Chief Editor

André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva  
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

About the Editor

Metallurgical Engineer graduated from the Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro Brazil (1976), Master of Applied Science in Materials Science and Engineering - University of British Columbia. (1979) and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering - University of Florida (1994).  Currently is Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. His area of expertise is the processing-properties-performance relations in steel with a focus on computational thermodynamics and its applications to steelmaking and advanced steel processing.  Has a large experience also in the specification, inspection and failure analysis of metallic materials.  Has been the Chairman of the Alloy Phase Diagram International Commission (APDIC), from 2008 to 2013. Is an ABM’s member and part of the Journal of Materials Research and Technology’s Advisory Board.

Area Executive Editors

André Carlos Silva - Mineração 
Universidade Federal de Catalão, UFCAT, Catalão, GO, Brasil 

Andre Schneider - Metalurgia
Vallourec Research Center Germany, Düsseldorf, Germany

Flávio Beneduce Neto - Metalurgia 
Universidade de São Paulo, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Paula Fernanda da Silva Farina - Metalurgia 
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brasil

Sabrina Arcaro - Materiais 
Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, UNESC, Criciúma, SC, Brasil 

Assistant Editors

Amitava De 
Indian Institute of Tecnology, IIT, Bombay, India

Antonio Augusto Gorni  
Consultor, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

Antônio Cezar Faria Vilela  
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFGRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

Antonio Jose Ramirez Londono  
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos

Carlos Alberto Mendes Moraes  
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Unisinos, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil

Carolina Corvalán 
Argentinian National Atomic Commission, CNEA, e National Scientific and Technical Research Council, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eduardo Torres Serra  
Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Elétrica, Cepel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Leonardo Barbosa Godefroid  
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, UFOP, Ouro Preto, MG, Brasil

Marc André Meyers  
Universidade da Califórnia, San Diego, Califórnia, EUA

Mery Cecilia Gómez Marroquin  
Instituto General de Investigación de la Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, IGI UNI, Lima, Peru

Ricardo Hauch Ribeiro de Castro 
University of California, Davis, UC Davis, Davis, Califórnia, EUA

Roberto Ribeiro de Avillez 
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Ronaldo Antonio Neves Marques Barbosa 
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

Tetsuo Mohri 
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Willy Ank de Morais 
Universidade Santa Cecília, Unisanta, Santos, SP, Brasil

Editorial Coordinators

Luciane Genzano Cruz, ABM

Mirian Chakkour Nunes, ABM