Courses

DEMa offers several extension courses aiming to transmit to the society, students from various Brazilian institutions, industry professionals and entrepreneurs knowledge of materials science and engineering, collaborating with the scientific, social and economic development of the region and country.

Training Course in Plastics Technology

Brief description: The Department of Materials Engineering (DEMa/UFSCar) offers the annual Course in Plastic Technology through its Rheology and Polymer Processing Center (NRPP). The course seeks to provide special formation on plastics technology for bachelor’s degree holders who work with polymers without having received academic formation in this field, and to offer an update of knowledge for polymer-experienced professionals. Offered since 1999, the course has had approximately 3,000 participants from various institutions and companies from the petrochemical, processing, and services areas. This year, the course is subdivided into 11 modules of 24 hours each, occurring 100% online via Google Meet.

2024 Edition: Modules, contents, and schedule (in Portuguese)

Sign up: https://tecnoplasticos24.faiufscar.com/#/ (external link)

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Francys Kley Vieira Moreira
Contact: nrpp@ufscar.br

CeRTEV Course on Glass Technology

Brief description: The main objectives of the course are: to provide a technical-scientific basis for professionals working in the glass industry.  To improve the knowledge on glass, its characteristics, and properties as well as on the processes involved in its production.
Responsible: Prof. Dra.  Ana Candida Martins Rodrigues
Contact: acmr@ufscar.br 

Short courses on glass

Location: Vitreous Material Laboratory  - LaMaV Structural Characterization Laboratory - LCE
Coordinator: Edgar Dutra Zanotto, Oscar Peitl, Ana Candida Martins, Rodrigues Marcello Andreeta.
Contact: 
Email: dedz@ufscar.br; opeitl@ufscar.br; acmr@ufscar.br; andreeta@ufscar.br

Metallography and Optical Microscopy of Materials Course

Brief description: Study of microstructures of metallic materials correlating with properties and processing.
Responsible: Prof. Dr. Tomaz Toshimi Ishikawa
Contact: ishikawa@ufscar.br

School of Scanning Electron Microscopy

Brief description: This course is designed for people using scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis in industrial, academic and government laboratories (engineers, technicians, physicists, biologists, physicians, dentists, forensic scientists and technical managers). Through an integrated series of theoretical and practical lessons, a working knowledge of the principles of these two related techniques will be provided.
Responsible: Prof. Dr. Francisco Gil Coury, Prof. Dr. Guilherme Zepon 
Contact: http://www.lce-dema.ufscar.br (external link)

School of Transmission Electron Microscopy

Brief description: This course is designed for people using transmission electron microscope and microanalysis in industrial, academic and government laboratories (engineers, technicians, physicists, biologists, physicians, dentists, forensic scientists and technical managers). Through an integrated series of theoretical and practical lessons, a working knowledge of the principles of these two related techniques will be provided.
Responsible: Prof. Dr. Francisco Gil Coury, Prof. Dr. Guilherme Zepon 
Contact: http://www.lce-dema.ufscar.br (external link)

Introduction to X-ray Diffraction

Brief description: This course is designed for people using X-Ray Diffraction in industrial, academic and government laboratories (engineers, technicians, physicists, biologists, physicians, dentists, forensic scientists and technical managers). A theoretical and practical knowledge of the principles of the X-Ray Diffraction technique and a short introduction on the X-Ray Fluorescence technique will be provided.
Responsible: Prof. Dr. Francisco Gil Coury, Prof. Dr. Guilherme Zepon 
Contact: http://www.lce-dema.ufscar.br (external link)

Training for electron microscopy users

Brief description: The LCE conducts monthly user training for the operation of scanning and transmission and microanalysis electron microscopes. Trained users can use the equipment at any time on the schedule, greatly increasing the availability of schedules.
Responsible: Prof. Dr. Walter José Botta Filho 
Contact: http://www.lce-dema.ufscar.br (external link)

LCE’s vacation school of electron microscopy

Brief description: The LCE's vacation school of electron microscopy aims to start training undergraduate students in scanning and transmission electron microscopy techniques. At the event, the basic concepts of scanning and transmission electron microscopy are presented, as well as complementary techniques such as microanalysis by EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy) and EBSD (Electron Back Scattered diffraction).
Responsible: Prof. Dr. Francisco Gil Coury, Prof. Dr. Guilherme Zepon
Contact: http://www.lce-dema.ufscar.br (external link)