Carlos Alberto Cima (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering, the M.S. degree in metallurgical engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in materials science from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, in 1992, 1995, and 2001, respectively. His graduate work was focused on ion implantation and electrical characterization of semiconductor devices.
He subsequently developed a professional engineering career with a particular emphasis on the establishment of new semiconductor companies in Brazil.