Thiago S. Lamim

Experience

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  Amafi Construtora Ltda.

  Dec 2007 - Feb 2008

  Planning Engineer Intern

  Full-time internship at the Planning Engineering Department of Florianopolis gas pipeline network construction. Responsible for project monitoring and reporting.• Tracking and analyzing day-to-day field results;• Create weekly and monthly progress reports.

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  LCM/Labmat - Microstructural Characterization Laboratory

  May 2008 - May 2011

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Research assistant funded by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) during bachelor's degree.• Planning and execution of experiments in the field of DC-PECVD surface cleaning, surface alloying, and thermochemical treatments;• Elaborations of technical reports, presentations, and writing of scientific articles.

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  Industrial Rex

  Feb 2010 - May 2010

  Quality Intern

  Full-time internship at the Quality laboratory. Main activities related to product and process quality control.• Development of a technical metallurgical report identifying the potential causes of problems in the cold drawing process; • Reduction cost report; • Microstructural and mechanical analysis of thermochemical and heated parts;• Identify recurrent problems in the production process;• Daily monitoring of heat treatment curves and their resulted microstructures;• Control of furnace atmospheres. Show less

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  Nova Motores e Geradores

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

  Product Engineer Intern

  Full-time internship providing support in material related aspects to the Department of Products and Process.• Execution of feasibility study to improve the lifetime of aluminum foundry handle ladles;• Validation study of temporary corrosion protectives for electric motor shafts;• Characterization of magnetic properties of electrical steel sheets by Epstein square (ABTN NBR 5161);• Validation study of a high temperature laminated insulation material (DMD - Dacron/Mylar/Dacron) for electric motors;• Control quality of phosphatization bath and painting process. Show less

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  WEG

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Materials Engineer Intern

  Full-time internship focused on providing technical materials support for Tooling Department.• Materials selection to increase tool life and avoid their abnormal failures;• Analyze and identification of tool failure mechanisms;• Development of technical studies to improve tools fatigue resistance.

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  Saint-Gobain Glass

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

  Engineer Intern

  Responsible for creating reference materials for the technical training of production operators (MKT2 – Manufacturing Know-How Training and Transfer).• Development of the furnace maintenance operational training module for Saint-Gobain Glass float line.

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  LabMat - Laboratório de Materiais

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2022

  Full-time research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Materials Laboratory of the Federal University of Santa Catarina during masters and doctoral studies.• Design, management, and execution of R&D projects in the field of plasma processing of materials, and surface engineering: Multifunctional surfaces, DLC films, surface alloying, nanomaterials, and tribology;• Technical-scientific support in research and technological development activities in projects with industrial partners;• Contribution to the invention of a plasma process and reactor for the thermochemical treatment of the surface of metallic pieces;• Writing of scientific articles and patents;• Supervision of undergraduate students in their BSc thesis and research internships at the laboratory; Show less

  • Research Fellow

    Sept 2013 - Feb 2022

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Jan 2013 - Sept 2013
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  Universidade do Minho

  Oct 2019 - Feb 2020

  Research Stay

  Visiting researcher at the Laboratory of Machine Elements and Tribology as part of the doctoral degree. • Design and conduction of experiments to evaluate macro and micro tribological behavior of multifunctional surfaces.

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  Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

  Mar 2022 - now

  Junior R&T Associate