- Aldo da Rosa
Aldo Vieira da Rosa (born November 15, 1917) is a
Professor Emeritus ofElectrical Engineering atStanford University . His research interests are inionospheric processes, energy processes andrenewable energy . He is the author of "Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes" [Publisher: Academic Press (August 3, 2005) ISBN-10: 0120885107] and "Fundamentals of Electronics" [Publisher: Optimization Software (July 1989)ISBN-10: 0911575553] . He is also the holder of a USpatent on the process for the production ofammonia [ [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4107277.html Process for production of ammonia - Patent 4107277 ] ] .Da Rosa was born in
Florianópolis ,Brazil . After graduating from the Brazilian Military Academy and the Brazilian Aeronautical School, both inRio de Janeiro , he attended Stanford and Harvard Universities. He received a PhD from Stanford in Electrical Engineering.From 1945 to 1951 da Rosa founded and was the first head of the Research and Standardization division of the Diretoria de Rotas Aereas (the Brazilian FAA). From 1952 to 1953 he was Associate Professor of Electronics at ITA, an engineering college in
São José dos Campos , Brazil. In 1954, da Rosa founded and was the first Director of the Instituto de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento (IPD), and in 1956 became Chairman of the Brazilian National Research Council. He resigned from the Council following a serious injury to his leg during an international glider competition in France. From 1961 to 1963, da Rosa founded and was the first chairman of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, (the BrazilianNASA ). In the early 1960s, da Rosa was a helicopter test pilot for the "Beija Flor", a helicopter designed byHeinrich Focke .Da Rosa retired from the
Brazilian Air Force asBrigadier General in 1965 and in 1966 became a Research associate, then professor, and nowProfessor Emeritus at Stanford University.An active Masters Swimmer, da Rosa has broken 99 National Records and 37 World Records. He currently still holds the world records in the 85-89 age group in the 200 meter IM and 200 meter breast stroke. He was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004. [ [http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/masters_world_short_records.asp Swimming World Results World Masters Swimming Short Course Records ] ] [http://www.usasynchro.org/athletes/HallofFame.pdf]
Da Rosa still continues to attract large numbers of students to his renewable energy classes at Stanford. He lectures on renewable energy topics, with an emphasis on classical physics.
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* [http://nova.stanford.edu/people/darosa.html Stanford Bio Page]
* [http://www.usms.org/hist/sto/index.php?ID=177&srt= Stories About USMS Swimmers]
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