Prof. Cesar Azevedo
Bachelor (1982-86) and MSc (Bainitic reaction in austempered ductile iron, 1989-91) in Metallurgical Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Specialist in Metal Casting Technology, Government Industrial Research Institute Nagoya, Japan (1990-91) and PhD in Materials Science, Imperial College London, UK (Ti-Al-Si alloys, 1991-96). Visiting scientist at Imperial College London, UK (Nuclear materials, 2009-2010) and Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung, Berlin, Germany (Tribology, 2011-2012). Habilitation Thesis in “Failure Analysis and Regulatory Agencies in Brazil”, University of São Paulo, Brazil (2018).
Cesar worked as a researcher at the Technological Research Institute of the State of São Paulo, IPT (1987-2006), acting as the Head of the Failure Analysis Laboratory (1996-2006). In 2006, he became a full-time Associate Professor at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of São Paulo, lecturing on Physical Metallurgy, Phase Transformations in Metals, and Materials Selection. Prof Azevedo has been listed among the 100 top scientists at the University of São Paulo since 2019 (PLoS Biology) and is the Editor-in-Chief (2022) of the Engineering Failure Analysis periodical. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57219128946.
