Engineering

Careers

Space ahoy!

Engineer takes part in simulated space mission and could become Brazil’s first female astronaut

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Agriculture 4.0

Data collected, transmitted, and processed in real time can improve farming productivity and sustainability, but limited connectivity and access to digital technology are barriers still needing to be addressed

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Aeronautical engineering

The arrival of flying cars

Development of eVTOLs advances in Brazil and around the world

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Data

Formal employment in engineering

Crisis leads to drop in formal employment in engineering

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Retrospect

Early flight

A northeastern military officer built two domestically developed airplane models that flew successfully in 1917 and 1918

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Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotube microchips

The new chip, named RV16X-Nano, proved itself capable of running modern software, and could offer an alternative to silicon microprocessors

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Agronomy

Drone spraying

Unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly being used to spray pesticides and biological control agents on Brazilian farms

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Space

Pinpoint vision

Space camera made in Brazil can identify areas as small as nine square meters from Earth's orbit

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The new Brazilian Air Force fighter jet

The first Swedish Gripen E jet purchased by Brazil is soon to begin its flight tests; acquisition of the 36 aircraft included a technology transfer package

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Biomedical engineering 

Affordable treatment

Brazilian-developed software aims to expand access to radiation therapy in developing countries

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Systems engineering

Border surveillance

Expected to be fully operational by 2035, SISFRON will monitor nearly 17,000 kilometers of Brazil's terrestrial borders with 10 countries

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Interview

Roberto Luís de Melo Monte-Mor: The city watcher

For the last 10 years, the architect has overseen the UFMG team in the planning of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area

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Aviation

Cleaner flight

Embraer and WEG team up to develop electric propulsion systems for aviation

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Food Engineering

Lab-grown beef

Research into meat made from plants or animal cells with the same taste, smell, and texture as traditional beef is advancing quickly

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Soundscape

Environmental acoustics

Audio recordings are used to profile ecosystems and identify changes caused by humans

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Funding

New life for the Ipiranga Museum

With support from public and private companies, construction to restore and modernize the monumental building begins in September

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Retrospect

A physicist with a passion for light

Sérgio Porto played an important role in the introduction and application of laser technology in several fields in Brazil

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From war to space

July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of humankind’s arrival on the Moon, the final chapter of a technological and military saga filled with twists and turns

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Brazilian lunar mission

Garatéa-L project plans to put a nanosatellite into lunar orbit to study how life responds to high levels of radiation

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Returning to the Moon

The USA wants to put astronauts back on the Moon by 2024, this time with the aim of establishing a permanent settlement

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

More than just motors

With an extensive and diversified product portfolio, Brazilian-based WEG supplied electromagnets for the Sirius synchrotron light project in Brazil

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TEXTILE ENGINEERING

The fine hair of goats

Cashmere fiber produced from Brazilian goats has superior quality to that sold on the international market

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Water engineering

Removing salt from water

Ceará plans to build Brazil’s first large-scale desalination facility as new and more cost-effective technologies emerge in Brazil and abroad

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Engineering

Guidelines for engineering courses

The Brazilian Ministry of Education has approved a set of guidelines that aims to update the curriculum of engineering degrees in the country

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Environment

Fuel-efficient only on long trips

Vertical take-off and landing aircraft could help reduce congestion and improve air quality in major cities

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Justice

Automation in law

A new type of startup, known as legaltech, is developing technological systems for the legal field

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Naval engineering 

Renewing the fleet

The Brazilian Navy launches the Riachuelo, the first of five submarines that will set a new technological benchmark for the national naval industry

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Information technology

Deciphering blockchain

System created to support cryptocurrency is now being used in a number of other applications

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Civil engineering

High-tech construction sites

New technologies, digital tools, and mass production aim to raise productivity

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Astronautics

The private conquest of the Cosmos

A capsule of the company SpaceX flies to the International Space Station and may give the United States the capacity to put humans in orbit

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