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Glaucia Carvalho do Prado

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Glaucia Carvalho do Prado
Dr. Glaucia Carvalho do Prado teaches in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman where her teaching interests include thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, material and energy balances, and food engineering. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Alberta in 2015 and her bachelor of science degree at the State University of Campinas (Brazil) in 2010.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., University of Alberta, 2015

BSc, State University of Campinas, 2010

Teaching Interests

Thermodynamics

Fluid Mechanics

Heat and Mass Transfer

Material and Energy Balances

Food Engineering

Research Experiences

Conversion processes and fuels/biofuels refining technologies

Food engineering

Engineering education

Publications & Presentations

Prado, G. H. C., Rao, Y., De Klerk, A. Nitrogen removal from oil: a review, Energy & Fuels 31(1): 14-36, 2017.

Mirshamsi, S., Yan, Y., Kamal, S., Yasemi, A-A., Gupta, R., de Klerk, A., Prado, G. H. C. Thermal behavior of nitrogen oxides relevant to oxidative denitrogenation. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 136, 28-43, 2019.

Awards & Honors

Lavoisier Award: best undergraduate student in Food Engineering, 2010.

Jong and Sunjoo Lee Graduate Scholarship in Engineering, University of Alberta, 2014