Executive Committee:

Prof. Jose Daniel Biasoli de Mello, UFSC/UFU - Chair

Prof. Cristiano Binder, UFSC

Prof. Fernando Lázaro Freire Junior, PUC-RJ/ABC

Prof. Henara Lillian Costa, FURG

Prof. Roberto Martins de Souza, USP

Steering Committee:

Prof. Cherlio Scandian, UFES

Prof. Cristiano Binder, UFSC

Prof. Fabio Toshio Kanizawa, treasurer, ABCM/Unicamp

Prof. Francis Henrique Ramos França, ABCM/UFRGS

Prof. Giuseppe Pintaúde, UTFPR

Prof^a. Henara Lillian Costa Murray, FURG

Prof. Ivan Helmuth Bechtold, SBPMat/UFSC

Prof. José Daniel Biasoli de Mello, UFU/UFSC

Prof. Fernando Lázaro Freire Junior, PUC-RJ/ABC

Prof. Roberto Martins de Souza, USP

Prof^a. Salete Martins Alves, UFRN

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE:

Prof. Hong Liang, STLE/USA.

Prof. Ian Sherrington, UK

Prof. José Daniel Biasoli de Mello, Brazil

Prof. Koshi Adachi, Japan

Prof. Mitjan Kalin, Slovenia

Prof. Nicholas D. Spencer, Switzerland

Prof. Philippe Kapsa, France

Prof. Tianmin Shao, China

ABCM:

Déborah de Oliveira, UnB

Prof. Fabio Toshio Kanizawa, Unicamp

Prof. Francis Henrique Ramos França, UFRGS

SBPMat:

Prof. Aloisio Nelmo Klein, UFSC

Brazilian Academy of Science:

Prof. Alvaro Toubes Prata, UFSC

Prof. Fernando Cosme Rizzo Assunção, PUC-RJ/CGEE

Prof. Fernando Lázaro Freire Junior, PUC-RJ

Academy:

Prof. Alexandre da Silva Rocha, UFRGS

Prof. Alisson Rocha Machado, PUC-PR

Prof^a Ana Sofia C. M. d´Oliveira, UFPR

Prof André Paulo Tschiptschin, USP

Prof. Cristiano José Scheuer, UFSM

Dr. Diego Berti Salvaro, UFSC

Dr. Gisele Hammes, UFSC

Prof. Felipe Kessler, FURG

Prof. Izabel Fernanda Machado, USP

Prof. Marcio Bacci da Silva UFU

Prof. Marcelo Braga dos Santos, UFU

Prof. Sinésio Domingues Franco, UFU

Prof. Nathan Fantecelle Strey, UFES

Prof. Sylvio José Ribeiro Oliveira, UFRJ

Industry:

Adriano Moreno, Niit Nitretação a Plasma

Alvaro Canto Michelotti, Zen S.A.

Diego Tolotti, Bruning Tecnometal S.A.

Jesuel Crepaldi, Idemitsu

Jose Eduardo Medeiros Veloso, Bosch S.A.

Marcelo Dornelles Pimenta, Igus no Brasil S.A.

Marcelo Torres Piza Paes, Petrobras S.A.

Mateus Garcez Schreiner Lopes, Raizen

Ricardo Machado, Orthometric S.A.

Wilian Silva Labiapari Aperam South America

Government Bodies:

Prof. Alvaro Toubes Prata, Embrapii

Antonio Eduardo Martinelli, CAPES

Marcia Maru, INMETRO