Aldo da Rosa

Who is Aldo da Rosa?

Aldo Vieira da Rosa is a Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. His research interests are in ionospheric processes, energy processes and renewable energy. He is the author of "Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes" and "Fundamentals of Electronics". He is also the holder of a US patent on the process for the production of ammonia.

Da Rosa was born in Florianópolis, Brazil. After graduating from the Brazilian Military Academy and the Brazilian Aeronautical School, both in Rio 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 Aéreas. 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, 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.