Dr. Vieira is currently a Full Professor at the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo (IFES). He is a permanent member and founding member of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (PROPEMM), which began its activities in 2008, and a member of the CNPq Advisory Committee (CA/DT) for the 20252028 term. He served as Coordinator of PROPEMM from 2022 to 2024 and as Director of Planning and Business at the IFES Vitória Innovation Hub, accredited by EMBRAPII in the field of Metallurgy and Materials, from 2015 to 2021. He received the Best Paper Award - Ladle Secondary Refining (2024) from the Association for Iron Steel Technology (AIST), USA, and the Vesuvius Award - Automation and IT (2024) from the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining (ABM), BRA. Held the position of Process Engineer at Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), working in the casting process improving the quality of the produced alloys for sheets, wire, extruded profiles, and thin foils for packaging applications. He holds a Bachelors degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP, 1997), a Masters degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP, 2000), and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, 2004), as well as a specialization in Innovation Management from Steinbeis University (2018). His work focuses on management and cons