Mauricio Nogueira Frota

PhD (1981) and Master (1977) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (CA/USA). Doctoral degree revalidated in Brazil by the UFRJ Teaching and Research Council (Process 04884219-92-16). Extension course (Problems of Economic Development) at Harvard University (1969). Graduated in Mechanical Engineering (1969) and Master in Mechanical Engineering (1974). Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Fluminense Federal University, UFF since 1974, Full Professor (approved first in the public examination held in Dec. 1993, published in Section 3 of the Federal Official Gazette, on February 16, 1994), retired in 2004. He acts as a consultant to international funding agencies (The World Bank, US Agency for International Development, USAID and European Agency for Cooperation) and to Brazilian Agencies (Financier of Studies and Projects, FINEP; State Funding Agencies: FAPERJ, FAPESP, FAPEMIG and Ministry of Science and Technology). He participates as an Ad-Hoc consultant for private and government agencies to evaluate technological projects. He held positions in International Organizations (Vice-President of the IMEKO World Metrology Organization; President of the Inter-American Metrology System). In the Federal Government's S&T areas, he served as Director of Scientific and Industrial Metrology at the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO); Basic Industrial Technology Coordinator of the PADCT/MCT; Advisor to the National Observatory). In the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, he held the position of President of the Fluminense Technology Company; government representative on the Board of Directors of SEBRAE, Government Representative at the National Forum of S&T Secretaries). In the academic environment, he is a consultant for the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and a technical-scientific advisor to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). In 2017, he became Emeritus Professor of the Metrology Graduate Program, which he has coordinated since 1990. Among his areas of competence, he has been active in research, development and innovation in topics related to alternative energies, sustainability, metrology, metrological reliability, standardization and conformity assessment. Distinctions received: Member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering (2008); Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Metrology (1988). As of Nov/2018, she supervised 82 dissertations/theses.

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