supervised 20 visiting and postdoctoral fellows, 28 D.Sc., 48 M.Sc. and 93 undergraduate level students. He has conducted 125 Research Projects. Professor Silva Neto main current research areas are: Inverse Problems; Heat and Mass Transfer; Radiative Transfer; Computational Intelligence; and Environmental Modelling. 1. Education and Experience Education 1993 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Major) / Computational Mathematics (Minor), North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA 1989 M.Sc. Nuclear Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil 1983 Engineer Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil Academic and Professional Experience Since 2013 Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy, Polytechnic Institute, UERJ 1997 - 2012 Associate Professor, Polytechnic Institute, UERJ 1986 - 1997 Consulting Engineer, Promon Engenharia, Brazil 1984 - 1986 Engineer/Researcher, Brazilian Commission on Nuclear Engineering (CNEN) Honors and Awards Since 2018 Founder and Corresponding Member of the Mathematics Academy of Ceará (ACM), Brazil Since 2017 Full Member of the Brazilian National Engineering Academy (ANE) Since 2014 Invited Professor (Honorary Category) of the Technological University of Havana José Antônio Echeverría (CUJAE) 2011 First Runner-Up, Education Category, Brazilian Jabuti Book Award (Book Title: Interdisciplinarity in Science, Technology and Innovation) Since 2002 Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Research Support Agency of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) Since 2001 Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) – At the highest level (1A) since 2013 Since 1991 Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi, USA Since 1991 Honor Society in Mathematics Pi Mu Epsilon, USA Editorial Boards (Associate Editor) Since 2019 Journal of Heat Transfer - JHT, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Since 2005 Computational & Applied Mathematics - CoAM, Springer Since 2005 Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics - TEMA, Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics and Scielo/Brazil Since 2004 Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering - IPSE, Taylor & Francis 2. Leadership and Administrative Accomplishments Founding and Directing 2014 - 2017 President of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics, SBMAC 2014 - 2016 Member of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq 2014 Co-Founder of the Biennial International Symposium of Mathematical and Computational Modeling Applied to Engineering (MAI) 2012 - 2018 Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Area Coordinator of the Foundation Carlos Chagas Filho for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro, FAPERJ 2010 - 2011 Secretary of Science and Technology, Nova Friburgo, RJ 2009 - 2013 President of the Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, ABCM 2006 - 2016 Member of the Interdisciplinary Coordination Area of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, CAPES 2005 - 2009 Member of the Council of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics, SBMAC Since 2006 Founder and Coordinator of the Laboratory Paulo Márcio de Mello of Mechanical Testing and Metrology, LEMec/UERJ Since 1999 Founder and Coordinator of the Laboratory Patrícia Oliva Soares of Experimentation and Numerical Simulation of Heat and Mass Transfer, LEMA/UERJ 1998 Co-Founder of the Annual Scientific Brazilian National Meeting on Computational Modelling (ENMC) 1997 - 1998 Co-Creator of the Mechanical Engineering Degree Discipline of the Polytechnic Institute, UERJ