Caroline Loss (1F13-E4E5-D1CF)

Curriculum Vitae

Caroline Loss

Dr. Loss is an Assistant Professor at the Arts Department at UBI, where she teaches across the 3 Cycles of Studies in Fashion Design (B.A., M.Sc., and Ph.D.). Currently, she is the Course Director for the Master's Degree in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI-IADE). She is also a Member and Secretary of the Pedagogic Council of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (UBI). As a Researcher at the FiBenTech Research Unit, her focus includes 1) Intersections of Fashion Design and Technology, encompassing wearable technology, smart and functional clothing with embedded electronic systems, and technology as a promoter of sustainability through new production methodologies (Digital Manufacturing and Industry 4.0); and 2) Body, Fashion, and Identity, exploring consumer behavior, sustainable practices, and the role of fashion as an expression of body identity. Caroline Loss earned her B.Sc. in Fashion and Style with honors from Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil, in 2009. In 2010, she moved to Portugal, obtaining her M.Sc. in Fashion Design (2012) and Ph.D. in Textile Engineering (2017), both from the University of Beira Interior (UBI). Dr. Loss was a Post-Doctoral researcher (2018-2021) at the FibEnTech Research Unit (UBI), contributing to the Mobilizing Project TexBoost - Less Commodities, More Specialities. She has authored or co-authored four book chapters and over 40 papers for international journals and conferences. Dr. Loss holds two national/international patents. In recognition of her research work, she received four international distinctions, including the Techtextil Innovation Award in the New Application category, in 2019. Her work was also featured in an exhibition organized by the MUDE (Design and Fashion Museum).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Caroline Loss

Citation names

Loss, Caroline
Loss, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1F13-E4E5-D1CF
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8763-3606

Addresses

Universidade da Beira Interior - Departamento de Artes, Rua Marquês D'Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.ubi.pt/Pessoa/carol (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts
Humanities - Other Humanities
Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Textiles

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2013 - 2017/11/24 Concluded	Textile Engineering (Doutoramento) Major in Fashion Tech - Wearable Technology Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal "Study of the Electromagnetic Properties of Textiles: Development of Textile Antennas for Energy Harvesting" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Excelente (19/20)
2010/08 - 2012/11 Concluded	Fashion Design (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal "Novos Horizontes em Design de Moda: Desenvolvimento de Antena para Vestuário / New Horizons in Fashion Design: Development of Antennas for Garment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Excellent (19/20)
2006/03 - 2009/07 Concluded	Fashion and Style (Licenciatura) Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil "Paddock: A Lógica de um Criador" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Excellent (3.8/4)
2007/06 - 2007/12 Concluded	Diseño Textil e Indumentaria (Outros) Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, Argentina

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal
2020/09 - 2024	Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior LabComIFP Comunicação Filosofia e Humanidades, Portugal
2017/12/04 - 2020/09/20	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal
2013 - 2020	Research Trainee (Research)	Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal
	Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal
2012/06 - 2017	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/07/17 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2020/09/21 - 2022/07/16	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11/10 - Current	Course Director of the Master's Degree in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI - IADE association)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal (...)
2023/11 - Current	Pedagogic Council of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior - Elected Member and Secretary of the Council.	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/01/27 - 2023/06/28	Parental Leave	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

2008/11/03 - 2010/09/01	Product Designer	Jussara Sleepwear, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/12 - 2020/09/20	TexBoost - Less Commodities More Specialities Post-Doc_TexBoost - PPS4-AN1 Post-doc Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal	Governo de Portugal Concluded
2013/11 - 2017/10	Study of the Electromagnetic Properties of Textile Materials: Development of Textile Antennas for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting 9371/13-3 PhD Student Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal	Ministry of Education of Brazil - CAPES Foudation Concluded
2014/06 - 2014/06	STSM at Action COST IC 1301 WIPE COST-STSM-IC1301-18709 Research Fellow Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking, Belgium	COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology Concluded
2012/06 - 2014/06	PROENERGY-WSN Prototypes for Efficient Energy Self-Sustainable Wireless Sensors Network PTDC/EEA-TEL/122681/2010/BIM Research Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/05 - 2013/11	Santander Universities Fellowship FE-UBI/2012/2013 \| UBI/ SANTANDER UNIVERSITIES PhD Student Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Santander Universities and UBI Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/01 - 2024/03/31	Eurofabrique BIP Eurotales: Less waste connecting identities 2022-1-FR01-KA131-HED-000061201-1 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Haute École des Arts du Rhin Mulhouse-Strasbourg, France Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara, Romania Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Italy École supérieure des beaux-arts de Nantes Métropole, France	République Française Erasmus Plus Ongoing
2017 - 2020	TexBoost Less Commodities more Specialities POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024523 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal Borgstena Textile Portugal, Portugal	Governo de Portugal Concluded
2011 - 2014	PROENERGY-WSN Prototypes for Efficient Energy Self-Sustainable Wireless Sensors Network PTDC/EEA-TEL/122681/2010 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Loss, C.; R. Gonçalves; R. Salvado; Pinho P.. "A Review of Methods for the Electromagnetic Characterization of Textile Materials for the Development of Wearable Antennas". In Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics: COST WiPE - IC1301, edited by Nuno Borges de Carvalho; Apostolos Georgiadis, 27-56. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2020. Published Loss, C.; Rossi, Marco; Agneessens, Sam; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Rogier, Hendrik; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Electromagnetic characterisation of textile materials for the design of wearable antennas and systems". In Wearable Technologies and Wireless Body Sensor Networks for Healthcare, edited by Fernando Velez, 147-184. United Kingdom: Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019. Published • 10.1049/pbhe011e_ch5 Loss, Caroline; Lopes, Catarina; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Electromagnetic Pollution and the New Challenges in Fashion: Antenna in Clothing as a Space for Fashion". In Fashion Spaces – Geographical, Physical and Virtual, edited by Isabel Cantista, 119-146. Coimbra, Portugal: Actual, 2016. Published Loss, Caroline; Lopes, Catarina; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Poluição Eletromagnética e os Novos Desafios em Moda: Antenas no Vestuário". In Espaços de Moda Geográficos, Físicos e Virtuais, edited by Isabel Cantista, 119-146. Coimbra, Portugal: Actual, 2016. Published
Conference abstract	Loss, Caroline; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Agneessens, Sam; Pinho, Pedro; Rogier, Hendrik; Salvado, Rita. "Electromagnetic Characterization of Textile Materials for the Design of Wearable Antennas". Paper presented in The Fiber Society 2016 Spring Conference, Textile Innovations: Opportunities and Challenges, Mulhouse, 2016. Published Catarina Lopes; Loss, C.; Rita Salvado; Pedro Pinho. "Conductive Textiles and Surfaces to Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation". Paper presented in Proceedings of Transition: Re-thinking Textiles and Surfaces, Huddersfield, 2014. Published Loss, C.; Catarina Lopes; Pedro Pinho; Rita Salvado. "Textile Materials for Developing the Wireless Communication". Paper presented in Proceedings of Transition: Re-thinking Textiles and Surfaces, Huddersfield, 2014. Published Loss, C.; Catarina Lopes; Pedro Pinho; Rita Salvado. "Designing Technology Systems with Textile Materials: Wearable Antennas". Paper presented in Proceedings of Global Fashion Conference, Ghent, 2014. Published C. Lopes; Loss, C.; P. Pinho; R. Salvado. "Fashion and Internet of Things". Paper presented in Global Fashion Conference, Ghent, 2014. Published
Conference paper	Tavares, J.; Loss, C.; Pinho, P.; Alves, H.. "Flexible textile antenna for detection of 5G bandwidth in wearable systems". Paper presented in European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Berlin, 2023. Published • 10.23919/eumc58039.2023.10290264 Cunha, Tiago; Pinho, Pedro; Loss, C.; Gouveia, Carolina; Albuquerque, Daniel. "Textile Cardiopulmonary Antenna Design". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Florence, 2023. Published • 10.23919/eucap57121.2023.10133628 Norogrando, Rafaela; Loss, C.. "Hearts and Hands: An Ongoing Design Project for Responsible Fashion Consumption". Paper presented in Global Fashion Conference, 2022. Published Martins, Guilherme; Pinho, Pedro; Loss, C.. "Textile Star-Shaped Supershaped Patch Antenna for 5G Applications". Paper presented in 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Madrid, 2022. Published • 10.23919/eucap53622.2022.9769069 Norogrando, Rafaela; Loss, C.. "Hearts and Hands: An Ongoing Design Project for Responsible Fashion Consumption". Paper presented in Global Fashion Conference, Berlin, 2022. Published • 10.57649/GFC.978-989-5426 Martins, Guilherme; Pinho, Pedro; Loss, C.. "Star-Shaped Supershaped Patch Antenna for 5G". Paper presented in IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Marina Bay Sands, 2021. 10.1109/aps/ursi47566.2021.9704129 Fabio Silva; Rita Almeida; Carolina Gouveia; Loss, C.; Pedro Renato Tavares Pinho; Daniel Belo. "Textile Rectenna for RF Energy Harvesting". Paper presented in 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2021. Accepted Carolina Gouveia; Loss, C.; Z. Raida; J. Lacik; Pedro Renato Tavares Pinho; José Vieira. "Textile Antenna Array for Bio-Radar Applications". Paper presented in 23rd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON), Warsaw, 2020. Published • 10.23919/mikon48703.2020.9253798 Loss, C.; Silveira, Tagleorge; Pedro Renato Tavares Pinho; Rita Salvado; Nuno Borges de Carvalho. "Design and Analysis of the Reproducibility of Wearable Textile Antennas". Paper presented in 12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing- CSNDSP, Porto, 2020. Published • 10.1109/CSNDSP49049.2020.9249634 Loss, Caroline; Silveira, Tagleorge; Pinho, Pedro; Luisa Rita Brites Sanches Salvado. "Influence of the Laminating Process on the Behaviour of Conductive Textile Materials". Paper presented in 19th World Textile Conference - AUTEX 2019, Ghent, 2019. Published Loss, C.; Salvado, Rita; Goncalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro. "Development of a Textile Antenna Using a Continuous Substrate Integrating the Ground Plane". Paper presented in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, 2018. Published • 10.1109/apusncursinrsm.2018.8609177 Loss, Caroline; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Salvado, Rita; Pinho, Pedro. "Influence of the Laminating Manufacturing Technique on the S11 Parameter of Printed Textile Antennas". Paper presented in IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IEEE-MTTS), Pavia, 2017. Published • 10.1109/IMWS-AMP.2017.8247426 Loss, Caroline; Goncalves, Ricardo; Lopes, Catarina; Salvado, Rita; Pinho, Pedro. "Textile antenna for RF energy harvesting fully embedded in clothing". Paper presented in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Davos, 2016. Published • 10.1109/eucap.2016.7481721 Loss, Caroline; Lopes, Catarina; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Smart Coat with a Textile Antenna for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting". Paper presented in 2nd International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, 2015. Published • 10.3390/ecsa-2-S3006 Lopes, Catarina; Loss, Caroline; Salvado, Rita; Pinho, Pedro; Agneessens, Sam; Rogier, Hendrik. "Development of Substrate Integrated Waveguides with Textile Materials by Hand-made Techniques". Paper presented in 2nd International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, 2015. Published • 10.3390/ecsa-2-S3004 Loss, Caroline; Salvado, Rita; Lopes, Catarina; Pinho, Pedro; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Velez, Fernando J.; Tavares, J.; et al. "Developing Sustainable Communication Interfaces Through Fashion Design". Paper presented in 5th STS Italia Conference – A Matter of Design: Making Society through Science and Technology, Milan, 2014. Published Loss, C.; Saraiva, Henrique M.; Borges, Luis M.; Pinho, Pedro; Goncalves, Ricardo; Chavez-Santiago, Raul; Barroca, Norberto; et al. "Experimental Characterization of Wearable Antennas and Circuits for RF Energy Harvesting in WBANs". Paper presented in 79th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Seoul, 2014. 10.1109/VTCSpring.2014.7022920 Borges, L.M.; Barroca, N.; Saraiva, H.M.; Tavares, J.; Gouveia, P.T.; Velez, F.J.; Loss, C.; et al. "Design and evaluation of multi-band RF energy harvesting circuits and antennas for WSNs". Paper presented in 21st International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Lisbon, 2014. 10.1109/ICT.2014.6845129 Lopes, Catarina; Loss, Caroline; Salvado, Rita; Goncalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro; Velez, F.J.; Jorge Tavares; Saraiva, H.M.; Barroca, N.. "Conductive textiles: Emerging interface between the individual and the environment". Paper presented in DESIGNA 2013 - International Conference on Design Research, Covilhã, 2013. Published Goncalves, R.; Carvalho, N.B.; Pinho, Pedro; Loss, C.; Salvado, R.. "Textile antenna for electromagnetic energy harvesting for GSM900 and DCS1800 bands". Paper presented in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI 2013), Florida, 2013. Published • 10.1109/APS.2013.6711263 Barroca, Norberto; Saraiva, Henrique M.; Gouveia, Paulo T.; Tavares, Jorge; Borges, Luis M.; Velez, Fernando J.; Loss, Caroline; et al. "Antennas and Circuits for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting in Wireless Body Area Networks". Paper presented in 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), London, 2013. Published • 10.1109/pimrc.2013.6666194 Tavares, J.; Barroca, N.; Saraiva, H.M.; Borges, L.M.; Velez, F.J.; Loss, C.; Salvado, R.; et al. "Spectrum Opportunities for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting from 350 MHz to 3 GHz". Paper presented in 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), Tokio, 2013. Published • 10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521714 Loss, Caroline; Salvado, Rita; Pinho, Pedro. "Textile Antenna Integrated in Clothing for Environment Energy Harvesting". Paper presented in DESIGNA 2012 - International Conference on Design Research, Covilhã, 2012. Published Loss, Caroline; Lopes, Catarina; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Electromagnetic Pollution and New Fashion Challenges: Antennas on Clothing". Paper presented in Global Fashion Conference, Madrid, 2012. Ribeiro, N.; Salvado, R.; Loss, C.; Araújo, P.; Borges, F.. "Design of a Cap with Electronic Obstacle Detector to Promote Freedom of Moving". Paper presented in 10th Joint International Scientific Conference CLOTECH, Warsaw, 2012. Published
Conference poster	Loss, Caroline; Goncalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Influence of Physical Properties of Textiles on their Dielectric Behaviour". Paper presented in Jornadas Nacionais de Caracterização de Materiais, 2017. Loss, Caroline; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Smart Coat with a Textile Antenna for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting". Paper presented in 1st Symposium of the FibEnTech Research Unit, 2016. Editor Loss, Caroline; Salvado, Rita; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro. "Dual-Band Textile Antenna for Energy Harvesting". Paper presented in Encontro Bienal das Divisões Técnicas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, 2014. Loss, C.; Ricardo Gonçalves; Rita Salvado; Pedro Pinho. "Study of the Electromagnetic Properties of Textiles: Development of Textile Antenna for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting". Paper presented in Semana da Ciência e da Tecnologia, 2014. Loss, Caroline; Goncalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Simulações de Antenas Têxteis". Paper presented in Simpósio 2012 de Materiais e Processos Sustentáveis, 2012. Loss, Caroline; Salvado, Rita; Barata, João; Lopes, Catarina; Saraiva, Silva; Garcia, Edilaine; Fareleiro, Taina. "Le(a)d Us Up – Game Chairs©". Paper presented in DESIGNA 2011 - International Conference on Design Research, 2012.
Journal article	Carolina Gouveia; Caroline Loss; Pedro Pinho; José Vieira; Daniel Albuquerque. "Low-Profile Textile Antenna for Bioradar Integration Into Car Seat Upholstery: Wireless acquisition of vital signs while on the road.". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 66 1 (2024): 22-33. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10078295. Published • 10.1109/MAP.2023.3254484 Joana Tavares; Caroline Loss; Pedro Pinho; Helena Alves. "Flexible Textile Antennas for 5G Using Eco-Friendly Water-Based Solution and Scalable Printing Processes". Advanced Materials Technologies (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202301499. Published • 10.1002/admt.202301499 Wagih, Mahmoud; Balocchi, Leonardo; Benassi, Francesca; Carvalho, Nuno B.; Chiao, Jung-Chih; Correia, Ricardo; Costanzo, Alessandra; et al. "Microwave-Enabled Wearables: Underpinning Technologies, Integration Platforms, and Next-Generation Roadmap". IEEE Journal of Microwaves 3 1 (2023): 193-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jmw.2022.3223254. 10.1109/jmw.2022.3223254 Luis Andre; Pedro Pinho; Carolina Gouveia; Caroline Loss. "Textile Antenna for First-Person View Goggles". Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika (2021): https://doi.org/10.5755/j02.eie.28841. 10.5755/j02.eie.28841 Nascimento, Nicéa Ribeiro do; Borges, Francisco Fechine; Salvado, Luísa Rita Brites Sanches; Loss, C.. "Utilizando Resíduos Têxteis como Alternativa de Tecnologia de Irrigação na Região Semiárida do Nordeste Brasileiro". Revista Práxis: saberes da extensão 1 (2021): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.18265/2318-23692021v0n1p67-73. Published • 10.18265/2318-23692021v0n1p67-73 Caroline Loss; Carolina Gouveia; Rita Salvado; Pedro Pinho; José Vieira. "Textile Antenna for Bio-Radar Embedded in a Car Seat". Materials (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010213. 10.3390/ma14010213 Carolina Gouveia; Loss, C.; Pinho, Pedro; José Vieira. "Different Antenna Designs for Non-Contact Vital Signs Measurement: A Review". Electronics 8 11 (2019): 1294-1294. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8111294. Open access • Published • 10.3390/electronics8111294 Loss, Caroline; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Influence of some structural parameters on the dielectric behavior of materials for textile antennas". Textile Research Journal 89 7 (2018): 1131-1143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040517518764000. Published • 10.1177/0040517518764000 Loss, Caroline; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Lopes, Catarina; Pinho, Pedro; Salvado, Rita. "Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications". Sensors 16 6 (2016): 938. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16060938. Open access • Published • 10.3390/s16060938 Loss, Caroline. "Half-Mode Substrate-Integrated-Waveguide Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna on Cork Substrate". IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (2016): http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7111267/. 10.1109/LAWP.2015.2435891 Salvado, R.; Loss, C.; Goncalves, R.; Pinho, Pedro. "Textile materials for the design of wearable antennas: A survey". Sensors (Switzerland) 12 11 (2012): 15841-15857. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870565616&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Open access • Published • 10.3390/s121115841
Manual	Loss, C.; Norogrando, Rafaela; miriam reis. Manual - Hearts and Hands Project. Covilhã, Portugal: Universidade da Beira Interior. 2023. Published
Thesis / Dissertation	Loss, Caroline. "Study of the Electromagnetic Properties of Textiles: Development of Textile Antennas for Energy Harvesting". PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/4770. Loss, Caroline. "New Horizons in Fashion Design: Development of Antennas for Garment / Novos Horizontes em Design de Moda: Desenvolvimento de Antenas para Vestuário". Master, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/1704.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition

E-Caption 2.0 - Smart and Safety Coat, in "Techtextil Innovation Award", Messe Frankfurt. 2019.
E-Caption 2.0 A Smart and Safety Coat, in "Presente Futuro. Design para a Mudança", MUDE - Museu do Design e da Moda. 2018.
Remendando a História Collection, in Greenfest Portugal, Lisbon. 2012.
G3OM3TRIC Collection, in Fórum Novos Talentos / 39 Modtissimo, Porto. 2012.
Um olhar sobre a Temiscira, in d’Ar-te(s) – Bienal de Artes, Pinhel. 2011.

Intellectual property

Copyright registration	2011. "Le(a)d Us Up - Game Chairs©". Registered
Provisional application for patent	2021. "Vehicle Seat Cover with a Monitoring System". Protected

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022	Hearts and Hands: An Ongoing Design Project for Responsible Fashion Consumption	Global Fashion Conference (Berlin, Germany)
2020/07/20	Design and Analysis of the Reproducibility of Wearable Textile Antennas	2th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems Instituto de Telecomunicações (Porto, Portugal)
2019/07	Influence of the Laminating Technique on the Behaviour of Conductive Textile Materials	19th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2019 AUTEX (Ghent, Belgium)
2017/11	Influence of Some Structural Parameters of Textiles on their Dielectric Behaviour	The Fiber Society Conference University of Georgia (Athens, United States)
2017/09	Influence of the Laminating Manufacturing Technique on the S11 Parameter of Printed Textile Antennas	IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy)
2016/05	Electromagnetic Characterization of Textile Materials for the Design of Wearable Antennas	The Fiber Society Conference University of Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse, France)
2015/05	Development of Textile Antennas Embedded in Clothing for Energy Harvesting	Smart Fabrics and Wearable Technology Smithers Apex (San Francisco, United States)
2014/11	Designing Technology Systems with Textile Materials: Wearable Antennas	Global Fashion Conference HOgent (Ghent, Belgium)
2014/11	Fashion and Internet of Things	Global Fashion Conference HOgent (Ghent, Belgium)
2014/11	Textile Materials for Developing the Wireless Communication	Transition: Re-thinking Textiles and Surfaces Huddersfield University (Huddersfield, United Kingdom)
2014/11	Conductive Textiles and Surfaces to Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation	Transition: Re-thinking Textiles and Surfaces Huddersfield University (Huddersfield, United States)
2014/06	Developing Sustainable Communication Interfaces Through Fashion Design	5th STS Italia Conference – A Matter of Design: Making Society through Science and Technolog Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
2012/11	Electromagnetic Pollution and New Fashion Challenges: Antennas on Clothing	Global Fashion Conference Universidad Computense (Madrid, Spain)
2012/11	Textile Antenna Integrated in Clothing for Environment Energy Harvesting	DESIGNA 2012 - International Conference on Design Research, Universidade da Beira Interior Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2012/09	Design of a Cap with Electronic Obstacle Detector to Promote Freedom of Moving	10th Joint International Scientific Conference CLOTECH Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute, Department of Clothing Technology and Textronics, Technical University of Lodz, Department of Design, Footwear and Clothing Technology, Kazimierz Pulaski Technical University of Radom. (Warsaw, Poland)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/11 - Current	Design e IA: Novos Caminhos para o Desenvolvimento de Coleções de Moda Supervisor of Ema Paula	Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/11 - Current	Efeitos da Mídia e da Moda e sua Relação com Saúde Mental Supervisor of Catarina Arouca	Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/11 - Current	Adaptação do Vestuário ao Real Plus Size: Criação de uma Marca Plus Size Supervisor of Madalena dos Santos Gomes	Branding and Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Inclusão e Igualdade na Moda Sem Género: Uma Análise Histórica e Contemporânea Supervisor of Bruno da Graça Bagarrão Arrais	Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 - 2023	O Processo de Desenvolvimento de Coleção de Moda Numa Marca Portuguesa: Relatório de Estágio na Marca Code Supervisor of Bárbara da Silva Barrigana Bule	Branding and Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	A Importância da Vertente Comercial Nas Marcas de Moda Supervisor of Gonçalo Carvalho de Oliveira Silva Duarte	Branding and Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	O Poder do Marketing Digital e as Empresas de Swimwear em Portugal Supervisor of Mafalda Valadas de Freitas	Branding and Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2021/10 - 2023	Design of Cardiopulmonary Textile Antennas Co-supervisor of Tiago Alexandre de Oliveira e Cunha	Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/11/20 - 2022/10/10	Relatório de Estágio na Empresa Twintex: O Funcionamento de uma Empresa no Universo da Indústria da Moda Supervisor of Rafaela Real Cunha Saraiva Castro	Branding and Fashion Design (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2020/09/30 - 2022/04/07	Development of Supershaped Textile Patch Antennas for 5G Applications Co-supervisor of Guilherme Martins	Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02 - 2021/02	Poéticas Têxteis: Analogias e Códigos Visuais Co-supervisor	Media Arts (PhD) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/09/24	Textile Rectenna for Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting Co-supervisor of Rita França Almeida and Fábio Miguel Ricardo da Silva	Electronic, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/09/24	Textile Antenna to Integrate a Virtual Reality Glasses Co-supervisor of Luís Carlos Gomes André	Electronic, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2011/03/24 - 2011/03/24	Masterclass "Sub-Cut"by Julian Roberts (Royal College of Arts - London) Workshop	Sub-Cut Masterclass Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2010/07/02 - 2010/07/02	Surface Design and development of fashion collection Workshop	Management of Fashion Design Universidade de Caxias do Sul - Campus 8, Brazil
2006/08/28 - 2006/08/31	Creative Process Workshop Workshop	Creative Process Universidade de Caxias do Sul - Campus 8, Brazil

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/01/16	Relatório de Estágio na Empresa Torfal (Thesis) Main arguer	Margarida dos Santos Miguel (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/12/14	Um Framework Orientador para uma Parceria de Sucesso no Setor da Moda (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina Nunes da Fonseca Farias Pedro (Master) Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/11/30	A Prática do Greenwashing por Marcas de Moda e o seu Impacto na Percepção dos Consumidores (Thesis) Main arguer	Nathalia Zanoni (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/11/30	O Processo de Desenvolvimento de Coleção de Moda Numa Marca Portuguesa Relatório de Estágio na Marca Code Supervisor	Bárbara da Silva Barrigana Bule (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/11/15	O Belo na Filosofia: Sua Importância na Construção da Arte e da Moda President of the jury	Ana Claudia Alcantara (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/11/10	Relatório de Estágio na Empresa Torre Desenvolvimento de Produto Moda Masculina: Vestuário e Acessórios (Thesis) Main arguer	Margarida Correia da Silva Moreira (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/09/10	Inclusão e Igualdade na Moda Sem Género: Uma Análise Histórica e Contemporânea Supervisor	Bruno da Graça Bagarrão Arrais (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/07/21	A Importância da Vertente Comercial Nas Marcas de Moda Supervisor	Gonçalo Carvalho de Oliveira Silva Duarte (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/07/21	O Poder do Marketing Digital e as Empresas de Swimwear em Portugal Supervisor	Mafalda Valadas de Freitas (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/07/12	O Mercado da Moda e a Nova Realidade do Mundo Virtual: as Skins e Os Designers de Moda (Thesis) Main arguer	Patrícia Breternitz Lino dos Santos (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/11/29	O Aliciante Mundo da Moda da Teoria à Prática Profissional (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Inês Oliveira da Costa (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/11/29	Eco-Printing e Eco-Dyeing: Um Contributo para o Design de Moda Sustentável President of the jury	Helena Sofia da Silva Carvalho (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/11/02	Public defense of the Doctoral Thesis Research Plan entitled "Mimicking Natural Reefs: Parametric design of 3D knitted textile-reinforced concrete structures for marine applications" (Thesis) Main arguer	Filipa Maria Barbosa Faria Monteiro (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/01	Modelagem Como Veículo de Expressão da Identidade do Designer (Thesis) Main arguer	Joaquim Afonso Pinho Trindade (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/10/10	Relatório de Estágio na Empresa Twintex o Funcionamento de Uma Empresa no Universo da Indústria da Moda Supervisor	Rafaela Real Cunha Saraiva Castro (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2022/07/28	Sustentabilidade no Futuro da Moda Consciencialização do Consumidor para uma Moda Mais Sustentável President of the jury	Beatriz Eugénia Gonçalves da Cruz (Master) Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/07/28	A Sustentabilidade Enquanto Fator de Brand Love Nas Marcas de Moda de Luxo o Caso Stella Mccartney President of the jury	Inês Ribeiro Carvalho (Master) Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/07/28	Sustainable Fashion Communication in Retail the Role of Ecolabels in Sustainable Fashion Consumption President of the jury	Mariana Pereira Silva (Master) Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/04/07	Development of Supershaped Textile Patch Antennas for 5G Applications Supervisor	Guilherme Martins (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02/14	A Moda e o Consumo (in) Consciente President of the jury	Carolina Silva de Oliveira (Master) Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2021/07/28	Avaliação dos Limites de Transferência de Potência Sem Fios no Corpo Humano (Thesis) Main arguer	Rodrigo Ferraria Duarte (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/07/09	Public defense of the Doctoral Thesis Research Plan entitled "Flexible Radio Frequency Energy Harvesters for Wearable Electronics" (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Tavares (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/03/16	Consumo de moda sustentável em Portugal: Uma análise do discurso à prática (Thesis) Main arguer	Mariana Albuquerque Rodrigues (Master) Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2020/09/24	Textile Rectenna for Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting Supervisor	Rita França Almeida e Fábio Silva (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/09/24	Textile Antenna to Integrate a Virtual Reality Glasses Supervisor	Luís André (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2023/11/11 - Current	Pedagogical Coordination Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) Director	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/11/10 - Current	Recognition Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) Director	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/11/10 - Current	Scientific Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) Director	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/11/10 - Current	Scientific Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI) Member	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Recognition Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI) Member
2022/08 - Current	Arts Departmental Scientific Committee (CCD-DA-UBI) Member	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/12 - Current	Scientific Committee of the 1st Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI). Between January 2022 and November 2023, I was also Secretary of this Commission. Member	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/12 - Current	Recognition Committee of the 1st Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI) Member	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/09 - Current	Pedagogical Coordination Committee of the 1st Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI) \| 2020-2021: Coordinator of the 2nd year \| 2022-present: Coordinator of the 3rd year Coordinator	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/11/09	Recognition Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) Member	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/11/09	Mobility Coordinator of the 1st Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI) Coordinator	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/11/09	Mobility Coordinator of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design (UBI) Coordinator	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/11/09	Mobility Coordinator of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) Coordinator	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2023/11/09	Pedagogical Coordination Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) - Coordinator of the 1st year Coordinator	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2023/11/09	Scientific Committee of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI/IADE) Member	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023/11 - Current	9th International Meeting of Research in Music, Arts and Design (EIMAD)	Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas (ESART)
2022/07/07 - 2022/07/09	8th International Meeting of Research in Music, Arts and Design (EIMAD)	Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas (ESART)
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/10	1st FibEnTech International Congress New Opportunities for Fibrous Materials in the Ecological Transition	FibEnTech Research Unit (UBI)
2018/06/27 - 2018/06/29	Helix 2018 - International Conference on Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship.	Guimarães
2017/05/30 - 2017/06/02	REDO Cumulus Conference 2017	Kolding

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/02 - 2021/03	Analysis and evaluation of one application claim of an R&D project submitted to the Technological Research and Development Incentives System (SI I&DT). The work was performed under a protocol between the National Innovation Agency (ANI) and the University of Beira Interior (UBI). As the output, both technical and scientific reports were elaborated.	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/02	Analysis and evaluation of three applications of an R&D project submitted to the Technological Research and Development Incentives System (SI I&DT). The work was performed under a protocol between the National Innovation Agency (ANI) and the University of Beira Interior (UBI). As the output, both technical and scientific reports were elaborated.	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Branding and Fashion Design Seminars (UBI-IADE 16374) \| Professor and Regent \| The contents of this unit course are the guidelines to formulate questions of study and predict problems connected with the explored topics; interpret research results and findings and how to critically expose conclusions; and, communicate ideas and results using (and integrating) a variety of formats.	Branding and Fashion Design (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023 - Current	Dissertation/Project/Training in Branding and Fashion Design (UBI-IADE 16373) \| Professor and Regent \| The objective of this unit course is the elaboration of an original research work, having Branding and Fashion Design as a scientific and practical foundation.	Branding and Fashion Design (Mestrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023 - Current	Research Seminars in Fashion Design (UBI-UMINHO 16315) \| Professor \| The contents of this module are the Fashion Tech: design, body and technology; wearable technology, digital manufacturing, and metaverse.	Fashion Design (Doutoramento)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023 - Current	Branding and Fashion Design Project (UBI-IADE 16359) \| Professor \| The main objective of this unit course is to create a fashion brand and to design a fashion collection for it.	Branding e Design de Moda (Mestrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2020 - Current	Laboratory of Creative Textiles (UBI 16422) \| Professor and Regent \| The contents of this course unit are Surface Design, development of textile patterns for manual and digital printing techniques, embroidery, 3D printing, and laser cutting; as the guidelines for designing and creating creative materials for a fashion collection.	Fashion Design (Licenciatura)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020 - Current	Final Project in Fashion Design (UBI 16425) \| Professor and Regent (since 2023) \| The main objective of this unit course is to design and develop the final fashion collection of the Licenciatura.	Fashion Design	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020 - 2022	Fundamentals of Fashion Design (UBI-IADE 16358) \| Professor and Regent \| The contents of this course unit are fashion theory, fashion design project methodology, and fashion drawing.	Branding and Fashion Design (Mestrado)	Universidade Europeia, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017 - 2022	Fashion Design and Technology Interfaces (UBI-UMINHO 11325) \| Professor \| The contents of this course unit are Fashion Tech: smart materials, wearable technology, and digital manufacturing.	Fashion Design (Doutoramento)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Clothing Design (UBI 12755) \| Professor \| The contents of this course unit are the guidelines for the development of a fashion collection (colors, shapes, materials), patterning, and construction of clothing. The Fashion Design project (Xi-Coração Little Project) was developed in the framework of the Little Dresses for Africa.	Fashion Design (Licenciatura)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2012/09 - 2013/02	Fashion Design (UBI 10585) \| Professor \| The contents of this course unit were guidelines for the development of a fashion collection (colors, shapes, materials), patterning, and construction of clothing.	Fashion Design (Licenciatura)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2019/07	Interview for T Jornal about being a "Designer- Scientist". Journal N.45, July, pp.33.	T Jornal
2019/06	Interview for Jornal Têxtil about the E-Caption 2.0, prize-winning product at Techtextil Innovation Award. Journal N.44, June, pp. 30.	Jornal T
2019/05	Newspaper report in Jornal Têxtil about the E-Caption 2.0, prize-winning product at Techtextil Innovation Award. Journal year XXI, N.239, May, pp.4-7.	Jornal Têxtil
2018/10/10	“O Renascer da Engenharia Têxtil”, interview about the developed work on textile antennas, Jornal Têxtil, September, 2018, N. 231, ano XXI, pp. 30.	Jornal Têxtil
2018/01	Interview for Exame Informática Magazine about the textile antennas for energy harvesting. Magazine year 22, N.27, January, pp.70-71.	Exame Informática

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2019/05/21 - Current	Interview for Portugal em Direto about the E-Caption 2.0, prize-winning product at Techtextil Innovation Award. Portugal em Direto, RTP, May 21.
2018/02/02 - 2018/02/02	Interview for Exame Informática on SIC Notícias about the textile antennas for energy harvesting.	Textiles made in Portugal can harvest electromagnetic energy from mobile network

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021/02 - Current	Electronics ( 2079-9292)	MDPI
2017/01 - 2017/01	International Journal of Basic and Applied Research

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/03 - 2021/04	Substitute member of the evaluation jury for a Research Scholarship within the scope of the R&D Nuada Glove Development, funded by NUADA, Lda, taking place at Department of Informatics / IT, University of Beira Interior. Scientific area of the contest: functional textiles; reference: BIL_Nuada.	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2019	Techtextil Innovation Award Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Germany
2017	The Fiber Society Student Paper Competition Award The Fiber Society, United States
2017	IEEE MTT-S Student Paper Award IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, United States
2015	3 Minutes, 1 Slide... Your Thesis Challenge Universidade da Beira Interior Instituto Coordenador da Investigação, Portugal The Fiber Society, United States

Other distinction

2014	STS ITALIA 10 Best Papers of Young Researchers The Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies - STS ITALIA, Italy
2009	Summa Cum Laude Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil