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Postgraduate Programme in Civil Engineering (PEC)

Dr. Samuel Rodrigues Castro

e-mail: samuel.castro@ufjf.br

telefone: +55 (32) 2102-3419, ext. 204

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Has a PhD from the Postgraduate Program in Sanitation, Environment, and Water Resources at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – PPG SMARH/UFMG (CAPES 7), working in the field of nutrient recovery from liquid effluents through chemical precipitation of struvite using alternative reagent sources. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Chemistry from the Federal University of Ouro Preto – UFOP (2007) and a Master’s degree from the Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering at UFMG (2010). Is the coordinator of the Environmental and Sanitary Engineering course and an associate professor in the Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, responsible for the area of planning, management, and treatment of solid waste and related subjects, as well as environmental data treatment. Serves as a permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering (PEC), both at UFJF, and collaborator in the Postgraduate Program in Built Environment (PROAC).

Knowledge area: Sanitation and Environment

Lines of Research: Environmental Technologies / Natural Resources Monitoring and Management

Modules:

  • Fundamentals and Principles in Sanitation and Environment
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Environmental data treatment.

Research Projects:

  • 2018 – Current. Struvite for nitrogen conservation in composting – analysis of technical feasibility using low-cost reagent. TEC APQ0419/18 . FAPEMIG Edital Nº 001/2018 – Demanda Universal
  • 2022 – 2023. Technical, economic, and environmental feasibility study for the proposal of technological routes in the management of Urban Solid Waste in the municipality of Juiz de Fora – MG. PJF/MG.
  • 2023 – 2024. RECYCLE: Environmental education in schools in the municipality of Juiz de Fora – MG. PJF/MG

Recent Outcomes:

  • VARGAS, ISABELA SALGADO; GOMES, Fernanda Bento Rosa; CASTRO, SAMUEL RODRIGUES Reflections on COVID-19 pandemic and waste management in developing countries: A case study in São Paulo city, Brazil. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH. Fator de Impacto(2021 JCR): 4,4320, v.1, p.0734242X2311758 – , 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X231175817
  • GOMES, F. B. R.; CANDIDO, V. B. R.; VARGAS, I. S.; PAIVA, L. E. D.; SILVA, J. B. G.; Branco, O.E.A.; CASTRO, S. R. Statistical analysis in estimating probable concentrations of representative chemical species in leachate: a solution for the source term of new or unmonitored landfills. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. Fator de Impacto(2021 JCR): 3,5790, v.2022, p.1 – , 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10163-022-01517-3
  • CANELLA, CECILIA DE MATTOS; GOMES, Fernanda Bento Rosa; CASTRO, SAMUEL RODRIGUES. Sustainability Indicators in Solid Waste Management: A Case Study in a Developing Country. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. v.14, p.74 – 83, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v14n5p74

Current Supervisions:

MSc

  • Rodrigo Imbelloni. Technological routes for the management of urban solid waste: case study of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro/RJ. Start: 2022. Dissertation (Master’s in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Advisor).
  • Pedro Ferreira Lage. Aspects of urban solid waste management: case study of Juiz de Fora. Start: 2022. Dissertation (Master’s in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Advisor).
  • Alan Gonçalves Fonseca. Optimization of the routing of conventional collection of urban solid waste in the municipality of Muriaé/MG. Start: 2022. Dissertation (Master’s in Built Environment) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Advisor).

Finished Supervisions:

MSc

  • Pedro Barreiros Silva de Souza Fagundes. Evaluation of chemical precipitation of struvite from mixed effluent composed of sewage and landfill leachate. Start: 2022. Dissertation (Academic Master’s in Civil Engineering) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Advisor).
  • Isabela Salgado Vargas. Analysis of the technical feasibility of composting pruning waste, weeding waste, sweeping waste, and mowing waste: a case study at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. 2023. Dissertation (Master’s in Civil Engineering). Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Advisor).
  • Gabriela Cruz Rodrigues. Gravimetric characterization as a diagnostic stage of solid waste: a study in a small-sized municipality. 2022. Dissertation (Master’s in Built Environment) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora. (Advisor).
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