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    Financial Advisor

    XP Inc.

    • Created investment portfolios for a diverse range of clients, such as farmers, doctors, and corporate directors.
    • Performed client prospection by running events with educational seminars and using local agencies to create client prospect lists.
    • Converted over 1 million dollars from low-quality investments into XP high-quality products.

    Period: June, 2019 - May, 2020

    Supervisor (Trainee)

    brf - Brasil Foods

    • Led a team of over 140 employees in a production line, with a high focus on production efficiency by optimizing an understaffed workforce, reducing stop times, and food safety by enforcing regulatory codes such as HACCP.
    • Applied evidence-based methods to reduce Salmonella cross-contamination, resulting in a 15% reduction in contamination.
    • Worked as a support staff for internal utilities management, overseeing a large boiler facility, and pre and postproduction water treatment. Conducted a case study on energy control and utilization.

    Period: January, 2017 - January, 2018

    Mechanical Engineering intern

    ECS House Industries

    • Supported the company transition from old CAD software into SolidWorks.
    • Performed design evaluation, critical design review, and created a material issue usage list.
    • Provided customer support and production quality control.

    Period: June, 2015 - August, 2015

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    • PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

      University of Colorado

      Period: 2020 - 2024

      Emphasis in Computational Solid Mechanics.

      Rotary Club - District 4640

      Rotary is an organization of business and professional people united worldwide who provide humani- tarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

      UTech Performance research group

      UTech is an automotive project focused on converting a passenger car into a racing car while observing efficiency, safety, and performance parameters

  • Meier M, Mohanta RK, Korobeinikov Y, Leick N, Sitaraman H, Seetharaman S, Ankit K; Tracking dendritic growth in hydrogen-based hematite reduction via computer vision. ChemRxiv (2025). [link]
  • B Runnels, V Agrawal, M Meier; The Alamo multiphysics solver for phase field simulations with strong-form mechanics and block structured adaptive mesh refinement. arXiv preprint (2025) arXiv:2503.08917 [link]
  • EM Boyd, E Sandall, M Meier, JM Quinlan, B Runnels; A diffuse boundary method for phase boundaries in viscous compressible flow. arXiv preprint (2025) arXiv:2502.16053. [link]
  • Meier, M.; Schmidt, E.; Quinlan, J.; Runnels, B: Anisotropy of burn rates in solid composite propellants with phase field modeling. AIAA SciTech (2024):0214. [link]
  • Meier, M.; Runnels, B: A fully-coupled mechanics and regression model for deflagration of solid composite propellantsw with realistic microstructure. Submitted to CMAME (2024). [link]
  • Meier, M.; Schmidt, E.; Quinlan, J.; Runnels, B: Diffuse interface method for solid composite propellant ignition and regression. Combustion and Flame 259 (2024), 113120, ISSN: 0010-2180. [link]
  • Meier, M; Kittle, J. D.; Yee, X. C.: Supervised Dimension Reduction for Optical Vapor Sensing. RSC advances 12.16 (2022): 9579-9586. [link]
  • Saggin, R. F., Prado, N. V. D., Meier, M., Balbinot-Alfaro, E., & da Trindade Alfaro, A. (2022). Air chilling of Turkey carcasses: process efficiency and impact in the meat quality traits. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 59(9), 3683-3692. [link]
  • Meier, M.; Balsa, C.; Veiga, C. R.: Reconstitution of weather time series with an analog ensemble model. Master’s Degree Thesis. Polytechnic Institute of Braganca (2019). [link]
  • Meier, M.; Lafay, J. S. : Structured energy management methodology applied to the poultry industry. Bachelor’s Degree Thesis. Parana Federal University of Technology. ROCA DAMEC. Pato Branco, Parana, (2017). [link]
  • Goffi, A. S. ; Meier, M. ; Lafay, J. S. . Brazilian poultry industry: challanges to the implementation of energy efficiency policies. in: (conbrepro 2016), 2016. v. vi [link]
  • Timeline

    July, 2024 - July, 2025

    PD Researcher at Arizona State University.

    January, 2020 - June, 2024

    Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the University of Colorado.

    June 2019 - May 2020

    Financial Advisor at XP Investments

    January, 2018 - April, 2019

    Masters Degree - Polytechnic Institute of Braganca

    January, 2017 - January, 2018

    Trainee Supervisor at brf - Brasil Foods.

    August, 2016 - January, 2018

    English as a second language teacher.

    March, 2014 - December, 2015

    Calculus Tutor.

    March, 2012 - December, 2017

    Bachelors Degree - Federal University of Technology - Parana.

    August, 2010 - December, 2011

    Accounting Assistant.

    February, 2008 - December, 2011

    Tecnical Degree in Business - Colegio Estadual Mario de Andrade.