Background
Portela, Luis Manuel was born on July 19, 1961 in Lisbon, Portugal. Son of Carlos Manuel and Elsa Lidia Portela.
Portela, Luis Manuel was born on July 19, 1961 in Lisbon, Portugal. Son of Carlos Manuel and Elsa Lidia Portela.
Degree in mechanical engineering, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, 1983. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1997.
Lecturer Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, 1984—1985, Military Institute Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, 1985—1987. Engineer Petrobras Research Center, 1987—1987. Research associate Delft (Netherlands) University of Technology, 1997—2002, assistant professor, since 2002.
Consultant Technological Institute of the Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, 1984—1987, Shell Research Center, Rijswijk, Netherlands, 1999—2000. Referee International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2000—2000, Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2000—2001, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2000—2001, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2001—2002.
Member of European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion (organizing committee on dispersed turbulent multiphase flow 2001-2002).