Vitor Furlong is a former student of Professors Marcelo Ribeiro and Roberto Giordano at UFSCar in both the MsC and PhD Chemical Engineering programs. His main investigation was focused on the production of second-generation Ethanol from lignocellulosic residues. After his degrees, Vitor joined Aston University (Birmingham, UK) first as a Knowledge Exchange in the Business Engagement Office at the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) and is now Environment and Sustainability Manager for Aston University.

Master's student in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar. Ribeirão Chemical Engineering from the University of Preto (2017). He currently works at Nardini Agroindustrial. He has experience in the Engineering area, with emphasis on unit operations in the sugar-energy market, from mass balance, equipment sizing, such as energy: Falling Film Evaporators, Formation Chemistry, shell-tube, double-tube heat exchangers, centrifugal pumps, control valves and piping.

He has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (2009), MSc (2012) and PhD from the same university (2016), in the area of Simulation and Control of Chemical Processes. Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos since 2016. He is currently Adjunct Professor (Area of Simulation and Process Control) of the Department of Chemical Engineering at UFSCar. His research activities are aimed at modeling, simulation, optimization and techno-economic analysis of processes, such as the production of biofuels (especially ethanol from biomass), lead-acid batteries, among others.

Felipi Bezerra is adjunct Professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR). He received his doctoral degree from the state university of campinas (Unicamp). His research interests include Deep Learning, Advanced Process Control, and Immersive Process Simulation.

He is Master's degree student in Chemical Engineering (since february 2022) at the Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), under the guidance of professor Dr. Arioston A. Morais Jr., and He also have a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from UFPB. He worked as an intern in the quality control department at CAGEPA in 2021. He has been working since 2020 on the modeling and simulation of CO2 capture processes in hollow fiber membrane contactors, focusing now on the dynamic behavior and control strategies. 

Master's student in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). He is part of the group at the Laboratory of Numerical Experimentation (LENP), in the development of mathematical modeling and simulation of HDT-type chemical reactors. Graduated in Engineering from the same university, he had his Engineering and Process internship carried out at the Engineering Integration Laboratory-LIEP. 

Dr. Yuhe Tian is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University. She received Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University in 2021 and Bachelor’s degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics from Tsinghua University (China) in 2016. Her research focuses on developing systems engineering algorithms and tools for modular process intensification, multi-scale sustainable energy systems, and integrated design-control optimization.

Victor Alves is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University. He received his M.S. degree in 2020 and Bachelor’s degrees in Chemical Engineering in 2017, both from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). His research focuses on modeling and simulation of industrial chemical processes.

He is Ph.D. Student in Control of Power Plant Cycling Systems. Master in Mechanical Engineering, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). He is undergraduated in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). He has 10 years experience in energy production area such as gasification of coal, fluidization, co2 capture, flue gas mitigation. 

Willian Kopp has a degree and a doctorate in Biotechnology from UFSCar. He is a founding partner of Kopp Technologies, a company that develops and produces chromatographic resins and columns for industrial applications. He is a specialist in industrial purification processes, with a focus on industrial chromatography, and in enzyme immobilization and enzymatic processes. Throughout his career, he has already developed 53 technological processes and products, some of them patented, in addition to several purification processes for industrial compounds to some of the main Brazilian companies.

He is associate Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), with chemical engineering master’s and doctorate at the University of São Paulo. His research interests include operational research, mathematical programming, including linear, non-linear, disruptive programing, among others, all related with process control. His research are mostly focused on the petrochemical industry.

He is a strategic account manager with over 15 years experience in direct sales, consistently delivering the quota requested for technology companies. His expertise includes account management, strategic sales, hunting new accounts and leading teams for delivering the technical requirements. Digital transformation and Industry 4.0 advisor. Active member of several IOT committees for OT/IT convergence.  He is specialized on sales, presales, white boarding and elevator pitch, strategic planning and execution, account and opportunity management, agility, automation, insights, business transformation, complex sales negotiation, multidisciplinary team coordination, industry 4.0