Dr Rogério Carrazedo obtained his PhD in 2009 from The University of São Paulo (USP) at São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC). He then joined the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (Brazil) as Assistant Professor in 2010. In 2015, joined the University of São Paulo at São Carlos School of Engineering in the Structural Engineering Department. Nowadays, he is an Associate Professor and he had worked on several research projects dealing with static and dynamic behaviour of composite structures using an alternative version of the Finite Element Method, based on Positions.