E-mail: murilo.moreira@ufscar.com

Currently:
  Adjunct Professor in Materials Engineering Department – Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)

Awards and Recognition:

• Federation for International Refractory Research and Education (FIRE) Alumni (2017)
  
• Prêmio CREA-SP de Formação Profissional (2020) – Awarded to the graduate with highest GPA
  
• Prêmio Instituto de Engenharia (2020) – Awarded to the graduate with highest GPA
  
• Prêmio Professor Sérgio Mascarenhas (2020) – Associação dos Exs alunos da Engenharia de Materiais da UFSCar (DEMaEx) – Awarded for the graduate with outstanding curriculum in honor to Professor Sérgio Mascarenhas
  
• Best Paper Award - Shortlisted (2021) – Journal of European Ceramic Society
• Excellent Oral Presentation (2021, 2022, 2023) – International Postgraduates Seminar on Refractories, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
• Master’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering with Distinction and Honors (2021) – Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering
• 2^nd Place of Poster Contest (2022) – FIRE-ECERS summer school for students and industrialists
• Best Paper Presented at the 68th Brazilian Congress of Ceramics – Assosicação Brasileira de Cerâmica
• 2^nd Place ALAFAR Award (2024) – Latin American Association of Refractories Manufacturers
• PhD Degree in Materials Science and Engineering with Distinction and Honors (2025) – Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering
• 1^st Place Gustav-Eirich Award for the Best PhD thesis on Refractories (2025) – Eirich & European Centre for Refractories.

Professional Experience:

• Co-owner and Head of PMO in Luz Projetos e Assistência Técnica em Materiais LTDA from 2018 to 2020

International Research Experience:

• Kerneos Research and Technology Centre (KRTC) – Current Imerys Aluminates Research Center – from 02/2017 to 07/2017
  
• Saint Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'etudes Europeen (CREE) – Current Saint-Gobain Provence – from 09/2018 to 02/2018
• Université Grenoble-Alpes (UGA) – Research Internship – from 02/2023 to 06/2023

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Portuguese
  
• Basic French and Spanish
  

Extracurricular Activities:

• Junior Enterprise – From March 2014 to December 2014: Advisor to the administrative and financial department
  
• Co-founder of Tritech, an undergraduate group of students focused on the study and development of 3D-Printed solutions for both Industry partners and the academic community
  
• Undergraduate Research at Materials Microstructure Engineering Group (GEMM) – From March 2014 to August 2018
  

Software Experience:

• Wide experience with Python
  
• Development of Python scripts for Data Mining, Data Analysis and Numerical Models (FDM and FEM)
  
• User of OpenFOAM to solve Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems considering Radiation Models with Participant Medium
  
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap
  
• Experienced user of Paraview for results analysis
  
• Experienced user of Minitab for statistical analysis;
  
• User of Abaqus for thermal and mechanics simulations through finite element method
  
• User of Solidworks, Autocad and Onshape for technical drawings and 3D printing