RAFAEL EUGENIO
DOS SANTOS

With 15 years as a Metallurgical Engineer, I have developed my career based on material and process research. In my last position, I participated in projects involving additive manufacturing. My responsibilities included preparing and analysing metallography samples using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS), hardness, tensile, and corrosion and electrochemistry tests at Lortek from October 1st to March 31st of 2022. Furthermore, I had an opportunity to improve my experience in Intellectual property, start-ups, ideas contests, digital media, and databases as a researcher in the Vice-rectorate of Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Division (STCE) of the University of Seville in 2021 (8 months). As an engineering researcher, I worked on the project “Astillero 4.0: Desarrollo de un Modelo Productivo Naval Sostenible basado en Tecnologías de Fabricación Avanzada y Habilitadoras de la Industria 4.0 en la línea de investigación 2: Desarrollo de Tecnologías para Fabricación de Piezas y Tecnologías de Unión: Soldadura Láser”, delivering simulations of hybrid laser welding with SYSWELD software at Navantia in 2020. This project was initiated in the UCA (2019) when I was hired as a licensed researcher to investigate pulsed laser welding in aluminium and steel, MIG/MAG hybrid laser welding in high-thickness steel sheets, and developing computational simulations. I have over ten years of professional experience in the Physical Metallurgy Laboratory (LAMEF) at UFRGS, Brazil. During that time, I spent six years (2012-2018) as an engineering researcher, leading a team of over 30 researchers from various engineering fields, including mechanical, metallurgical, electrical, industrial, and computer engineering. The activities varied between projects focused on developing processes, equipment and materials, mechanical and metallurgical services, and R&D, following the ISO/IEC 17025 quality standard. I initiated my technical knowledge in metallurgical and mechanical engineering while working as an undergraduate intern at the same university for almost four years (2004-2005 and 2006-2009), and spent six months in an engine laboratory for the automotive industry.