Internacionalização

Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Engenharia de Produção

International Events and Activities

  • Holding of the 9th International Workshop onAdvances in Cleaner Production (9th IWACP) was held in Melbourne, Australia, on May 26, 2020. Held in partnership with PPGEP UNIP, Advances in Cleaner Production Network (ACPN - Advances in Cleaner Production Network) and Deakin University, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event took place entirely online. In addition to UNIP and Deakin University, other partner institutions can be mentioned. They are: UNIFI (University of Florence, Italy), University of Kent (UK), UNISON (University of Sonora, Mexico), Illinois Institute of Technology (USA), University of Manitoba (Canada), CUC (La Costa University , Colombia), Journal of Cleaner Production, Beijing Normal University (China).
  • In the context of the Advances in Cleaner Production Network (ACPN), the international declaration of Barranquilla and Sanya was signed. In 2017 and 2019, respectively, in São Paulo (Brazil) and Sanya (China), UNIP, together with its academic partners, through the ACPN network, promoted the International Declarations: “Our Vision 'and' the Next 40 Years of Cleaner Production”. The Declaration was signed by Biagio F. Giannetti (Universidade Paulista, Founder and General Chair of ACPN), Zhifeng Yang (Chinese Academy of Engineering), Changbo Zhou (China National Cleaner Production Center/Ministry of Environmental Protection), Yutao Wang (Fudan University and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production), Cecilia M.V.B. Almeida (Universidade Paulista and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production), Gang Liu (University of Southern Denmark), Linda Hancock (Deakin University), Lei Shi (Tsinghua University), Giovanni Baiocchi (Maryland University) and Gengyuan Liu ( Beijing Normal University).
  • Universidade Paulista - UNIP, through the PPGEP, signed a Scientific Cooperation Agreement with CHAIR UNESCO on 'Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development', from the Science and Technology Department of the Parthenope University of Naples, Italy. professors Pier Paolo Franzese (Parthenope University of Naples) and Biagio F. Giannetti, coordinator of the Production and Environment Laboratory (LaProMA) and the Area of Concentration Sustainability in Production Systems at PPGEP UNIP.
  • Interaction with Cranfield University, UK, in 2020, through an established partnership, a chapter was published in the book “Food Supply Chain Cities”, edited by Cranfield Professors Emel Aktas and Michael Bourlakis from School of Management. The chapter of the book “Food Distribution in School Feeding Programs in Brazil” had the participation of Profs. João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis and Oduvaldo Vendrametto.
  • For the recognition of the academic community regarding the important contributions of PPGEP professors to the advances made from the studies carried out on the theme of Cleaner Production, since May 2017, Prof. Cecilia M. V. B. Almeida works as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cleaner Production, with two other professors on her permanent editorial board.
  • Since 2005, Universidade Paulista and PPGEP are signatories of the International Declaration on Cleaner Production, by UNEP (United Nations Environment Program).

International Partnerships and Agreements

  • UNIVERSITY OF SONORA (UNISON). Scientific cooperation agreement, existing since 2007, between UNIP and the University of Sonora (UNISON).
  • POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK – POLAND, it was agreed to take place, in 2020, a summer school where two BUT students would be received. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, caused the cancellation of the project, as, among other implications, international travel was prohibited.
  • GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY – ROMANIA. Highlight the following academic activities: exchange of two masters students from GheorgheAsachiTechnicalUniversity of Iasi-Romania, who were at PPGEP UNIP in 2019 conducting research and receiving co-supervision; Professors Biagio, Cecilia and Feni from PPGEP UNIP started writing a book chapter in 2020
  • GLOBAL FACULTY WEEK – LITHUANIA. The event, scheduled for 2020, due to the entire context experienced by the planet, ended up not taking place as initially planned. It was decided to prioritize discussions remotely, to schedule the event for the year 2021, and its result will be highlighted in the report that will gather information related to the base year of 2021. It is noteworthy, however, that the event had the collaboration of PPGEP Professors, João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis and Irenilza de Alencar Nääs.
  • UNIVERSITY OF PORTO – PORTUGAL. A student of PPGEP UNIP completed a period of Doctoral Sandwich, from December 18, 2018 to May 27, 2019. UNIP signed a specific cooperation agreement between the PPGEP UNIP and the Doctoral Program in Industrial Management at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).
  • POLYTECHNIC IN POZEGA – CROATIA. Partnership for the exchange of students and teachers in the ERASMUS+ program. Professor Rodrigo Franco Gonçalves from PPGEP UNIP participated in a week of exchange, establishing partnerships that resulted in joint publications.
  • SIENA UNIVERSITY – ITALY. A noteworthy result of the agreement signed in 2014 with Siena University is the arrival of graduates from that institution. Dr. Luca Coscieme did a postdoctoral internship at PPGEP UNIP and after this period he became a researcher at the EuropeanEnvironmentAgency in Copenhagen (Denmark) and at Trinity College in Dublin (Ireland). Currently Dr. Coscieme is Research Program Manager at the Hot and Cool Insitute. In early 2020, he participated as a visiting professor at PPGEP UNIP. It resulted in a workshop, student exchange and joint publications in high-impact journals
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE – CUBA. The academic cooperation agreement with Universidade de Oriente (Cuba) resulted in the following scientific article published in 2020: 1. QUIÑONEZ, R. E.; MORENO GARCIA, R. R.; FERIA, U.P.; PEREZ, K.M.P.; AGOSTINHO, F.; GIANNETTI, B. F. Construcción de la Matriz Insumo Producto de la Provincial Esmeraldas, República del Ecuador. Studies of Applied Economics, vol. 38, p. 1-17, 2020.
  • BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY – CHINA. In 2015, a scientific cooperation agreement was signed between UNIP and the Beijing Normal University (BNU), which has made possible, since then, several academic research and teaching actions. In 2020, the partnership resulted in 4 high-impact publications. Between November 30 and December 17, 2020, PPGEP UNIP professors, Dr. Biagio F. Giannetti, Dr. Cecilia Almeida and Dr. Feni Agostinho, at the invitation of Beijing Normal University (BNU – Beijing Normal University), taught a course for undergraduate and graduate students at the Chinese university. Entitled Science-BasedEvaluation System Centered in Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexusand Real Wealth, the course aimed to exchange information on the main characteristics of environmental accounting tools used for the diagnosis and management of production systems, aiming to achieve greater sustainability levels.
  • UNIVERSITY OF LA COSTA. In 2017, a scientific cooperation agreement was signed between UNIP and the Universidad de La Costa (CUC), which has since made possible several academic research and teaching actions. This partnership resulted in the 7th IWACP being held at the CUC campus in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2020, UNIP and CUC professors published an article together in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Program professors maintain institutional relations of cooperation with the following foundations, companies and/or international institutions:

  • The Tsukuba University – Japan;
  • The Himejei Institute of Technology – Japan;
  • Shizuoka University – Japan;
  • The University of Cienfuegos – Cuba;
  • The University of Tennessee – USA;
  • Cranfield University – UK.

International Workshops

a - Advances in Cleaner Production (IWACP) - https://www.advancesincleanerproduction.net/14th/site/index.html .
b - International Congress on Business Networks and Logistics (NETLOG)
c - Advances in Production Management Systems - https://www.apms-conference.org/; https://www.ifipwg57.org/
d - International Workshop on Plastic Pollution in the Oceans (IWPPO)

International Student Exchange

Summer School with students from Bialystock Technology University (Poland) with funding from the Polish Research Fund.

Three PPGEP students participated in a Sandwich Program at the Biosystems Engineering Department, Florida State University, USA; the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, University of Porto, Portugal and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania.

Other International Actions

a - International Declaration on Cleaner Production
UNIP and PPGEP are signatories to the UNEP International Declaration on Cleaner Production. https://unip.br/cursos/pos_graduacao/strictosensu/laboratorios/laproma/realizacoes_academicas.aspx
b - Stellenbosch Declaration
The STELLENBOSCH DECLARATION was signed by researchers from various institutions, including Atitus Educação (Brazil), Universidade Paulista (Brazil), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), UFRGS (Brazil), Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy), University of Florence (Italy), JEMCO & Associados Serviços Técnicos Ltda (Brazil), Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Brazil), Universidade de Sapienza (Rome, Italy), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil), UC Louvain (Belgium), Universidade de L'Aquila (Italy), Universidade de la Guajira (Colombia), Universidade de Sri Jayewardenepura (Sri Lanka), Universidade “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), State University of Pará (Brazil), University of Twente (Netherlands) and Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (Brazil).
https://www.advancesincleanerproduction.net/network/stellenbosch.html
c - International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research (ISAER) - EMERGY SOCIETY
The EMERGY SOCIETY community, in recognition of the contribution and leadership in the field of emergy-based environmental accounting, elected Professor BIAGIO to the position of President of ISAER (Emergy Society) for the period 2021-2022, and in 2023-2024 as Acting President.
d - Advances in Cleaner Production Network (Acpn)
Professor BIAGIO is the founder of the Advances in Cleaner Production Network (ACPN) and currently holds the global presidency of the ACPN.
https://www.advancesincleanerproduction.net/network/
e - Advances in Cleaner Production School (Amicus)
Three AmICUS International Schools were held in the 2021-2024 quadrennium, in partnership with the University of Ferrara (2021, Italy), Bertioga City Hall (2021, Brazil) and PUC Curitiba (2024, Brazil). For 2025, AmICUS will be held in France at HEC - Paris.
https://www.advancesincleanerproduction.net/
e - Universidad de Oriente - CUBA
Academic cooperation agreement with the University of Oriente (Cuba)
f - Beijing Normal University - CHINA
Scientific cooperation agreement between UNIP and Beijing Normal University (BNU)
g - Gheorghe Asachi Technical University - ROMANIA
Academic Cooperation Agreement

Visiting Professors

O Professor BIAGIO F. GIANNETTI foi professor visitante na Università degli Studi di Firenze (UNIFI, Itália) no ano de 2022, lotado no Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.

Publishing
a - Journal of Cleaner Production
b - Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
c - Frontiers Urban Resources Management.
d - International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems (IJRIS)
e - Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
f - Innovation & Management Review

Research projects (international collaboration)

a - Zero Waste Co-Lab. Coordinator: MICHAEL SGAARD JØRGENSEN, Associate Professor (msjo@plan.aau.dk), Aalborg University, Department of Planning, Sustainable Design and Transition, Copenhagen, Denmark. Funded by: Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education. From Apr. 2022 to Oct. 2024.

b - Sustainability of Global Biomass Resources and Climate Change Adaptation Management. Coordinator: YUTAO WANG, Professor (yutaowang@fudan.edu.cn), Department of Environmental Science Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Funded by: National Natural Science Foundation of China. From Jan. 2021 to Dec. 2025.

Special Participations

a - O prof. Jair Minoro Abe teve os seguintes convites e participações especiais:
Conferencista Convidado do 3rd International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Technologies - ICAIT 2022, 28 a 30 de outubro, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2022.

Keynote Speaker do 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality AIVR 2023, Kumamoto, Japão, July 21-23. http://aivr.org/ Título da conferência: Paraconsistência e Paracompletude em IA.

Conferencista Convidado do The 4th International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Technologies (ICAIT2023), 2-27 de novembro, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2023. https://www.icaitconference.net/2023/ Título da conferência: Handling Paraconsistency and Paracompleteness in AI and Automation.

Conferencista Convidado do 2024 International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Technologies (ICAIT2024), 22-24 de novembro de 2024, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2024. https://www.icaitconference.net/KEYNOTEINVITEDSPEAKER/ Título da conferência: Lógicas Anotadas Paraconsistentes e IA
Presidente da sessão convidada IS05: Reasoning-Based Intelligent Applied Systems, 15th International KES Conference, Intelligent Decision, Technologies, Smart Digital Futures 2023 multi-conference, Roma, Itália, 14-16 de junho de 2023.

Presidente da Conferência, 4ª Conferência Internacional sobre Tecnologias Inteligentes Avançadas - ICAIT 2023, 3-5 de novembro, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2023
Banca de Doutorado do Candidato: Mis Murchhana Tripathy. Local: Instituto de Educação Técnica e Pesquisa, Departamento de Ciência da Computação e Engenharia, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Índia. Título: Formulação e Análise de Algoritmos envolvidos em Datamining. Orientador: Dr. Santilata Champati /Jair Minoro Abe - UNIP. Defesa: 2021
b-O Prof. BIAGIO F GIANNETTI proferiu palestra na Aula Magna - 40 anos de Tempos Históricos Tempos Biológicos (16 de dezembro de 2024) realizada na Reitoria da Universidade de Siena.

O PROF BIAGIO também foi Keynote Speaker do 10o Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference, Arequipa, Peru, 2 a 4 de agosto de 2023. https://zemch2023.ucsp.edu.pe/plenary-speakers/# Título da conferência: Rumo a projectos de habitação social mais sustentáveis. Reconhecendo a importância da utilização dos recursos locais.

Sandwich Doctorate

Doctoral student Paula Correia Ferreira da Cruz was at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto at INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, which is a Technology and Innovation Center (CTI), created in 1986, dedicated to carrying out technology-based research and innovation activities, technology transfer, consultancy and technological services, oriented towards the development of industry and the economy in general in Porto (Portugal) between January and July 2023. Period under the supervision of thesis co-supervisor Prof. Dr. Pedro Sanches Amorin.

Doctoral student Gabriel Santos Rodrigues did a sandwich doctorate with the support of a PDSE scholarship at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) under the supervision of Professor Dr. Jonas Matijošius between June and November 2024.

PhD student Samira Nascimento Antunes began her sandwich doctoral internship at Florida State University, Biosystem Engineering Department (USA) in September 2024, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wonsuk Lee.