Doctoral Students
Ademir Freire de Medeiros, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2020
B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2013
Research Interest:
Enhanced Oil Recovery;
Oil displacement by polymer solution.
Adolfo Emmanuel Correa Lopez, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering – UNA – Paraguay / 2014
M.Sc. in Computational Mechanics – UFRJ, Brazil / 2016
Research Interest:
Fluid flow through porous media;
Data Science & Machine Learning;
Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Alandmara Rosa Dionizio Leôncio, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2019
B.Sc. in Production Engineering with emphasis on Mechanics – UERJ, Brazil / 2017
Research Interest:
Surfactants and interfacial phenomena;
Emulsions;
Flow in porous media;
Enhanced Oil Recovery.
Andrea Vanessa Vaca Mora
Academic Formation:
B.Sc Biotechnology Engineering, Army University – ESPE, Ecuador / 2014
Research Interest:
Microfluidics and Fluid Dynamics;
Enhanced Oil Recovery;
Flow in Porous Media.
Bruna Costa Leopércio, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2016
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2014
Research Interest:
Microencapsulation;
Microfluidics;
Confocal microscopy;
Rheology and characterization of complex fluids.
Carlos Eduardo Sanchez Perez, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. Natural Gas Technology – NTNU- Norway / 2012
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering -ULA – Venezuela / 2003
Research Interest:
Numerical simulation;
Flow in porous media;
Multiphase gas-condensate flow.
Clarice de Amorim, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc Petroleum Engineering, UNICAMP, Brazil / 2018
B.Sc Petroleum Engineering, UNESA – RJ, Brazil / 2014
Research Interest:
Microfluidics and Fluid Dynamics;
Enhanced Oil Recovery;
Emulsion Injection;
Flow in Porous Media.
Jose Francisco Roca, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
MBA in Project Management — PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2014
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering — PUC-Rio / 2011
B.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering — UNI, Peru / 2008
Research Interest:
Computational fluid dynamics;
Free surface problem: Finite element method coupled with level set.
Nicolle Miranda de Lima, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering — PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2015
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering – UFF, Brazil / 2013
Research Interest:
Microfluidics;
Enhanced Oil Recovery;
Complex pore-scale flow in porous media.
Paula Kozlowski Pitombeira Reis, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. Ocean Engineering — UFRJ/COPPE, Brazil / 2014
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering – UFRJ, Brazil / 2013
Research Interest:
Pore-network modeling;
Gas-condensate reservoirs;
Multiphase flow;
Enhanced oil recovery.
Pedro Nieckele Azevedo, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2016
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2013
Research Interest:
Enhanced Oil Recovery;
Microfluidics and fluid dynamics;
Particle size distribution.
Tálita Botti, M.Sc.
Academic Formation:
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2014
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering – Ceunes/UFES, Brazil / 2011
Research Interest:
Emulsion formation;
Heavy oil;
Particle size distribution.
Masters Students
Jesús Daniel Fernández Escalante
Academic Formation:
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering – ULA, Venezuela / 2017
Research Interest:
Microfluidics;
Surfactants and interfacial phenomena;
Colloids: emulsions, foams, and suspensions;
Enhanced Oil Recovery;
Julio Castello Branco de Mattos
Academic Formation:
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2017
Research Interest:
Pore-scale Flow Simulation;
Enhanced Oil Recovery.
Mateus Aguiar Rodrigues de Lima
Academic Formation:
B.Sc Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2019
Research Interest:
Microfluidics;
Fluid Dynamics;
Interfacial Rheology.
Pedro Henrique Souza Calderano
Academic Formation:
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – UFJF, Brazil / 2018
Research Interest:
Numerical simulation.
Rubia de Albuquerque e Vasconcelos Bôdas
Academic Formation:
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – UFRJ, Brazil / 2018
Research Interest:
Microcapsules;
Flow in Porous Media.
Vinicius Mattoso Reis da Silva
Academic Formation:
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – PUC-Rio, Brazil / 2019
Research Interest:
Numerical Simulation;
Flow in Porous Media.
