A Young Professional’s Path in Control and Automation Engineering [Pathways

Abstract

Born in the small town of Campo Novo in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Guilherme Hübner believes that it was his curiosity that led him to pursue engineering. He recalled that, although it was a lot of fun to play with his toys as a kid, taking these toys apart to understand their finer intimacies and intricacies as well as how they worked was more enjoyable for him. Besides his curiosity to learn how things work, his love of numbers, which he inherited from his math teacher mother, was another influence that encouraged him to pursue a career in engineering. At the age of 4, Hübner moved with his parents to Três de Maio, a small city in his home state, where he lived until graduating from high school. While in high school, he fondly recalled that he very much enjoyed math, physics, and chemistry classes, atop which he fortified his broad education with English classes and a computer maintenance course as professional extracurricular activities. In 2012, Hübner completed his high school degree and moved to Santa Maria, another city in his home state, to study engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM).