2019

– REBIBIR – Meeting of the REBIBIR Network (Ibero-American Network of Biomass Technologies and Rural Technologies), November 11-16, 2019, Salta, Argentina (Participant: Electo Silva Lora).

– UDES, Bucaramanga, Colombia, Visit of Academic Peers/PhD in Renewable Energy Resources, October 10-12, 2019 (Participant: Electo Silva Lora).

– PowerTech, Milan, Italy, June 23-27, 2019 (Participant: Edson da Costa Bortoni).

– IEEE Power Systems Society General Meeting, Atlanta, USA, August 4-6, 2019 (Participant: Edson da Costa Bortoni).

– International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems, Tokyo, Japan, September 17-19, 2019 (Participant: Edson da Costa Bortoni).

– Pyroliq Conference, 16-20 June 2019, Cork, Ireland, “Environmental assessment of pyrolysis in biorefineries based on palm oil wastes”, Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– V International Seminar on Small-Scale Hydroenergy, 11/5/219, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico (Participant Geraldo Lucio Tiago).

– ASADES Conference in Jujuy /Argentina.November 11-14, 2019. “State of the art of technology and design of electricity generation systems with biomass”. Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– Convención Internacional Ciencia y Conciencia, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, April 22-26, 2019, “Advances in electricity generation from biomass”.Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– Biofuels and electricity to mitigate transport GHG emissions, speech presented at IRENA Innovation Week in Asia, Bangkok, September 2-5. Prof. Luis Augusto Horta Nogueira.

– Biofuels Conference, Rosario, Argentina, May 16-17. Modern sugarcane bioenergy, Prof. Luis Augusto Horta Nogueira.

– Brazilian Renovabio Program, speech at GBEP Annual Meeting, Global Bioenergy Partnership, FAO, Rome, October 28-31. Prof. Luis Augusto Horta Nogueira.

– Hydro Generators Design Challenges in an Energy Transition Scenario. Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITECH), Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni.

– International Course on the Development of Small-Scale Hydroelectric Projects, November 6-8, 2019, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico. Prof. Geraldo Lucio Tiago.

2018

Prof. Electo Silva Lora participated in the following meetings and seminars:

– Visit to the University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, November 26, 2018 to December 1, 2018.

– Visit to the Universidad del Bio Bio, Concepción, Chile, June 18, 2018 to June 21, 2018.

– Speaker at the Argentine Congress of Mechanical Engineering, CAIM, Tucuman, Argentina, October 10-12, 2018.

– Lecture at the International Workshop on Renewable Energies, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, May 8-11, 2018.

Meetings of The Crux Project (Participating Professors Electo Silva Lora, Jose Carlos Escobar Palacio, Vladimir Melian Cobas and Osvaldo José Venturini)

– 5th Meeting, CUJAE, Havana, Cuba, January 29-31, 2018.

– 7th meeting, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, June 25-July 6, 2018.

– 8th meeting, University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, October 1-6, 2018.

Professor Edson da Costa Bortoni participated in the following events:

– IEEE PES & IAS Power Africa Conference, Cape Town.

– 61st ISA POWID Conference, Knoxville.

– 14th Quantitative Infrared Thermography Conference, Berlin.

– IEEE PES General Meeting, Portland.

– International Conference on Electrical Machines, Alexandroupolis.

– Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, Long Beach.

Professor Fernando Braga participated in HIC 2018 – 13th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, July 1-6, 2018, where two scientific papers were presented.

14th BRAFITEC Forum, 2018. Grenoble, France, June 2018. (Prof. Regina Mambeli Barros)

– Mission to Cuba, as a consultant for ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), to assess the prospects for the development of biomass-fired power plants (April 23-27, 2018). Prof. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira

– Annual Meeting of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Partnership GBEP, promoted by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (November 26-30, 2018). Prof. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira in 2017

– 25th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, June 12-15, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden EUBCE 2017. Presentation of 3 papers. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora

– CIBEM 2017, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, October 23-26, 2017, CFD modeling and simulation of biomass gasification in a double-stage co-current reactor, Electo Eduardo Silva Lora, Diego Mauricio Yepes Maya, Angie Lizeth Espinosa Sarmiento.

• III Latin American Hydropower & Systems Meeting (Escuela Politécnica Nacional – September, Quito, Ecuador). Prof. Geraldo Lucio Tiago

• 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development – CYTED and Small-Scale Hydropower Seminar (July, Lima, Peru). Prof. Geraldo Lucio Tiago

– x World Congress of EWRA on Water Resources and Water Resources and Environment, Athens, Greece, Prof. Dr. Fernando das Graças Braga da Silva

2019

– Final meeting (10th) of the ERASMUS project, The Crux 01-03/06/2019 held at UNIFEI. Participants: UNIVPM (Italy), UDES and UIS (Colombia), UCLM (Spain), CUJAE and UO (Cuba) and Northumbria University (United Kingdom) (Organized by: Electo Silva Lora).

– Prof. Dr. Edgar Castillo Monroy, (18-22/11/2019). EcoPetrol Research Center, Colombia. Taught the course “Integration of biomass in oil refineries” (Organized by: Electo Silva Lora).

– Prof. Fernando J. T. E. Ferreira, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Organized by: Edson dad Costa Bortoni).

– Professor Jorge Martins from the University of Minho, Portugal, who taught the course “Electric Vehicles” (Organized by: Vladimir Melian Cobas).

2018

– Dr. Yannay Casas Ledon, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile, September 10-14, 2018. Lecture on Environmental Exergoeconomics. (Prof. Elect Eduardo Silva Lora and Jose Carlos Escobar Palacio)

– Dr. Quelbis Roman Quintero, Autonomous University of Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia. Course on Agroenergetic Systems (12 hours). Work on joint publications. (Prof. Diego Yepes Maya and Elect Eduardo Silva Lora).

– Dr. Irini Angelidaki, Denmark Technical University – DTU, Course on Advances in Biodigestion Technology, 15 hours. (Prof. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora and Prof. Diego Yepes Maya)

– 6th Meeting of The CRUX Project, UNIFEI, Itajubá, April 22-25, 2018. International Scientific Seminar on April 25, 2018. Sixteen researchers from six universities in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Colombia, Cuba, and Brazil participated.

– Prof. Kiruba Haran, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni).

– Prof. Keith Emery, National Energy Research Laboratory (Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni).

– Michael Danilo Vargas Hincapie, Autonomous University of Colombia – Colombia (Prof. Regina Mambeli Barros).

– Guillermo Eliecer Valencia Ochoa, University of the Atlantic/Colombia (Prof. Jose Carlos Escobar Palácio)

– Visit of Prof. Manuel Garcia Perez to UNIFEI, Washington State University, in December 2017. Prof. Manuel Garcia Perez taught a 16-hour course entitled “Biomass Thermochemical Conversion”.

Dr. Ladislav Rozenský, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcka 129, Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic, rladislav@seznam.cz

– Nathaniel Weger, a student at the University of Iowa in the United States, completed an internship at UNIFEI where he worked with undergraduate thesis students and observed tests conducted in a co-current fixed-bed gasifier. Rubenildo Vieira Andrade

2019

– Leonardo Iannuzzi (Master’s degree) – UTN – National Technological University, FR Rosario, Defended 06/05/2019; “ACV of buses with hydrogen cells of renewable sources and diesel buses in Rosario, Argentina”. Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– German Arturo Lopez Martinez (Doctorate) – Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia. Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– Frederica Graffeo, Department of Energy at Politecnico di Torino. Master’s degree. Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni,

– Hegel Johan Rincón Laurens, Master in Energy Efficiency, Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia. Prof José Carlos Escobar Palácio.

2019

– Course “Biomass Gasification”, Master’s Degree in Renewable Energies, National Technological University – UTN, Buenos Aires/Argentina (March 28-30, 2019). Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– Course “Biomass”, Master’s Degree in Energy Resources, University of Santander – UDES, Colombia. Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– Introduction to Energy Conversion Technologies, Master’s Degree in Energy Resources, University of Santander – UDES, Colombia. Prof. Jose Carlos Escobar Palácio.

2018

– Lecture at the University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. “Solar Thermal Energy in Processes” and advising doctoral students. December 19-29, 2018.

– Lecture: “Prevention and control of environmental pollution”, Master’s Program in Energy Efficiency, Universidad de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. September 24-29, 2018.

– Lecture: “Research results in Renewable Energies at NEST/UNIFEI”, Doctoral Program in Energy, Universidad de Concepción, Chile, June 20, 2018.

– Master’s Degree in Advanced Energy Systems (MSEA). Modules “Introduction to energy conversion technologies” and “Biomass”: 2017 and 2019. Professors Jose Carlos Escobar Palacio and Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

– Participation as a lecturer (Bioenergy and Biomass Gasification) in the Master’s Program in Renewable Energies at UTN, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Argentina. Professors Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira and Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

2017

– Course “Biomass”. Master’s Degree in Advanced Energy Systems, University of Santander, UDES, June 21-25, 2017, Bucaramanga, Colombia. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

– Course “UO, Energy and Environment”, Master’s Degree in Energy Efficiency, November 21-25, 2017. University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

June 28-30: Representative appointed by ECLAC at the Workshop on Progress on SDG7 and its interlinkages with other Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, Bangkok, Thailand. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira

– November 9-10: Presentation on the drivers for promoting sugarcane ethanol in Latin America at the Workshop on Ethanol in the Americas, Florida State University, Gainesville, USA. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira

– December 5: Panelist in the roundtable discussion on Evaluating the Results of Actions to Promote Energy Efficiency, at the VIII Regional Dialogue on Energy, ECLAC/United Nations, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira

– December 6-7: Presentation on “Potential for the production and use of sugarcane ethanol in Latin America”, at the Ethanol in Latin America congress, F. O. Lichts, Antigua, Guatemala. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira

– Student: Nilson Yulian Castillo León, Universidad de Santander, Master in Advanced Energy Resources, Colombia (PPGEEN Coordinator: 2018; Jose Carlos Escobar Palacio).

– Student: Guillermo Eliecer Valencia Ochoa, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana campus laureles – Medellín, Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, Colombia. 2018. (PPGEEN Coordinator: Jose Carlos Escobar Palacio)

In April 2013, the CEURER International Seminar – “Energy Conversion, Waste Use and Renewable Energies” was organized by the course at UNIFEI in celebration of UNIFEI’s 100th anniversary (www.ceurer2013.com.br). CEURER had 124 participants and featured 38 speakers: 12 from universities in the USA, France, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, Colombia, Spain and Cuba, 12 from Brazilian universities, 9 representatives from the industrial sector and 5 from UNIFEI’s energy research groups.

Professor Edson da Costa Bortoni received the following international distinctions in 2019:

– 2019 Hydropower Foundation Educator of the Year awarded by the Hydropower Foundation (USA).

– Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of the Power and Energy Society – PES of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE (USA) in 2019.

Durban University of Technology, Africa do Sul, Master Degree Thesis, Osagie Ighodara, !A study of biogas generation from poultry litter and its impurity removal”. 2019. Prof. Electo Silva Lora.

– REBIBIR – Ibero-American Network of Biomass Technologies and Rural Bioenergy, RED CYTED, 2019-2022. UNIFEI Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

– ERASMUS Project, The Crux 01-03/06/2019. Participants: UNIVPM (Italy), UDES and UIS (Colombia), UCLM (Spain), CUJAE and UO (Cuba) and the University of Northumbria (United Kingdom) (Organization: Electo Silva Lora).

– BIOVALUE/H2020 – “Valorization of the decentralized biomass production chain aiming at the production of advanced biofuels: development and evaluation of thermochemical routes integrated with biomass production and biochemical routes”, 2019-2023. This project is part of the European Union’s H2020 project “Brazil-EU Cooperation for the Development of Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels”. UNIFEI Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

– BRICS: “Thermochemical conversion of biomass and lignocellulosic residues to bioenergy and biofuels and their use in internal combustion engines”. Research groups from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa participate in this project. 2019-2023. UNIFEI Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

– BIOEN, Bioenergy Research Program of FAPESP, São Paulo Research Foundation. Coordinator: Luis Augusto Horta Nogueira.

– LAWG – IAHR (Latin American Working Group of IAHR. UNIFEI Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Regina Mambeli Barros.

– Red Hidro _ Red Thematic Iberoamerican Hydroenergy on a Small Scale, promoted by the Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo – CYTED. UNIFEI Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Geraldo Lucio Tiago.

2019

– Cogen for Africa, Research Project developed with New Hampshire University, sponsored by UN Environment, Nairobi, Kenya – 2019 on the topic of Cogeneration with bioenergy in African countries (Participant from PPGEEN: Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira)

– Sustainable Bioenergy for Cuba, Research Project developed with support and direct involvement of the United Nations ECLAC, United Nations FAO, IRENA and the Cuban government, 2019-2020, Pre-feasibility studies and impact assessments of electricity generation with biomass in Cuba (Participant from PPGEEN: Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira).

– Biodiesel for Bolivia, project developed for the Inter-American Development Bank, 2019, Reference framework for a Bolivian biodiesel program (Participant from PPGEEN: Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira).

– CAPES/BRAFITEC (Project I2-DVD) Project: Engineering and Innovation for the Development of Sustainable Cities. ENGEES/UNIFEI academic mobility project. Unifei Coordinator: Regina Mambeli Barros.

– REBIBIR – Ibero-American Network of Biomass and Rural Bioenergy Technologies, RED CYTED, 2019-2022. Unifei Coordinator: Electo Silva Lora.

– BIOVALUE/H2020 – “Valorization of the decentralized biomass production chain aiming at the production of advanced biofuels: development and evaluation of thermochemical routes integrated with biomass production and biochemical routes”, 2019-2023. This project is part of the European Union’s H2020 project “Brazil-EU Cooperation for the development of advanced lignocellulosic biofuels”. Unifei Coordinator: Electo Silva Lora.

– BRICS: “Thermochemical conversion of biomass and lignocellulosic residues to bioenergy and biofuels and their use in internal combustion engines”. Research groups from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa participate in this project. 2019-2023. Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Electo Eduardo Silva Lora.

2018

– Projects with international institutions and results.

– The Crux Project (ERASMUS PLUS Project) EU Quality Standards Aligned Modernization of Renewable Energy Engineering Curriculum for Bachelor and Master Students and Improving Skills Development of Ph.D. students in Universities of Latin America. Participants: Northumbria University, United Kingdom; Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy; University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil; Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; University of Santander, Colombia; Industrial University of Santander, Colombia; University of Oriente, Cuba, José Antonio Echeverria Polytechnic University, Cuba.

– H2020 Project – Whole chain decentralized biomass valorization to advanced biofuels: development and assessment of thermochemical routes integrated to biomass production and biochemical routes. Acronym: BioValue. FAPESP, FACEPE, FAPEMIG.

– REBiBir(t) Project – “Ibero-American Network of Biomass and Rural Bioenergy Technologies”.

– ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations (Montreal/Canada), editor and author, along with Joaquim Seabra and Rafael Capaz (co-authors), of the publication Sustainable Aviation Fuels Guide (65 pg), volume 4 of the Transforming Global Aviation Collection series. (project started in 2016 and completed in 2018). – Prof. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira.

– IRENA, International Renewable Energy Agency (Bonn/Germany), editor and author, along with Seungwoo Kang and Jeffrey Skeer (co-authors), of the publication Sugarcane Bioenergy in Southern Africa: Economic potential for Sustainable scaleup (61 pg)

(project started in July 2018 and completed in December 2018) – Prof. Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira.

– Recipient of the 2018 ISA Power Industry Division (POWID) Achievement Award. Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni

– Coordinator of the IEEE STD. C50.12 WG-4 working group, member of several IEEE groups and worked on the development of several standards. Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni

– CAPES/BRAFITEC (Project I2-DVD) Project: Engineering and Innovation for the Development of Sustainable Cities. ENGEES/UNIFEI academic mobility project. Prof. Regina Mambeli Barros.

2017

– Tempus Project: EU Quality Standards Aligned Modernization of Renewable Energy Engineering Curriculum for Bachelor and Master’s students and Improving Skills Development of PhD students in Universities of Latin America

– Collaborative work with Dr. Keith Emery, from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory – NREL, Golden/CO/USA, funded by Fulbright, project #7319, New developments in PV cells. Prof. Edson da Costa Bortoni.

– Collaborative work with Prof. Dr. Kiruba S. Haran, from the University of Illinois, funded by UNIFEI’s own postgraduate program, on new types of motors and electric propulsion for aircraft. Prof. Dr. Edson da Costa Bortoni

– CAPES/BRAFITEC (Project I2-DVD) Project: Engineering and Innovation for the Development of Sustainable Cities. Regina Mambeli Barros

• ICSHP – International Center on Small Hydro Power (China). Prof. Dr. Geraldo Lúcio Tiago Filho.

• Hydromechanics Laboratory (University of La Plata, Argentina). Prof. Dr. Geraldo Lúcio Tiago Filho

– “Protected areas and wellheads – an evaluation of management tools between Brazil and Australia”, Dr. Simon Linke. Senior Research Fellow. Institute Research Staff, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University. Prof. Dr. Francisco Dupas.