Elisa Granha Lira

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​Elisa is a professor in the Industrial Engineering department at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She is a PhD candidate in the Production Engineering Program at UFRJ. She also holds a Master's degree in Administration from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), as well as a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the same institution with an exchange period in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute of Technology) in the United States. She has professional experience in Industrial Engineering, having worked in both public and private sectors in Brazil and abroad. Her expertise includes Lean Manufacturing, Quality Management, Methods Engineering, Work Design, and Artificial Intelligence.