International
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity Description:
Professor Luiza Helena Meller da Silva approved a proposal in the Support Program for Interinstitutional Cooperation (PACI), in the International Cooperation Subprogram of PROPESP / UFPA. The cooperation project was established with the University of Minho, through the visit of Professor José Antônio Couto Teixeira (Biological Engineering) to the Program.
Linked Research Project:
Formation of a Uminho-UFPA Food Research Network Aiming at the Valorization of Amazonian Raw Materials.
Duration of the Activity:
Started in 2012
Institutions Involved:
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), University of Minho (Portugal).
Quantity of Professors and Students involved:
Six professors (five from the PPGCTA and one from the University of Minho) and 10 students (four undergraduates, four masters and two doctoral students).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity Description:
Professor Raul Nunes de Carvalho Júnior coordinates the International Cooperation project between the Federal University of Pará and the University of Coimbra (Portugal) in accordance with Addendum No. 2 to the Protocol of Cooperation Process No. 09520/2012, which has as objectives the exchange of scientific and technological knowledge, development of processes and training of human resources. In this way, providing the integration of research groups to advance knowledge of the area of natural resources and supercritical technology (CAPES / FCT – Official Notice 021/2012).
Linked Research Project:
Supercritical Technologies for the Development of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications Based on Natural Polymers and Bioactive Vegetable Extracts.
Duration of the Activity:
Started in 2009.
Institutions Involved:
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), University of Coimbra (Portugal).
Quantity of Professors and Students involved:
Two professors of the Program and all the students connected to the teachers.
National
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity Description:
Research for the development of the dissertation developed by the student Márlia Barbosa Pires in the Laboratory of Process Analysis, coordinated by professor Antonio Manoel da Cruz Rodrigues and by the co-coordinator Luiza Helena Meller da Silva, who maintains a partnership with the Center for Science and Food Technology of the University Federal of Santa Catarina (UFSC).
Linked Research Project:
Obtaining Flour from Pupunha (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) for Application in Product Development.
Duration of the Activity:
Started in 2014.
Institutions Involved:
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).
Quantity of Professors and Students involved:
Three professors and all the students linked to the coordinating teachers.