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Ricardo C. Mastroleo
Ph.D. |
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Adjunct Professor of Physics |
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rmastrol@austincc.edu |
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223-1790 x22326 (I do not check voice mail very often. Email is far the
best way to reach me) |
About me
After finishing graduate studies (master’s degree)
in physics at the University
of São Paulo, Brazil, I was accepted as a graduate
student in the doctoral program of the Department
of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. The years my wife and I
spent in Austin were life changing ones. Not only I earned a Ph.D. in physics,
but also made lasting friendships and developed a strong bond to a charming,
green, progressive, culturally rich and diverse, small (in the eyes of someone
who always lived in São
Paulo) and yet cosmopolitan city of Austin. Soon after graduation we
returned to Brazil where I held an Associate Researcher position at the Institute for Advanced Studies,
located in the city of São José dos Campos.
Three years later we returned to Austin and have
been here ever since. My research work in physics had always involved extensive
computational work, which, allied with the fast growing software job market in
Austin, led me to pursue a career in the software industry. As a result, I went
back to graduate school and earned an M.S. in computer sciences from the University of Texas
at Austin. I am currently a full-time software developer (since 1998) at Interact Incorporated and an Adjunct Professor
of Physics at Austin Community College.
When I am not working, I like to watch soccer
games (I am a São Paulo Futebol Clube fan), hike at Zilker Park, row at the Lady Bird Lake (I have been a
member of the Texas Rowing Center
for over a decade), enjoy good food and wine with wife and friends, chill with
my son, listen to music (classical, jazz, blues, rock and Brazilian music are
my favorites), travel or make plans for the next trip. I am also interested in
history of science and topics related to religions and spirituality. As much as
I enjoy living in Austin, I still wished the summers were a little cooler and the
ocean a little closer.
I serve the Austin community as a volunteer for Austin Partners in Education as a classroom math coach, a program that builds relationships and student confidence through interactive problem solving, and for the Austin Travis County Integral Care as a mentor for adults with developmental disabilities.
This semester
(Spring 2012) I am teaching
PHYS 1401 – General College Physics I – TTh 7:00pm-9:50pm
@RGC room 327 (Lec and Lab) Syllabus
Honors Engineering Physics - PHYS 2425(Fall 2012) click here for more information
Office Hours
MW 7:00-7:30pm @NRG room PB4
Education
- MS
in Computer Sciences - University of Texas at Austin, USA, 1997
- Ph.D.
in Physics - University of Texas at Austin, USA, 1987
- MS
in Physics - University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1982
- BS
in Physics - University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1979
Technical
Publications click
here