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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 by 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 worked for eighteen year as software developer in the telecommunication industry and am an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Austin Community College. and a lecturer in the Department of Physics at Texas State University.
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.
This semester (Fall 2017) I am teaching
PHYS 2425 – Honors Engineering Physics I – TTh 6:00pm-8:50pm @HLC room 2405 (Lec) and 2116 (Lab)
Office Hours
TTh 5:30-6:00pm @HLC room 2340
Honors Engineering Physics I- PHYS 2425 click here for more information
Honors Engineering Physics II- PHYS 2426 click here for more information
Education
- MS in Computer Sciences - University of Texas at
Austin, USA
- Ph.D. in Physics - University of Texas at Austin, USA
- MS in Physics - University of São Paulo, Brazil
- BS in Physics - University of São Paulo, Brazil
Technical
Publications click here