Richard Vasques
Updated: December 17, 2014
Contact
Information
Work Address:
PROMEC - School of Engineering
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 99 - 4o andar
90046-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Phone, Email, and Website
+55-51-3308-3384
[email protected]
www.drvasques.com
Personal
Information
Birth date: September 29, 1980
Birth place: Gravata´ı, RS, Brazil
Languages
English (fluent), Portuguese (native), Spanish (intermediate), German (beginner)
Employment
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
PROMEC - School of Engineering
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (CNPq)
July 2014 – present
RWTH Aachen University
Aug. 2012 – July 2014
Center for Computational Engineering Science - Mathematics
Aachen, NW, Germany
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Postdoctoral Fellow)
EAESP - Funda¸
c˜
ao Get´
ulio Vargas (FGV)
Mar. 2011 – July 2012
Dept. of Information Technology and Quantitative Methods
S˜
ao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Professor de Matem´
atica (Assistant Professor of Mathematics)
McKinsey & Company
S˜
ao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Associate (Consultant)
Education
Oct. 2009 – Feb. 2011
University of Michigan
Ph.D. in Applied & Interdisciplinary Mathematics
Rackham Graduate School, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Thesis: Anisotropic Diffusion of Neutral Particles in Stochastic Media
Advisors: Professor Edward W. Larsen and Professor Charles Doering
July 2009
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
April 2005
M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Thesis: A Review of Particle Transport Theory in a Binary Stochastic Medium
Advisors: Professor Marco T. Vilhena and Professor Edward W. Larsen
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
B.Sc. in Applied & Computational Mathematics
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Advisors: Professor Cynthia F. Segatto
November 2002
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Teaching
Particle Transport in Stochastic Media
(Summer Graduate Course)
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Dec. 2013
I was invited to design and minister a two-week summer course (30 hours). The course was
attended by masters and doctoral students of the graduate programs in Applied Mathematics
and in Mechanical Engineering.
Advanced Topics in Transport Theory
(Graduate Course)
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Summer semester 2013
I designed the course, wrote the notes, prepared and ministered the lectures, prepared the
assignments, led weekly tutorials, and prepared and applied the final exam.
MathCCES Teaching Workshop
(Professional Development for Teaching Assistants)
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
April, 2013
I organized and designed the workshop, developed the material, prepared and ministered the
presentations, and led the practical sessions.
Mathematics III [as Recitation Leader]
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Winter semester 2012–2013
I prepared weekly assignments and led weekly tutorials. I also aided in preparing, administering, and marking the final exam.
Courses taught as Professor de Matem´
atica (Assistant Professor):
EAESP - Funda¸c˜
ao Get´
ulio Vargas, S˜ao Paulo, Brazil
Matem´
atica I - 1 section, Matem´atica II - 1 section
1st semester 2012
Matem´
atica I - 1 section, Matem´atica II - 1 section
2nd semester 2011
Matem´
atica I - 2 sections
1st semester 2011
These are Calculus courses. I collaborated in developing the syllabus and the assignments, and
prepared and ministered the lectures and the midterms. I also aided in preparing, administering, and marking the unified final exams.
Courses taught as Graduate Student Instructor (Primary
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
Math 116: Calculus II - 1 section
Math 105: Data, Functions & Graphs (Pre-calculus) - 1 section
Math 115: Calculus I - 1 section
Math 105: Data, Functions & Graphs (Pre-calculus) - 1 section
Instructor):
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
semester
semester
semester
semester
2008
2007
2006
2005
I prepared and ministered the lectures, prepared and marked the weekly assignments, and aided
in administering and marking the unified exams.
Supervised
Students
Nitin Kumar Yadav, Masters Student
Sep. 2013 – Feb. 2014
RWTH Aachen University (joint with IIT Madras - India)
Masters Thesis: An extended closure for the Levermore-Pomraning equations in scattering random media
Akash Pakanati, Undergraduate Research Assistant
June 2013 – Mar. 2014
RWTH Aachen University
Project Title: Simulation of photon path-length distributions in atmospheric clouds
Srikanth Gopalakrishnan, Masters Student
Sep. 2013 – Feb. 2014
RWTH Aachen University (joint with German Research School)
Project Title: Neutron imaging system for radioactive waste analysis
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Nikhil Bhandari, Undergraduate Summer Research Intern
May – July 2013
RWTH Aachen University
Project Title: Image processing techniques applied to reconstruction algorithms for
neutron imaging
Mentored
Students
Milena Wollmann da Silva, Doctoral Student
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
2014 – present
I am mentoring the student in part of her Thesis Project, involving reactor kinetics equations.
We have completed a book chapter (to appear in 2015) and are currently working on a paper.
Kai Krycki, Doctoral Student
RWTH Aachen University
2013 – 2014
I mentored the student in part of his Thesis Project, involving particle transport in correlated
media. We are currently working on two papers together.
Grants* and
Fellowships
Advanced and Innovative Nuclear Reactors grant
July 2014 – May 2015
INCT/CNPq - Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil
– Grant No. 151233/2014-4, $49,500.00 BRL (≈ $25,000.00 USD)
Fulbright-CAPES Fellowship
Aug. 2005 – July 2009
U.S. Dept. of State & Brazilian Ministry of Education, U.S.A.
CNPq Doctoral Fellowship (declined)
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil
2005
CNPq Masters Fellowship
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil
Mar. 2003 – Feb. 2005
CAPES Masters Fellowship (declined)
Ministry of Education, Brazil
2003
FAPERGS Scientific Initiation Fellowship
Rio Grande do Sul State Government, Brazil
Jan. – Nov. 2002
* Travel and conference grants not listed
Professional
Societies
SIAM - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SIAG on Computational Science and Engineering
ANS - American Nuclear Society
Divisions: Mathematics & Computation; Reactor Physics; Young Members Group
Service and
Outreach
Refereeing Activities: Annals of Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Science and Engineering;
Progress in Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Engineering and Design; Energy Research Journal
Member, Editorial Board for Energy Research Journal
Organizer and Instructor, MathCCES Teaching Workshop
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Founding Member of the Council
Fulbrighters: Brazilian Association of Fulbright Fellows
2014 - present
April 2012
2010 - 2012
Reserve Officer, Brazilian Army Reserve Corps - Engineering
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Invited Talks
Modeling particle transport in stochastic media
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A.
Feb. 2014
Non-classical particle transport theory and applications
PROMEC, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Dec. 2013
Neutron imaging system for radioactive-waste analysis
Research Retreat, RWTH Aachen University, Hirschegg, Austria
Aug. 2013
Modeling anisotropic neutron transport near the boundaries of pebble bed
systems
MathCCES Seminar, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
June 2013
Non-classical particle transport in stochastic media
MathCCES Seminar, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Oct. 2012
Um modelo para defini¸
c˜
ao de hot spots para a venda de produtos em supermercados
EAESP, Funda¸c˜
ao Get´
ulio Vargas, S˜ao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Dec. 2010
Anisotropic diffusion, stochastic media, and pebble-bed reactors
PROMEC, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Sep. 2009
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Selected
Conferences &
Workshops
The atomic mix model for the particle transport equation
Student AIM Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Feb. 2007
Particle transport theory in a binary stochastic medium
Student AIM Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Feb. 2006
IMSE 2014 - The Thirteenth International Conference on
Integral Methods in Science and Engineering
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
July 2014
JMM - Joint Mathematics Meeting
AMS - American Mathematical Society, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Jan. 2014
SNA & MC 2013: Joint International Conference on
Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo
French Commission for Atomic & Alternative Energies, Paris, France
Oct. 2013
NumHyp 2013: Numerical Approximations of Hyperbolic
Systems with Source Terms and Applications
MathCCES - RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Sep. 2013
MathCCES Research Retreat: Mathematics and
Computational Engineering Science
RWTH - Das S¨
ollerhaus, Hirschegg, Austria
Aug. 2013
Workshop: H¨
urden und Fallstricke bei der Charakterisierung
von Abfall-Gebinden
VKTA, Dresden, Germany
June 2013
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Preprints
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational
Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering
American Nuclear Society, Sun Valley, U.S.A.
May 2013
24 SAAGAS: Seminar Aktivier-ungsanalyse und
Gammaspektroskopie
Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Feb. 2013
McKinsey & Company Mini-MBA
Alpine University, Kitzb¨
uhel, Austria
Oct. 2009
International Conference on Advances in Mathematics,
Computational Methods, and Reactor Physics
American Nuclear Society, Saratoga Springs, U.S.A.
May 2009
Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor
Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications
American Nuclear Society, Avignon, France
Sep. 2005
Wokshop on Teaching and Classroom Communication
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
Aug. 2005
1. M. Frank, K. Krycki, E.W. Larsen, and R. Vasques, The non-classical
Boltzmann equation, and diffusion-based approximations to the Boltzmann equation.
Submitted, arxiv.org/abs/1412.1000.
2. R. Vasques and K. Krycki, On the accuracy of the non-classical transport
equation in 1-D random periodic media. Submitted, arxiv.org/abs/1412.3386.
Book Chapter
M. Wollmann da Silva, B.E.J. Bodmann, M.T. Vilhena, and R. Vasques,
On the Influence of Stochastic Moments in the Solution of the Neutron Point Kinetics
Equation. To appear in: C. Constanda, A. Kirsch (Org.): Integral Methods in Science
and Engineering. Boston: Springer, (2015).
Journal
Publications
1. R. Vasques and N.K. Yadav, Adjusted Levermore-Pomraning equations for
diffusive random systems in slab geometry. To appear in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, arxiv.org/abs/1408.2797.
2. R. Vasques, Nuclear energy is renewable energy, Energy Research Journal 5 (2014),
pp. 41-42.
3. R. Vasques and E.W. Larsen, Non-classical particle transport with angulardependent path-length distributions. I: Theory, Annals of Nuclear Energy 70 (2014),
pp. 292-300.
4. R. Vasques and E.W. Larsen, Non-classical particle transport with angulardependent path-length distributions. II: Application to pebble bed reactor cores, Annals of Nuclear Energy 70 (2014), pp. 301-311.
5. E.W. Larsen and R. Vasques, A generalized linear Boltzmann equation for nonclassical particle transport, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer
112 (2011), pp. 619-631.
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6. A.V. Cardona, R. Vasques, and M.T. Vilhena, Uma nova vers˜ao do m´etodo
LTAn , TEMA: Tendˆencias em Matem´
atica Aplicada e Computacional (5) 1 (2004), pp.
49-54.
7. J.R. Zabadal, R. Vasques, A. Haag, and C.F. Segatto, Simula¸c˜ao da dispers˜
ao de poluentes em meio aqu´atico usando ´algebra de Lie, Ciˆencia & Natura (Special) (2002), pp. 145-156.
Publications in
Refereed
Proceedings
1. R. Vasques, Estimating anisotropic diffusion of neutrons near the boundary of a
pebble bed random system, International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering, Sun Valley, United States
of America, May 5–9 (2013), pp. 1736-1747.
2. R. Vasques and E.W. Larsen, Anisotropic diffusion in model 2-D pebble-bed
reactor cores, International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational
Methods, and Reactor Physics, Saratoga Springs, United States of America, May 3–7
(2009), in CD-ROM.
3. E.W. Larsen, R. Vasques, and M.T. Vilhena, Particle transport in the 1-D
diffusive atomic mix limit, Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor
Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications, Avignon, France, Sep. 12–15 (2005),
in CD-ROM.
4. R. Vasques, M.T. Vilhena, M. Thompson, and E.W. Larsen, State of the
art of particle transport theory in stochastic media, XXV CILAMCE: Iberian Latin
American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Recife, Brazil, Nov.
10–12 (2004), in CD-ROM.
5. A.V. Cardona, R. Vasques, and J.V.P. Oliveira, Solu¸c˜ao LTAn para o
problema de transporte em uma placa com uma fonte arbitr´aria e altas ordens de
quadratura, X XVI CNMAC: Congresso Nacional de Matem´atica Aplicada e Computacional, S˜
ao Jos´e do Rio Preto, Brazil, Sep. 8–11 (2003), in CD-ROM.
6. A.V. Cardona and R. Vasques, Aumentando a eficiˆencia computacional do
M´etodo LTAn , XXVI CNMAC: Congresso Nacional de Matem´
atica Aplicada e Computacional, S˜
ao Jos´e do Rio Preto, Brazil, Sep. 8–11 (2003), in CD-ROM.
7. R. Vasques, C.F. Segatto and M.T. Vilhena, The LTSn solution for the
neutron transport equation in spherical geometry, 18th ICTT: International Conference
on Transport Theory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 20-25 (2003), pp. 265-269.
8. A.V. Cardona, M.T. Vilhena, J.V.P. Oliveira, and R. Vasques, The onedimensional LTAn solution in a slab with high order of quadrature, 18th ICTT: International Conference on Transport Theory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 20-25 (2003),
pp. 260-264.
Works in
Preparation
1. M. Wollmann da Silva, R. Vasques, B.E.J. Bodmann, and M.T. Vilhena, A new model to solve the stochastic point kinetics equations free of stiffness. In
preparation.
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