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