Welcome

About me

Hello!

Currently, I’m an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), located in the beautiful seashore João Pessoa city, where lies the Brazil’s far east point. My predominant research areas cover numerical methods, fluid mechanics, and scientific computing. In a recent past, I sailed amidst finite elements, multiphase flows, numerical analysis, porous media, and reservoir modeling. More recently, I have been focused on data science applications for energy and healthcare sectors.

Although I’ve held a bit of math in my innermost roots, I’ve tasted several mechanics’ syrups over the years, so that I acquired a passionate vision of certain disciplines, such as transport phenomena and fluid mechanics. Today, after many waves, river wakes, and mixtures revolve the life, I’d say that my field of study is Computational Science and Engineering, where I conserve an interdisciplinary and breadth-like scientific profile.

This webpage was developed to show my career portfolio, gather useful technical information in my toolbox pages and provide links to third-party stuff, such as profiles of coworkers and interesting people. I hope you like to be here! :) 

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you realize I can help you with something.

Nice stay and best regards!

G.P.O.

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Resume

Identification

• Nationality: Brazilian
• Age: 37
• Family status: married to Viviane and Theo’s father.

Roles

• Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering
• Collaborating Professor of the Graduate Program in Informatics
• Adjunct Professor at the Scientific Computing Department - Center of Informatics
• Researcher and co-manager at the TRIL Lab
• Member of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Member of the Structuring Teaching Nucleus of the Undergraduate Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CI/UFPB)

Previous roles

• Vice-Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering (Abr 2022 - Mar 2024)
• Director of Promotion and Academic-Scientific Actions at the UFPB’s International Cooperation Office (Feb 2022 - Dec 2022)

Education

• Post-doc in Mechanical Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Coordinator: Norberto Mangiavacchi)
• Post-doc in Computational and Mathematical Modelling, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil. (Coordinator: Waldir L. Roque)
• D.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Advisors: Norberto Mangiavacchi & Leonardo S. B. Alves)
• Research Assistant Internship, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Advisor: John R. Thome)
• M.Sc. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, PEMM-COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Advisors: José R. M. Pontes & Norberto Mangiavacchi)
• Lic. in Mathematics, Federal Fluminense University/CECIERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Languages

• Portuguese: mother tongue
• English: full professional skills
• French: limited professional skills
• Spanish: limited professional skills

Profiles

Find full details on my scientific production in the TROIM dimensions (Teaching, Research, Outreach, Innovation, and Management) on the Brazilian Lattes database:

• CNPq Lattes Platform

• Sciprofiles

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Recommended links

• co2ss Project
• EQPStats
• H-CFD Brazil
• Americo Cunha’s website
• Gustavo Anjos’s website
• Eduardo Freigedo’s website
• GESAR Lab @UERJ Brazil
• LaSER Lab @UFPB Brazil
• MRST Project @Sintef Norway
• Gibbon Code @NUIG Ireland
• Snap @Stanford USA
• Paraview @Kitware USA

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Afterwords

“And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.” The Holy Bible, Isaiah 33:6, apud: Introduction to Hydrodynamics Stability, by P. G. Drazin.

“Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as the droplets on the fresh grass and as the showers on the herb.” (The Song of Moses), The Holy Bible, Deuteronomy 32:2, apud: “Drop Jet in Crossflow: ALE/Finite Element Simulations and Interfacial Effects. GPO’s thesis.

“God has hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge in Christ. I say this so that no one will mislead you with arguments that merely sound good.” (Letter to Colossians 2:2-4)

“In the beginning was the [Λόγος], and the [Λόγος] was with God, and the [Λόγος] was God.” (Book of John 1:1)

“I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11; NLT)