Dr. Rodrigues holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from UFSM (2004) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from UFRGS (2015). In 2012, he was a visiting researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and a visiting student at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) in the USA. Dr. Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and coordinates the undergraduate program in Chemical Engineering at the same institution. Previously, Dr. Rodrigues worked for 8 years as a lecturer at the Bagé Campus of the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), where he held various management and teaching positions at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Rodrigues has experience in chemical engineering, specifically in Process Systems Engineering (PSE). His research interests include coal and biomass gasification and computing for engineering education.