Borisas Cimbleris

Background

Cimbleris, Borisas was born on February 2, 1923 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Son of Arkadijus and Rima (Felmanas) Cimbleris. arrived in Brazil, 1935.

Education

Mining, civil, metallurgical engineering degree, ENMM/UB, Ouro Preto, Brazil, 1948; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1956; Doctor of Science in Thermodynamics, Federal U. Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1964.

Career

Instructor, Brazilian Center Physical Research, Rio de Janeiro, 1950-1952; project engineer, Engineering Hidrotermica Instaltech, São Paulo, Brazil, 1952-1953; associate physicist, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1955-1956; teaching fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1956-1957; head technical-science division, National Nuclear Energy Commission, Rio de Janeiro, 1957-1960; various teaching and administrative positions, School of Engineering, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1958-1964; various teaching and administrative positions, professor physics, UFOP School Mines, Ouro Preto, Brazil, 1961-1963; chief engineer, Institute for Radioactive Research, Belo Horizonte, 1969-1972; professor emeritus, Federal University Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, since 1984. Guest professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967. Participant technical missions Center for Educational Affairs, Saclay, France, 1964, reactor engineering, San Juan, P.R., 1970-1972.

Achievements

• Borisas Cimbleris has been listed as a notable Engineering educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, Society for History of Science, Academy Sciences Minas Gerais, Brazilian Society for Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, Brazilian Society History of Science (founding member), Brazilian Society Mech.

Connections

Married Maria Honorina Prates, December 23, 1953. Children: Claudia Regina, André Carlos, Antonio Cesar.

Father:

Arkadijus Cimbleris

Mother:

Rima (Felmanas) Cimbleris

Spouse:

Maria Honorina Prates

child:

André Carlos Cimbleris

child:

Antonio Cesar Cimbleris

child:

Claudia Regina Cimbleris