FERNANDO CÉSAR ALMADA SANTOS is currently an Associate Professor at the São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC) of the University of Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba Campus, Brazil, since 1994. He has degree in Industrial Engineering from EESC/USP and the Sao Carlos School of Engineering at University of Sao Paulo (EESC/USP). The focus of his teaching and research activities is the interface between strategic, technological and organizational aspects of Industrial Engineering, Human Resource, Innovation and Environmental Management, Digital Trasformation and Teaching and Learning Methods. His Factor H at Web of Science is 12. It has established cooperation agreements with world-renowned foreign universities, namely Leibniz University Hannover, Hamburg University of Technology and Hof University of Applied Sciences, respectively since 2005, 2010 and 2024. More than 20 German students and 80 Brazilian students have already taken part in these exchange programmes.