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'''Aldo Weber Vieira da Rosa''' (November 15, 1917 – June 8, 2015) was a [[Professor Emeritus]] of [[Electrical Engineering]] at [[Stanford University]]. His research interests were in [[ionospheric]] processes, energy processes and [[renewable energy]]. He is the author of "Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes"<ref>Publisher: Academic Press (August 3, 2005) {{ISBN|0-12-088510-7}}</ref> and "Fundamentals of Electronics".<ref>Publisher: Optimization Software (July 1989)
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{{ISBN|0-911575-55-3}}</ref> He is also the holder of a US [[patent]] on the process for the production of [[ammonia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4107277.html|title=Process for production of ammonia|publisher=}}</ref>
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|11|15}}
| birth_place = [[Florianópolis]], Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|06|08|1917|11|15}}
| death_place = [[Palo Alto]], California, USA
| education = [[Stanford University]]
| awards = Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Scientific Merit]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Aili Ranta|1944}}
| children =
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| allegiance = Brazil
| branch = [[Brazilian Air Force|Air Force]]
| rank = [[Brigadier General]]
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'''Aldo Weber Vieira da Rosa''' (November 15, 1917 – June 8, 2015) was a [[professor emeritus]] of [[electrical engineering]] at [[Stanford University]]. His research interests were in [[ionospheric]] processes, energy processes and [[renewable energy]]. He authored ''Fundamentals of Electronics'' (1989)<ref>Publisher: Optimization Software (July 1989) {{ISBN|0-911575-55-3}}</ref> and ''Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes'' (2005).<ref>Publisher: Academic Press (August 3, 2005) {{ISBN|0-12-088510-7}}</ref> His patent for the process for the production of [[ammonia]] expired in 1996.<ref>{{cite patent|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4107277A/en|country=US|number=4107277A|inventor=Aldo Vieira da Rosa|status=Expired|title=Process for production of ammonia|pubdate=1978-08-15|gdate=1978-08-15|fdate=1976-07-13|pridate=1976-07-13}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Da Rosa was born in [[Florianópolis]], [[Brazil]]. After graduating from the Brazilian Military Academy and the [[:pt:Escola Militar do Realengo|Escola Militar de Realengo]] both in [[Rio de Janeiro]], he entered the [[Brazilian Air Force]]. In the early 1940s he was stationed in the US as part of a cooperative military program, and during this time he was relocated from [[Washington, D.C.]], to the [[Naval Air Station Alameda|Alameda Naval Air Station]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. This gave him the opportunity to attend Stanford for the first time and to study electrical engineering. Although he did not have an undergraduate degree, his technical experience enabled him to be admitted into the graduate program. He completed an Electrical Engineer's (EE) degree and around the same time, in 1944, he married fellow Stanford student Aili Ranta (M.S., 1943) and moved to [[Harvard University]]. In 1945 Aldo moved back to Brazil with his new wife.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://ee.stanford.edu/in-memoriam/daRosa|title=Aldo Vieira da Rosa|website=Stanford Engineering|date=January 15, 2016}}</ref>
Da Rosa was born in [[Florianópolis]], Brazil. After graduating from the Brazilian Military Academy and the [[Military School of Realengo]] both in [[Rio de Janeiro]], he entered the [[Brazilian Air Force]]. During the 1940s, he was stationed in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA and later at [[Naval Air Station Alameda|Alameda Naval Air Station]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. He had the opportunity to attend [[Stanford University]] while in California; despite not having an undergraduate degree, his technical experience enabled him to be admitted into the electrical engineering graduate program. He finished this degree in 1944 and moved to [[Harvard University]] before returning to Brazil the following year. He returned to Stanford to earn his PhD in electrical engineering, which he did so under [[Owen K. Garriott]]. He completed the degree in 1966, his research focusing on a full-physics model of the electron distribution in the ionosphere.<ref name=":1"/>

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For the next twenty years Aldo was extraordinarily active in what we now refer to as aerospace activities in Brazil, while still attached to the Brazilian Air Force. From 1945 to 1951 he founded and was the first head of the Research and Standardization division of the Diretoria de Rotas Aéreas (the Brazilian FAA).<ref name=":0" /> Then, from 1952 to 1953 he was Associate Professor of Electronics at [[Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica|ITA]], an engineering college in [[São José dos Campos]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1954 he founded and was the first director of the Instituto de Pesquinas e Desenvolvimento (IPD) and in 1956 he became chairman of the [[National Council for Scientific and Technological Development|Brazilian National Research Council]]. He resigned from this council following a serious injury to his leg during an international glider competition in France. From 1961 to 1963 he founded and was first chairman of the [[National Institute for Space Research|Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias]], the Brazilian equivalent of [[NASA]]. Following all these activities, he returned to Stanford in 1963, with his family, to obtain a Ph.D. In the early 1960s, da Rosa was a helicopter test pilot for the [[I.P.D BF-1 Beija-Flor|"Beija Flor"]], a helicopter designed by [[Heinrich Focke]].


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For the next twenty years, da Rosa was active in the nascent aerospace industry in Brazil, while still attached to the Brazilian Air Force. Between 1945 and 1951, he served as the first head of the research and standardization division of the [[Department of Airspace Control]]'s Air Routes Directorate. In 1952 and 1953, he was associate professor of electronics in the [[Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica]]'s engineering faculty in [[São José dos Campos]].<ref name=":0" /> He founded and was the first director of the Instituto de Pesquinas e Desenvolvimento (Institute of Research and Development) in 1954. In 1956, he was chairman of the [[National Council for Scientific and Technological Development|Brazilian National Research Council]] but resigned{{when?|date=May 2024}} following an injury sustained while [[gliding]] in France. He was the first chairman of the [[National Institute for Space Research]] from its inception in 1961 to 1963.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Da Rosa retired from the [[Brazilian Air Force]] as [[Brigadier General]] in 1965 and completed his Stanford Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1966 under Professor (and later astronaut) [[Owen K. Garriott]]. His research involved the first full-physics model of the electron distribution in the ionosphere including thermal processes to describe the electron and ion temperatures. This model predicted the total electron content (TEC) of the ionosphere that was first measured at Stanford University using radio signals from the Soviet Union's Sputnik, a particularly important topic at the time given the developing competition in space between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Appointed a Research Associate in 1966, and then a Senior Research Associate (1969–1980), Aldo became a Professor (Research) in Electrical Engineering in 1980. During this time, his interests gradually turned more to the fundamentals of energy processes and renewable energy. His classes on renewable energy were greatly appreciated by the students and he continued teaching these energy classes until 2011, well after his retirement and conversion to Professor (Emeritus) in 1983.<ref name=":1" />


In the early 1960s, da Rosa was a helicopter test pilot for the [[I.P.D BF-1 Beija-Flor|Beija Flor]], a helicopter designed by [[Heinrich Focke]]. He retired from the Air Force as [[Brigadier General]] in 1965. At Stanford in 1966, he became a research associate, then senior research associate in 1968. In 1980, he became a professor of electrical engineering,<ref name=":1" /> lecturing on topics of [[renewable energy]] with an emphasis on [[classical physics]].<ref name=":0"/> He formally retired from teaching in 1983 but continued lecturing on energy processes until 2011.<ref name=":1" /> Da Rosa was awarded the Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Scientific Merit]] in March 2010.<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/1583517/dou-secao-1-04-03-2010-pg-17|newspaper=[[Diário Oficial da União]]|date=2010-03-04|title=Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia|trans-title=Ministry of Science and Technology|page=17|access-date=2024-05-02|language=pt}}</ref>
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An active [[Masters swimming|Masters Swimmer]], da Rosa broke 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/masters_world_short_records.asp|title=Swimming World Results World Masters Swimming Short Course Records|website=www.swimmingworldmagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usasynchro.org/athletes/HallofFame.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162422/http://www.usasynchro.org/athletes/HallofFame.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Personal life==
In March 2010, da Rosa was awarded the Grã-Cruz da [[Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico]],<ref>http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/1583517/dou-secao-1-04-03-2010-pg-17</ref> an honor bestowed by the President of Brazil upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.
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An active [[Masters swimming|masters swimmer]], da Rosa broke 99 national records and 44 world records in masters swimming. He currently{{as of?|date=May 2024}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/masters_world_short_records.asp|title=Swimming World Results World Masters Swimming Short Course Records|website=www.swimmingworldmagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usasynchro.org/athletes/HallofFame.pdf |title=Nine Inducted Into Masters Swimming Hall of Fame|date=2004-01-26|publisher=USA Artistic Swimming|access-date=April 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162422/http://www.usasynchro.org/athletes/HallofFame.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Da Rosa attracted large numbers of students to his [[renewable energy]] classes at Stanford. He lectured on renewable energy topics, with an emphasis on classical [[physics]]. Da Rosa died in Palo Alto, California at the age of 97 on June 8, 2015.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/obituaries/memorials/aldo-vieira-da-rosa?o=4303|title=Aldo Vieira da Rosa|publisher=Palo Alto online|accessdate=June 11, 2015}}</ref>
Da Rosa married fellow Stanford University student Aili Ranta in 1944.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://ee.stanford.edu/in-memoriam/daRosa|title=Aldo Vieira da Rosa|website=Stanford Engineering|date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> He died in [[Palo Alto, California]] at the age of 97 on June 8, 2015.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/obituaries/memorials/aldo-vieira-da-rosa?o=4303|title=Aldo Vieira da Rosa|publisher=Palo Alto online|accessdate=June 11, 2015}}</ref>


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Latest revision as of 09:46, 3 May 2024

Aldo da Rosa
Da Rosa in 2009
Born(1917-11-15)November 15, 1917
Florianópolis, Brazil
DiedJune 8, 2015(2015-06-08) (aged 97)
Palo Alto, California, USA
EducationStanford University
Spouse
Aili Ranta
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(m. 1944)​
AwardsGrand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit
Military career
AllegianceBrazil
Service/branchAir Force
RankBrigadier General

Aldo Weber Vieira da Rosa (November 15, 1917 – June 8, 2015) was a professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Stanford University. His research interests were in ionospheric processes, energy processes and renewable energy. He authored Fundamentals of Electronics (1989)[1] and Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes (2005).[2] His patent for the process for the production of ammonia expired in 1996.[3]

Biography[edit]

Da Rosa was born in Florianópolis, Brazil. After graduating from the Brazilian Military Academy and the Military School of Realengo both in Rio de Janeiro, he entered the Brazilian Air Force. During the 1940s, he was stationed in Washington, D.C., USA and later at Alameda Naval Air Station in the San Francisco Bay Area. He had the opportunity to attend Stanford University while in California; despite not having an undergraduate degree, his technical experience enabled him to be admitted into the electrical engineering graduate program. He finished this degree in 1944 and moved to Harvard University before returning to Brazil the following year. He returned to Stanford to earn his PhD in electrical engineering, which he did so under Owen K. Garriott. He completed the degree in 1966, his research focusing on a full-physics model of the electron distribution in the ionosphere.[4]

For the next twenty years, da Rosa was active in the nascent aerospace industry in Brazil, while still attached to the Brazilian Air Force. Between 1945 and 1951, he served as the first head of the research and standardization division of the Department of Airspace Control's Air Routes Directorate. In 1952 and 1953, he was associate professor of electronics in the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica's engineering faculty in São José dos Campos.[5] He founded and was the first director of the Instituto de Pesquinas e Desenvolvimento (Institute of Research and Development) in 1954. In 1956, he was chairman of the Brazilian National Research Council but resigned[when?] following an injury sustained while gliding in France. He was the first chairman of the National Institute for Space Research from its inception in 1961 to 1963.[citation needed]

In the early 1960s, da Rosa was a helicopter test pilot for the Beija Flor, a helicopter designed by Heinrich Focke. He retired from the Air Force as Brigadier General in 1965. At Stanford in 1966, he became a research associate, then senior research associate in 1968. In 1980, he became a professor of electrical engineering,[4] lecturing on topics of renewable energy with an emphasis on classical physics.[5] He formally retired from teaching in 1983 but continued lecturing on energy processes until 2011.[4] Da Rosa was awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit in March 2010.[6]

Personal life[edit]

An active masters swimmer, da Rosa broke 99 national records and 44 world records in masters swimming. He currently[as of?] 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.[7][8]

Da Rosa married fellow Stanford University student Aili Ranta in 1944.[4] He died in Palo Alto, California at the age of 97 on June 8, 2015.[5]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Publisher: Optimization Software (July 1989) ISBN 0-911575-55-3
  2. ^ Publisher: Academic Press (August 3, 2005) ISBN 0-12-088510-7
  3. ^ US Expired 4107277A, Aldo Vieira da Rosa, "Process for production of ammonia", published 1978-08-15, issued 1978-08-15 
  4. ^ a b c d "Aldo Vieira da Rosa". Stanford Engineering. January 15, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Aldo Vieira da Rosa". Palo Alto online. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia" [Ministry of Science and Technology]. Diário Oficial da União (in Portuguese). March 4, 2010. p. 17. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "Swimming World Results World Masters Swimming Short Course Records". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com.
  8. ^ "Nine Inducted Into Masters Swimming Hall of Fame" (PDF). USA Artistic Swimming. January 26, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007.

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