Leandro Nakamura Email & Phone Number

Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

Conducting research in an interdisciplinary team related to new steel design, process, and property optimization; Applying computational thermo-kinetics simulations to understand and predict phase transformations; Designing and performing advanced heat-treatment experiments; Conducting detailed microstructural characterization analysis, using experimental investigation tools such as confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) with electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS); Evaluating steel mechanical performance; Sharing project progress and findings internally and externally through oral presentations and scientific publication.

Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

o Covering Physics and Material Science teaching lectures load of a faculty full-Professor on sabbatical; Advising and mentoring undergraduate student works and junior graduate students in their laboratory activities; Fostering a multidisciplinary and inclusive team environment.

Timóteo Area, Brazil

o Leading research independently and in cross-multifunctional diverse teams to develop and execute short and long-term strategies focus on agile metallurgy-based steel design;o Designing laboratory and pilot-scale experiments to transfer into industrial manufacturing for stainless and electrical steels properties tailoring; Providing the technical leadership for steel development and performance capabilities as the Aperam company resource both internally and in partnership with external facilities.o Working interface with manufacturing & quality areas defining testing procedures, analyzing / interpreting results and giving dispositions for non-conformance reports establishing procedures and preparing sketches of rework.o Providing technical expertise support to sales, marketing and customer assistance departments in the procurement of new business; Preparing invention disclosures to protect the technology that provides a competitive advantage to the business; Ensuring proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and guideline procedures.

Timóteo Area, Brazil

o Understanding of domestical marketing demands and manufacturing process capabilities to enhance the product development yield; Improving the innovation management framework; Creating a set of tools to allow willingness employees at every level to cooperate with the synergy between Marketing and R&D; allowing the company to respond to an external or internal opportunity faster than the other players.

Belo Horizonte Area, Brazil

o Performing cleanroom laboratory experiments, such as ultraviolet photolithography, reactive ion, and wet chemical etching, metal sputtering deposition in III-V semiconductors for optical device applications. Assisting works on molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) thin film growth, magnetic and electronic transport measurements; Collaborating with experts who use other characterization techniques, e.g. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).

Msc., Metallurgical Engineering

Dissertation titled: “Microstructural and thermodynamical aspects of second phase precipitation in Fe-3%Si electrical steels”, 2011.

Bsc., Physics