Julio Barros
Staff Scientist at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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Top SchoolJulio Barros is a Staff Scientist with nine years of focused expertise in experimental fluid mechanics, specializing in laser-based flow diagnostics such as PIV and LDV and advanced hot-wire anemometry. Based at OIST after prior research roles at the US Naval Academy, UIUC, and PUC-Rio, he pairs hands-on laboratory leadership with deep signal and image processing skills. Julio has developed production-grade PIV/PLIF processing software, GPU-accelerated workflows, and novel correlation and distortion-correction techniques that are routinely used by research groups. His work spans turbulent boundary layers over complex roughness, two-phase microfluidic flows, and industrial applications for the oil industry, often combining optical tricks like refractive-index matching with custom electronics. Notably, he translated experimental challenges into practical software and hardware solutions—implementing single-pixel ensemble PIV, synchronized LED circuits, and parallelized post-processing that increased throughput by orders of magnitude. Fluent in both experimental design and computational analysis, he brings a rare blend of optics, instrumentation, and code-driven experimentation to fluid mechanics research.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineer, Bachelor, Mechanical Engineer at Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da FonsecaPontifical Catholic University of Rio de JaneiroUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (3)
matlab7
statistics6
database4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jmbarrojr/get-historical-weather-data
Jun 2021 - Apr 2026
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
jmbarrojr/SurfaceRoughnessStatistics
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
MATLAB functions that process surface roughness statistics to support the new universal roughness database.
Contributions:79 commits, 6 PRs, 8 pushes in 10 months
databasematlabstatistics
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