Education

03/1998 to 05/2002 - Ph. D., Agricultural Engineering
                    Federal University of Viçosa - UFV & Kansas State University - KSU

• Worked at the development of a mathematical model, which aims to simulate the dynamic of grain storage facilities. This model was structured for analyzing new projects, expansions, remodeling, and technological updates. At modeling process was employed the simulation language EXTEND. Part of this model was developed at Grain Science and Industry Department - Kansas State University - KSU (Advisors: Dr. Daniel Marçal de Queiroz, at UFV & Dr. Rolando A. Flores, at KSU).Click here to see thesis files.

• The following courses were taken during the Ph.D. program: Agricultural System Engineering, Statistical Methods, Optimization (Operations Research) I and II, Biomass Energy, Project Evaluation, Automatic Control Systems, Analysis and Evaluation of Environment Impact.

06/1987 to 06/1990 - M.S., Agricultural Engineering - UFV

• Worked on the development and evaluation of a counterflow coffee dryer. For evaluation was implemented a mathematical model using PASCAL language based on the Thompson's Model.

03/1981 to 07/1985 - B.S., Agricultural Engineering - UFV

Professional Experince

Federal University of Espirito Santo - Alegre: ES Brazil

• Since 11/2004 Adjunct Professor: Teaches the following courses: 1) undergraduate: Food Technology and Meat and Milk Technology.

West Paraná State University - Cascavel - Paraná State - UNIOESTE - Cascavel - PR

• Since 11/2004 Visiting Professor: Teaches the following courses: 1) graduate: ESA-01 System Engineering, and ESA-15 Researches Operations Methods.

• 03/1986 to 11/2004 Adjunct Professor: Taught the following courses: 1) undergraduate: Processing Agricultural Products; Storage and Drying of Grains, Grain Facility Design, and 2) graduate: ESA-01 System Engineering, and ESA-15 Researches Operations Methods.

• 09/1992 to 12/1997 Engineering Department Head. Directed a team of twenty-nine professors and seven staffs, who work at Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, and M.S. Agricultural Engineering courses.

• 05/1994 to 12/1997 FUNDEP President Director. Indicated by Curator Counsel for two terms. FUNDEP is a foundation associated to West Paraná State University, which aims to offer economical support in activities related to teaching, research, and extension.

• 08/1994 to 12/1995 - Coordinator of Specialization Course in Agricultural Engineering. Graduate Course without dissertation or thesis - 360 h . CAPES sponsored this course.

Languages

• Portuguese - Native Language
• English - Speak: Reasonable, Write: Well, and Read: Well.(During one year, I developed part of my Ph. D. thesis at Grain Science Department, Kansas State University - KSU in Manhattan - KS - USA)
• Spanish - Speak: Reasonable, Write: Well, and Read: Well.

Scientific Production

SILVA, L. C., QUEIROZ, D. M., FLORES, R. A., MELO, E. C., SILVA, C. A. B. The dynamic and stochastic simulation of grain storage facilities. In: 2002 ASAE Annual International Meeting /CIGR XVth World Congress, 2002, Chicago - Illinois, USA. Paper# 026109.

SILVA, L. C, HOLLMAN, A. Development of a software to help the design of grain storage facilities. Brazilian Journal of Storage, CENTREINAR, Brazil, v. 23, n. 2. 1998. (Published in Portuguese)

SILVA, L. C., LOPES, E. M. Physical and chemical proprieties of colza. In: 23rd Brazilian Meeting of Agricultural Engineering, 1994. (Published in Portuguese)

SILVA, L.C., DALPASQUALE, V. A. Pressure drop in fixed bed of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba). In : 22nd Brazilian Meeting of Agricultural Engineering, 1993. (Published in Portuguese)

SILVA, L. C., PETRAUSKI, A., MACHADO, P. M. Cascavel-PR Agricultural Engineering UnderGraduates Opinion Research. In : 22nd Brazilian Meeting of Agricultural Engineering, 1993. (Published in Portuguese)

PEREIRA, J. O., CARVALHO, S. V., SILVA, L. C.Corn and wheat loss and damage evaluation during mechanical harvest. In : 22nd Brazilian Meeting of Agricultural Engineering , 1993. (Published in Portuguese)

SILVA, L. C., SILVA, J. S., QUEIROZ, D. M., OLIVEIRA-FILHO, D. Development and analysis of a counterflow coffee (Coffea arabica L.) dryer. In : 20th Brazilian Meeting of Agricultural Engineering, 1991. (Published in Portuguese)

Works Orientated at Scientific Initiation Program (Program destined to initiate undergraduate students in research practices)

• Evaluation of damage and changes in the physical characteristics of soybean seeds subjected to load applications - 1997

• Evaluation of a furnace, which uses rice pericarp as combustive - 1997

• Modeling and simulation of queue occurrence at grain storage facility - 1996

• Optimization of dryer performance by means of simulation -1995

• Drying simulation of corn in crossflow, concurrent and counterflow dryers - 1994

• Drying curves of soybeans and wheat at field conditions - 1992

Research Interests

• Development of mathematical simulation models applied to agro-industrial systems, which aim to report economic and technical information that can be used for (1) establishing strategies, (2) optimizing resource uses, (3) maximizing profits, and (4) ameliorating service quality.

• Elaboration of environment impact studies (EIA/RIMA).

• Application of Researches Operation at analysis of agro-industrial systems.