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Editors
Davidson Martins Moreira is a graduate in physics with a doctorate in mechanical engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He is a
researcher at the National Council for Scientifi c and Technological Development
(CNPq), Brasilia, Brazil. Currently, he works as a liaison offi cer for the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Brazil. He has supervised degree and postgraduate theses and was a member of the examining board for awarding PhD and master’s
degrees. He has taught in seminars and tutorials both in universities and in courses
organized by other public and private entities, besides acting as a scientifi c adviser
and as a referee for a number of international scientifi c journals.
His research activities have increasingly dealt with the phenomenological and
theoretical aspects of atmospheric transport and diffusion. During the last years,
he has worked on developing mathematical air pollution models, which have in
common the utilization of analytical solutions of the advection–diffusion equation.
At present, he is working on turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer with the
analysis of the turbulent fi eld during the transitions, focussing specifi cally on the
residual layer. He is also conducting research on the mathematical description of
the turbulent transport of atmospheric contaminants.
Marco Túllio M. B. de Vilhena is a senior professor of mathematics and mechanical engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels and has supervised
approximately 80 master’s and doctoral dissertations. He has signifi cant professional experience in teaching in seminars and tutorials both in universities and in
courses organized by other public and private entities, besides acting as a scientifi c
adviser and as a referee for a number of international scientifi c journals. He is also
a researcher at the National Council for Scientifi c and Technological Development
(CNPq), Brasilia, Brazil.
His research interests include the modeling of the dispersion of pollutants in the
atmospheric boundary layer in all stability conditions, the dispersion simulation of
radioactive pollutants in the atmosphere using generalized integral transform, and
the transport theory of neutral particles, reactor physics, radiative transfer in the
atmosphere, and physical medical applications.
© 2010 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
Editors
Davidson Martins Moreira is a graduate in physics with a doctorate in mechanical engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He is a
researcher at the National Council for Scientifi c and Technological Development
(CNPq), Brasilia, Brazil. Currently, he works as a liaison offi cer for the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Brazil. He has supervised degree and postgraduate theses and was a member of the examining board for awarding PhD and master’s
degrees. He has taught in seminars and tutorials both in universities and in courses
organized by other public and private entities, besides acting as a scientifi c adviser
and as a referee for a number of international scientifi c journals.
His research activities have increasingly dealt with the phenomenological and
theoretical aspects of atmospheric transport and diffusion. During the last years,
he has worked on developing mathematical air pollution models, which have in
common the utilization of analytical solutions of the advection–diffusion equation.
At present, he is working on turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer with the
analysis of the turbulent fi eld during the transitions, focussing specifi cally on the
residual layer. He is also conducting research on the mathematical description of
the turbulent transport of atmospheric contaminants.
Marco Túllio M. B. de Vilhena is a senior professor of mathematics and mechanical engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels and has supervised
approximately 80 master’s and doctoral dissertations. He has signifi cant professional experience in teaching in seminars and tutorials both in universities and in
courses organized by other public and private entities, besides acting as a scientifi c
adviser and as a referee for a number of international scientifi c journals. He is also
a researcher at the National Council for Scientifi c and Technological Development
(CNPq), Brasilia, Brazil.
His research interests include the modeling of the dispersion of pollutants in the
atmospheric boundary layer in all stability conditions, the dispersion simulation of
radioactive pollutants in the atmosphere using generalized integral transform, and
the transport theory of neutral particles, reactor physics, radiative transfer in the
atmosphere, and physical medical applications.
© 2010 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC