Contact Information

Email: mcastier@gmail.com

Education

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. 

Professional Experience

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at UFRJ from 1988 to 2006 and at United Arab Emirates University from 2006 to 2010 before joining Texas A&M University at Qatar, where he is currently a Professor and faculty fellow at the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar.

He was a Fulbright Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of Delaware in 2006, has supervised over 35 graduate students, and developed XSEOS, an educational Excel-based package for Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.

Research Interests

His research expertise includes the development of thermodynamic models, new algorithms for computing thermodynamic equilibrium, applications of thermodynamics to chemical process safety, energy integration, and educational software development.

Publications

1. Phase equilibrium of fluids confined in porous media from an extended Peng–Robinson equation of state. L Travalloni, M Castier, FW Tavares. Fluid Phase Equilibria 362, 335-341
2. Molecular simulation studies of the diffusion of methane, ethane, propane, and propylene in ZIF-8. P Krokidas, M Castier, S Moncho, E Brothers, IG Economou. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (48), 27028-27037
3. ZIF-67 framework: a promising new candidate for propylene/propane separation. experimental data and molecular simulations. P Krokidas, M Castier, S Moncho, DN Sredojevic, EN Brothers, HT Kwon. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (15), 8116-8124
4. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of n-Alkanes and CO2 Confined by Calcite Nanopores. MS Santos, LFM Franco, M Castier, IG Economou

Energy & Fuels 32 (2), 1934-1941