About
The Graduate Program in Metrology and Quality is recognized by the Ministry of Education through Ordinance No. 590, dated June 18, 2009. Currently, the Program offers a Professional Master's Degree in Metrology and Quality.
The course's proposition is to train technical professionals for the planning and development of innovative research projects based on technology, aimed at practical solutions for metrology-related issues, competitiveness, and conformity assessment.
Through an innovative curriculum design, students can pursue a formative path guided by both professional practice and technical-scientific research development.
The Program's faculty members play a prominent role as they belong to the group of researchers from directorates engaged in scientific metrology, legal metrology, and conformity assessment. This affiliation enables the execution of projects in laboratories equipped with the highest accuracy resources in the country.
Main areas and Fields of research
The Graduate Program in Metrology and Quality is structured in a matrix format, facilitating various combinations between its concentration areas and their applications, leading to research lines that ensure the connection between metrological foundations and research outcomes.
Faculty members are grouped by concentration areas, indicating their relevant applications. The fields of research cover the exploration of new techniques and technologies for enhancing measurement of devices and equipment, as well as the quest for new products and improved processes for conformity assessment and participation in international trade.
Main Area: Basic Industrial Technology
This main area encompasses the seven functions of Basic Industrial Technology (BIT) that support the commercial and economic development of industrialized countries (Metrology, Standardization, Technical Regulation and Conformity Assessment, Technological Information, Management Technologies, and Intellectual Property).
Fields of research
- INNOVATION, REGULATION, QUALITY, AND TECHNOLOGY
- This field of research aims to assist and support the development of technological management methods for the industrial production process and its integration with management, to facilitate strategic decision-making processes. Information and Communication Technology solutions enable virtualization of the production process with a high level of automation, monitoring, and process control. This project includes the development of methods and algorithms, including the creation of technological products such as prototypes and software for use in various areas of Brazilian companies' operations.
- PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
- This field focuses on the practical realization of fundamental and derived quantities from the International System of Units and their dissemination throughout the metrological chain. It also encompasses the development and validation of measurement methods, including prototype construction to validate concepts grounded in physical principles across various areas of knowledge, such as time and frequency, dimensional, electrical, thermal, and mechanical quantities, as well as phenomena-based principles, particularly in the fields of acoustics, optics, ultrasound, and vibrations.
- CHEMICAL, LIFE, AND MATERIALS METROLOGY
- This field addresses the main measurement systems for chemical and structural properties of various nanoscale materials, seeking an understanding of metrological traceability principles and standard development. Activities include the development and implementation of measurement methods, coordination and participation in interlaboratory comparisons, production and certification of reference materials, coordination of proficiency tests, and technology transfer to the productive sector. Its main goal is to empower professionals in these knowledge areas through the study of techniques, processes, or themes that cater to the demands of the productive sector.
Coordinator and Program Faculty
Coordinator
Program Faculty
Ana Paula Dornelles de Alvarenga
Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo
Rodrigo Pereira Barretto da Costa-Felix
Zemar Martins Defilippo Soares
Collaborators
Thiago de Lourenço e Vasconcelos
Contact us
+ 55 (21) 2679-9846