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Margareth Spangler Andrade has a degree in Physics and a Master degree in Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, both from the Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, Brazil. She has a Doctorate in Applied Sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL, Belgium, obtained in 1983. She worked as a researcher at the Centro Tecnologico of Minas Gerais - CETEC for over 30 years and as Director of the SENAI Institute of Innovation in Metallurgy and Special Alloy at the SENAI Center of Technology and Innovation, Belo Horizonte. She has experience in Materials and Physical Metallurgical with an emphasis in phase transformation, martensitic transformations, development of stainless steels, microalloyed steels, shape memory alloys of Ti-Ni, Cu-Zn-Al and Fe-Mn-Si.