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IMA, along with the Institute of Biophysics, Institute of Physics and Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, is a Promoter of the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Course, which is multi-unit course; During four years, IMA has been coordinating the course, which received 4 out of 5 in the first MEC (national ministry of education) evaluation, obtaining its recognition in 2014. This course allows a strong integration between undergraduate and graduate students, both in the exchange of experiences during co-orientations, as well as participation in mini-courses, lectures and laboratory presentations, as well as end-of-course projects, besides the academic orientation and the joint participation of these in the UFRJ’s congress of Scientific Initiation. An important differential of the course is the subject of Introduction to research in Nanotechnology, which exists in 4 modalities, bionanotechnology, physics, chemistry and materials, students must do the 4 mandatory subjects which are essentially practical, each one of 90 hours, making a total of 360 hours; therefore, the course permeates various laboratories in the UFRJ and external, or even international, when in foreign exchange, which promotes interaction between undergraduate and graduate students. This strong interaction usually comprises, for the most part, projects to undertake scientific initiation and participate in the research and with the professors of the Graduate Program. This interaction brings great benefits to both undergraduate and graduate students and the positive feedback generated in this process is a great incentive for the program's Professors and the students involved.
Since its creation, the IMA Faculty members have been constantly involved in the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Course. Professors Luis Claudio Mendes and Maria Inês Bruno Tavares, Permanent Professors of the Postgraduate Program in Polymer Science and Technology, are effective members of the Teaching Structure Nucleus (NDE) of the Undergraduate Course in Nanotechnology at UFRJ. The other professors teach subjects, especially those involved in the area, besides being academic advisors and also administer the discipline of introduction to research in nanotechnology.
From March 2014 to February 2018, the Coordination of the Graduation Course was done by the IMA, and Professor Maria Inês Bruno Tavares was the coordinator in this period. Another Professor of our Graduate Program, Professor Luis Claudio Mendes is an effective member of the Graduation Committee, and Professor Diego de Holanda Saboya Souza and Maria de Fátima Vieira Marques are effective members and representatives of the IMA in the Commission of Guidance and Academic Evaluation (COAA).
The IMA had an effective place for Professor in 2013 and held a public tender for the nanotechnology area, and former IMA student Diego de Holanda Saboya Souza was approved. The aforementioned Faculty acts directly in both the Graduate Program and the Undergraduate Course in Nanotechnology.
In addition to this course, some permanent IMA professors of the Graduate Program work in other undergraduate courses, offering courses in Chemical Engineering courses at the School of Chemistry, Materials Engineering at the Polytechnic School of Engineering, Environmental Engineering at the Polytechnic School and of the Bachelor of Chemistry in the Institute of Chemistry, all these courses are from UFRJ.
Next, the main subjects of Graduation taught by the Professors of the Program of Polymers Science and Technology in other Units of the UFRJ are presented.
Aiming at the improvement of the students of the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Course and the continuity of course innovation, three subjects were created for the course, focusing on: Nanotechnology and Food, which will be taught by professors Marcos Lopes and Maria Inês Bruno Tavares; Nanostructured materials to be taught by teachers Diego de Holanda Saboya and Maria Inês Bruno Tavares and Sustainability to be taught by Professor Luis Claudio Mendes.
In addition, IMA faculties have contemplated international cooperation projects - CAPES-NUFIC, which allows undergraduate students to go abroad for international exchange, in 2018 an IC student was sent by Professor Luis Claudio Mendes, coordinator of this project, to the University of Saxony, the Netherlands, to carry out research and subjects during 8 months.
Participation of faculties, researchers and students at the 39th SIAC, Giulio Massarani Journey of Scientific, Artistic and Cultural Initiation of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2017 several prizes were received:
In addition to these works, faculties of Polymer Science and Technology Program, given the great interaction with the Graduation, guide and participate in the final course project, especially of the undergraduate degree in chemistry from UFRJ, among other Universities, as Souza Marques University.
Academic advising of the students: Amanda Nascimento Braga Santos; Henrique de Almeida Araujo; Rayane de Andrade Simões e Phillipe Costa Oliveira. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Alexandre Carneiro Silvino
Academic advising of the students: Arno Aruda Feldens, Arthur Henrique Vidigal de Miranda, Audrey Wallace da Costa Barros, Francisco de Assis do Nascimento Junior; Marcus Ferreira Filho; Matheus Oliveira Rosa, Felipe Guia Ferreira; Juliana Harumi Yajima; Michael Andrade de Araújo da Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Diego de Holanda Saboya Souza.
Academic advising of the students: Bruno Santos de Oliveira; Francisco de Assis Avelar da Silva e Guilherme Siqueira Souto. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Ana Carolina Veloso da Silva; Karina Francine Bravo Caruso e Luana Portella Tavares. Ciências Biológicas: Biotecnologia. Advisor: Professor Emerson Oliveira da Silva.
Academic advising of the students: Paulo Eduardo de Almeida Vale Silva Salim. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Luis Claudio Mendes
Academic advising of the students: Ryan da Silva Coutinho; Tatiana Afonso de Barros; Yan Matheus Constantino Amaral; Guido Vieira de Souza Alves e Pedro Brandão Veiga. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Maria de Fátima Vieira Marques.
Academic advising of the students: José Roberto de Souza Júnior; Paulo Teles Barreto Filho; Affonso de Oliveira Carvalho; Edson Magno da Silva; Luiza Paula Correa Alves e Cintia Leal Carneiro Sampaio. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Maria Inês Bruno Tavares.
Academic advising of the student Augusto Oliveira Korykian Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Claudia Regina Elias Mansur
Academic advising of the student Tan Yi Qi. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Luciana Spinelli Ferreira
Academic advising of the student Brenda Sharon Martins de Souza Resende. Graduação em Nanotecnologia-UFRJ. Advisor: Professor Bluma Guenther Soares
Graduates of the Polymer Science and Technology Graduate Program have held prominent positions in different research centers, universities and companies, working in the fields of Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, Biochemistry and Petroleum, among others, which represent the multidisciplinarity of polymers science and technology. The flexibility of admission to this Program at Masters and PhD levels confers it strong and trustworthy work force, which is reflected in more productivity.
In addition, it is quoted with great pride that alumni are not only IMA academic personnel, such as Professor Emerson Oliveira da Silva and Diego de Holanda Saboya Souza (Coordinator and vice coordinator of graduate program) (as well as others such as Prof. Alexandre Carneiro Silvino, Prof. Luciana Spinelli and Ana Lucia Nazareth da Silva). Furthermore, there are other alumni who are teachers at the UFRJ branches in the interior of Rio de Janeiro, such as Macaé (Daniel K. Resende) and Xerém (Felipe Fortes de Lima); as well as from different Federal Universities, such as UFAl, UFCG, UFMa, UFRGS and State Universities in Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, UEZO) and other states. In addition, several graduates are spread throughout South America, Latin America, North America and Europe (USA, Mexico, England and the Netherlands) (see profile of alumni in www.ima.ufrj.br); which contributes positively to our national and international visibility.
This institution began in 1968 as “Macromolecular Nucleus” and as a consequence of its growth and specificity, it became the Institute of Macromolecules in 1976, which in 1994, when Professor Eloisa Mano, founder of the Institute, was declared as emeritus professor, the institution’s name changed after her, becoming thus “Institute of Macromolecules Professora Eloisa Mano (IMA- UFRJ)”. It is considered a reference in the field of Polymer Science and Technology in Brazil and Latin America. It is nationally and internationally recognized by its consolidated Stricto Sensu graduation program 7, which achieved the “Concept 7”, maximum qualification degree conferred by national agency CAPES. Since 1977, the graduation program has formed more than 1000 Masters and Doctors. The Institute also participates in the structuration of several undergraduate programs as well as it has strong presence in scientific initiation programs, besides that, IMA occupies a prominent place among the four Units responsible for the implementation of the UFRJ Nanotechnology Undergraduate program, and has been strongly acting in this area.
Aware of the need to transfer academic knowledge to society, IMA also counts on a graduate “Lato Sensu” program, which since 2000 has already qualified approximately 400 professionals in the Specialization in Plastics and Rubber Processing, who stand out in more than 250 companies and institutions around the country. The Extension courses of Technical Level in the area of Polymers and Teacher Training in Polymer Education and the Provision of Services to industry complete the profile of the IMA Interactive Institute, which includes the Tripod of Teaching, Research and Extension. The IMA-UFRJ is an institution of inter and multidisciplinary character, whose main area of knowledge of Science and Technology of Polymers is classified by CAPES in the category of Engineering II. IMA has worked in the areas of Engineering (Chemistry, Production, Mechanics, Materials, etc.), Pharmaceutical, Chemistry, Biomedical, Medical, Nanotechnology and Food, among others, representing an immense diversity of interest in researches and projects, offering unrivalled opportunities for the most complete training of a professional.
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IMA has 20 modern and well-equipped research laboratories, coordinated by teachers, for the development of dissertation and thesis works, in addition to basic research, projects and consultancy services. It also has a laboratory for experimental classes, a practical discipline taught in the Graduate Program, in the Nanotechnology Undergraduate course and in the Lato sensu, in addition to operational training. In the constitution of the laboratory infrastructure, the IMA also has 5 laboratories in common use for characterization, 3 of which are divided into: spectroscopic, thermal, rheological (LAPIN 1); microscopic, X-ray and porosimetry (LAPIN 2) and one of characterization by high and low fields nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and 2 technology laboratories, one for processing (LAPTEC 1) and the other for mechanical tests (LAPTEC 2). A new common-use laboratory was set up to house new equipment from teachers' research projects. The research laboratories in synthesis have, in addition to glassware, reactors with small equipment suitable for the usual chemical procedures.
Several equipment of the latest generation has been purchased and, among these, the main equipment that the IMA includes are listed below:
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Automatic stirrer | Amperometer | Surface Area analyzer | Zeta potential and and particle size analyzer (3000HSA) | Zeta potential and and particle size analyzer (Nano series ZS) |
Thermo-dynamic mechanical analyzer (x2) | Thermogravimetric Analyzer (x5) | Ultrasonic baths (x5) | Solvent Booster Preparative Pump (x2) | Vacuum pump with flange (x2) |
Differential scanning calorimeters (x2) | Centrifugues (x10) | Pontentiostat for Ionic conductivity | Pontentiostat for electrical conductivity | Gas chromatography equipment (x2) |
Gel Permeation chromatography (GPC) at low and high temperature (x3) | Dialysis equipment | Rigaku ,MINIFLEX X-ray diffractometer | Low angle X-ray diffractometer | Ultra Turrax (T10, T18 e T25) (x4) |
Durometers | Brabender equipment with extruder | Spectrofluorometer | Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) | Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and far Infrared |
Digital spectrophotometer (VIS) (x2) | Ultra-violet spectrophotometer (UV) (x3) | UV-VIS spectrophotometer with external probe | Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer 300 MHz | Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer 23 MHz (x2) |
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer 45 MHz (peak-spin) | Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer mqc 5 MHz | Rotary evaporators (x10) | Twin screw extruder (x2) | Mini extruder (x4) |
Filter Press | Fluorometer TD-3100 | Kiln for calcination with temperature control (up to 1200º C) | Photo-reactor | Injector machine |
Mechanical testing machine for traction and analog compression (x2) | Universal machine of digital mechanical testing (x2) | Melt Flow Index machine (MFI) | Equipment for Impact resistance (x2) | Microcalorimeter |
Optical microscope and stereomicroscope connected to image analyzer | Optical microscopes (equipped with heating plate) | Oil-Heated Cylinder Mixer | Hamilton Beach Mixer | Ultrasonic Mixer (2 attachments) |
Ultra-Turrax Mixer (x4) | Analytical Mill | Ball mill (x2) | Knife mill (x2) | Hand mill |
Vapor pressure osmometer | Screwdriver and accessories | Potentiometer (selective electrodes for: surfactants, lead, copper, chloride, ammonia and sulfide) | Presses (x10) | Ultrasonic Processor (2 attachments) |
Pilot reactor (100 L) | Büchi reactors | Refractometer | Parallel Plates Rheometer - AR 2000 | RS-600 Rheometer |
Capillary Rheometer | Oscillating disk rheometer | Haake torque rheometer | Spray-dryer | Tensiometer |
Brookfield Viscometer | Capillary Viscometer |