Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, Brazil). He has a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen University (Germany), and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, Brazil). He performs research in Biomechanics, Assistive Technology, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element, Robotics and Metrology. He was the lead engineer at the Laboratory of Biomechanics at the Uniklinik RWTH Aachen for the development and evaluation of disruptive technological medical devices. He conducted research in soft robots at Harvard University (USA) for one year. He holds a bachelor's and a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the UFSM and UFSC, respectively. Worked in the Department of Technical Physics and did a semester of Mechanical Engineering at the Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy.