International
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
Professors André Mesquita and Jerson Vaz, from PPGEM, are collaborators of the University of Calgary, Canada. Professor Jerson Vaz is in a post-doctorate internship in Calgary, where he is part of the team coordinated by Professor David Wood, author of important books on Wind Turbines.
Institutions involved:
Universidade de Calgary and Federal University of Pará.
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
Professor Eduardo de Magalhães Braga collaborates with the University of Alberta, Canada, an institution where there is already a Doctorate student.
Institutions involved:
University of Alberta and Federal University of Pará.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA), linked to PPGEM, has a cooperation agreement with the Center de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France, both for the development of joint research projects and for Advanced courses are taught in the PPGEM by international experts. In this scope, a grant was approved for a CIRAD visiting researcher to work in the PPGEM.
Institutions involved:
Center de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement and the Federal University of Pará
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA), linked to PPGEM, also has cooperation with the Department of Environment and Planning of the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, for the development in of the research project "Biomass Roasting and Evaluation of the Performance of Solid Fuel Produced in Thermo-Chemical Processes". PPGEM researchers conducted tests at the University's facilities and researchers at the University of Aveiro acted in the PPGEM laboratories in 2015.
Research Project to which it is published:
Biomass roasting and performance evaluation of the solid fuel produced in thermo-chemical processes.
Institutions involved:
University of Aveiro and Federal University of Pará.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The PPGEM maintains a close relationship with the INRS University, through the Center Eau Terre Environment (ETE) and the Université de Laval, both in Quebec, Canada. With INRS-ETE, through the team of Prof. Yves Secretant, the collaboration refers to the development of models and software (MODELEUR / HIDROSIM / DISPERSIM) for the analysis of fluvial flows. This collaboration resulted in the development of a model for the analysis of the flow in Guajará Bay and a MODELEUR software module is currently being developed to deal with sedimentation problems, involving a PhD thesis in PRODERNA / UFPA (defended in 2012) and currently one student is performing golden sandwich at INRS-ETE.
Institutions involved:
Université INRS, Université de Laval and the Federal University of Pará.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Program has a partnership with Université Laval, Canada, through the Laboratoire de Machines Hydrauliques. The partnership involves the development of small axial hydraulic turbines and the development of flow measurement techniques in turbines.
Institutions involved:
Université Laval and the Federal University of Pará.
National
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Group and Studies in Welding Technology (GETSOLDA), linked to PPGEM, maintains a partnership with the Post-Graduation Program of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) through the Pro-Engineering Program (PE050 / 2008 CAPES), involving the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia and the Federal University of Pará. This Pro-Engineering aims to stimulate the scientific-academic interaction between researchers from the North and Central Region of the country to reach a higher degree in the training of personnel, Masters and Doctorate in welding engineering . This program involves graduates of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in mechanical engineering from UFPA, oriented and co-oriented by professors of the two institutions.
Institutions involved:
Federal University of Uberlândia and Federal University of Pará
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Group and Studies in Welding Technology (GETSOLDA) has regular scientific cooperation with universities in the Northeastern region, federal universities of Ceará and Campina Grande, in the context of the Multi-tasking Network of Special Materials of the North and Northeast / REMULT
Institutions involved:
Universities in the Northeast, federal universities of Ceará and Campina Grande.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA), linked to PPGEM, has an intense relationship with the Laboratory of Energy and Environment (LEMA), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), and group are carrying out the research project "Finos de Biomassa Torrada: a new renewable fuel" financed by CNPq through Public Notice Nº 75/2013 (MCTI / CNPq Public Selection of Research and Development Projects and Innovation in Fuel Conversion Technologies with Focus on Solid Fuels). In this project, besides the development of dissertations (PPGEM) and theses (UFSC), it is also possible to exchange researchers and was also allocated a new doctor of UFSC to work at UFPA.
Research Project to which it is published:
Thin Biomass Toast: a new renewable fuel
Institutions involved:
Federal University of Santa Catarina and Federal University of Pará.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA) has a strong interaction with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Brasília (UnB) for the development of the project "Characterization of Combustion Kinetics of Toxic Lignocellulosic Biomass Powder", funded by CNPq in the context of the program Science without Borders - scholarships in the country, Special visitor researcher mode. This project allows the exchange of researchers between the two institutions for training course achievements and trials in their laboratories. The PPGEM professors also cooperate with UnB for the development of Hydrokinetic Turbines, with the financing of Eletronorte. The largest turbine of its kind in Latin America is in development.
Research Project to which it is published:
Characterization of Combustion Kinetics of Toxic Lignocellulosic Biomass Powder
Institutions involved:
University of Brasília and Federal University of Pará.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
PPGEM has a solid partnership with the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), where both the Materials Group and the Energy Biomass Group have a strong integration with the Department of Materials and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Institutions involved:
State University of Campinas and Federal University of Pará.
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
The PPGEM has a strong interaction with the Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering (PPGEQ), at Masters level, and with the Doctorate Program in Natural Resource Engineering (PRODERNA), both from UFPA. It is routine for students of these Programs to become disciplines of the PPGEM and vice versa. PPGEM professors are co-advisors to students of the two other programs and there are joint implementation projects. Three of the PPGEM laboratories support the research of PRODERNA Doctorate students.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Group of Vibrations and Acoustics (GVA), linked to the PPGEM of UFPA, entered into a partnership with professors / researchers from the Federal Universities of Paraná and Santa Maria, in order to develop the project "ABRAMUS - Architectures for a Brazilian Music", which aims at the development of suitable rooms for the teaching of music in schools, in accordance with the new policies of the Government. The GVA also established a partnership with researchers from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) to develop noise control projects in CHESF hydroelectric power plants, resulting in the approval of the project Methodology for the Application of On-Line Control and Noise Monitoring Solutions in Power Plant Pilot of Chesf.
Research Project to which it is published:
ABRAMUS - Arquiteturas para um Brasil Musical
Institutions involved:
Federal Universities of Paraná and Santa Maria, Federal University of Pernambuco and Federal University of Pará.