Prof. Dr. Wilton Pereira da Silva holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Goiás (1977) and a master's degree from the Federal University of Paraíba (1983). He holds a PhD in process engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2007). He has been a professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande (former Federal University of Paraíba) since 1979 and is currently a full professor of the Academic Unit of Physics and PQ 1A (CNPq) by the CA of Agricultural Engineering. He was the assistant dean for interior affairs (PRAI, 1997-1998) and the deputy coordinator of the graduate program in process engineering (2010-2012). He is a reviewer of several international journals, including the Journal of Food Engineering, Heat and Mass Transfer, Drying Technology, and Food and Bioprocess Technology. He works in the experimental area with emphasis on metrology, general laboratory techniques, and instrumentation systems, working mainly on the following topics: curve fitting, error propagation, and experimental development. In the engineering field, he has experience in computational transport phenomena with emphasis on drying, absorption, cooling, solids freezing, pasteurization, and even osmotic dehydration. He is a PhD advisor qualified by CNPq and was/is part of the graduate programs in process engineering (until the end of 2017) and Agricultural Engineering (until the present date), both at the UFCG, as a permanent professor.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima graduated in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1991) and has a full degree in physics from the State University of Paraíba (1990), a master in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1995), and a doctor in mechanical engineering from the State University of Campinas (1999). He is currently a full professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Center of Science and Technology at the Federal University of Campina Grande. He has experience in the area of mechanical engineering with emphasis on heat and mass transfer, fluid flow, applied mathematics, variational principles, and numerical methods and works mainly on the following topics: finite volumes, the drying and development of dryers, multiphase flow, and porous media.
Prof. Dr. Josivanda Palmeira Gomes holds a degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1989), a master's degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1992), and a doctorate in food engineering from the State University of Campinas (1999). She is a full professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande, an associate editor of the Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Engineering, and a coordinator of the graduate program of the Academic Unit of Agricultural Engineering at the CTRN/UFCG. She participated in the Ethics Committee of the UFCG (2016 to 2019) and the Advisory Committee of Agrarian Sciences at CNPq (2016-2022). She has experience in agricultural engineering with emphasis on the processing and storage of agricultural products, working mainly in the following topics: drying, storage, water activity, post-harvest, and mathematical models.
Prof. Dr. Alexandre José de Melo Queiroz Graduated in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1990) and has a master in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1994) and a PhD in food engineering from the State University of Campinas (1998). He is a full professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande (PORTARIA SRH/ 2499/2015). He focuses on studying native raw materials adapted to the semiarid region. Since 2012, he has been a research productivity fellow with CNPq (PQ 1A). In 2005, he started working on issues related to environmental sustainability, with a project focused on drying agricultural waste (jackfruit seeds) using solar energy for day and night drying. Since then, he has obtained approval for three more projects on the same theme (2008, 2011, and 2014) in studies with residual seeds of pumpkin, urucum, and noni. In 2015, he began working on guidelines for using raw materials and modified seeds through controlled germination, approving projects related to this subject. His main lines of research include the processing and storage of agricultural products, the drying of grains and fruit pulp, the rheological properties of fluids of agricultural origin, the thermophysical properties of agricultural products, and germination control.
Prof. Dr. Rossana Maria Feitosa de Figueirêdo holds a degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1989), a master's degree in agricultural engineering (C. Grande) from the Federal University of Paraíba (1994), and a PhD in food engineering from the State University of Campinas (1998). She is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande. She has experience in agricultural engineering with an emphasis on agricultural product processing engineering, working mainly on the following subjects: the chemical, physical, and physicochemical properties of agricultural products; the processing and storage of agricultural products; the drying of agricultural products; and agricultural product processing engineering.
Prof. Dr. Francislaine Suélia dos Santos is an agricultural engineer at the Federal University of Campina Grande (2015) and has a master (2018) and doctor (2022) in agricultural engineering with a concentration in agricultural storage and processing (UFCG), and he is also a technician in occupational safety. He graduated from the Redemptorist Technical School and is a specialist in occupational safety engineering (2022). His interests include the processing and storage of agricultural products in addition to the development of new food products; chemical, physical, rheological, and thermodynamic properties; intellectual properties; technological prospecting; and patent writing.
Dr. Bruno Adelino de Melo is an agricultural engineer at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande. He holds a bachelor's degree in agronomy (2010) and a master's degree (2013) and a PhD (2017) in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). He was a scientific initiation fellow from 2009 to 2010, working with Caatinga plants with insecticidal action against the bean beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus). He also collaborated on other research projects during his undergraduate, master's, and doctoral studies. He was honored by CREA-PB with first place in the class of graduates in the period of 2010-2012 at the UFC. He was a junior postdoctoral fellow at CNPq in agricultural engineering at UFCG for three consecutive years. He works in the areas of seed technology; seed quality; seed coating; pest control for stored grains and seeds; and machine development.
Prof. Dr. Aluizio Freire da Silva Júnior graduated in Medicine from Universidade Federal Fluminense (1981). He was a resident in preventive and social medicine at HUAP-UFF (1983) with specialization in health services administration in integrated, regionalized, and hierarchized areas at UFF (1984), and he has a PhD in public health from ENSP-FIOCRUZ (1996). He studied regulation in a modern national economy at the George Washington University, School of Business, USA (2005). Currently, he is a full professor at the Department of Health Planning at the Institute of Collective Health of UFF, the leader of the group of studies on management and teaching in health - GEGES - ISC-PROPPi-UFF (GP CNPq), an associate researcher at the Research Laboratory on Integrality Practices in Health - LAPPIS-IMS-UERJ (GP CNPq), an associate researcher at the Center for Research and Extension on Sciences of the Judiciary - NUPEJ - UFF and an associate researcher at the Observatory of Human Resources in Health-UFMG (GP-CNPq). He is a member of the management committee of the Research Network in Primary Health Care - ABRASCO and an associate editor of the journal APS in Revista. His interests include technical assistance models in health, the evaluation of health services from the perspective of integrality, the education of health professionals, integrality in health and supplementary health.
Prof. Dr. Leidjane Matos de Souto holds a degree in computer science from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2002), a master's degree in computer science from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2005), and a doctorate in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2020). She participated as a programmer at Unisys Brasil (2002) in the project concerning corporate systems, called e-Fisco, of the Secretariat of Finance of the State of Pernambuco (SEFAZ-PE). She was a visiting professor at the State University of Paraíba from 2005 to 2007 and a substitute professor from 2009 to 2010. She was a systems analyst at Companhia de Água e Esgotos da Paraíba (CAGEPA) from 2005 to 2009, where she also performed the coordination activities of the informatics sector of Borborema Regional. She is currently a professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande (Campus Cuité - CES) and a systems analyst at the Municipality of Campina Grande. She has experience in computer science, working mainly on the following topics: digital simulation, temporal databases, E-learning and distance learning, and wireless network performance assessment.
