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About Mariana
Mariana Pohlmann de Oliveira is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Design and Graphic Expression at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, and a collaborating faculty member of its Postgraduate Program in Design. Her academic work brings together product design, materials science, and digital fabrication, with research spanning three-dimensional scanning, jewelry manufacturing, and the use of virtual and augmented reality in technical education. She also contributes to research on assistive design, including customized external breast prostheses developed using 3D scanning and nanotechnology, as well as tactile and multisensory models that support access to museum objects for people with visual impairments. Her academic training includes a degree in Design, a master’s in Design, and a doctorate in Engineering focused on Materials Science and Technology.
