Ricardo Mastroleo
Teaching Experience
Austin Community College (summer & fall 1997, spring & summer 1998, spring 1999, summer 2007 to present)
Adjunct Professor of Physics
Taught Conceptual Physics I, General Physics I and II, Applied Physics, Engineering Physics I and II, and Honors Engineering Physics I and II.
Texas State University (Fall 2016 - to present)
Department of Physics
Associate Professor of Instruction
Taught Conceptual Physics I and II, Mechanics, Physics for Educators, Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetic Field Theory I and II, Python Lab, Advanced Quantum Mechanics (graduate level), Advanced Python Lab (graduate level).
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, (1993-1994, spring 2001)
Assistant Professor of Physics
Taught Fundamentals of Physics II, Electromagnetism I and II and Quantum Mechanics at undergraduate level.
University of Texas at Austin, TX, (1991 to 1993)
Visiting Scholar and Lecturer
Taught Physical Sciences at undergraduate level.
Institute for Advanced Studies (IEAv), Brazil, (1983 to 1991)
Associate Researcher and Associate Professor of Physics
Taught nuclear physics courses at graduate level.
Industry Experience
Interact LLC, powered by NewNet Communication Technologies (Jan 1998 to March 2016)
Senior Software Engineer
Developed digital and Voice over IP (VoIP) software for telephony applications using C and C++ on Linux platforms.
Professional Publications
Journals
R.C. Mastroleo, B. Lunk, “Departmental Emphasis on Computation for the Physics Major: Successes and Challenges of a Multi-tier Curricular Redesign” in review for M. Caballero, ed., Computation in Physics Education, IOP Publishing (2025).
B. V. Carlson, R. C. Mastroleo and M. S. Hussein, Fragment Production in Heavy-Ion Reactions, Physical Review C46 (1992) R30.
T. Frederico, R. C. Mastroleo, B. V. Carlson and M. S. Hussein, Ambiguity in the Three- Body Description of Inclusive Breakup Reactions, Journal of Physics G17 (1991) L139.
R. C. Mastroleo, T. Udagawa and M. G. Mustafa, Dynamical Calculations of Linear Momentum Transfer in alpha-Induced Reactions, Physics Letters B245 (1990) 329.
R. C. Mastroleo, T. Udagawa and M. G. Mustafa, Calculation of Complete Fusion, Incomplete Fusion, and Direct Reaction Cross Sections for deuteron-Induced Reactions, Physical Review C42 (1990) 683.
T. Frederico, B. V. Carlson, R. C. Mastroleo, L. Tomio and M. S. Hussein, Inclusive Annihilation of Antiprotons on Deuterium, Physical Review C42 (1990) 138.
M. S. Hussein, T. Frederico and R. C. Mastroleo, Faddeev and DWBA Description of Inclusive Breakup and Incomplete Fusion Reactions, Nuclear Physics A511 (1990) 269.
M. S. Hussein and R. C. Mastroleo, Glauber Calculation of Heavy-Ion and Light-Ion Inclusive Breakup Cross Sections, Nuclear Physics A491 (1989) 468.
R. C. Mastroleo, T. Udagawa and T. Tamura, Exact Finite Range Calculations of Post- Form Breakup Fusion Cross Sections, Journal of Physics G15 (1989) 473.
T. Udagawa, T. Tamura and R. C. Mastroleo, Exact and Approximate Sum Rules for Inclusive Breakup Reactions, Physical Review C37 (1988) 2261.
H. Dias, F. Krmpotic, L. Losano and R. C. Mastroleo, Semi-Microscopic Description of 84Kr, Zeitschrift fur Physik A324 (1986) 53.
Conferences
R. C. Mastroleo, Using Mathematica as a Physics Modeling and Solution Tool, presented at the Texas Community College Teachers Association 68th Annual Convention, Dallas, TX Feb, 2015.
G. F. Carey, A. I. Pehlivanov, R. C. Mastroleo, R. McLay, Y. Shen, V. Carey, R. Dutton, Hierarchic Visualization and Parallel Computation, presented at the HPC 98, Boston, MA, April 5-9, 1998.
R. C. Mastroleo, T.Udagawa and M. G. Mustafa, Calculations of Complete and Incomplete Fusion Cross Sections Within the Framework of Direct Reaction Theories, proceedings of the RIKEN Symposium on Nuclear Collective Motion and Nuclear Reaction Dynamics, Wako, Japan, Dec 18-20, 1989, World Scientific, pg 270.
Technical Reports
D. Cebra, B. Christie, J. Draper, W. Gong, M. Lisa, R. C. Mastroleo, J. Mitchell, S. Paganis, S. Pandey, R. L. Ray, K. Shestermanov and P. Yepes, Simulation of Detector Performance and Analysis of the Physics Capabilities of STAR , STAR NOTE 211, June 1995.
Published: May 27, 2025