Q:Facts: - residence: united states - caption: georgia tech provost rafael l. bras - fields: civil systems engineering hydrology hydrometeorology hydroclimatology fluvial geomorphology water resources - workplaces: georgia institute of technology institute of technology university of california irvine massachusetts - awards: robert e. horton medal national academy of engineering - birth date: 1950 - name: rafael luis bras - image size: 220 - website: -lsb- http://www.provost.gatech.edu/about/about-dr-bras/ office of provost -rsb- - birth place: san juan , puerto rico - alma mater: colegio san ignacio de loyola massachusetts institute of technology Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rafael l. bras .
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rafael luis bras -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is a puerto rican civil engineer best known for his contributions in soil-vegetation-atmosphere system modeling .he currently serves as the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the georgia institute of technology , while maintaining faculty appointments in the school of civil and environmental engineering and the school of earth and atmospheric sciences .