Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar was born in Serrita, Brazil in 1957. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 1994. He has more than 35 years of engineering experience, and over a quarter century as an IEEE Member, and he is currently Senior Member of the same. He has been involved with consulting and project development for many companies, agencies, and universities. He was Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. He is the Visiting Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. He spent sabbatical leave working for Embratel and also for the University of Toronto, as visiting professor. He is the founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom). He has been awarded several fellowships and grants. He holds an award for achievement from the College of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco. He received the prestigious Attilio Giarola Medal from the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronic Society (SBMO). He published over 450 engineering and scienti¿c papers. He authored 22 books and wrote chapters for ten books. Marcelo S. Alencar has contributed in different capacities to the following scienti¿c journals: Editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Telecommunication Society (SBrT); Member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Communications Software and Systems (JCOMSS), published by the Croatian Communication and Information Society (CCIS); Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Networks (JNW), published by Academy Publisher; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication and Information Systems, jointly sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and SBrT. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and recipient of two grants from the IEEE Foundation. He is a columnist for the traditional Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Commercio, since April, 2000.

Style is a distinctive manner of expression, in writing or speech. The word evolved from Latin stilus, an instrument for writing, marking, or incising, such as something used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets. It is the way in which something is said or done, as distinguished from its substance. Style is also a convention with respect to spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and typographic arrangement and display followed in writing or printing.
Scientific Style in English aims to help students with the reading and writing of scientific and technical texts in English, with a particular focus on style, grammar and math. It can be used by students and professionals with basic or intermediate understanding of the English language.
Technical topics discussed in the book include:
Scientific Style in English
Mathematical Style in English
Technical Style
Stylistic Problems in English
How to write Theses and Dissertations