Engineering

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

Over the horizon

IACIT builds radar capable of detecting vessels at sea

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Biomedical engineering

Solutions for wheelchair users

New designs promise to make life easier for those who depend on wheelchairs

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Careers

Mr. Math

Mechanical engineer gave up teaching to open an applied mathematics company

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José Augusto Penteado Aranha

José Augusto Penteado Aranha: Wave engineer

Studies have resulted in solutions for deep water oil extraction

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Energy

Bendable LED consumes little energy

Bendable LED screen could be the basis for a hypothetical electronic paper

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Schiaparelli

Lost on Mars

ESA's vehicle sent to Mars crashed onto its surface

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MEMORY

The Empire’s river

Halfeld was the first to conduct a survey of the São Francisco River

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Combating dry land

Natural polymers can make agricultural crops viable in arid regions

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Petroleum Industry

Solutions for the pre-salt layer

Research institutions develop equipment to operate in ultra-deep waters

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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Simulators for medicine

Dolls produced by 3D printers are changing how surgery is taught and planned

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NANOTECHNOLOGY

The secret of the memoristor

Researchers try to demonstrate the mechanism behind memoristors

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Octobot

Squishy robot

A soft-bodied robot mimics an octopus

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Bioengineering

Made-to-measure prostheses

Institute produces titanium implants for people who have lost skull or face bones

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aeronautical engineering

Aircraft nursery

Approximately 20 manufacturers of small aircraft operate in Brazil

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MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Tire recycling

Two projects suggest alternatives for reusing rubber

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Physics

Da Vinci and friction

A researcher has retraced da Vinci’s work of the principles of friction

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Fast

Chinese super telescope

A Chinese radio telescope should be up and running in three months

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Soar

Focus on primordial stars

Spectrograph may be able to observe elements of the first stars in the Universe

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NanosatC-Br1

Two years in operation

the first Brazilian nanosatellite completed two years of operations in space

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Listening to the market

Startups supported by FAPESP receive training on how to prepare business plans

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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

Less-polluting cars

PSA Group in Brazil works to develop parts made with recyclable materials

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NAVAL ENGINEERING

Underwater vehicles

Underwater robots are tested in oil exploration and research

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Careers

Career paths that complement each other

Civil engineer reconciles the demands of academic and professional life

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Breakthrough Starshot

A spaceship bound for Alpha Centauri

A spaceship expected to be propelled by laser beams to Alpha Centauri

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Serpens

Nanosatellite mission accomplished

Brazilian nanosatellite completed its space mission after six months

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BIOENGINEERING

Enhancing autonomy

New technologies aim to improve the lives of people with disabilities

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Human Media Lab

Flexible, bendable cell phone

A flexible cell phone can fit into pockets and mold itself to the pressure

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NANOGEOSCIENCE

More productive oil wells

Nanoparticles can increase the oil and gas extracted from reservoirs

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Energy

Towards the development of natural gas

FAPESP and the BG Group open a research center in São Paulo

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ITA

New president takes office at the ITA

Engineer Anderson Ribeiro Correia is named the new president

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