Associate Professor on Geology for Engineers, Environmental Geology and Rock Mechanics

Voice: +55 (21) 2590-8091
Fax: +55 (21) 2590-8091
E-Mail: ebarroso@acd.ufrj.br
            emilio@ufrj.br

EDUCATION

DSc., Civil Engineering - Rock Mechanics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) 2002.
MSc, Geology - Engeneering Geology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1993.
BSc, Geology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1989.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Applied petrophysics and rock mechanics, focusing on problems related to petroleum, civil and mining engeneering.
Engineering and environmental geology, especially concerning geological-geotechnical mapping as a tool for urban planning, pollution of soil and underground water and studies for use of wastes and residues from dimension stones industries.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

ü Geological-geotechnical mapping. (SIGMA / UFRJno 4062) - Coordinator

ü Weathering profiles behavior and its relation with slope stability. (SIGMA / UFRJno 4064) - Coordinator

ü Mineralogical, pedological, geotechnical and environmental studies of tropical soils. (SIGMA / UFRJno 4060). - Colaborator

ü Petrophysical characterization and geomechanical behavior of rocks and fractures. SIGMA / UFRJno 6027) - Co-ordinator

ü Hydrogeological and environmental studies. (SIGMA / UFRJno 3334). - Colaborator

ü Geophysical methods applied to geological, geotechnical and environmental mapping. (SIGMA / UFRJno 4991). - Colaborator

ü Outros Projetos

SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS

      Rodrigues, L. C. A., Barroso, J.A., Barroso, E. V. 1997. Height - diameter ratio and the intrinsic strength variability of weak rocks under uniaxial loading. Journal of Portuguese Geotechnical Society.
      Mendonça, R. M. G., da Silva, J. R. O. B., Barroso, E. V. 1997. A study concerning the roughness variability of stress relief joints in a phacoidal gneiss. 2nd Pan American Symposium on Landslides.
      Kenedi, P.P., Vargas Jr., E. A., Barroso, E. V. 1998. Low cost development of a conventional servo-controlled rock testing machine. 5th South American Congress on Rock Mechanics.
      Campos, J. C. V., Silva Jr., G.C., Barroso, E. V. 1999. Caracterização hidrogeológica e geotécnica da Bacia do Rio Cabuçu, Zona Oeste do Município do Rio de Janeiro. IX Cong. Bras. Geol. de Engenharia.
      Mothé, H., Polivanov, H., Barroso, E. V., Mothé, C. 2000. Thermal characterization of granites and marble industries residues to ceramic material. North American Thermal Analysis Society - NATAS, 28th Annual Conference.