Surface Science and Engineering
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Epipolé Group
Alumni
PhD students
Leonardo Mathias Leidens
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at IFGW Unicamp
Research interest: DLC thin films / Plasma chemistry / Nanotribology / Thin film deposition for e-tongues
Thesis: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/12608
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0810564728336159
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4552-1013
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Carla Daniela Boeira
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at IFGW Unicamp
Research interest: DLC thin films / Plasma chemistry / Thin film deposition for e-tongues
Thesis: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/8563
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5803248185117388
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8140-7341
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Caren Machado Menezes
Research interest: Nanoscale friction
Thesis: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/3320/
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7824344603272893​
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Fernando Graniero Echeverrigaray
Current position: PCI-DA/CNPq researcher at CTI Renato Archer
Research interest: Thin films and plasma physics / Nanoscale friction
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4321200940670105
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-6376
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Caroline Luvison
Current position: Chemical manager at Household Cleaning Products Rosely Soldatelli
Research interest: NcrAl thin films/ Polymers study
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/705
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3354804807763026
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Stevan Scussel Tomiello
Current position: CEO Plasmar Tecnologia and Fineza Industria Criativa (http://www.plasmartecnologia.com.br/ , https://www.fineza.com.br/)
Research interest: Plasma surface treatments / DLC thin films
Thesis: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/718​​​​​
Master students
Vanessa Piroli
Current position: Product development engineer at ArcelorMittal Maizèries Research
Research interest: DLC thin films / Plasma chemistry
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/11191
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9926158564308673
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Ângela Elisa Crespi
Current position: PhD student at Université Paris-Sud 11 / University of Paris-Saclay
Research interest: DLC thin films / Plasma physics
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/3677/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2840-7705
Nério Junior Bogoni
Current position: PhD student at University of Caxias do Sul (PPGMAT)
Research interest: Nanoscale friction / Polymers study
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/1166
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0181532558689511
Eigor Renato Petry
Current position: PhD student in Australia
Research interest: DLC Thin Films / Plasma physics
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/1262
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0115073202584587
Letícia Milschi
Research interest: TiCxNy thin films
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/1392/
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0032652810715880
Carla Daniela Boeira
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at IFGW Unicamp
Research interest: DLC thin films / Plasma chemistry
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/1758
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5803248185117388
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8140-7341
Felipe Cemin
Current position: PhD, Université Paris-Sud 11 / University of Paris-Saclay
Research interest: DLC thin films / Plasma physics
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/987/
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6180418232646342
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8971-2113
Gustavo Caberlon Lain
Research interest: TiN thin films
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/875
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1164171991226527
Márcia Freisleben
Research interest: Nanoscale friction
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/703
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7312586613083919
Ronaldo Echer Trentin
Research interest: Si3N4 thin films
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/726
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2550828969470177
Solveig Maria Marleen Dufrène
Research interest: DLC thin films
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/725
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1666709891314117
Caroline Luvison
Current position: Chemical manager at Household Cleaning Products Rosely Soldatelli
Research interest: NcrAl thin films/ Polymers study
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/705
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3354804807763026
Stevan Scussel Tomiello
Current position: CEO Plasmar Tecnologia and Fineza Industria Criativa (http://www.plasmartecnologia.com.br/, https://www.fineza.com.br/)
Research interest: Plasma surface treatments / DLC thin films
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/718
Aline Luísa Bandeira Dotta
Current position: PhD student at Caxias do Sul University
Research interest: Wear and corrosion in metal alloys/ Composites
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/719
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7215978448929575
Rosiana Boniatti Casagrande
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Research interest: Post oxidation study on metal alloys / Biomaterials
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/720
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7880567569589973
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0198-6049
Juline Filla
Research interest: Si3N4 thin films
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/708
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4898550270915207
Ane Cheila Rovani
Current position: Postdoctoral reseacher at Federal Technological University of Paraná
Research interest: Post oxidation study on metal alloys / Tribology
Dissertation: https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/568
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3396179745133337
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6042-6607
Eduardo Portolan
Research interest: VC properties obtained by magnetron sputtering
Dissertation:https://repositorio.ucs.br/xmlui/handle/11338/375
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8750157628741113
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Undergraduate students
Vinicius Pavinato
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1440816336209236
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Eduardo Zanella
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4219394114709572
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Saron Rosy Sales de Mello
Research interest: Nanoscale friction
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2446418906155472
Ana Laura Delamare Echeverrigaray
Current position: Physiotherapy student
Research interest: DLC thin films
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0035763720843291
Pedro Henrique Bolzan
Research interest: Tribology
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0969726123902475
Patrícia Prates
Research interest: Tribology
Cristina Chies Bianco
Current position: Public servant in the autonomous water and sewage service of Caxias do Sul
Research interest: TiN thin films, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0541347238799354
Maique Schmitt
Current position: RMO leader in TOTVS
Research interest: DLC thin films
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3824646269324025
Maria Victoria Fernandez
Research interest: Plasma treatment
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Matias Giolo
Research interest: Plasma treatment
Vania Sonda
Research interest: Nitriding and plasma oxidation
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1526145364225093
Thiago Marques Ivaniski
Current position: Assistant professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Research interest: Tribology
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2058298827252493
David Pinto Teixeira
Research interest: Tribology
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8802283583252752
Morgana Dalla Costa da Silva
Current position: Oleoplan Group (http://www.oleoplan.com.br/)
Research interest: DLC thin films
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2016781324637930
Rodrigo Gaboardi
Research interest: Plasma study
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0546285443423198
Giovanni Matheus Rech
Current position: Marcopolo (https://www.marcopolo.com.br/)
Research interest: Plasma study
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3077081419985976
André Michel Rech
Research interest: Thin films
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9258378767649113
Fausto Filippon
Research interest: Thin films
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9763189045748278
Fernanda Buratti Costi
Current position: Marcopolo (https://www.marcopolo.com.br/)
Research interest: Nitriding and plasma oxidation
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7927393217752105