Dr. Max Mauro Dias Santos has the following academic
background: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Industrial Engineering from the
Catholic Institute of Minas Gerais (1993); Master's degree in Electrical
Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1996); PhD in
Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2004);
and Post-Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aveiro,
Portugal (2005/2006). He worked at Volvo Powertrain (VPT) in Product
Development and Control Systems as a Senior Product Development Engineer
(2009–2010), where he developed hardware and software control systems for the
powertrain for VTC, VBC, and VCE. He worked at the GM Tech Center of General
Motors do Brasil in SCS/SP, acting directly in the Electrical, Control,
Software, and Infotainment (ECS&I) group as Senior Product Engineer for
Chassis Electronics (DRE-CE), Electrical Architect (EA), and Vehicle Software
Integration Engineer (VSIE) (2010–2012). He is currently an Associate Professor
at DAELE (Department of Electronics) at UTFPR-PG (Ponta Grossa) in the areas of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is a senior member of IEEE and
an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.
Evandro Leonardo Silva Teixeira
received his first B.S. degree in electromechanics from the Federal Institute of
Education, Science and Technology, Brazil, in 2004, his master’s and Ph.D.
degrees in mechatronic systems from the University of Brasília, Brazil in 2006
and 2012, respectively, and his second B.S. degree in mechanical engineering
from UDF University Centre,in 2018. He is currently an Associate Professor
at the University of Brasilia. His research interests include automotive
electronics, embedded systems, automotive control, modeling, and simulation.
