Prof. José Carlos de Lacerda, PhD.
Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1981), Master's degree in Materials Engineering from REDEMAT / UFOP-UEMG-CETEC, Brazil (2007) and PhD in Materials Engineering from REDEMAT / UFOP-UEMG-CETEC, Brazil (2015). He is currently Associate Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá, Itabira campus, Brazil. Has experience in Materials, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering, focusing on Mechanical Conformation Processes, Welding, Casting, Fatigue and Corrosion. He is founder, together with Prof. Ricardo Luiz Perez Teixeira, of the Metals Group. The Professor has served as reviewer for the following journals: International Journal of Fatigue; Materials Science and Engineering A; Materials Letter; Surface and Coatings Technology; Part E: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Process and Matéria Magazine (UFRJ).
Prof. Ricardo Luiz Perez Teixeira, PhD.
Graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1996). Master in Metallurgical and Mining Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004). PhD in Sciences, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in partnership with the Mechanical Engineering program of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal (2011). Associate Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá, Itabira campus, Brazil, in the Materials Engineering course, teaching subjects involving metallic materials and composites. Associated with ABM: Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining and SME: Mining Society of Engineers.
Prof. Bruno Cota, PhD.
PhD in Manufacturing Processes at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Master in Manufacturing Processes at Federal University of Minas Gerais and Mechanical Engineer at Centro Universitário do Leste de Minas Gerais. Has experience in Mechanical Engineering through professional contact, patent development and the publication of scientific articles in congresses. He worked as a professor at CEFET-MG, having experience in teaching in manufacturing processes. He worked in contract management of companies in the metalworking sector and in the maintenance management of the sintering of USIMINAS - Ipatinga. He worked in research and consulting for FCA - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in matters related to federal programs: "Inovar Auto", "Lei do Bem" and "Rota 2030". He is currently Associate Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá, teaching the subjects: Design, Maintenance, Welding, Machining and Machine Elements.
Prof. Rogerio Fernandes Brito, PhD.
Prof. Eng. Dr. Rogerio Fernandes Brito has a degree in Mechanical Engineering (EM) from the former Federal School of Engineering of Itajubá (EFEI, Itajubá / MG / Brazil), currently Federal University of Itajubá - Itajubá / MG /Brazil (UNIFEI), master's degree in EM by EFEI / UNIFEI (1999), PhD in EM by UNIFEI (2005) and post-doctorate in EM at UNIFEI (2008) and UNIFEI (2010). He is currently Associate Professor 1, Class D, of UNIFEI, where he published 08 (eight) articles in national and international journals, from 2004 to 2020, and in 2009, he published 02 (two) articles with CAPES Qualis A1 and B1 concepts, all in the area of Engineering III and in 2015, 01 (one) article with the CAPES Qualis A1 concept. Has experience in the large area of Mechanical Engineering, with emphasis on heat transfer, acting mainly on the following themes: large scale simulation, turbulence, method of finite elements, forced / natural convections and computational tools in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and inverse methods.
Prof. Haroldo Lhou Hasegawa, PhD.
Graduated in Materials Engineering from DEMa/UFSCar (2000), a Master's degree (2004) and a Ph.D. (2007) in Materials Science and Engineering from PPG-CEM/UFSCar - Brazil. He is also a Specialist in Production Engineering by CENPRO-UNESP in Sorocaba - SP - Brazil (2010). He has professional experience in product development in partnership with USP, UFRN (Brazil) and TUB (Germany). He also worked as an engineer in industries in Japan and Brazil, in the steel and metallurgical industry, as a process and product development engineer. He was also a business consultant and instructor of in-company training courses. He has experience as a teacher in higher education and has coordinated a course in materials engineering and mechanical engineering at UNISO (Sorocaba-SP- Brazil). He is currently C1 assistant professor at UNIFEI, Itabira campus (MG-Brazil) and develops research in the area of metallurgical / steel processes and operations management with a focus on lean manufacturing and 4.0 industry.
Prof. Silvano Leal dos Santos, PhD.
He holds a degree in Mechanical Technology from the Faculty of Technology of São Paulo (2010), a Master's degree (2013) and a PhD (2018) from UFABC in the course of Nanosciences and Advanced Materials from the Federal University of ABC and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from FMU (2023). He worked as a higher education professor at the Colleges of Technology of Mauá and Itaquera. He also worked as a teaching assistant II in the Materials Technology course at the Materials Processing and Characterization Laboratory of Fatec-SP since 2011. He has experience in the area of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, with an emphasis on Physical Metallurgy, working on the following topics: Thermomechanical processing of metallic materials, casting processes in non-ferrous metals, heat treatments of metals, phase transformations in materials, investigation of corrosion behavior in metals, relationships between Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of metallic materials, microstructural characterization by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray Diffraction and Mechanical Testing of Materials. He worked for 19 years in the industrial sector, especially metallurgical companies operating in manufacturing processes such as: continuous casting, shell molding and pressure casting. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Itajubá in the Itabira Campus, teaching the subjects of Metallic Materials Processing.