Rafael Ferrão
Professor De Tempo Integral at Insper
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Ferrão is a full-time professor of computer engineering at Insper with 11 years of experience teaching and designing embedded systems courses covering FPGAs, microcontrollers and Embedded Linux. He blends practical hardware-software expertise with education research, pursuing a PhD in Computer Science Education and collaborating with UIUC to apply immediate-feedback and frequent-testing strategies to project-based courses. His work includes building a static analysis tool for embedded code, studying student behavior around “second chance” assessments, and restructuring courses into micro-specializations to improve learning outcomes. Based in São Paulo, he brings a rare combination of classroom practice, curriculum design, and hands-on engineering from roles at Insper and Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia.
11 years of coding experience
Doutorado (em andamento), Computer Science Education (CSed), Doutorado (em andamento), Computer Science Education (CSed) at Universidade Estadual de CampinasVisiting Scholar @ Computer Science, Visiting Scholar @ Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMestrado em Engenharia, Engenharia Aerospacial, Aeronáutica e Astronáutica, Mestrado em Engenharia, Engenharia Aerospacial, Aeronáutica e Astronáutica at Escola Politécnica da USPBacharelado em Engenharia, Eletrônica Embarcada, Bacharelado em Engenharia, Eletrônica Embarcada at Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia
Github Skills (124)
bluetooth10
esp3210
embedded10
cpp10
linux10
rio10
touchscreen10
nand2tetris10
freertos10
lvgl10
iot10
intel-fpga10
hardware10
elementaryos10
arduino10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Insper/bits-e-proc-tools
Sep 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 1 PR in 1 year
Insper/SAME70-examples
Aug 2018 - Dec 2022
Exemplos do kit SAME70-XPLD
Contributions:9 reviews, 222 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years 4 months
bluetoothblefreertosexemploswifi
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