Carlos A. dos Santos is an Associate Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Dr. Santos has a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from School of Engineering of Piracicaba (1994), a Master’s degree (1997), and a Ph.D. (2001) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of Campinas. He has a post doctorate from State University of Campinas (2001-2005). His research is in metallurgical processes and processing–microstructures–mechanical properties relationships. He is a member of the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials, and Mining (ABM), the Brazilian Association of Engineering and Mechanical Sciences (ABCM), and the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC). Dr Santos has authored more than 55 papers in peer-reviewed journals, h-index 19, and has more than 1000 citations. Dr. Santos has a scholarship in Research Productivity 2–CNPq (The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).