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Carlos Rinaldi Ramos, Ph.D.

   

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002

M.Sc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

M.S.C.E.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

B.Sc., University of Puerto Rico , Mayagüez, 1998

 

Honors and Awards:

  • NSF CAREER Award 2006-2011
  • UPRM Chemical Engineering Distinguished Professor, 2003-2004
  • Janice Lumpkin Future Minority Faculty Award recipient 2001
  • J. Edward Vivian Award for Exemplary Performance and Commitment to the David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice class of 1999-2000.
  • National Science Foundation Scholar 1998-2001
  • Luis Stefani Rafucci Prize 1998

Research Interests:

Nanomaterials, magnetic nanoparticles, sensors, magnetorheology, complex fluids, transport phenomena, and continuum electromechanics.

 

Teaching Interests:

Fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, rheology, continuum electromechanics, colloid and interface science, nanomaterials.

 

Research Projects:

See group page at http://academic.uprm.edu/crinaldi/

 

Selected publications:

  1. C. Rinaldi, A. Chaves†, S. Elborai, X. He, and M. Zahn, “Magnetic Fluid Rheology,” Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 10: 141-157, 2005.
  2. M.S. Tomar, S.P. Singh, O. Perales-Perez, R.P. Guzman, E. Calderon†, and C. Rinaldi-Ramos, “Synthesis and magnetic properties behavior of nanostructured ferrites for spintronics,” Microelectronic Journal, 36: 475-479, 2005.
  3. A.P. Herrera†, O. Resto, J. G. Briano, and C. Rinaldi, “Synthesis and agglomeration of gold nanoparticles in reverse micelles,” Nanotechnology16: S618-S625, 2005.
  4. C. Rinaldi, F. Gutman‡, X. He, A.D. Rosenthal, M. Zahn, “Magnetoviscosity and torque measurements on ferrofluid cylinders in rotating magnetic fields,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 289C: 307-310, 2005.
  5. T. Franklin, C. Rinaldi, J.M.W. Bush, and M. Zahn, “Deformation of ferrofluid sheets due to an applied magnetic field transverse to jet flow,” Journal of Visualization, 7(3):175, 2004.
  6. C. Lorenz, C. Rinaldi and M. Zahn, “Hele-Shaw ferrohydrodynamics for simultaneous in-plane rotating and vertical DC magnetic fields,” Journal of Visualization, 7(2): 109, 2004.
  7. A.D. Rosenthal, C. Rinaldi, and M. Zahn, “Torque measurements in spin-up flow of ferrofluids.” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 126(2): 198-205, 2004.
  8. C. Rinaldi and M. Zahn, “Ferrohydrodynamic instabilities in DC magnetic fields,” Journal of Visualization, 7(1): 8, 2004.
  9. C. Rinaldi and M. Zahn, “Effects of spin viscosity on ferrofluid flow profiles in alternating and rotating magnetic fields,” The Physics of Fluids, 14(8): 2847-2870, 2002.
  10. C. Rinaldi and M. Zahn, “Effects of spin viscosity on ferrofluid duct flow profiles in alternating and rotating magnetic fields” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 252: 172-175, 2002.
  11. C. Rinaldi and H. Brenner, “Body versus surface forces in continuum mechanics: Is the Maxwell stress tensor a physically objective Cauchy stress?” Physical Review E, 65(3): 036615, 2002

Carlos Rinaldi

Carlos Rinaldi, Ph.D.

 

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