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Date/Time
Thursday, October 6, 2011
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Location
SFU - Harbour Centre
Topics:
- An overview of R&D in Brazil
- Vale Technological Institute: concepts and implementation, including:
new initiatives on technology and innovation
international partnerships.
Presenter:
Sandoval Carneiro Junior, PhD, MSc, ONMC, FIEEE
Current Positions:
- General Manager, Partnerships and Resources
DITV- Vale Institute of Technology, Vale Rio Doce Co. - Professor Titular (Full Professor, retired since April, 2011)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Politechnic School of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering (COPPE)|
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
E-mail: sandoval.carneiro@vale.br alias: sandocarneiro@gmail.com
www.dee.ufrj.br/~sandoval - Registered Professional Engineer, State of Rio de Janeiro, RJ173868/D
Higher University Administration Positions:
- Deputy Director (Deputy Dean) , Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Engineering – COPPE/UFRJ, March 1978 – December 1981
- Director (Dean) COPPE/UFRJ, January 1982 – December 1985
Appointments with the Federal Government:
- Ministry of Education
General-Director (CEO) of CAPES, Ministry of Education Agency for Academic Improvement, October 1991 – June 1992
Director of International Relations, CAPES, January 2008-April 2011 - Ministries of Science and Technology and of Education
Executive-Secretary, Inter-ministerial Committee for the Furtherment of Post-graduate Education and Research in Brazil, March-December 2003
Leaves of Absence
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, January 1986 – December 1987
Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, January – December 1994
Awards and Distinctions:
- Admitted to the ONMC – National Order for Scientific Merit in the degree of ‘Comendador’, November 1998, commendation received from the President of Brazil
- CAPES 50th Anniversary Medal, June 2001
- March 2005: promoted to the degree of “Grã-Cruz” (Great-Cross) ONMC, commendation received from the President of Brazil
- Technical Committee Working Group Award, 2003. Awarded by the IEEE Power Engineering Society to members of the Radial Test Feeder Task Force
- October 2006: Anisio Teixeira Award (Premio Anisio Teixeira ), awarded by the Higher Council of CAPES, with the citation: “in recognition of exceptional contributions towards the development of Educational and Research Institutions in Brazil, through Teaching, Research and Institutional Leadership”.
- Fellow of IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, January 2010
Bookings
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