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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:

  • Profiled as an Emerging Scholar by Diverse Issues in Higher Education, January 2009.
  • Merck Health Innovation Award in Engineering, 2008.
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2006.
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2006-2011.
  • Excellence in Research Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, UPRM, 2006.
  • Distinguished Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department, UPRM, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
  • Janice Lumpkin Future Minority Faculty Award recipient 2001, AIChE – MAC.
  • J. Edward Vivian Award for Exemplary Performance and Commitment to the MIT David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice class of 1999-2000.
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow 1998-2001.
  • Luis Stefani Rafucci Prize 1998 – awarded to top student in graduating class, UPR-RUM.

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. Barrera, A.P. Herrera, Y. Zayas, and C. Rinaldi, “Surface modification of monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications.” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 321:1397-1399, 2009. [doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.02.046]
  2. D.I. Santiago, A. Acevedo, and C. Rinaldi, “Suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles in polymer liquid crystals: A new type of ferronematic.” Journal of Applied Physics, 105:07B512, 2009. [doi: 10.1063/1.3056575].
  3. J.H. Sánchez and C. Rinaldi, “Magnetoviscosity of dilute suspensions of magnetic ellipsoids obtained through rotational Brownian dynamics simulations.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 331:500-506, 2009. [doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.11.061]
  4. C. Barrera, A.P. Herrera, and C. Rinaldi, “Colloidal dispersions of monodisperse magnetite nanoparticles modified with poly(ethylene glycol).” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 329:107-113, 2009. [doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.09.071]
  5. A.P. Herrera, C. Barrera, and C. Rinaldi, “Synthesis and functionalization of magnetite nanoparticles with aminopropyl-silane and carboxymethyl-dextran.” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18: 3650-3654, 2008. [doi: 10.1039/b805256e]
  6. Chaves, M. Zahn, and C. Rinaldi, “Spin-up flow of ferrofluids: Asymptotic theory and experimental measurements.” Physics of Fluids, 20:053102, 2008. [doi:10.1063/1.2907221]
  7. A.P. Herrera, M. Rodríguez-Moya, M. Torres-Lugo, and C. Rinaldi, “Multifunctional magnetite nanoparticles coated with fluorescent-thermoresponsive polymeric shells.” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18: 855-858, 2008. [doi: 10.1039/B718210D]
  8. V. Calero DdelC and C. Rinaldi, “Synthesis and characterization of cobalt substituted ferrite nanoparticles,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 314:60-67, 2007. [doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.12.030]
  9. Chaves, F. Gutman, and C. Rinaldi, “Torque and Bulk Flow of a Ferrofluid in an Annular Gap Subjected to a Rotating Magnetic Field,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 129(4):412-422, 2007. [doi:10.1115/1.2567918]
  10. Chaves†, C. Rinaldi, S. Elborai, X. He, and M. Zahn, “Bulk flow in ferrofluids in a uniform rotating magnetic field,” Physical Review Letters, 96(19): 194501, 2006. [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.194501]
  11. Rinaldi, A. Chaves, S. Elborai, X. He, and M. Zahn, “Magnetic fluid rheology and flows,” Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 10: 141-157, 2005. [doi:10.1016/j.cocis.2005.07.004]
  12. A.P. Herrera, O. Resto, J. G. Briano, and C. Rinaldi, “Synthesis and agglomeration of gold nanoparticles in reverse micelles,” Nanotechnology 16: S618-S625, 2005. [doi:10.1088/0957-4484/16/7/040]

Carlos Rinaldi

Carlos Rinaldi, Ph.D.

 

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