Prof. Dr. Paulo Rangel Rios

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsThermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials
KeywordsTheorie, Kornwachstum, Legierungen, Topologie, Textur

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CityVolta Redonda, RJ
InstitutionUniversidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
InstituteEscola de Engenharia Industrial Metalurgica de Volta Redonda

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Günter GottsteinInstitut für Metallkunde und Metallphysik (IMM), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dierk RaabeAbteilung Mikrostrukturphysik und Legierungsdesign, Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien, Düsseldorf
Dr. habil. Dana ZöllnerFakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2009

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Rios is internationally recognized for his outstanding research on grain growth theory of crystalline materials and related materials science topics. He has made seminal theoretical contributions to challenging materials science problems such as the role of particles during grain growth or coarsening phenomena in 3D. Professor Rios combines a deep understanding of materials behaviour with sophisticated mathematical modelling approaches. During his stay in Germany he will utilize modern computer simulations to derive a more advanced and generalized theory of 3D grain growth and its application to materials processing.