Professor and Researcher holding a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2002), as well as a Masters (2006) and Ph.D. (2011) in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with a research focus on industrial process automation. Currently serves as an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), affiliated with the Department of Electric Energy Processing (DPEE) at the Technology Center (CT), where he teaches courses in the Control and Automation Engineering program. He also currently serves as the Coordinator of the Control and Automation Engineering program. Has experience in the fields of Industrial Automation in general, Communication Systems, Wind and Solar Energies, as well as Educational Technologies. His main research and development areas include Remote Experimentation, Communication Networks, Supervisory Systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Computational Modeling and Simulation, Condition Monitoring Systems based on Machine Learning techniques, and Automated Testing Systems.