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Dr. Carlos Rinaldi
Professor of Chemical Engineering
PO Box 9046, Mayagüez, PR 00680
Phone: 787-832-4040, ext 3585
Fax: 787-265-3818
E-Mail: carlos.rinaldi@upr.edu
Curriculum Vitae
PhD Thesis
MSc Thesis
Carlos Rinaldi obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, in 1998 with top honors. Later he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he participated in the David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice (MSCEP 2001), and completed an MS (2001) and PhD (2002). He was awarded the J. Edward Vivian Award for Exemplary Performance and Commitment to the David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice. In the summer of 2002 he served as Assistant Station Director for the MIT Practice School in Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Mizushima, Japan. In the fall of 2002 he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. Carlos Rinaldi has been recognized as Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at UPRM multiple times, was one of the 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awardees, was recognized as an Emerging Scholar by Diverse Issues in Higher Education, is the leader in a NSF Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) studying the application of magnetic nanoparticles in cancer treatment, and is co-director of the NSF sponsored Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical and Energy-Driven Systems and Applications. Dr. Rinaldi’s research interests are in nanostructured materials, particularly systems with dispersed magnetic nanoparticles. Students in his laboratory work on magnetic nanoparticle synthesis and functionalization, suspension hydrodynamics and rheology, magnetic nanoparticle based sensors, magnetic fluid hyperthermia, and magnetically actuated drug delivery.
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