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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 from synergetic companies in the region.
    • 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 employes in a production line, with high focus on production efficiency by optimizing an understaff workforce, reduction of stop times by properly leveraging the maintenance team, and food safety by enforcing the regulatory codes such as HACCP.
    • Applied evidence-based methods to reduce Salmonella cross-contamination in the production process, resulting in a 15% reduction in contamination at that time.
    • Worked as a support staff for the internal utilities management team, overseeing a large boiler facility, and pre and postproduction water treatment. Performed a case study on energy control and utilization at the facility.

    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 - Current

      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.; 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

    January, 2020 - Present

    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.