MAURICIO BRAUN CHAGAS

adlyis@r.postjobfree.com 850-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricio-braun-chagas-63083070/ 1180 Greentree CT – Tallahassee – Florida

PROFILE

Innovative Mechanical Engineer offering passion for product design projects. Excellent communicator with ability to explain complex design ideas and concepts effectively. Experienced in all design aspects, from basic drawing to Multiphysics simulations. Strong background in thermo-fluid and thermodynamic designs with focusing on systems optimization.

EDUCATION

PhD in Mechanical Engineering – Aug. 2016 – Dec. 2020 (SWB Scholarship) Florida State University, Center of advanced Power Systems (CAPS), Tallahassee, FL, USA.

Dissertation title: Thermal Management of Ship Systems – An Integrative Thermodynamic Approach.

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering – Aug 2014 – July 2016 Florida State University, Center of advanced Power Systems (CAPS), Tallahassee, FL, USA.

CGPA: 3.57/4.00

Relevant Coursework: Energy Conversion Systems, Sustainable Power Generation, Fluid Mechanics, Heat transfer, Convective Heat Transfer, Computational Numerical Methods.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering – Mar 2009 – Nov 2013 Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil CGPA: 3.30/4.00

Technical in Mechanics – Mar 2010 – Dec 2011

Industrial Technical School of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil EXPERIENCE

08 2015-Present Teaching Assistant, Florida State University

Elaborate and prepare classes on subjects of Sustainable Power Generation, Numerical Methods and Energy Conversion Systems.

Prepare solutions and design problems for homework, tests and projects.

Design experiments and labs for students.

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EXPERIENCE

05/2019-

11/2019

Mechanical Engineering Intern, Danfoss Turbocor

Develop an apparatus to perform life-cycle test of compressor, creating the blueprints, test parameters, drawings and schematics.

Patent Awarded.

SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite

CAD tools (Solidworks, Solid Edge, NX, AutoCad)

Commercial Simulation tools (Comsol and Ansys)

Design and simulation (Matlab)

Data acquisition (LabView)

Coding (Python, C++, Fortran, Matlab and VBA)

Languages: English, Protuguese and Spanish.

INTEREST

Sustainable Energy systems

Thermal Management and Optimization

Product Design

Fluid-Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Sustainable Power generation

PUBLICATIONS

Chagas, M.B., Yang, S., Ordonez, J. and Vargas, J., 2017, August. Multiphysics model of a notional all-electric ship railgun—Model development and application. In 2017 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS) (pp. 285- 291). IEEE.

Chagas, M.B., Yang, S., and Ordonez, J.C., 2018. Modeling, cross-validation, and optimization of a shipboard integrated energy system cooling network. Applied Thermal Engineering, 145, pp.516-527.

Chagas, M.B., Yang, S., and Ordonez, J.C., 2018. Thermal management of a notional all-electric ship electromagnetic launcher. Energy conversion and management, 157, pp.339-350.

Chagas, M.B., Yang, S., Solano, T., Ordonez, J.C., Davis, T., Vargas, J.V. and Ordonez, C., 2015, July. Experimental exergy analysis of the solar thermal system in the Off-Grid Zero Emissions Building. In 2015 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech) (pp. 42-46). IEEE.

Yang S., Chalfant, J.S., Ordonez, J.C., Khan J.A., Li C., Cvetkovic I., Vargas JVC, Chagas, M., Xu Y. Burgos R.P., Boroyevich D., "Shipboard PEBB Cooling Strategies," 2019 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS), Washington, DC, USA, 2019, pp. 24-31

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