Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo IPT Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Celso Pupo Pesce University of São Paulo Agenor de Toledo Fleury    Research Technological Institute Paulo Eigi Miyagi University of São Paulo INTERNET COORDINATOR Jun Okamoto Jr    University of São Paulo SYMPOSIA SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION Symposium Chair Co-chair Aerospace João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo Olympio Achilles de Faria Mello Automotive Ronaldo de Breine Salvagni Roberto Spinola Barbosa Bioengineering Raul Gonzalez Lima Jaime Pinto Ortiz Design, Production and Management Paulo Carlos Kaminski Adherbal Caminada Neto Energy Silvio de Oliveira Jr. Güenther Carlos Krieger Filho Engineering and Society Celso Pupo Pesce Agamenon Rodrigues Eufrasio de Oliveira Fundamentals and Mechanical Sciences Claudio Ruggieri Larissa Driemeir Mechanical Industry Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza Amilton Sinatora Mechatronics, Automation and Control Julio Cezar Adamowski Edilson Hiroshi Tamai Offshore and Petroleum Kazuo Nishimoto Clóvis de Arruda Martins FINANCE COORDINATOR Ricardo Cury Ibrahim    University of São Paulo TEAM OF EDITING COLABORATORS Fabrício Junqueira and Emilia Villani (coordinators) Andre Hideaki Saheki; Bernardo Reis Dreyer de Souza; Carolina Minami Yokaichiya; Cicero R. de Lima; Claudia C. G. Decco; Claudio Massumi Oda Nishimura; David Lira; Edson Francisco Medeiros Silva; Fabio Naoki Tabata; Fernanda Cristina de Moraes Takafuji; Francisco Yastami Nakamoto; Giancarlo Obando; Gladys Deifan Bastidas Gustin; Gustavo Andre Nunes Ferreira; Heloísa Alves Fonseca; João Batista da Silva; Lando Tetsuro Nishida; Marcia Marie Odan; Maria Angelica Cravo Dias Pereira; Mauro Gomes Ornelas; Minoru Sakajiri; Rafael Farias de Aquino; Ronny Calixto Carbonari.