Ruy Carlos De Camargo Vieira

Mechanical Engineer and Electrician, Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (1953).

Director of the Department of Cooperation and Studies in Science and Technology of the Institute of Science and Technology of the Federal District, from June 1995 to July 1996; Undersecretary of Higher Education Policy, from 1987 to 1988; President of the Santamarense Education and Culture Organization, sponsor of the University of Santo Amaro, SP, from 1985 to 1987; Scientific Director of the Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP), in two terms, from 1979 to 1982 and from 1982 to 1985; Deputy Director of the Department of University Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Culture (DAU/MEC), from 1976 to 1979; Head of the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation of the S. Carlos School of Engineering of USP, from 1970 to 1975; President of the Brazilian Engineering Education Association (ABENGE) in three terms, from 1981 to 1983, from 1983 to 1985, and from 1989 to 1991; Vice President of the Brazilian Engineering Education Association (ABENGE), from 1979 to 1981 and Consulting, Advisory and Coordination Activities.

Full Member (Founding) of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo, since 1976; Founding Member of the Brazilian Association for Engineering Education (ABENGE), since 1973; Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), from 1969 to 1980; Member of the Institute of Engineering, from 1969 to 1984; Member of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC), since 1968; Member of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), from 1968 to 1984; Member of the International Association of Hydraulic Research (IAHR), from 1966 to 1984; Member of the American Society for the Advancement of Science of Engineering Education (ASEE), from 1966 to 1988; Founding member of the Brazilian Society for the History of Science, since 1983; Member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1994.

Professor of various undergraduate disciplines in the Department of Mechanics of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Professor of various undergraduate disciplines in the Departments of Mechanics and Hydraulics and Sanitation of the São Carlos School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo, Professor of postgraduate studies. Visiting Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Brasília in 1968.

Medal and diploma for relevant services provided to National Engineering, conferred by the Federal Council for Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy, in 1991; Medal awarded by the Federal Education Council on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, in 1987; Teacher of the Year Medal awarded by the São Carlos City Hall, SP, in 1976; Silver Jubilee Medal of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science for relevant services provided to Brazilian Science in the field of Engineering and Technology, in 1973; Jabuti Science Award awarded in 1971 by the Brazilian Book Chamber, for the excellence of its book Atlas of Fluid Mechanics, in three volumes: Statics, Kinematics and Dynamics