Maria Helena Robert

Diploma of Materials Engineering from Federal University of São Carlos (1975), MsC in Materials and Processing, at UNICAMP-University of Campinas/Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1979), DsC in Materials and Processing, at UNICAMP/Faculty of Mechancial Engineering (1983); Livre-docente (1989) in Materials and Processing, UNICAMP. Post-doctoral periods at University of Sheffield, UK, (2 x); University of Liverpool, UK (1x). Visiting professor at Chiba Institute of Technology (Japan), Institut Supérieure de Mécanique de Paris, France. Full Professor at UNICAMP, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, area of Materials and Processing. Laureated with academic prizes "Professor Zeferino Vaz", from UNICAMP, Bunka Institute (Japan) and WAMME - Word Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Poland). Main research subjects: solididication of alloys, structure x properties, thixoforming, production and characterization of properties of metal matrix composites (including low density composites), production and properties chatracterization of cellular metalic materials (metallic foams and sponges). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)