Professional Program

            In the year 2000, CBPF established the country's first Professional Master's Degree in Physics, with an emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation – CBPF's PM – leveraging its tradition of research and technological development associated with experimental physics since its founding in 1949, and from the beginning of modern postgraduate studies in the country in 1962, when, together with some institutes of the then University of Brazil (now UFRJ), the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, and IMPA, it created its postgraduate program in the State of Rio de Janeiro. It was the first national institution to have master's and doctoral programs in physics modeled after CAPES standards.

OBJECTIVES AND MISSION OF THE PROGRAM

           The CBPF Professional Master's (PM) fits into a new modality of physics training in the country, aiming to fill a gap in the education of personnel focused on Scientific Instrumentation and technological innovation. It seeks to meet the national demand and shortage of qualified personnel in this area. To achieve this, it utilizes the infrastructure available at CBPF and the inherent demand from research in experimental and applied physics, training professionals oriented towards innovation and technological development. The immersion of master's students in this research environment promotes a distinctive professional formation.

           The activities of the master's are therefore linked to the institution's scientific research lines, its collaborators, and the demands of related areas and technological companies. For this reason, CBPF's PM was included as one of the objectives and goals to be executed by CBPF in the Action Plan of the research units of the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI). Its perspective is to strengthen and expand actions that establish partnerships with other institutions and the productive sector, attracting more students, funding sources, and promoting innovation in the industrial sector.        

            The importance of establishing and strengthening a master's in instrumentation, like CBPF's, can be highlighted by the publication from SBF titled: Physics and National Development Report – SBF 2012. This document, based on research conducted among faculty and students from universities, research institutes, and colleges; as well as managers and business owners, identified two main bottlenecks to boost Brazilian physics and its interaction with the business sector: the qualification of personnel in scientific and technological instrumentation and the dissemination of Multiuser Laboratories.

            The fields of Scientific and Technological Instrumentation are interconnected with Applied Physics and Experimental Physics. These areas can be summarized as analysis, characterization, quantification, and control of physical, chemical, biological, and environmental phenomena and parameters, linked to fields such as electronics, sensors, process control, automation, measurement of physical quantities, modeling, computational methods, statistics, mechanics, pneumatics, cryogenics, nanofabrication, and petrophysics, among others. Scientific instrumentation can also be applied in the production and development of new materials, devices, equipment, systems, and medicines, making it a key driver of innovation.

            In summary, the objective of the Professional Master's in Physics – Concentration Area: Scientific Instrumentation – is to train qualified human resources in this field. Admitted students will receive a solid technical-scientific education across CBPF's various research areas through intensive laboratory and academic activities. Cooperation with other institutions and/or companies will be encouraged. The program aims to prepare professionals capable of applying their knowledge through the development of a dissertation project, studying and solving technological problems with applications supporting fundamental research and/or technological innovation. Dissertation topics will emphasize the development of products, devices, equipment, measurement instruments, improvement of experimental techniques, and their applications.

            Beyond developing technological products, specific objectives include: protecting intellectual property through patent filings and software registrations, and disseminating acquired knowledge via publication of results in CBPF's Technical Notes journal and in high-impact national and international journals, as well as through master's dissertations and semiannual technical research reports.

            The CBPF Professional Master's Program (PM) is a free, on-campus master's degree that also offers its mandatory courses—along with some elective courses—via teleconferencing for students from other institutions across the country. Since 2012, this has included students from CNPEM in Campinas, and more recently, from 2016 to 2020, through agreements with other colleges. These partnerships attracted many professors and undergraduate alumni who took the mandatory courses in a semi-presential format. Currently, several of these students are engaged in research projects with faculty members of the PM.

ADHERENCE AND RESEARCH LINES

            The CBPF Professional Master's in Physics with an emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation (PM of CBPF) aligns with the institution's mission, its research lines, and ongoing projects, in accordance with the Fundamental Pillars outlined in its Institutional Master Plan (PDU), which are:

2) Training, Attraction, and Retention of Human Resources:

a) Expanding CBPF’s regional, national, and international activities in scientific training through postgraduate programs (both academic and professional), as well as through the Scientific Initiation and Technology Program (PIBIC and PIBIT from CNPq), and also through high school programs (PIBIC-EM from CNPq or Scientific Vocation).

3) Promotion of Technological Innovation in Companies: 

a) Developing processes, prototypes, software, and techniques that generate significant innovations with scientific added value, impacting the national industry and Brazilian society, in accordance with the Innovation Law.

4) Social Science and Technology: 

a) To encourage the dissemination and popularization of Physics through programs and events with Physics Schools, demonstrations, and teacher proficiency initiatives for high school, as well as lectures and participation in national events such as the SBPC Annual Meeting and the MCTI Science and Technology Week. These activities aim to reach various segments of society with diverse outreach efforts.

AREA OF CONCENTRATION AND LINES OF RESEARCH

            The Professional Master's Program in Physics has only one area of concentration, which is Scientific Instrumentation. Therefore, all supervisors, whether permanent or collaborators, are linked to the Program's lines of research, which in turn are connected to the respective research projects within this area of concentration. The appointment of a supervisor for a student is made by the Superior Council, which evaluates the request for designation submitted by a student and a researcher registered in the program. The request must include a brief research project indicating the line of research to be registered in the Program. Researchers registered in the program are allowed to submit proposals for the registration of new Lines of Research. Such proposals are evaluated by the Superior Council, which authorizes the registration when appropriate.

Current Lines of Research:

1- Automation of measurement systems and scientific instrumentation

2- Quantum computing

3- Development and applications of lasers and plasma

4- Development of materials and measurement systems for biophysics

5- Development of sensors, transducers, magnetic materials, and applications

6- Magnetization dynamics in artificially structured materials and magnetic field sensors

7- Interface and automation of processes and measurement systems

8- Nanotechnology

9- Technological Innovation Center

10- Digital processing and image recognition, computer networks

11- Isolated project in scientific instrumentation

12- Detection systems and electronics for high energies

13- Surfaces and nanostructures

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

            The publications by faculty and students of the program are concentrated in the Qualis A1 and A2 strata within the field of Physics and in specific journals related to Instrumentation across various strata. Additionally, the filing of patents and the production of Research Reports and publication of Technical Notes by CBPF are encouraged to preserve the memory of new devices, equipment, algorithms, and systems developed for Scientific Instrumentation. 

            In 2020, five dissertations were defended in the Professional Master's in Physics with an emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation, totaling 85 publications directly or indirectly related to the activities and dissertations of the program. It is worth highlighting that two patents were filed by MP faculty members, along with various technical productions carried out by students and faculty throughout 2020. By 2020, CBPF's MP had consolidated 73 defended dissertations, with 41 completed between 2013 and 2020.

            From 2017 to 2020, an average of at least one patent was filed each year within the scope of the MP at INPI. In 2016, two patents were filed, along with one software registration and one O2i trademark registration, totaling 36 national patents, nine international patents (PCTs), three software registrations, and two trademarks filed by CBPF since 2004—counted from after the graduation of the first two cohorts of CBPF's MP.

            During the 2017-2020 quadrennium, CBPF's MP program had an average of 92 publications per year. In 2020, there was a reduction to 85 publications, which was already expected due to the effects of the COVID pandemic. The vast majority of these publications fall within the first and second quartiles according to Web of Science and impact parameters. 

           One of the patents filed in 2020 resulted from an institutional collaboration between CBPF and Embrapa, with Professor Geraldo Cernicchiaro as one of the inventors. The patent application BR 10 2020 011933 8, titled "Device and Method for Assessing Physical-Hydric Properties of Soil," was filed with INPI via CBPF on June 13, 2020. We also highlight the patent application BR 10 2020 015814 7, titled "Method for Sustainable Production of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles," filed with INPI via UFRJ on August 3, 2020, with Professor João Paulo Sinnecker from CBPF's MP as one of the inventors. Additionally, NIT-Rio quantified seven prototypes or techniques developed, including technology transfer to private companies, and two software programs created for cooperation projects.

            CBPF is responsible for the General Coordination of the NIT-Rio Arrangement in the State of Rio de Janeiro, which aims to implement the Innovation Law across eight MCTI units located in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília: CBPF, the Mineral Technology Center - CETEM, the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics - IMPA, the National Institute of Technology - INT, LNCC, the National Observatory - ON, the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences - MAST, and the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology - IBICT.

           The NIT-Rio Arrangement is coordinated by a faculty member from CBPF's MP program. The goal of NIT-Rio is to foster interaction among the innovation areas of these units, disseminate experiences, and integrate activities related to Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer.. 

           In the year 2020/2021, NIT-Rio maintained, through online activities, the Young Scientists Entrepreneurship Program, which aims to prepare scientists to develop high-tech ventures through training sessions, workshops, and seminars covering topics related to the business world. NIT-Rio also conducted a technical and scientific survey of the research and technological developments of the units to align and strengthen the connections between researchers and industry, thereby encouraging entrepreneurship within the projects.

            In 2020, the first fully online defense of a graduate thesis was conducted, bringing informal discussions about meetings, courses, lectures, and colloquia into focus. The defense was by student Alexandre Gonçalves Gerk, who earned a master's degree through the Professional Master's Program in Physics with an emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation. His thesis was titled "Instrumentation and Automation of a Confocal System for Thin Film Deposition by Magnetron Sputtering," and the committee received the thesis electronically in PDF format. Gerk was supervised by CBPF senior technologist Alexandre Mello. The defense is available on CBPF's YouTube page. More details: Clique Aqui

            In 2020, engineer and Master's graduate in Physics Maurício Féo—an alumnus of CBPF's Professional Master's Program in Physics—gained media visibility for using water lilies to explain the concept of exponential growth to the general public. In the video, Maurício presents a lake with an infestation of water lilies, explaining that on the 30th day, the lilies had occupied the entire lake, and he asks on which day they will occupy half of the area. The riddle has already garnered over 200,000 views. Maurício's goal was to help the public understand the importance of adopting containment measures before the level of contamination cases becomes irreversible and to show that this day can arrive much sooner than people imagine (see at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-lgS-4Xqy0&feature=emb_logo)

            Additionally, several researchers from the CBPF's faculty team of the Professional Master's Program have developed scientific cooperation projects with public companies (Petrobras and Embrapa) and private companies (Valle, Valorec, FMC, etc.). These projects have enabled the hiring, either through fellowships or even under CLT employment contracts, of young researchers who develop their master's projects focused on these scientific collaborations, as well as ensuring resources for maintaining the experimental facilities and acquiring new equipment. These cooperation projects have also facilitated the opening of new research and development lines, aligned with existing expertise and infrastructure. With Petrobras, applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) techniques have been advanced to address petrophysical problems, along with applications of quantum technologies, algorithms, and quantum computing devices in petroleum geosciences; development of instrumentation in well engineering; applications of microwave techniques and nanoagents at the well formation interface; identification of mechanisms involving magnetic fields in mitigating inorganic scale deposits; an integrated system for in-situ spectroscopy using photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for water/oil/rock interface characterization; petrophysical methodologies from pore to well using imaging and artificial intelligence. The institution's laboratories are registered with ANP and can participate in calls for new developments and investments.  

            A project studying the interaction between hematite fines and quartz using surface techniques is being developed in collaboration with Vale S.A., which also involves a student enrolled in the CBPF's Professional Master's Program.

            Through submissions to calls from the SibratecNANO system, a project for the Construction of Micro and Nanosensors for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy was developed in partnership with FIT Comércio e Indústria de Equipamentos Eletrônicos LTDA ME.

            A project for an Environmental Parameters Monitoring System was also developed in collaboration with Embrapa Solos.Additionally, we have signed several Technical Cooperation Agreements or letters of intent with institutions such as LNCC, RNP, IME, UFRJ, IEMAPM, INT, CETEM, IBICT, IMPA, MAST, and ON.

            Through these partnerships with public and private companies, we receive extraordinary resources for research, development, and infrastructure that complement the budget received from MCTI and are fundamental to maintaining our excellence and fulfilling our mission and future vision.

            In addition to some resources from CBPF's postgraduate coordination, funds obtained from specific calls by FAPERJ for emergency support to postgraduate programs in Rio de Janeiro have also been used to finance CBPF's Multiuser Laboratories, which are used by CBPF's Professional Master's students or for their research projects.

SUMMARY OF THE AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

            CBPF has a laboratory infrastructure available to the Program, which includes Open Laboratories and Infrastructure, accessible to the entire academic community upon registration and proposal submission; Multiuser Laboratories and Infrastructure, with partial access to both CBPF's community and external users; Multiuser Technological Infrastructure Laboratories; and Laboratories Linked to Research Groups.

1) Open Laboratories and Infrastructure:

a) Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Laboratory - LABNANO: It is an open infrastructure that encompasses the following nanofabrication and nanocaracterization techniques:

                        i) High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope JEOL 2100F 200kV: This equipment features a field emission gun (FEG) electron source, CCD camera (11 Megapixel GATAN Orius Camera), Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS-GIF Tridium GATAN) system, X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Noran Seven system, nanodiffraction mapping system with precession NANOMEGAS Digistar, and the capability to operate in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) mode.

                        ii) High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope JEOL 7100FT: Equipment with a FEG-type electron source, resolution of 1.2 nm (30kV), capable of operating at low voltages (2.0 nm at 1 kV), with the possibility of electron deceleration on the sample, pre-chamber for sample loading, equipped with secondary electron detector inside the chamber, electron detector in the column with energy filter, backscattered electron detector for low working distances, accessories for scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), Oxford X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) accessory (80 mm² SDD), and an accessory for backscattered electron diffraction (EBSD) analysis (Oxford Nordlys Max2 Detector).

                        iii) TESCAN LYRA3 Dual-Column Gallium Electron-Gallium Ion Microscope: Equipment with a FEG-type electron source, resolution of 1.2 nm (30kV), capable of operating at low voltages (2 nm at 3 kV), with the possibility of electron deceleration on the sample. It features a Ga ion source with a resolution of 2.5 nm, equipped with a secondary electron detector inside the chamber, secondary electron detectors in the column, backscattered electron detectors in the column, a retractable backscattered electron detector, accessories for scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), a nanomanipulator, gas injection system (Pt, W, SiO₂, H₂O, XeF₂), Oxford X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) accessory (80 mm² SDD), and an Oxford EBSD accessory (Nordlys Max2 Detector).

                        iv) Low-Vacuum Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope JEOL JSM-6490LV: The equipment has an image resolution of 3 nm and includes an infrared camera, backscattered electron detector, and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) system.

                        v) RAITH e_LINE Electron Beam Lithography System: Based on a Scanning Electron Microscope with a field emission electron source, offering an image resolution of 2 nm. This equipment allows for pattern transfer with a resolution better than 20 nm, a spacing between exposed regions greater than 40 nm, and overlay accuracy exceeding 40 nm. It features a sample holder with high-precision rotation and tilting capabilities, as well as a metal deposition system via organometallic gas decomposition. Additionally, the system includes a fixed beam setup and a plasma cleaning system within the chamber.

            b) Sample Preparation Laboratory for Electron Microscopy: Cutting with a diamond disc, sputtering for conductive coating deposition, spherical cap polisher (dimple grinder), electro-polishing for SEM samples (Tenupol), and ion polishing for thinning samples for SEM (ion milling).

            c) SClean Room for Lithography Processing: Class 1000 room with Class 100 hoods, equipped with a spin coater for resist deposition, a heating stage, a ultrasonic wire bonder for contact soldering, and an optical aligner.

            d) Plasma Etcher OXFORD: Plasma corrosion systems for surface etching and device fabrication.

            e) OXFORD Atomic Layer Deposition System (ALD Oxford): System for depositing atomic layers on surfaces, including rough ones.

            f) Heidelberg uPG101 and DWL-66 Laser Lithography Systems: Laser writing and lithography systems with resolutions of 10 µm (uPG101) and 300 nm (DWL-66).

2) Multiservice Laboratories and Infrastructure:

           a) Advanced Sample Preparation Laboratory

           b) X-Ray Laboratory

           c) Magnetometry Laboratory (SQUID and PPMS)

           d) Ultra-Low Temperature Laboratory (Dilution Refrigerator)

           e) Optical Microscopy Laboratory

            f) Surfaces and Nanostructures Laboratory

           g) Nanoscience Laboratory (AFM, MFM)

           h) High Energy Experimental Physics Laboratory

            i) Information and Instrumentation Laboratory IoT – Lab3I

3) Multiservice Infrastructure Technological Laboratories

            a) Cryogenics Service (helium and nitrogen liquefaction equipment)

            b) Multiuser Instrumentation and Mechanical Technology Laboratory

            c) Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory

            d) Micromaterial Processing and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory

            e) Signal and Image Processing Laboratory

             f) Furnace Laboratory with facilities for Thermal Treatments

4) Laboratories Linked to Research Groups

            a) High Pressure Laboratory

            b) Mössbauer Laboratory

            c) Thin Films Laboratory

            d) Perturbed Angular Correlation Laboratory

            e) Magneto-optics Laboratory

             f) Radiation Detection Systems Laboratory

            g) Bioceramic Materials Laboratory

            h) Magnetotactic Microorganisms Laboratory

             i) Resistivity, Magnetometry, and High Frequencies Laboratory

             j) Instrumentation and Measurements Laboratory

            k) Laser Ablation Laboratory

             l) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Materials, PetroPhysics, Quantum Computing, and Quantum Information Laboratory)

           m) Multiferroics Laboratory

            n) Electrochemistry Laboratory

            o) Applied Magnetism Laboratory

            p) Meteoritics and Archaeometry Laboratory

5) Summary of Computer Network Infrastructure

            In the field of Computer Networks, CBPF is a national reference center with services offered to the local and external scientific community. Currently, CBPF hosts the largest academic traffic exchange point (PTT) in Brazil. Its facilities include the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan network (Rede-Rio) using Giga-Ethernet technology, which CBPF manages and operates, as well as the POP (Point of Presence) of the National Research Network (RNP/MCTI). From CBPF buildings, there are several international links (totaling 5 Gbps of communication bandwidth with abroad that serve the entire Academic/Governmental Network of the State of Rio de Janeiro). CBPF is also the hub for numerous national, state, and metropolitan links of various speeds. The fact that this PTT is currently installed at CBPF is mainly due to the constant need for communication and collaboration within the physics community with Brazil and abroad. This potentiality is certainly unique in Brazil, positioning the institution as a leader also in data communication. Rede-Rio is today the largest metropolitan academic network in Brazil.

            The CBPF still provides infrastructure for experimental automation development to various internal research groups and, more specifically, for the development of computational techniques for digital image processing. The computing resources are distributed as follows:

1) Hardware infrastructure

2) Network of 900 computers

3) Internet connection with 1 Gbps in a 10 Gbps network via Redecomep/Rio

4) Wired local network at 1 Gbps and wireless network at 54 Mbps serving all rooms and laboratories

5) Video conferencing infrastructure

6) Dedicated network and PCs for postgraduate students

7) Clusters and GRID in the High Energy area

6) Science and Technology Information Center and Library – NIB 

            The IoT Information and Instrumentation Laboratory – Lab3I – led by faculty member Nilton Alves Júnior – began its activities in the scientific training area by participating in the 5th Advanced School of Experimental Physics – EAFExp, with the module on Development of IoT System Prototypes. It also established a new specialized area within the Master's program in Instrumentation, offering the course on IoT Instrumentation.  

            Lab3I is part of the Science and Technology Information Center and Library – NIB, which was recently created (three years ago). Its main goal is to transform the CBPF reference library into a modern information center, shifting from traditional book storage to meeting the current informational needs of the institution's users.

            There are four main lines of action described below, connected through the IoT Information and Instrumentation Laboratory – Lab3I, which has the capacity to develop information systems, monitoring and control systems, and to participate in CBPF's technological development and educational sectors. 

1. Manage the bibliographic collection consisting of approximately 25,000 books, 60,000 journal issues distributed across about 350 periodicals, institutional publications (Physics Notes, Technical Notes, Science and Society, Historical Documents, and Monographs), rare works and collections, as well as dissertations and theses from CBPF.

2. Produce various institutional reports: annual reports, management reports, productivity reports, commitment and management terms, monitoring of financial variables, institutional projects, and national and international collaborations.

3. Promote scientific outreach activities through thematic exhibitions, guided tours, mini-workshops, screenings of historical films, Science Graffiti (scale replicas), social areas, etc.

4. Research, development, implementation, and maintenance of information systems related to various types of information such as web portals, article submission platforms, access to the collection, Science Calendar, Image Memory, etc., as well as intelligent monitoring and control systems (temperature, humidity, light levels, access control, etc.).

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

            The curriculum structure described in this annual report was compiled from the CBPF's Postgraduate Program (PG) Statute and Regulations (subordinated to the Scientific Training Coordination – formerly CFC, now COEDU) for the MP program in Scientific Instrumentation, which can be accessed Clicando Aqui.

            In 2017, the coordination and abbreviation of CBPF's postgraduate program (CFC) changed to COEDU. Since the statute has not yet been updated on the website, where it reads CFC, it should be read as COEDU. 

            The postgraduate courses offered by CBPF for the Professional Master's in Physics, with a concentration area in Scientific Instrumentation, will be conducted according to a credit system in which each (01) credit is equivalent to 16 (sixteen) hours of classes. They are organized into three (03) groups: Mandatory Basic Courses, Electives, and Mini-courses:

            - MANDATORY BASIC COURSES

                         These are courses that must be taken regardless of the dissertation project. Each course has a minimum weekly workload of 4 (four) hours, corresponding to 4 (four) credits each. The mandatory courses for the concentration area in Scientific Instrumentation are: 

• Applied Quantum Mechanics, 4 (four) credits;
• Electronics, 4 (four) credits;
• Experimental Methods and Measurement Systems, 4 (four) credits.

            - ELECTIVE COURSES 

                        These are courses with a minimum of 4 (four) hours of classes per week or 4 credits, whose syllabus covers advanced topics in the instrumentation field, or regular courses from the Academic Master's Program in Physics at CBPF. 

            - MINICOURSES 

                         These are short courses with a maximum of 32 hours of classes, approved by the COEDU Supervisory Committee. These courses may also be taught by invited specialists. Evaluation is also mandatory in mini-courses. If approved, the student will earn 1 (one) credit for every 16 hours of classes..

            Some of the courses have been offered in English, which allows for active participation by international students and enhances the technical proficiency in a foreign language for Brazilian students.

            Recently, the graduate programs in Rio de Janeiro, through a process of unification, have enabled regularly enrolled students from their institutions to attend classes offered by other institutions. This significantly broadens the range of courses available each semester and allows graduate students to receive a more comprehensive education.

            The CBPF still allows students from other institutions within the country and abroad to attend classes offered through enrollment in individual courses, provided they have the approval of the course instructor. Enrollment is also permitted for undergraduate students, who can reuse the credits and grades obtained if they are approved in the CBPF program in the future, as long as the deadlines for program completion outlined in the program regulations are respected.

            - OF APPROVAL

            - During the master's program, the candidate must obtain approval (final grade A, B, or C) in courses distributed as follows: 

            - 12 (twelve) credits in mandatory basic courses.  

            - 8 (eight) credits in elective courses and/or mini-courses. 

            - The credits are valid for a period of 5 (five) years for the purpose of requesting the thesis defense. After this period, each case will be reviewed by the CS/COEDU. 

            - The candidate may request the recognition of, at most, 12 (twelve) credits obtained at other institutions to fulfill the requirements in item IV.1 above. The request must be submitted to the COEDU office along with the following documents: 

i) Academic transcript explicitly indicating the grade of approval and the course workload; 

ii) Official syllabus provided by the institution where the course was taken.  

            These documents will be reviewed by the CI/COEDU, which will decide whether to approve or deny the request. 

            OF THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM 

            The candidate must, under penalty of not having their enrollment renewed in the third semester, take the English proficiency exam within the first two (2) semesters of their Master's program. The exam will consist of translating a scientific text extracted from popular science magazines. The English proficiency exam will be held twice a year. 

            PORTUGUESE PROFICIENCY EXAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

            The candidate, if a foreign student whose native language is not Portuguese, must, under penalty of not having their enrollment renewed in the third semester, undergo the Portuguese proficiency exam within the first 2 (two) semesters of the Master's course. 

            The Portuguese proficiency exam will be held twice a year. The exam should assess the ability to interpret and write technical texts in Portuguese.

            OF THE PORTUGUESE PROFICIENCY EXAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 

             - The candidate must submit to COEDU the Master's dissertation project, with approval from a supervisor who is a faculty member of the Professional Master's Program in Physics at CBPF, within a period of up to 1 (one) regular academic semester. 

             - For each academic period, the candidate will be required to submit a activities report with the supervisor's assessment of the candidate's performance during the previous period and the progress of their dissertation work, using the specific form provided by the COEDU office. 

             - The change of dissertation supervisor must be approved by COEDU after consulting the current supervisor. 

            REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING THE MASTER'S DEGREE 

            .1 - Hold a bachelor's degree diploma;

             2 - Be regularly enrolled in the Professional Master's Program in Physics;

             3 - Possess, at the time of the dissertation presentation, all the credits specified in item 1. 

            .4 - Present a Master's dissertation that, within the criteria of the Professional Master's in Physics, with a concentration area in Scientific Instrumentation, qualifies as research or technological development work carried out by the candidate in their area of specialization, with a recommendation from the advisor for the dissertation defense;

             5 - Have passed the language proficiency exam;

             6 - Be approved in the Master's dissertation defense by a simple majority of the members of the examining committee proposed by CS/COEDU, with the following composition:

                         - 01 (one) researcher/technologist not belonging to the CBPF staff;

                         - 01 (one) researcher/technologist from the CBPF staff;

            .7 - The committee members must inform, up to one week before the defense, using a specific form, whether the dissertation is ready to be defended. 

            .8 - Present, within a maximum period of three months after the defense, the final version of the dissertation, addressing, when applicable, the suggestions for modifications, additions, deletions, etc., proposed by the examining committee.

            Note: Currently, it has been accepted that external members of the master's committee can participate in defenses via teleconference if it is strictly necessary.

            ENROLLMENT IN A SINGLE COURSE 

            .1 - The request for enrollment in a single course in the CBPF graduate programs will be reviewed by the CS-COEDU, after consulting the course instructor. This request must be accompanied by the candidate's academic transcript and cannot be submitted by CBPF graduate students. 

            .2 - The transfer of credits earned in isolated courses must be requested by the candidate to COEDU and will be included in all certificates and academic transcripts issued by COEDU. 

            WITHDRAWAL FROM THE MP PROGRAM

            The candidate enrolled in the master's program may be dismissed in the following cases: 

            .1 - At the candidate's request; 

            .2 - For not renewing enrollment or not requesting a leave of absence at any academic period; 

            .3 - For having failed twice, whether in the same course or in different courses; 

            .4 - For not completing the credits mentioned in item IV.2 within four academic periods of regular enrollment, with an average grade of at least B; 

            .5 - After six academic periods of regular enrollment (excluding periods of enrollment suspension). 

            .6 - By accumulating enrollment suspensions for more than two academic periods. 

            .7 - For not meeting the academic requirements of the program as evaluated by CI-COEDU, after consulting the advisor.

            DO CORPO DOCENTE 

.1 - O Corpo Docente do Programa de Mestrado Profissional será constituído por Pesquisadores e/ou Tecnologistas doutores com vínculo permanente ou eventual com o CBPF com boa produção científica e/ou técnica, cuja solicitação de credenciamento tenha sido aprovada pelo CI-COEDU. O Corpo Docente será divulgado na página eletrônica da COEDU. É possível, a critério do CI-COEDU, a figura do co-orientador externo, que deverá se submeter às mesmas regras aplicadas aos docentes do CBPF. 

.2 - Para solicitar credenciamento, o candidato a docente deverá preencher o formulário específico da COEDU e estar com o Currículo Lattes atualizado. 

.3 - O docente credenciado assume o compromisso de:

a) manter uma produção científica e/ou técnica;

b) manter a COEDU informada sobre sua produção científica e/ou técnica via atualização do Currículo Lattes nos meses de janeiro e agosto de cada ano, ou quando solicitado pela COEDU; 

c) ministrar cursos de pós-graduação com a regularidade definida pelo CI-COEDU, levando-se em consideração as diferentes categorias (permanente, colaborador, eventual) do corpo docente; 

d) publicar e comunicar à Secretaria da COEDU as notas e conceitos finais de cursos sob sua responsabilidade, de acordo com o calendário anual estabelecido pela COEDU. 

.4 - A COEDU promoverá um recadastramento a ser realizado no primeiro ano de cada período de avaliação da CAPES. Neste recadastramento serão avaliadas: 

a) a produção científica e/ou técnica do docente no período;

b) sua contribuição à formação de pessoal na forma de cursos; 

c) e orientação de alunos.

Os parâmetros desta avaliação serão previamente definidos pelo CS-COEDU. 

.5 - A CI-COEDU definirá, após análise do currículo do solicitante, a categoria de enquadramento do docente no Programa, de acordo com as normas da CAPES. 

.6 - O docente credenciado terá direito de:

a)  propor e ministrar cursos de pós-graduação;

b)  solicitar a orientação de dissertação de mestrado profissional;

c) solicitar o uso de verbas alocadas à COEDU para custear parcialmente as despesas dos projetos de dissertação de mestrado de seus orientandos. 

d) Publicar e comunicar à Secretaria da COEDU as notas e conceitos finais de cursos sob sua responsabilidade, de acordo com o calendário anual estabelecido pela COEDU.

Outras Informações importantes 

            Para obter o diploma, o aluno tem que publicar pelo menos um trabalho na Revista de Notas Técnicas do CBPF, mesmo que tenha já publicado em revista ou periódico internacional indexado. Além disso, o trabalho de Mestrado deve produzir um produto científico ou tecnológico palpável, como um equipamento, dispositivo, processo, software ou algoritmo  de controle e automação de um processo aplicado na solução ou aprimoramento de medida de grandeza física,  ou a um problema científico de aplicação tecnológica inovadora  etc.

            Ainda é exigido do discente que produza Relatórios de Pesquisa semestrais com formatação similar a uma publicação científica, com o intuito de preparar e ajudar o aluno na sua dissertação final, além de ser um meio de avaliação e acompanhamento  pelo orientador e pela coordenação de pós graduação da evolução do aluno e do Mestrado.

Essas exigências e de composição de banca têm garantido a qualidade dos trabalhos apresentados.

1.2  PERFIL DO CORPO DOCENTE, E SUA COMPATIBILIDADE E ADEQUAÇÃO À PROPOSTA DO PROGRAMA.

            O corpo docente do Mestrado  Profissional em Física com ênfase em Instrumentação Científica é formado por pesquisadores de reconhecida experiência nacional e internacional. 

            O corpo docente é formado por 22 pesquisadores. Desses, 15 são docente permanentes e  7 colaboradores. De acordo com as normas do programa, os docentes permanentes podem orientar até 5 alunos de pós-graduação, somados os alunos de mestrado e doutorado, os colaboradores e visitantes podem orientar até 3 alunos. Em resumo, 68 % do quadro é composto por pesquisadores permanentes e 14 % são colaboradores 

            O cadastramento do corpo docente é realizado mediante solicitação de cada docente e após análise e deliberação do Comitê Supervisor da pós graduação (CS-COEDU)

            Todos os 22 docentes do programa do Mestrado Profissional são Experimentais das diversas áreas de pesquisa da Física com sólida formação e experiência em Instrumentação científica e tecnológica. Além disso, dos 15 docentes permanentes, 5 são pesquisadores tecnologistas, provenientes das engenharias eletrônica, elétrica e automação com doutorado em Física e Engenharia. 

            Dos 22 docentes, 1 (4,5%) é bolsista 1A; 2 (9%) são bolsistas 1C,  2 (9%) são bolsistas 1D, e 7 (32%) são bolsistas 2 do CNPq. Em resumo, 55% do quadro docente total são bolsistas de Produtividade.

            Considerando apenas os 15 docentes permanentes, 60% são bolsistas de Produtividade.

            A média do Fator h dos docentes permanentes é 22, sendo a razão do fator h/ ano de titulação de 1,05. Ou seja, excelente.

            Os grupos Experimentais estão concentrados nas áreas de Matéria Condensada,  Informação Quântica, Altas Energias, Biofísica e Biomateriais, Nanociência e Nanofabricação, que são as áreas nas quais se concentra a maior parte dos laboratórios. Há ainda atuação de pesquisadores experimentais  nas áreas de Cosmologia e de Astrofísica Observacionais, que também desenvolvem Instrumentação Ciêntífica.

            O CBPF mantém importantes programas científicos em diversas áreas básicas e aplicadas da física: Física da Matéria Condensada, Informação Quântica, Computação Quântica, Inteligência Artificial, Ciência dos Materiais, Magnetismo e Supercondutividade, Nanofabricação e Nanociência, Física de Sistemas Biológicos, Física Estatística e Sistemas Dinâmicos, Cosmologia e Relatividade, Altas Energias e Raios Cósmicos, Física Nuclear e Astrofísica, Física de Campos e Partículas, Geologia , Arqueologia, Física de Plasma Aplicada e a Instrumentação Científica que permeia todas essas áreas.

DESTINO DOS EGRESSOS DO PROGRAMA DE MP DO CBPF

            O acompanhamento dos profissionais egressos do programa evidencia que, até o momento, estes encontram boa inserção no mercado profissional em empresas e instituições brasileiras e internacionais, como por exemplo: Petrobrás, UFRJ/COPPE, UENF, INFN - Roma, UFJF, CERN-Genebra, INPI, Marinha do Brasil, LNLS-Campinas, EPFL (Ecolle Polytechnique Federalle di Lausanne), na Suiça;  European Spallation Source (ESS) ERIC, Lund, Suécia; SCHOTT do BRASIL  etc. Além disso, uma parte dos alunos teve interesse em ingressar ou se manter em carreiras acadêmicas. 

            Deve-se ressaltar que ex-alunos que procuram carreiras acadêmicas também atendem aos objetivos do programa, pois foram formados em um ambiente de desenvolvimento de instrumentação científica e tecnológica para inovação, onde são estimulados na geração de novas empresas em incubadoras e transferência de tecnologia.

ALUNOS EGRESSOS DO MP DO CBPF QUE SE DESTACARAM:  2011 A 2016 : 

1) Bruno Cerqueira Rente Ribeiro, titulado em  03/06/2013: Professor do CEFET RJ, depois fez doutorado e emprego no Laboratório de Fotônica na COPPE-RJ. Atualmente faz posdoc na Inglaterra.

2) Henrique Sendão de Mello, titulado em  24/02/2014, contratado como Oficial Engenheiro  de pesquisas da Marinha Brasileira em concurso no mesmo ano.

3) Filipe Sacchi da Silva, titulado em  08/12/2014, Lider de Projetos do Semcon , Suécia.

4) Jean Marie Polli;  titulado em 28/08/2015,Supervisor de Instrumentação Científica do Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais- CNPEM

5) Cairo Pimenta Cheble Caplan, Titulado em 10/10/2016, CTO da empresa PHYGITALL Soluções em Internet das Coisas, RJ Brasil.

ALUNOS EGRESSOS DO MP DO CBPF QUE SE DESTACARAM: 2016 A 2020

1) Bruno Chencarek, titulado em 22/09/2017, foi posteriormente contratado em um projeto Petrobras com o CBPF, fez Doutorado no CBPF e recentemente foi contratado como Pesquisador da Empresa Bruker em Dortmund Alemanha.

2) Igor Marques Carneiro da Silva, titulado em 08/06/2018, empregado no Project Manager and Full Stack Developer do MLS WIRELESS S/A , Brasil

3) Maurício Redaelli, titulado em 11/03/2019, Engenheiro de projetos no CENPES Petrobras

4) Alexandre Gonçalves Gerk, titulado em  25/05/2020, foi Engenheiro de Aplicação do RIO analytics -  e atualmente foi contratado como Engenheiro de Automação da European Spallation Source - ERIC na Suécia.

5) Luis Miguel Domingues Mendes, Titulado em 20/08/2020, Engenheiro supervisor do Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas , Portugal , em colaboração com o CERN.

            Alexandre Mello de Paula Silva
Coordenador do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Física do CBPF
Subordinado a Coordenação de Pós graduação do CBPF - COEDU