Foreword
Research Structures
Energy, Environment, and Biodiversity
- Metallic Materials Engineering
- Solar Energy
- Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Fields and Forests of the Atlantic Forest
- Economic, Human, and Environmental Development
- Primatology
- Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Carnivores
- Oleochemistry: Processes and Products
- Technologies to Mitigate Environmental Impacts
- Ichthyology
- Ornithology
- The Center for Wind Energy
Humanities and Ethics
- Fundamental Rights
- Theological and Ethical Anthropology
- The Political Authoritarianism and Press in Contemporary Brazil
- Christology within the Contemporary Latin American Context
- Law and Bioethics
- Clinical Bioethics
- Ecclesiology and Emergent Problems
- Analytic Epistemology
- Ethics, Contemporaneity, and Deconstruction: The Philosophical Criticism of Violence
- Immigration, Towns, and Foreigners Narratives of Brazil (1864–1964)
- Criminal Procedure and Democratic Rule of Law
Culture and Education
- Southern Writers Collection
- Architecture and Heritage
- Culture, Subjectivity, and Formative Policies
- Between the Memories and Stories of Schools at Rio Grande do Sul: From the Deutscher Hilfsverein to Farroupilha School (1858-2008)
- Enunciation and Discourse
- Education for Health and Inclusive Education
- Teaching of Physics
- Format Y: Formation in Mathematics for Generation Y
- History of Literature: The Investigation and Diffusion of Sources
- Reading Literature: The School and Other Social Agencies
- Chemical Education
- Relationship between the Nature of Science and Science Education
- Literature, History, and Theories on the Imaginary
- Training of Professors, Licentiates, and Pedagogical Practices
Society and Development
- Companies and Organizations
- Law and Economy
- Study and Research on Violence
- Family, Social Work, and Health
- Architecture and Industrialization
- Agribusiness
- Social Well-being Economics
- Applied Mathematics
- Class Action Lawsuits
- Psychology and Social Policies: Memory, History, and Production of the Present Time
- Inter-organizational Relationships and Systemic Competitiveness
- Parties, Elections, and Political Communication
- Fundamental Principles of Tax Law
- Social Demands and Policies
Information and Communication Technology
- Wireless, Wired, and Optic Communications
- Organizational Communication
- Strategy and Innovation
- Hardware Project Support
- Computing Molecular Biophysics – The Modeling and Simulation of Biosystems
- Technological Development in Telehealth
- Resource Management and Virtualization
- The Management and Governance of Information Technology
- International News at the Global Village
- Communication Science
- Ubiquity and Technological Convergences in Communication
- Aerospace Research
- The Performance Evaluation Group
- The Group on Systems, Signals, and Computing
Biology and Health
- Cancer and Other Pathologies of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region
- Memory
- Molecular and Functional Biology
- Cardiometabolic Risk, Aging, and Nutrition
- Health Education and Work
- Structural Biochemistry
- Pediatric Respirology
- Applied Pharmacology: Characterization of Mechanisms Involved in Pain, Inflammation and Cancer
- Immunology and Immunodiagnostics
- Nephrology
- Neurosciences
- Orthodontics
- The Promotion of Health in Longevity
- Olympic Studies and Health Sciences
- Nerve Regeneration
- Intensive Neonatal Medicine and Congenital Infections
- Aerospace Pharmacy
- Medical Imaging
- Pulmonology
- Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders
- Metabolic Transformations of Purines of Biological Importance
- The Study of Parasitosis, Biochemical Parameters, and Hematological Parameters Associated with Aging
- Aerospace Science
- Bioethics and Ethics Applied to Animals
- Pharmacovigilance
- Evaluation and Intervention in the Life Cycle
- Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
- Modification of Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk
- Nanostructures and Nanoscopy
- Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Psychology of Occupational Health
- Memory and Neurodegeneration
- Epidemiology, Neurology, and Immunology
- Chemistry of Natural Products
- Health Economics
Research Structures and Researchers
- RESEARCH STRUCTURES AND RESEARCHERS
- Business School: Management, Accounting and Economics (FACE)
- School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU)
- School of Biosciences (FABIO)
- School of Aeronautical Sciences (FACA)
- School of Social Communication (FAMECOS)
- Law School (FADIR)
- School of Education (FACED)
- School of Physical Education and Sport Science (FEFID)
- School of Nursing, Nutrition and Physiotherapy (FAENFI)
- School of Engineering (FENG)
- School of Pharmacy (FFARM)
- School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (FFCH)
- School of Physics (FAFIS)
- School of Computer Science (FACIN)
- School of Letters: Languages, Linguistics and Literature (FALE)
- School of Mathematics (FAMAT)
- School of Medicine (FAMED)
- School of Dentistry (FO)
- School of Psychology (FAPSI)
- School of Chemistry (FAQUI)
- School of Social Work (FSS)
- School of Theology (FATEO)
- Institute of Bioethics (IB)
- Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IGG)
- Institute of Research and Development (IDÉIA)
- Institute of Biomedical Research (IPB)
- Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology (INTOX)
- Institute of the Brain (InsCer)
- Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IMA)
- Museum of Sciences and Technology (MCT)
Sustainable uses of steel
Data from the Worldwatch Institute, a North American nongovernmental organization (NGO) devoted to the promotion of an environmentally sustainable society, showed that the average metal consumption per capita increased from 77 kg in 1950 to 213 kg in 2008 and that steel represented 95% of the metal in weight produced worldwide. To study the reactions, resistance, and better approaches to the use of steel, the Nucleus for Metallic Materials Engineering, chaired by Professor Berenice Dedavid, includes researchers and underand graduate students of Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Automation Control Engineering and Chemistry.
The studies are conducted along three lines of research: metallic materials, biodiesel, and the monitoring of environmental pollution. The initial research line explores special steels for the oil and gas extraction industry aimed at the future geological storage of carbon in wells. The goal of that project is to understand the behavior of steel under conditions of extreme corrosion, high temperature, and high pressure. At the end of the study, the research team aims to select a national steel that is compatible with critical work conditions in the soil and sea and that costs less.
The second line of research in biodiesel studies is the wearing of automotive alloys in the presence of fuel. The research aim is to correlate raw fusion structures and heat treatments of irons with the corrosion of parts where the biodiesel circulates.
The third research line focuses on the assessment of environmental conditions characterized by large concentrations of toxic agents and may show results soon. The researchers are currently developing small sensors that can detect the presence of toxic gases and monitor air quality. These electronic components are currently undergoing testing stages, and their composition includes nanoparticles and nanofoils to increase the sensitivity of the contact surface. The device may, for instance, be attached as a button to miners’ clothes to help them detect noxious loads of oxygen monoxide (CO), oxygen dioxide (CO2), and methane in coal mines. This equipment may also be used in stations for air quality assessment in urban environments.