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Welcome to the 2014 Industrial Physics Forum

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Given the globalization of advanced technological development, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) have joined together with FAPESP and UNICAMP to host the 2014 Industrial Physics Forum (IPF). This IPF follows up on the successful Industrial Physics Forum held at ICTP, Trieste in April 2012. The goal of this IPF is to enlarge the regional impact of basic and applied research by promoting links between scientists, industry, and societal needs as key strategies for sustainable technological advancement. The theme of the IPF is “Industrial Physics in Emerging Economies” and will focus on a set of technical and policy topics closely related to scientifically-driven economic development in Brazil, and across the globe. The IPF will have a rich array of sessions on the following topics:

Physics and Diplomacy will explore the role of scientists in diplomacy, development, and sustainability.

Trends in Industrial Physics in Emerging Economies will examine ways that physical scientists contribute to economic development, and respond to the opportunities and challenges encountered in emerging economies.

Innovation in a Global Company will feature companies that have a global market place and do R&D globally. Speakers will illustrate how the physical sciences contribute to innovations, products, and economic growth.

The Entrepreneurial Professor will feature current or former university professors from around the world who have started their own companies.

Physics in the Brazilian Economy will focus on companies with a Brazilian presence that are thriving due in part to the contributions of physical scientists.

Physics in the Oil Field will focus on the science and technology employed in Brazil’s oil industry.

Global Industrial Physics will illustrate the diversity of applications and industries in which physical sciences play a role in the successes of a range of companies.

Brazil-US Scientific Partnerships will explore how the United States is working with scientists in Brazil to advance common research and development goals.

Field Experience Participants will visit organizations where industrial physics plays a critical role in the mission, providing compelling examples of how the physical sciences are contributing to Brazil’s economy.

The IPF will also include a short course on entrepreneurship for scientists. The short course will consist of talks, hand-on sessions, and small group breakouts. The organizers extend their gratitude to the following organizations and individuals who funding and support have made the Industrial Physics Forum possible: FAPESP, UNICAMP, ICTP, AIP, Frank Levinson, IBM, Schlumberger, and AIP Publishing

Thank you for your participation,

Newton Frateschi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Joe Niemela, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics

CONTENTS

2014 IPF PLANNING COMMITTEE

Douglas Arion, Carthage CollegeSolomon Assefa, IBM

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Universidade Estadual de CampinasAmy Flatten, American Physical Society

Newton Frateschi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Katharine B. Gebbie, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics Hilda Cerdeira, Institute for Theoretical Physics - UNESP

Jim Hollenhorst, Agilent TechnologiesSteven Lambert, American Physical Society

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, University of WaterlooDuncan Moore, University of Rochester

Joe Niemela, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Catherine O’Riordan, American Institute of Physics

Martin Poitzsch, SchlumbergerAnna Quider, Northern Illinois University

Caroline Taylor, University of Bath/UC BerkeleyRichard Wiener, Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Joseph York, American Institute of Physics

WELCOME

PROGRAM

TRIP ROUTES

ABSTRACTS + BIOS

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ContentsPlanning Committee

Industrial Physics Forum | 2

PROGRAM

SITE LOCATION: ESPAÇO TERRAZZA

7:00pm Welcome Reception

8:00pm Opening Remarks

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP

Joe Niemela, ICTP

Philip W. Hammer, AIP

8:20pm “Is Your Electron Out-of-Round?”

Eric Cornell, National Institute of Standards and

Technology & University of Colorado

SITE LOCATION: MEDICAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM (FCM) UNICAMP

9:00am IPF Introduction

Newton Frateschi, UNICAMP

TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES:

Joe Niemela - Session Chair

Thissessionwillexploretopicsfromapolicyandtechnicalperspective,

surveyinghowphysicalscientistscontributetoeconomicdevelopment,

andrespondtotheopportunitiesandchallengesencounteredin

emergingeconomies.

9:15am “Innovation with Social Responsibility: Combining Necessity with Opportunity”

Vanderlei Bagnato, IFSC-USP

9:45am “Catching the Wave: Emerging Trends in Growth Markets”

Caroline Taylor, University of Bath/UC Berkeley

10:15am “Growing Fast and Becoming Resilient to Natural Catastrophes

and Climate Change in Latin America: The Role of Physical

Scientists in the Re/Insurance Industry”

Nidia Martinez, SwissRe

10:45am Break

Sunday, Sept. 28

Monday, Sept. 29


PROGRAM

11:15am “Microsoft Research’s Strategy for Cooperative R&D in Brazil

and Latin America”

Daron Green, Microsoft Research

PHYSICS AND DIPLOMACY: Katharine B. Gebbie - Session Chair

11:45pm “The Role of Science and Scientists in Advising Governments, Advancing

Diplomacy, and Contributing to Sustainability”

E. William Colglazier, former Science and Technology

Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State

12:15pm Panel with Trends & Diplomacy Speakers: Anna Quider - Session Chair

12:45pm Lunch and Networking

INNOVATION IN A GLOBAL COMPANY: Jim Hollenhorst - Session Chair

ThissessionwillfeaturecompaniesthathaveaglobalpresenceanddoR&D

globally.Thespeakerswillillustratehowthephysicalsciencescontributeto

arangeofinnovations,products,andservices,leadingtoregionaleconomic

growthandopportunitiesforscientistsfromthoseregions.

2:30pm “Research and Development: Vital to Agilent’s Success”

Darlene Solomon, Agilent Technologies

3:00pm “Physical Sciences Research at IBM: Still at the Cutting Edge”

Thomas Theis, IBM

3:30pm “New Business Models for Growth Markets:

Enabling the Transformation in Telecommunications Market”

Kumar Sivarajan, Tejas Networks4:00pm Break

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSOR I: Caroline Taylor - Session Chair

Thissession,andsessionIIonthistopic,willfeaturecurrentorformer

universityprofessorsfromaroundtheworldwhohavestartedtheir

owncompanies.

4:30pm “The Challenges of a Healthcare Biotech Company in Brazil: Recepta’s Case”

José Fernando Perez, Biopharma Recepta & George Washington University

4:45pm “Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches for Energy Storage”

Amy Prieto, Prieto Battery, Inc. & Colorado State University

5:15pm “Challenges in Biometrics”

Iron Daher, Griaule Biometrics

5:45pm Panel Discussion

6:15pm Adjourn

6:45pm Conference Dinner, Restaurante Táboa das Marés


PROGRAM

Tuesday, Sept. 30


PHYSICS IN THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY: Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan - Session Chair ThissessionwillfocusoncompanieswithaBrazilianpresencethatarethrivingdueinparttothecontributionsofphysicalscientists.

9:00am “Optronics for Agriculture; Case of AgriOS” Jarbas Caiado de Castro Neto, Instituo de Física de São Carlos

9:30am “Setting-up an Industrial Research Group in Brazil” Claudius Feger, IBM Brazil

10:00am “The Brazilian tropical agriculture: competitiveness and sustainability based on Science and Innovation” Silvio Crestana, EMBRAPA

10:30am “Padtec: A Brazilian Experience from Basic Theory to the Market” Jorge Salomão Pereira, Padtec

FIELD EXPERIENCE-SEEPG.10-11FORDETAILS Participantswillspendtheafternoonvisitingorganizationswhereindustrialandappliedphysicsplaysacriticalroleinthemission,providingcompellingexamplesofhowthephysicalsciencesarecontributingtoBrazil’seconomy.

11:00am Participants will choose from one of the following four tours to visit local companies: CompanieswithinCampinas:

• BRPhotonics/CPqD, Padtec, LNLS (Synchrotron Light Source) • Amyris, IFGW • Embrapa Satellite Monitoring, Embrapa Informatics SãoJosédoCampos: • Embraer 7:00pm Reception and Conference Dinner, Estancia Grill


PHYSICS IN THE OIL FIELD: Newton Frateschi - Session Chair Brazil’spetroleumresourceshavebeenamajordriverofitseconomicgrowth,andglobalcompaniesarepartneringwithBrazilinthesesuccesses.ThissessionwillfocusonthescienceandtechnologyemployedinBrazil’soilindustry.

Wednesday, Oct. 1


PROGRAM

9:00am “Physics Research, Development and Innovation in Oil Field NMR” Tito Bonagamba, Instituo de Física de São Carlos

9:30am “An Example of Innovation Driven by Scientific Research” Martin Hürliman, Schlumberger

10:00am Panel Discussion10:15am Break

GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS: Jim Hollenhorst - Session Chair Thissessionwillillustratethediversityofapplicationsandindustriesinwhichphysicalsciencesplayamajorroleinthesuccessesofarangeofcompanies.

10:45am “Capacitor Technology for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators” Mark Viste, Medtronic

11:15am “NMR Applications in Oil Exploration” Austin Boyd, Schlumberger

11:45am Panel Discussion

12:15pm Lunch and Networking

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSOR II: Caroline Taylor - Session Chair Thissessioncontinuesthepresentationsbycurrentorformeruniversityprofessorsfromaroundtheworldwhohavestartedtheirowncompanies.

2:00pm “Founding Galileoscope LLC: A Venture to Improve Science Education Worldwide” Douglas Arion, Galileoscope LLC and Carthage College

2:30pm “A Challenge from Oil & Gas Industry: Robust In-Line Multi-Phase Flow Metering” Daniel Pusiol, Spinlock and the University of Mendoza

3:00pm “Nanophotonics Enabling Low Cost Sensing” Simarjeet Saini, Altanet Communications and the University of Waterloo

3:30pm “Clean Gas Innovation: Nanocatalysts and Low Temperature Plasma Reactors to Neutralize Greenhouse Gases” Guilherme Gonçalves, Limpgas Tecnologia

4:00pm Panel Discussion4:30pm Break

BRAZIL-US SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS: Anna Quider - Session Chair 4:45pm “Brazilian Research Partnerships

with the US Office of Naval Research and Other US Government agencies” Augustus Vogel, US Office of Naval Research

5:15pm Concluding remarks, with transition to Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course

7:00pm Cocktail Reception and Conference Banquet, Espaço Terrazza Remarks and Introduction Catherine O’Riordan, Vice President, American Institute of Physics “Physics in Brazil: Development and Partnership with Industries” Ricardo Galvão, President, Brazilian Physics Society


PROGRAM

Thursday, Oct. 2

SITE LOCATION: PHYSICS INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM

8:30am Registration9:00am Introduction Douglas Arion, Carthage College9:20am Welcome Comments

Joe Niemela, International Centre for Theoretical Physics9:45am Entrepreneurship: Motivations and Mission Hands-on Session: Developgoals/mission/mantraforbusinessconcept10:30am Break11:00am Product Lifecycle Hands-on Session:Identifythestateoftheindustryandproductsofinterest,

andidentifyareasofimprovement/needfordevelopment.12:30pm Lunch2:00pm Ideation and Creativity Hands-on Session: Methodsofformallateralthinkingwillbepresentedand

groupswillideatenewproductideas.Methodsofevaluating/rankingideaswillbepresentedandutilizedtoselectoptimumconcepts.

4:00pm Break4:30pm Summary of Day One Group discussion of key concepts and approaches – Q and A session.5:00pm Social Hour6:00pm Entrepreneurship in Brazil:

Panel Discussion of Successful Brazilian Entrepreneurs Iron Daher, Griaule Biometrics

Júlio Oliveira, BR Photonics Additional Speakers, TBD

7:00pm Dinner

Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course


Friday, Oct. 3

PROGRAM

SITE LOCATION: PHYSICS INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM

8:30am Registration9:00am Introduction Douglas Arion, Carthage College9:15am Intellectual Property

“Protecting Ideas for Commercialization” Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho, INPI

10:30am Break11:00am Finance

“Finance in Brazil for New Ventures” Fernando Reinach, Pitanga Fund

12:00pm Small Business Funding in Brazil “Funding for Small Businesses” Sergio Queiroz, FAPESP

12:30pm Lunch2:00pm Business Plans and Strategic Planning Introduction to Business Plans: Uses, organization, and structure3:00pm Break3:30pm Business Plan Preparation Hands-on Session: Outline business plans for new business concepts4:30pm Summary of Day Two

Group discussions on key concepts. Hand out and collect evaluations – Q and A session.

5:00pm Adjourn

Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course


TRIP ROUTES

Field Experience

Route 1, Embraer11:00am Bus leaves Campinas to Embraer

(2 hours travel to São José dos Campos)

2:00pm Check-in. Presentation (Embraer, Products and Technology) Visit to a jet final assembly line http://www.embraer.com

4:30pm Bus returns to UNICAMP (FCM) and hotels

Route 2, CPqD and LNLS1:00pm Bus leaves to CPqD

1:30pm Check-in. Overview of CPqD technology center (includes PadTec and BrPhotonics) Lab tour - Optical Communications Lab - Wireless Lab - PadTec www.cpqd.comwww.padtec.com

3:30pm Bus leaves to LNLS

4:00pm Check-in. LNLS overview Challenges in developing advanced instrumentation locally Syncrontron Lab tour http://lnls.cnpem.br



Route 3, Amyris and Phys. Inst. at Unicamp1:00pm Bus leaves to Amyris

1:30pm Check-in. Overview of Amyris, its technology and operations in Brazil Pilot plant tour www.amyris.com

3:30pm Bus leaves to UNICAMP

4:00pm Check-in. Overview of the Physics Institute Lab tour - Optical Communications lab - Devices Research lab - Bio-photonics lab - Ultrafast phenomena lab - Materials and Low Temperatures lab http://portal.ifi.unicamp.br/en/


Route 4, Embrapa1:00pm Bus leaves to Embrapa

Monitoring via Satélite

1:30pm Check-in. Presentation Embrapa Satellite Group Tour https://www.embrapa.br/en/monitoramento-por-satelite

3:30pm Bus leaves to Embrapa Informática/Unicamp

4:00pm Check-in. Presentation Embrapa Informática Group Tour www.cnptia.embrapa.br


TRIP ROUTES

Field Experience


ABSTRACTS

Abstracts + Bios

Name: Douglas N. Arion

Title: Founding Galileoscope LLC: A Venture to

Improve Science Education Worldwide

Abstract: With the impetus of the 2009

International Year of Astronomy, Galileoscope

LLC was founded to design, manufacture,

distribute, and support a high quality, very low

cost telescope kit. The venture aimed to promote

science education around the world, in countries

rich and poor, and thus had serious constraints

on costs, delivery, and communications. To date,

the company has delivered over 200,000 units

to 106 countries, and continues to operate as a

successful venture. The success of the company

has been despite a variety of stumbling blocks

and problems, which will be described in this

presentation on how such a venture is originated,

funded, and operates.

Bio: The Industrial Physics Forum short course is

presented by Dr. Douglas Arion, Donald Hedberg

Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at

Carthage College. He received his AB in physics

from Dartmouth College, and MS and PhD degrees

in physics and astronomy from the University of

Maryland. From 1983 to 2000 he was employed by

Science Applications International Corporation as

Senior Scientist, Head of the Applied Physics and

Engineering Division, and Assistant Vice President.

In 1994 he joined the faculty at Carthage College

and created the ScienceWorks entrepreneurial

studies program, the first program to teach

the skills and knowledge needed for successful

technology businesses. He is active with the

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators

Alliance, economic development organizations,

and many regional firms. Arion helped found the

Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation,

a non-profit economic development organization

to help businesses re-tool and develop new

products and services. In 2008 he started

Galileoscope LLC.

Name: Vanderlei Bagnato

Title: Innovation with Social Responsibility:

Combining Necessity with Opportunity

Abstract: We shall present the philosophy of

Innovation within the University of São Paulo

and the procedure where we have used the

competence of the university community to induce

solutions for social problems. In those cases, this

creates the necessary market opportunity for the

innovation to be a success.

The model in which University provides

governance and the companies the execution

and management will be discussed. Examples on

education and health care will be provided. The

originated park of companies as well as the new

opportunities will be presented.

Bio: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, is PhD from

MIT (1987). Double major in Material Science

Engineering (Universidade Federal de São Carlos

- Brasil - 1981) and Physics (Universidade de São

Paulo - Brasil - 1981). Livre - Docent by University

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of São Paulo (1989) and Full Professor by

University of São Paulo (1993). Has his activities

based on laser cooling and trapping of neutral

atoms and applications of optics and laser

in dentistry and medicine. Maintain close

international relation with many institutions

around the world and belongs to the editorial

board of several international journals. Promotes

many programs for Science diffusion among

general public and students. Received many prizes

and is member of Brazilian Academy of Sciences,

World Academy of Sciences for the world in

development (TWAS), Pontifical Academy of

Science of Vaticano and The National Academy

of Science (USA)

Name: Tito Bonagamba

Title: Physics Research, Development

and Innovation in Oil Field NMR

Abstract: Researchers from the São Carlos

Institute of Physics (IFSC) – University of São

Paulo (USP) – have been working intensively on

aspects of research, development and innovation

(RDI) over the last few decades. For this reason,

the institute is considered to be one the most

traditional points of reference in this area in

Brazil. Our RDI activities are not limited to pure

physics, but extend to areas such as materials

science, structural biology, medicine, dentistry,

computer science, etc. In order to cover this

wide range of research activities, our institute

counts on academic staff members and specialists

from many different fields of interest, including

engineers, computer scientists, biochemists,

biologists, chemists, pharmacists, and dentists.

Fortunately, our NMR research group is found

within this rich environment of basic and applied

research. NMR perfectly fits the profile of the

institute as well as the needs of several different

industries, since this technique has applications

to both basic and applied research. In the case of

the NMR group, we are working on several fronts,

including its quantum mechanical foundations, the

development of new pulse sequences, materials

science and instrumentation. In order to undertake

research in such diverse areas of NMR, our group

has a small team of professionals including

theoretical and experimental physicists, engineers

and technicians. We also count on the support of

several collaborators from other universities and

companies as well as pos-docs and undergraduate

and graduate students. Particularly in the area

of physics research in Oil Field NMR, we are

taking several approaches in collaboration with

researchers from USP and other universities,

CENPES/Petrobras and Schlumberger. The main

topics under investigation are: i) construction of an

NMR spectrometer dedicated to the study of rock

cores and live oil, in partnership with the American

company Tecmag – Technology for Magnetic

Resonance, ii) elaboration of new NMR pulse

sequences, iii) development of software for signal

processing iv) development of computational

simulation for understanding NMR data from fluids

immersed in porous media, and v) preparation of

artificial porous media. Finally, it is also important

to mention that our group is developing research

in collaboration with other companies, including

Engemasa – Engineering & Materials and

Faber-Castell, both located in São Carlos.

During the talk, details about our projects in

the area of Oil Field NMR will be presented.

Bio: Tito J. Bonagamba received his BSc, MSc and

PhD in Physics from the São Carlos Institute of

Physics (IFSC) – University of São Paulo (USP) and

developed post-doctoral researches at University

of Massachusetts (Amherst) and Iowa State

University (Ames), USA. He was also researcher

at Ames National Laboratory, USA, and visiting

professor several times at Université Paris-Sud

11 (Orsay), France, and Martin-Luther University

Halle-Wittenberg (Halle), Germany. Currently he

is full professor at IFSC/USP. He has experience

in condensed matter physics, working mainly

on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and its

applications, especially in porous media, magnetic

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materials, polymers and quantum information. He

also works in the field of NMR instrumentation,

performing research, development and

technological innovation in collaboration

with several companies in Brazil and abroad.

Name: Austin Boyd

Title: NMR Applications in Oil Exploration

Abstract: NMR sensors are now routinely utilized

to help evaluate oil and gas reservoirs in terms

of their potential productivity. Essential reservoir

properties such as porosity, permeability and

capillary bound water saturation can be estimated

from NMR logging sensors and the accuracy of

these measurements can be significantly improved

by analyzing core and fluid samples from the

reservoirs using Lab NMR to calibrate the NMR

logs. Additional reservoir properties such as

wettability and relative permeability can also be

estimated from NMR logs and these properties

require additional, more complex laboratory

measurements for calibration. Examples will be

presented from reservoirs in the Middle East

and Brazil where NMR logs were acquired and

calibrated to laboratory measurements of core

and fluid samples to provide a variety of

parameters that are essential for determining

the productivity of oil and gas reservoirs.

Bio: Austin Boyd is the Petrophysics Program

manager at Schlumberger Brazil Research and

Geoengineering Center in Rio de Janeiro. Prior

to moving to Rio, he was Petrophysics Program

manager at Schlumberger-Doll Research Center in

Cambridge, Massachusettes and has held a variety

of positions with Schlumberger in field operations,

product development, research and engineering.

He joined Schlumberger in 1981 as a field engineer

after graduating from Dalhousie University with

a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Name: Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho

Title: Protecting Ideas for Commercialization

Bio: Bachelor’s at Economy from Universidade

Federal Fluminense (1979), master’s at Scientific

and Technological Policy from Universidade

Estadual de Campinas (1995) and doctorate

at Scientific and Technological Policy from

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2003). Has

experience in Economy, focusing on Technological

Changes, acting on the following subjects:

technological innovation, intellectual property and

agriculture, partnership and intellectual property,

plant variety protection, innovation systems and

research networks.

Researcher at Rio de Janeiro’s Agriculture

Research Institute (PESAGRO-RIO), acting at

Brazilian Industrial Property National Institute

(INPI). Head of Economic Advisory Area

Name: Jarbas Caiado de Castro Neto

Title: Optronics for Agriculture; Case of AgriOS

Abstract: I will talk about a new startup that I am

involved in, dedicated to the use of modern optical

techniques in the agribusiness. The new company,

called Agricultural Optronics Systems (AgriOS)

is 1.5 years old and is a case of company that can

only exist if physics specialists are involved. I will

show that the Institute of Physics of Sao Carlos

of USP plays a central role in the development

of several companies that employ physical

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specialists, from small ones like AgriOS to

medium ones like Opto Eletronica SA that has

about 400 employees.

Bio: Idealizer, entrepreneur and partner of several

Hi-Tech businesses including Opto Eletronica SA,

Eyetech Equip. Ophthalmic, ARtech, WaveTec

Equipamentos oftamicos OticaOnLine, OptoGlobal

Holdings, Agrios Agricultural Optronics and other

small business. Jarbas Castro is a full professor of

physics at the Instituto de Fisica at the University

of Sao Paulo in the campus of Sao Carlos-Brazil.

He received his bachelors in Physics at the IFSC-

USP in Sao Carlos, and his PhD in Physics at MIT-

Boston-USA. He is Chairman of the Board of Opto

Eletronica SA and CEO of OptoUSA Corp – Miami,

FL-USA. He is also Director of the FIESP, the state

of Sao Paulo industry confederation.

Name: E. William Colglazier

Title: The Role of Science and Scientists in

Advising Governments, Advancing Diplomacy,

and Contributing to Sustainability

Abstract: Nearly every issue with which nations

are confronted on the national, regional, and

global level has an important scientific and

technological component. This is true whether the

issue concerns economic development, health,

environment, national security, homeland security,

energy, communication, food, water, climate

change, disaster preparedness, or education.

With the accelerating pace of scientific and

technological change and the global spread of

expertise and knowledge, capability in science

and technology on a world-class level has

become essential for every country seeking to be

an innovative knowledge-based society and to

compete in this highly interconnected world. As

a result, scientists have become more important

advisers on public policy issues, and science has

become an important component of foreign

policy and diplomacy. Ensuring a more

peaceful, secure, and prosperous world will

require energetic international engagement

by scientists everywhere.

Bio: Dr. E. William Colglazier served as the fourth

Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary

of State from 2011 to 2014. His role was to provide

scientific and technical expertise and advice in

support of the development and implementation

of U.S. foreign policy. From 1994 to 2011, he served

as Executive Officer of the National Academy of

Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council

(NRC) where he helped to oversee the studies

that provide independent, objective advice on

public policy issues. He received his Ph.D. in

theoretical physics from the California Institute

of Technology in 1971, and prior to 1994 worked

at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the

Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the

Center for Science and International Affairs at

Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and

the University of Tennessee. While at Harvard, he

also served as Associate Director of the Program

in Science, Technology, and Humanism of the

Aspen Institute. In 1976-77, he was an AAAS

Congressional Science Fellow. He is past chair of

the Forum on Physics and Society of the

American Physical Society and a Fellow of

the AAAS and APS.

Name: Eric Cornell

Title: Is Your Electron Out-of-Round?

Abstract: If your ball bearing is out-of-round, then

your machinery may grind to a halt. But if your

electron is not out-of-round, then your machinery,

your factory, and indeed the entire universe

may never exist. With such profound industrial

consequences as a motivator, we are

attempting a new experiment to measure

the electron’s electric dipole moment to

unprecedented precision.

Bio: Eric Cornell received his B.S. from Stanford

University in 1985, and his PhD from MIT in 1990.

His doctoral research, with Dave Pritchard, was

on precision mass spectroscopy of single trapped

molecular ions. Cornell went to JILA in Boulder,

Colorado in 1990. Since 1992 he has been a senior

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scientist with the National Institute of Standards

and Technology. He is a Fellow of JILA and

Professor Adjoint in the Physics Department of

the University of Colorado.

Research interests include various aspects

of ultracold atoms -- in particular, Bose-Einstein

condensation, strongly interacting Bose gases,

and chip-based atom traps. He is also working

on using precision molecular spectroscopy to

explore possible extensions to the Standard

Model of particle physics. His most recent research

includes a project to measure the electric dipole

moment of the electron, a project designed to

investigate the particle physics concept known

as “supersymmetry.”

Cornell received the Stratton Award from

NIST in 1995, the Carl Zeiss Award in 1996, the

Fritz London Prize in 1996, the Presidential Early

Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in

1996, the 1997 I.I. Rabi Award, the 1997 King Faisal

International Prize for Science, the 1995-96 AAAS

Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, the 1997 Alan T.

Waterman Award, the Lorentz Medal in 1998,

in 1999 the R. W. Wood Prize and the Benjamin

Franklin Medal in Physics, and in 2000 was elected

as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and

a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2005, he was elected Fellow of the American

Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2012 he

was awarded the Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal for

Molecular Spectroscopy. He shares the 2001

Nobel Prize in Physics with Carl Wieman and

Wolfgang Ketterle.

Name: Silvio Crestana

Title: The Brazilian Tropical Agriculture:

Competitiveness and Sustainability Based on

Science and Innovation

Abstract: Nowadays, Brazil is a global player in

the production of food, fibers and agri-energy. In

the last decades the country was able to reach

its food security and to transform its position of

food dependence into one of the world’s largest

agricultural commodity exporters. The Brazilian

agriculture competitiveness was reached having

science, technological and institutional innovation

as its sustaining pillars. The presentation will

highlight what was made in science and innovation

to properly manage tropical ecosystems and some

of the scientific and innovation challenges we will

face in the coming years. Particularly, at Embrapa

Agricultural Instrumentation we have several

research applications of physics in agriculture we

expect to share with the audience.

Bio: Director-President of the Brazilian Agricultural

Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) from January

2005 to July 2009, Silvio Crestana’s career

at EMBRAPA started in 1984, after which he

worked as a physicist, professor and researcher.

Dr. Crestana served as General Manager of

EMBRAPA’s Agricultural Instrumentation Research

Unit from 1992-1997, and as Coordinator of its

first virtual laboratory abroad (Labex USA)

from 1998-2001. As a scientist, he distinguished

himself internationally through pioneering work,

introducing Computerized Tomography to the field

of Soil Science. Dr. Crestana is author and

co-author of more than 150 scientific publications

and has received many awards and honours over

the years, including the Grand Cross of the

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Order of Rio Branco (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign

Affairs) and Commander of the National Order

of Scientific Merit (Brazilian Ministry of Science

and Technology). Dr. Crestana is a member of the

Superior Council of Agribusiness of São Paulo

State’s Federation

Name: Renato Cruz

Title: The Challenge of Innovation:

The Knowledge Revolution in Brazilian Companies

Abstract: Brazil has some examples of big

innovative companies - like Petrobras, Embraer

and Natura -, but the majority of Brazilian small

and medium enterprises still see innovation as

something expensive, complex and too risky.

What can be done to change this scenario? What

are the main strengths and weaknesses of

Brazilian innovation environment today?

Bio: Renato Cruz is a technology columnist at

O Estado de S. Paulo, and author of three books:

O que as empresas podem fazer pela inclusão

digital (What companies can do to help digital

inclusion), TV digital no Brasil: tecnologia versus

política (Digital TV in Brazil: technology versus

politics) and O desafio da inovação: a revolução

do conhecimento nas empresas brasileiras (The

challenge of innovation: the knowledge revolution

in Brazilian companies). He has a bachelor’s

degree in Journalism and master’s and doctoral

degrees in Media Studies at University of São

Paulo. He is a Media professor at Senac

University Center.

Name: Iron Daher

Title: Challenges in Biometrics

Bio: A researcher and entrepreneur, Iron Daher

founded Griaule Biometrics in 2002 and was able

to cross the chasm from research to market. He

was the Coordinator Researcher of projects in

biometrics funded by the São Paulo Research

Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa

do Estado de São Paulo, Fapesp) and Research

and Projects Financing, (Financiadora de Estudos

e Projetos, Finep) from 2002 to 2005. Today the

company has more than 4,000 customers in

57 countries.

Name: Claudius Feger

Title: Setting-up an Industrial Research

Group in Brazil

Abstract: Around 2010 the IBM Research

leadership decided to set up a new IBM Research

Laboratory, this one to be its first in the southern

hemisphere. The choice fell on Brazil, one of

the strong, emerging economies. Since the

Brazilian government requested that IBM include

some research activity to support its intent to

develop an electronics ecosystem in Brazil, the

Smarter Devices research team was born, and I

was asked to lead it. To begin with I studied the

commercial and academic electronics landscape.

In fact Brazil has many companies that assemble

electronics but few that innovate in electronics.

There was one company packaging Si chips for

the flash memory market and none creating

integrated circuits. There was and is however a

fair amount of microelectronics work at isolated

academic institutions; but without an industry

to commercialize the ideas this research leads

only to publications. However, news of new

enterprises cropped up: there was talk about

a plan to found a specialty chip manufacturer

(now SIX Semicondutores) and a new packaging

operation (now HT Micron). By 2012 when I

arrived in Brazil to stay, the founding of SIX Semi

was being finalized. As luck would have it, SIX

Semi contracted IBM including my team to jointly

develop the technology for a microfluidics device

for environmental and/or health care applications.

This led to first hires and the need to set up an

electronics lab.

Since IBM Research-Brazil is heavily involved

in oil and gas, we started to explore research in

this area as well and finally settled on a project

to develop nanotechnologies for enhanced oil

recovery. Work in this as in many other areas in

Brazil is undertaken with the hope of attracting

funds from one of several tax laws that have been

set up in Brazil to foster innovation.

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In this talk I will discuss some of the successes

and difficulties of setting up an industrial research

lab that requires top level scientists, advanced

experimental facilities, and external funding in

addition to internal funds.

Bio: Claudius Feger, manager of the Smarter

Devices team of IBM Research - Brazil and senior

site manager of the Rio site of the Brazil Research

Lab joined IBM Research at the T. J. Watson

Research Center, Yorktown Hts., NY, in 1984 in the

area of electronics packaging research, an area

which he eventually led for IBM Research.

He holds a diploma in chemistry and a doctorate

in polymer science from the University of Freiburg,

Germany. He taught polymer chemistry in Porto

Alegre, Brazil, followed by a post-doctoral

fellowship at UMass, Amherst. He is co-author

of over 100 research papers, holds 54 (36 US)

patents, wrote 5 book chapters, and edited four

books on polyimides. He is a Distinguished Fellow

and Past President of the Society of Plastics

Engineers and a member of several

other professional organizations. He currently

resides with his wife in Rio de Janeiro.

Name: José Fernando Perez

Title: The Challenges of a Healthcare Biotech

Company in Brazil: Recepta’s Case

Bio: 2005 to present CEO – President Recepta

Biopharma (www.receptabiopharma.com.br)

Recepta Biopharma is a start up biotech company

developing monoclonal antibodies for the

treatment of cancer.

- 2000 Medal and Grand Cross of the National

Order of Scientific and Technological Merit.

- 1993 – 2005 Scientific Director of the State of

São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP. Member

of the Board of Directors of the IMPA – National

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.

Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Member of the Academy of Sciences of the

Developing World (TWAS). 1973 PhD by the

Eidgenössische Technische Hochshule (ETH)

Zürich. 1974 – 2004 Professor of

Physics – University of São Paulo.

Name: Ricardo Galvão

Title: RF Amplifier for the Active

Toroidal Alfvén Diagnostic System of JET

Abstract: In an ignited fusion reactor, the high

temperature of the plasma is maintained by

heating of the electrons by the alpha particles

produced in the fusion reactions. However, due

to their high velocity, the alpha particles can

also excite normal modes of the plasma, known

as Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes – TAEs, by a

resonant mechanism of wave-particle interaction.

These electromagnetic modes carry away energy

from the alpha particles, diminishing the energy

available for collisional transfer to the electrons,

therefore jeopardizing the ignition condition. For

this reason, these modes have been extensively

studied in tokamaks, in particular in JET (Joint

European Torus), using the technique of excitation

by an external antenna and determination of the

damping of different components of the excited

spectrum. Only modes that are weakly damped

represent a concern for fusion reactors. The

antenna system used in JET has been recently

upgraded to allow a reasonably pure spectrum

of excited modes. This system consists of two

antenna modules, with four excitation coils in

each, which have to be excited with rather precise

current amplitude and phase in each coil. The

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antenna system represents an inductive load,

which is fed by a coaxial line around 100m long,

and no matching circuit can be installed close to

the antenna to follow the varying plasma load. Due

to these stringent conditions, commercial available

sweeping RF generators, normally designed for

50 ohm resistive loads, are not appropriate. A

new RF amplifier that can work properly in these

conditions has been designed by the Plasma

Physics Laboratory of University of São Paulo, as

part of an international collaboration involving

the Plasma Fusion Center, of the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, and the Centre de

Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, of École

Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The amplifier

was built in a joint venture with POLITRON, a

Brazilian industry specialized in RF equipment, and

its first unit has been successfully tested in JET last

June. In this presentation I will discuss the involved

process of developing scientific equipment as part

of an international collaboration and the somewhat

complex interaction with industries in Brazil to

develop a new product, taking the development of

the TAE RF amplifier as an specific real example.

Bio: Ricardo Galvão was born in Itajubá, State of

Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the 21st December 1947.

He got the Bachelor Degree from Fluminense

Federal University, in December 1969, the Master

of Science Degree from the State University of

Campinas, in January 1972, both in Electrical

Engineering, the Doctoral Degree in Applied

Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute

of Technology, in February 1976, and the “Livre

Docente” Degree in Experimental Physics from the

University of São Paulo, in 1983. He has developed

his professional carrier in fusion research, having

designed and helped the construction of the

first Brazilian tokamak, TBR-1, and coordinated

the assembling of the TCABR tokamak, currently

operating at the University of São Paulo. In 1985

he was awarded the ICTP Prize for his work in

high temperature plasmas. He is currently full

professor at the University of São Paulo and head

of the Plasma Physics Laboratory. He is member

of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the

Scientific Council of the European Physical Society.

Name: Guilherme Gonçalves

Title: Clean Gas Innovation: Nanocatalysts and

Low Temperature Plasma Reactors to Neutralize

Greenhouse Gases

Abstract: Humanity has numerous challenges to

tackle climate change nowadays. There is a clear

need for a paradigm shift and the advance of

knowledge, science and applied technology are

the only viable way to address the sustainable

development. The relation of energy to global

climate change is one of the most important

links to be made concerning the impact of a man

made system on the global environment by means

of carbon emission. In this sense, the physical

processes and innovations emerge as a realistic

alternative not only to combat the climate chance

but also contribute directly to the improvement

of the quality of life, health and environment

indicators. In this presentation we will discuss the

most innovative researches and developments

that have been developed in Brazil to neutralize

GHGs and other atmospheric pollutants generated

in the energy and industrial production.

Bio: Limpgas Tecnologia is a technology based

clean company, spin-off from the Physics Institute

of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). It is a

pioneer in Brazil in the development of innovations

in physical processes to reduce emissions of

greenhouse gases and waste treatment of

hazardous gases. We have built a business model

based on sustainable engagement of stakeholders

and experts on topics related to gases, engaged

in the reduction of environmental and social

impacts on power generation and sharing ethical

and moral principles. Limpgas intends to break

technological paradigms through the development

and apply of physical processes in replacement

of conventional chemical processes that are

inefficient or polluting. The engagement, the

management of human capital and commitment to

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improving the planet environmental welfare were

fundamental to the advancement of research and

development of the Limpgas values. Guilherme

Gonçalves - BSc Economics, Management and

Sustainability Management graduate lato sensu

(IE-Unicamp) is Executive Director and Founding

Partner at Limpgas Tecnologia, a Brazilian startup

pioneer in the development of innovations for the

reduction and treatment of greenhouse gasses and

toxic effluents and residue by physical processes.

He also develops new methodologies for strategy

and the market-entry of green innovations.

Name: Daron G. Green

Title: Microsoft Research’s Strategy for

Cooperative R&D in Brazil and Latin America

Bio: Senior Director, Microsoft Research

Connections. Dr. Green is the Senior Director of

Microsoft External Research and is responsible for

Microsoft Research’s external engagement and

investment strategy. Microsoft’s External Research

is a key part of Microsoft’s Research program

and works closely with Academia and Research

institutions in helping solve some of the world’s

most challenging scientific and social problems.

His team and global portfolio includes diverse

topics such as Health and Wellbeing, Education

and Scholarly Communications, Computer

Science and the Environment. Dr Green’s initial

research background was in molecular modeling

and equations of state for fluid mixtures—his

BSc is in Chemical Physics (1989, Sheffield) and

his Phd in molecular simulation of fluid mixtures

(1992, Sheffield). He went on to do post doctoral

research in simulation of polymer and protein

folding (1993-4, UCD). This naturally led to

application porting and optimization for

large-scale parallel and distributed computing

in a range of application domains including

computational chemistry (molecular dynamics and

quantum mechanical codes), radiography, CFD,

and FE. Dr. Green then moved more fully into HPC

and was responsible for some of Europe’s largest

HPC Framework V programs for the European

Commission, major HPC procurements in the UK

for the UK Research Councils and UK Defense

clients, he also led detailed investigations into

the maturity and adoption for European HPC

Software tools (published). From there Dr. Green

went to work for the SGI/Cray—helping to set up

the European Professional Services organization

from which he span out a small team out to

establish the European Professional Services

for Selectica Inc. Selectica specialized in on-line

configuration/logic-engine technologies offered

via Web services. Given an HPC/distributed

computing background and familiarity with the

then embryonic area of Web Services, IBM invited

Dr. Green to help establish its early Grid strategy—

this effort began in Europe, the Middle East,

and Africa but quickly broadened to be global

and he moved to the United States with IBM to

form IBM’s Grid EBO. Dr. Green joined Microsoft

Research from BT where he was responsible for all

sector-based propositions in BT’s Global Services.

As well as this, as Director for Global Sector

propositions he led the strategy and business

design activities across a range of business

areas including healthcare, security, public

sector engagement, energy management, and

sustainability (published). Specifically in terms of

Sustainability—in 2007 established and launched

BT’s Sustainability practice—responsible for BT’s

business offerings to commercial customers which

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help reduce their carbon footprints and establish

business practices which are sustainable in terms

of their social and economic impact (published).

Name: Martin Hürlimann

Title: An Example of Innovation Driven by

Scientific Research

Abstract: Conventional NMR measurements

are performed by placing the sample inside an

RF coil that is located in a strong and highly

uniform magnetic field. RF pulses are applied

and used to manipulate the spins. Any resulting

net transverse magnetization is then detected

with the same RF coil. In a typical laboratory NMR

system, the magnetic field is generated by an

optimized array of superconducting coils which

can achieve a field homogeneity B0 / ΔB0 of

over 10^8. This high homogeneity is required to

gain maximum control over the spin dynamics. In

contrast, NMR well logging and other mobile NMR

applications have to be performed with inside-out

configurations where the sample is external to the

measuring device. In such systems, the magnetic

field that can be applied to the sample is much

weaker and characterized by ΔB0 / B0 ~ 1. Such

grossly inhomogeneous fields make it impossible

to uniformly manipulate the spins across the

entire sample and any transverse magnetization

quickly dephases. Nevertheless, it is possible to

perform quantitative NMR measurements in such

set-ups and determine detailed relaxation and

diffusion properties of the sample in a robust

manner that is insensitive to the details of the

field inhomogeneities. These measurements

are based on RF sequences that are able to

repeatedly refocus magnetization. We use optimal

control theory to develop refocusing pulses and

to find matching excitation pulses that greatly

enhance the resulting signal-to-noise ratio. This

enables new applications not only in the field

of hydrocarbon exploration, but also in other

applications of mobile NMR on extended samples,

and in process control.

Bio: Martin Hürlimann is a Scientific Advisor

working in the research laboratory of

Schlumberger in Cambridge, USA. He obtained

a Dipl. Natw. degree from the Swiss Federal

Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland,

and a Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University

of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, for the

development of a cryogenic hydrogen maser.

After spending two years at the University of

California in Berkeley as a postdoctoral fellow,

he joined Schlumberger – Doll research in 1992.

His work has focused on the development of new

NMR techniques for the study of porous media

and complex fluids with particular emphasis on

well logging applications. He is a fellow of the

American Physical Society and was awarded

the Christiaan Huygens Medal by the European

Geosciences Union in 2011.

Name: Nidia Martinez

Title: Growing Fast and Becoming Resilient to

NatCat and Climate Change in Latin America:

The Role of Physical Scientists in the

Re/Insurance Industry

Abstract: Over the past 50 years, great weather

disasters have caused some 800,000 fatalities

and over a trillion dollars in economic loss globally.

Even though emergency preparedness and

disaster risk management is progressing, disaster

events continue to generate increasing financial

losses alongside ongoing economic development,

population growth and urbanization. Many national

and local economies are already vulnerable to

climate events, in the form of floods, droughts,

heat waves, and tropical storms. In addition, global

warming could greatly heighten this vulnerability,

triggering more frequent and severe weather

disasters, shifts in rainfall patterns and climate

zones, and a rise in sea levels. While losses are

getting bigger, the world is getting smaller. GDP

growth rate in Latin America, led by Brazil and

Mexico, is high. More industries means highly

susceptible occupancies (electronics,

high-tech, car manufacturing) to natural

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catastrophes. Urbanization, the clustering of

properties and commercial activity and migration

to high-risk areas such as coast and flood plains

need to be closely monitored. Along with local

prevention and mitigation measures, insurance

is a powerful measure to strengthen resilience

against catastrophe events. By pricing risk and

thus incentivizing investments in prevention

measures, the reinsurance and insurance industries

can help reduce the economic and social costs of

catastrophes. Understanding natural catastrophe

risks and the impact of climate change is critical

to assessing the re/insurance business accurately

and to structuring sound risk-transfer solutions.

This is why Swiss Re, a leading and highly

diversified global re/insurance company, invests

in proprietary, state-of-the-art natural catastrophe

models and collaborates with universities and

scientific institutions. During my talk, I would

like to expand on this important topic by

showing some of the things we do in the Natural

Catastrophes team at Swiss Re, and sharing with

the audience a few stories of who we are and why

we hire scientists.

Bio: Nidia Martinez Avellaneda joined Swiss Re in

2013 as a Specialist in Natural Catastrophes with

a focus in Latin America. For the previous decade,

she has been conducting scientific research in

physical oceanography around the globe. Nidia

holds a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the

University of Hamburg and a Licenciatura from

the University of Buenos Aires. She has done

extensive research with satellite and in-situ data

and numerical modeling. During her time at the

Institute of Oceanography and the Max Planck

Institute in Hamburg, she studied the impact of

Saharan dust in the North Atlantic circulation.

After completion of her studies in Germany, Nidia

moved to Scripps Institution of Oceanography in

California to work on a project about mixing in

the Tropical Pacific. She became knowledgeable

in data assimilation technics and the adjoint

of the MIT general circulation model and was

chosen to speak about her work at the 2013 NASA

MPOWIR Speaker Series at Goddard Space Flight

Center. Nidia carried out part of this project at

the University of Utah in Salt Lake City where she

became an Adjunct Professor in Atmospheric

Sciences. Now in Swiss Re, she is interested in

learning about the exposure of the fast-growing

Latin America market to earthquake, tropical

cyclones, flood and climate change in order to help

them become more resilient to these unavoidable

natural catastrophes. Nidia currently lives in New

York and enjoys traveling, scuba diving, reading

magazines and spending time with her family.

Name: Júlio César Rodrigues Fernandes

de Oliveira

Title: Entrepreneurship in Brazil: Panel Discussion

of Successful Brazilian Entrepreneurs

Bio: Degree in Electrical Engineering from the

Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG)

2003, MA and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from

State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2004

and 2007, respectively. Between 2004 and 2014

he served as researcher (204/206), coordinator

(2006-2010), manager of division (2010/2012)

and General Manager (2012/2014) in optical

communications division at CPqD.

Since Feb / 2014 is President / CEO of

BrPhotonics, working in research and development

aimed at the arrival of products to market in the

areas of photonic and microelectronics devices

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for optical communications (optical transmitters

and receivers operating at 100Gb and beyond).

Has participated in 14 R & D projects, coordinating

10 of them, has 10 patents (INPI), 20 journal

articles, 88 international conferences, and has

transferred to the industry over 10 technology

products. Has lead research and development

in telecommunications, mainly on topics related

to optical transmission speed (100 Gb/s),

reconfigurable optical networks, photonic

devices and ASICs for optical systems.

Furthermore acts as a co-advisor for master

and Ph.D. students.

Name: Amy Prieto

Title: Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches

for Energy Storage

Abstract: There are two main limitations to the

rate of charging Li-ion batteries: slow diffusion

of Li+ into the electrodes and slow diffusion

between them. The synthesis of high surface

area electrodes has been shown to dramatically

enhance performance because reducing the

particle size of the electrode material reduces

the distance the Li+ ions have to diffuse. The

problem of decreasing the Li+ diffusion length

between electrodes has not yet been solved.

We are working to incorporate high surface

area foams of a novel anode material into a

new battery architecture wherein the foam is

conformally coated with an electrolyte made by

electrochemical deposition, then surrounded by

the cathode electrode. The significant advantage

is that the diffusion length for Li+ between the

cathode and anode will be dramatically reduced,

which should lead to much faster charging rates

and a longer cycle life. Our goal is to fabricate this

high power density battery via environmentally

benign aqueous electrochemistry, which should

lead to less expensive manufacturing.

Bio: Dr. Prieto is an Associate Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at CSU. In addition

to her research in Li-ion batteries, she has

active projects developing nanoparticles inks

for photovoltaics, light metal nanoparticles for

hydrogen storage, and novel nanowire structures.

She earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the

University of California, Berkeley, where she was

a Cooperative Research Fellow supported by Bell

Labs, Lucent Technologies. Her postdoctoral

work was performed at Harvard University, where

she measured the electronic properties of single

molecules and nanoparticles. While at Harvard

she was named one of the first L’Oréal USA for

Women in Science Fellows. Her academic research

has been funded by the American Chemical

Society, the Semiconductor Research Corporation,

the National Science Foundation (including the

NSF CAREER award), the Center for Revolutionary

Solar Photoconversion, and the CSU Clean

Energy Supercluster.

Prof. Prieto founded Prieto Battery, Inc. in 2009

with the goal of commercializing a novel three

dimensional high power density lithium-ion battery

made from aqueous based electroplating baths.

In 2011 she was named the ExxonMobil Solid State

Chemistry Faculty Fellow (and ACS award), a

Presidential Early Career Awardee for Scientists

and Engineers (PECASE) and won the Excellence

in Storage Technology Commercialization Award

from the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association.

In 2012 she was awarded the Margaret B. Hazaleus

Award at Colorado State University in recognition

of her mentoring efforts.

Name: Daniel Pusiol

Title: A Challenge from Oil & Gas Industry:

Robust in-line Multi-Phase Flow Metering

Abstract: The exact determination of produced

hydrocarbon volumes is one of more important

technical challenges in the oil and gas industry.

Nowadays without physical separation of

individual fluid components in production

multi-phase flow, it is impossible to accurately

determine the flow rate of each component from

the measurement of physical properties that

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are related to the average fluid displacement

in the pipe, such as the pressure drop across

a flow restriction. The primary complication

is the existence of ‘phase slip’ between fluid

components. Since the moving fluid phases

have different densities and viscosities, they are

associated with a particular dynamic pressure.

The contrast in density, viscosity and dynamic

pressure between the fluid phases generates

instability in the fraction of the cross-sectional

area of the pipe occupied by each fluid phase. This

in turn determines the axial velocity of each fluid

phase and, therefore also the dynamic pressure

associated with this moving fluid component. As

a consequence, a non-linear system of fluid phase

velocity and cross-sectional area occupied by each

fluid phase is established during multi-phase flow,

which cannot be adequately approximated by

correlations derived from macroscopic properties

such as fluid density or pressure drop.

No single wellhead meter at reasonable cost is

currently available on the market, simultaneously

satisfying the customer’s need for accuracy

across a broad range of produced volumes

and hydrocarbon properties and operational

robustness. Insufficient high quality metering may

result in suboptimal reservoir management and

uncertainty in allocation of co-mingled production.

We discuss magnetic resonance technology

providing highly accurate, real-time quantification

of flow rates for oil, water, and gas in multiphase

flow at a broad range of flow regime. Magnetic

resonance is intrinsically sensitive to flow; however,

current applications to flow measurement are

limited to very low flow rates that are inapplicable

to oil-field applications. This new technology

employs a new principle that enables robust

3-phase flow metering with a broader operating

envelope than existing flow meters, has no sensors

in the flow stream, no radioactive source, yet

could potentially be produced at sufficiently low

cost to promote increasing numbers of well head

installations. Results obtained at a commercial flow

loop confirm a broad operating envelope, accurate

3-phase flow characterization, as well as direct

measurement of phase slip.

Bio: Daniel Pusiol have 38 years of experience in

Quadrupole and Magnetic Resonance research

and has been directly responsible for a number of

major developments in these fields, reflected in

numerous scientific papers and patents.

President and Founder of SpinLock

(www.nmr-spectrometers.com), R&D COMPANY

closely related to the National University of

Cordoba, Argentina, one of the oldest and largest

University in Latin America. The company’s focus

is on the development and sale of quadrupole

resonance and magnetic resonance based

equipment, including explosive detectors, NMR

multiphase flow meters, NMR in food applications

and dedicated research spectrometers.

Name: Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz

Title: Funding for Small Businesses

Bio: Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz, born 1956,

is an Associate Professor at the Science and

Technology Policy Department, Geosciences

Institute, University of Campinas, Brazil. He is also

a Special Advisor for Technological Innovation to

the Scientific Director at FAPESP - The State of

São Paulo Research Foundation.

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He received an engineering degree in 1978, from

the University of São Paulo, and his M.Sc. and his

D. Phil in Economics in 1987 and 1993, respectively,

both from the University of Campinas. He was a

Visiting Research Fellow at SPRU - Science and

Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex,

England, in 2000.

He has an extensive researching, teaching and

administrative experience in the University and in

the Government sector. He was Deputy Secretary

at the Secretariat for Science, Technology and

Economic Development (2006) and Coordinator

for Science and Technology at the Secretariat

for Development (2007) in the São Paulo State

Government. At Unicamp he is responsible for

undergraduate and postgraduate disciplines and

for supervision of master and doctoral students

(sixteen master dissertations and five doctoral

theses concluded). He is author and co-author of

several books, articles and research reports. He

participated in numerous administrative positions,

including head of Department for three terms.

Among other academic activities he is reviewer

of many journals such as Research Policy, World

Development, Science and Public Policy, Brazilian

Administration Review, Revista Brasileira de

Inovação, etc. He is also member of the editorial

board of Science and Public Policy and Inovação

Unicamp. He has experience as consultant in

research projects for several institutions such

as ECLAC, Ministry of Science and Technology,

Institute of Applied Economic Research,

Ministry of Health etc.

His research interests encompass learning

processes, the development of technological

capabilities, mainly in the pharmaceutical and

the automotive industries, the globalization of

technology, Foreign Direct Investment in R&D and

FDI policies, university-industry partnerships and

entrepreneurship.

Name: Fernando Reinach

Title: Finance in Brazil for New Ventures

Bio: Fernando is a general partner at Fundo

Pitanga. From 2001 to 2010 he was a general

partner at Votorantim Novos Negócios, the venture

capital and private equity arm of Votorantim,

a large private industrial group in Brazil.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of

Amyris Biotechnologies and writes a weekly

column in O Estado de São Paulo, a major

Brazilian newspaper. He holds a biology degree

from the University of São Paulo and a Ph.D.

from Cornell University Medical College. He

was a Biotechnology Research Fellow from the

Rockefeller Foundation and a Research Scholar

of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He

was a Professor at the University of São Paulo,

was involved in the creation of two technology

companies and in the coordination of the first

Brazilian Genome Project.

Name: Simarjeet Saini

Title: Nanophotonics Enabling Low Cost Sensing

Abstract: The talk will be focussed on

nanostructures for new or enhanced optical

properties and building low cost biosensing

applications around them. Our work on ordered

semiconductor nanowires and surface plasmonic

sensors will be discussed. We have developed

structural colors using surface plasmonic two

dimensional nano-gratings. The colors are

sensitive to refractive index of the material or

changes to the surface allowing the sensing to be

achieved through taking pictures with a cell-phone

and image processing. Further, the sensors also

provide surface enhanced raman spectroscopic

signals with an analytical enhancement factor of

10 million demonstrated. Applications in

monitoring the quality of water in a low cost

fashion will be discussed.

Bio: Prof. Saini has developed an extensive

research program in area of nanophotonics

ranging from fundamental studies to industrial

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applications. This has led to creation of multiple

platform technologies, many of which have

been commercialized. The research has led to 5

granted patents, 5 patents applied for (3 in last

year) and three successful start-up companies.

He has co-authored more than 160 journal and

conference publications including a book chapter.

He is recipient of SPIE educational award for long

term potential in field of photonics, Ontario Early

Researcher Award, and two best paper awards.

Prof. Saini’s research has been marked by repeated

successful technology transfers. Photonics

integration platform created during his doctoral

thesis was exclusively licensed to a start-up

company, which exists today as Thorlabs Quantum

Electronics Division and employs about 100 HQPs.

Semiconductor lasers, optical amplifiers, tunable

lasers designed and developed by him are being

used in most of the optical labs around the world.

He also co-developed a metro optical Ethernet

network technology with sub-5 ms restoration

time and successfully transferred the technology

to a major cable MSO company in 2005. He also

helped develop virtual reference interferometers

which are being commercialized by Inometrix, a

start-up based out of Hamilton. Since 2006 he

has been working extensively on bio-chemical

sensors and his work on etched-core Fiber Bragg

grating sensors is considered to be seminal. He

has worked in engineering from initial inception

of ideas to final products including project line

management and customer engagement. He is

currently working on commercializing the color

sensors for detection of water quality.

Name: Jorge Salomão Pereira

Title: Padtec – A Brazilian Experience from the

Basic Theory to the Market

Abstract: This presentation will cover the main

aspects that enable Padtec to get a distinguished

position in the optical communication market.

The presentation will discuss the importance of

understanding non-linear transmission effects and

how a simple solution enable a small company to

supply long haul DWDM system at the end of

IP bubble.

Bio: Jorge Salomão Pereira has his background

in electronical engineering and has worked in

optoelectronic devices as semiconductor lasers

and photodetector. In 2001 he was one of the

founders of Padtec.

Currently he has the President and CEO

position and his main interest is focused on

optical networking.

Name: Kumar Sivarajan

Title: New Business Models for Growth

Markets: Enabling the Transformation in

Telecommunications Market

Abstract: The number of devices connected to the

internet will increase 10x every decade and stands

close to 1.5 billion at present. Such ubiquity is

enabled by increasing the bandwidth through the

telecommunications networks while innovating to

sharply reduce the transmission cost/bit. Localized

market needs, faster development requirements,

cost structure, and increased knowledge base

in developing nations has induced large Tier

1 vendors to establish globally distributed

development centers outside their native

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countries. Tejas Networks offers a unique case

study by going one step further by founding the

company in India in 2000 with the goal of not only

addressing the fast growing telecommunication

market in India but also offering a product

development resource to Global Equipment

Vendors. This presentation will highlight the

success that Tejas has enjoyed in executing the

above strategy by becoming the largest optical

transport vendor in India and at the same time

developing a very strong white label network

appliance business by forming OEM alliances with

several global vendors.

Bio: Kumar N. Sivarajan is Co-founder and Chief

Technology Officer of Tejas Networks. Prior to

starting Tejas Networks, Kumar was on the faculty

of the Electrical Communication Engineering

Department at the Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore. Earlier he has worked with the IBM

Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown

Heights, New York.

Kumar is co-author of the textbook `Optical

Networks: A Practical Perspective’ published

in February 1998. He is a Fellow of the Indian

National Academy of Engineering, and a

recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship from

the government of India, the IEEE Fortescue

Fellowship and the IEEE Baker Prize Paper Award.

Kumar holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Technology

in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute

of Technology (IIT), Madras and a Doctorate from

the California Institute of Technology. He is a

distinguished alumnus of IIT, Madras.

Name: Darlene Solomon

Title: Research and Development:

Vital to Agilent’s Success

Abstract: Technology leadership based on a

culture of innovation, contribution and sustained

R&D investment has been at the core of

Agilent’s success through decades of market

and technology waves. Industry leading product

R&D investment is complemented by centralized

funding of Agilent Research Laboratories which

look beyond the evolution of current products

and platforms to create the technologies that

will underlie tomorrow’s breakthroughs. These

contributions enable Agilent customers to answer

new questions at the leading edge of life science,

diagnostics and the applied markets.

To accomplish these goals, we attract and retain

top technical talent, collaborate extensively

with global research leaders in academia,

government and industry, and promote a culture

of innovation and teamwork across our highly

multi-disciplinary staff of life scientists, physical

scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The

presentation will highlight various management

processes and practices used across Agilent’s

global R&D organization. A case study of Agilent’s

R&D investment in DNA microarray technology will

also be discussed, illustrating the value of deep

technology core competency and the quandaries

and achievements inherent in longer range R&D.

Bio: Darlene Solomon is Senior Vice President and

Chief Technology Officer for Agilent Technologies.

Her responsibilities include developing the

company’s long-term technology strategy and

overseeing the alignment of Agilent’s

objectives with its centralized research-and-

development activities.

Solomon joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

in 1984 as a member of the technical staff,

subsequently holding a variety of research and

management positions there. She joined Agilent

Technologies in 1999 as director of the Life

Sciences Technologies Laboratory in Agilent

Laboratories, and as senior director, research

and development/technology for Agilent’s Life

Sciences and Chemical Analysis business. Prior to

her current post, Solomon was vice president and

director of Agilent Laboratories.

Solomon received her bachelor’s degree in

chemistry from Stanford University, a doctorate

in bioinorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, and completed Stanford

University’s Executive Development Program.

Solomon is a member of the Board of Directors

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at Materion Corporation (publicly traded), and

a Board Observer for SomaLogic (private). She

also serves on multiple academic and government

advisory and review boards, including the National

Academies’ Board on Chemical Sciences and

Technology, NAS Forum on Synthetic Biology,

Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology

for the National Institutes of Standards and

Technology (currently VCAT Vice Chair), UK

Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Stanford

University Interdisciplinary Biosciences Advisory

Council, UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry, Wall

Street Journal’s Innovation Awards, Bay Area

Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC)

and A-STAR Board for Singapore Economic

Development (2004-10).

Solomon was inducted into Women in Technology

International’s Hall of Fame in 2001, awarded the

YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry Award

in 2004, named to Diversity Journal’s Women

Worth Watching in 2007 and to Corporate Board

Member’s 50 Top Women in Technology in 2008.

She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi,

American Chemical Society and recognized in

numerous Who’s Who Editions.

Name: Caroline Taylor

Title: Catching the Wave: Emerging Trends in

Growth Markets

Abstract: Changes and economic trends in

the emerging and pre-emergent markets are

shaping innovation more quickly than anywhere

else. High tech applications are leading the way.

From dramatic shifts in traditional international

supply chains for existing products to entirely

new products and services, the role for physics in

the space is as fluid and dynamic as the markets

themselves. The rapid evolution of the growth

markets brings unprecedented opportunities. It

also brings unique risks and challenges. This

talk will discuss shifts in the BRICS and other key

markets and some of the issues that have arisen.

It will identify emerging trends on the horizon and

touch on how those may affect both development

and the industrial physics landscape.

Bio: Caroline Taylor is a Senior Visiting Research

Fellow associated with the Sustainable Energy

Research Team at University of Bath, a Visiting

fellow at the Energy Biosciences Institute

(EBI) at University of California Berkeley, and

Principal at Ellipsis Insight. She has written

and spoken extensively on a range of topics

including sustainability, energy and resources,

risk and uncertainty, and global bioenergy

development and impact assessment.

A former Senior Fellow with EBI’s Bioenergy

Analysis Team, Caroline has engaged with a range

of stakeholders spanning science and policy,

and participated in international scenario and

resource analysis efforts. She was also a visiting

researcher at the Laboratório Nacional de Ciência

e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), in Brazil. Prior

to EBI, Caroline was an Assistant Professor of

Chemistry and Physics (adj.) at MTU and held

visiting appointments at the Forschungszentrum

Jülich’s von Neumann Institute (now Jülich

Supercomputing Center) and the James Franck

Institute of the University of Chicago. Her research

focused on interfacial behavior in environmental

and biological systems.

Caroline holds Bachelor’s degrees in Classics

and Chemistry from the University of California at

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Irvine, a Doctorate in Chemistry (chemical physics)

from the University of Chicago, and was a

post-doctoral scholar at Cornell University.

Name: Thomas Theis

Title: Physical Sciences Research at IBM:

Still at the Cutting Edge

Abstract: The information technology revolution

is in its “build out” phase. The foundational

scientific insights and hardware inventions are

now many decades old. The microelectronics

industry is maturing. An increasing fraction of

the total R&D investment is in software and

services, as applications of information technology

transform every business and every sector of the

public and private economy. Yet IBM Research

continues to make substantial investments in

hardware technology and the underlying physical

sciences. While some of this investment is aimed

at extending the established transistor technology,

an increasing fraction is aimed at longer-term

and possibly disruptive research. A recent press

release highlighted new devices for computing,

such as tunneling field-effect transistors and

nanophotonic devices, and new architectures,

such as neurosynaptic systems and quantum

computing. This research investment is a bet that

the old foundations of information technology are

ripe for reinvention. After all, today’s information

technology devices and systems operate far from

any fundamental limits on speed and energy

efficiency. But how can IBM make risky

long-term research investments in an era of global

competition and stockholders focused on the near

term? The short answer is partnerships. Since it’s

early days, IBM Research has pursued innovation

in information technology and innovation in

the ways it conducts the business of research.

By continuously evolving new models for R&D

partnerships, it has extended it’s global reach,

increased its impact on IBM’s customers, and

expanded the breadth and depth of its research

project portfolio.

Bio: Dr. Thomas Theis is on assignment from the

IBM Corporation to serve as the Executive Director

of the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s

Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), and

is based at the Thomas J. Watson Research

Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. The NRI

supports university-based research aimed at new

devices with the potential to take computing

beyond fundamental limits associated with

the field effect transistor. Tom joined the IBM

Watson Research Center in December of 1978

to pursue research on the electronic properties

of materials. He contributed as a manager and

technical strategist to the development of

technology products including IBM’s introduction

of copper wiring technology in the late 1990’s.

As IBM’s world-wide director for research in

the physical sciences from 1998 to 2010, he

championed successful new research initiatives

in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, exploratory

memory devices, quantum computing, and special

projects addressing energy, the environment, and

infrastructure. In June of 2010, he was named

Program Manager, New Devices and Architectures

for Computing, and assumed his present position

in July of 2012. He is a Fellow of the American

Physical Society, a Fellow of the IEEE and serves

on numerous advisory boards and committees. He

has authored or co-authored over 70 scientific and

technical publications.

Name: Mark Viste

Title: Capacitor Technology for Implantable

Cardioverter Defibrillators

Abstract: Medtronic designs and manufactures

implantable medical devices. Devices supporting

heart electrical function are a core part of the

business, including implantable cardioverter

defibrillators (ICDs). Fibrillation occurs when

heart tissues fail to act in synchrony throughout

the heart, resulting in quivering muscle and

ineffective circulation. Atrial fibrillation reduces

blood flow, sapping vitality, while ventricular

fibrillation effectively stops blood flow and can

be abruptly fatal. An implanted cardioverter

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defibrillator monitors the heart’s electrical function

and can respond to avert or to reverse fibrillation.

Transvenous electrical leads may be used to

connect the device to key heart tissue.

If fibrillation is indicated, a series of low voltage

pacing pulses may be used initially to coax

the heart back into rhythm. If this pacing is

ineffective, a much larger burst of electrical energy

is delivered. As much as 40 J may be required for

a transvenous defibrillation therapy which delivers

a life-saving high-power electric pulse directly into

the heart tissue via a lead into the heart.

While pacing can be supplied directly with

battery power, a capacitor is required to supply

the high power needed for defibrillation therapy.

This capacitor is charged by the battery when a

need for therapy is suspected, then discharged

to provide therapy when the need is confirmed.

To be effective, the energy must be delivered in

a time on the order of 5-10 msec (a short time

compared with the heart rhythm). Because the

heart tissue has an effective electrical resistance of

about 50 Ohms, therapy delivery time constants

determined by the ResistanceΔCapacitance

product require a capacitance of about 100 µF.

The energy requirement of as much as 40 J and

the capacitance requirement of 100 uF in turn

lead to the need for a capacitor operating at about

800 V for a transvenous device.

In addition to the electrical requirements,

small device size is important for patient comfort.

Primary or non-rechargeable battery technology

is used exclusively in the implantable defibrillator

industry. Hence, low energy loss during operation

is needed to conserve valuable battery capacity

and to speed the capacitor charging which must

be completed before therapy is available. Most

of all, highly reliable and predictable operation is

critical for this life preserving application.

Electrolytic capacitor technology has been the

best choice for ICDs since their early development.

An individual electrolytic capacitor contains two

capacitors in series, connected internally with a

conductive electrolyte. This electrolyte penetrates

and coats porous electrodes, facilitating use of

high surface area materials. Energy is stored on an

aluminum or tantalum electrode with an anodically

grown oxide dielectric. With a high capacitance

counter electrode, applied voltage falls primarily

on the oxide dielectric, promoting efficient energy

storage within the capacitor.

Early ICDs adopted aluminum photoflash

capacitors widely used in cameras in the last

decade of the 20th century. The cylindrical shape

resulted in wasted volume, both in the empty core

of the capacitor and in inefficient packaging within

the ICD. By replacing the coiled material with

individual cut plates, flat electrolytic capacitor

designs were developed, contributing to a

significant reduction in ICD size.

More recently, tantalum capacitors have been

introduced at Medtronic for further improvements

in volume and shape flexibility. Traditional

aluminum anodic oxide materials provide high

surface area by etching tunnels into a thin sheet

of aluminum foil. By contrast, tantalum metal is

processed as a powder. Powder processing allows

higher surface area structures to be built, and

it removes the requirement that electrodes be

planar. Moreover, the more open powder structure

can be built into thicker electrodes without losing

frequency response, reducing the amount of space

needed for counter electrodes. These factors

allow tantalum capacitors to be made with greater

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energy density.

In addition to designing for increased energy

density, the ICD capacitor manufacturer must

model and control energy loss mechanisms

including dielectric relaxation and oxide hydration/

deformation. Both of these mechanisms can

take place in the days or months the capacitor

is unused between charges, and they can cause

more time and energy to be used while charging

the capacitor when preparing for therapy. These

losses are characterized during capacitor design,

and life test samples are regularly retained

from production to ensure that performance is

understood and maintained.

Bio: Mark Viste received a BA from Augustana

College majoring in physical sciences and English.

He spent a year as a Fulbright scholar in Munich,

Germany studying the history of science and

enjoying the incomparable Deutsches Museum.

His PhD is from the University of Chicago for

physical chemistry work with Professor Steve

Sibener on surface scattering from a rhodium

single crystal. Since graduation, Mark has been at

Medtronic, in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Currently, he

is a Principal Scientist working at the Medtronic

Energy and Component Center, working on

capacitor and occasionally battery technologies.

Name: Augustus Vogel

Title: Brazilian Research Partnerships with the

US Office of Naval Research and Other US

Government Agencies

Abstract: Beyond initiatives lead by universities,

S&T partnerships between Brazil and the United

States are also being generated by governmental

programs. These include, among others,

projects co-funded by national science funding

agencies (Centro Nacional de Pesquisa and the

National Science Foundation), partnerships in

university education (Ciência Sem Fronteiras

and EducationUSA), and collaborative projects

in ocean science, geology, energy, and space

technology. The US Office of Naval Research

(ONR) has also recently opened an office in

Brazil, located at the US Consulate in São

Paulo. This office provides funding to perform

scientific travel, support conferences, and initiate

basic research in a diversity of areas, including

nanotechnology, materials science, virtual reality,

oceanography, coastal geosciences, sustainable

energy production and biofuels, and robotics. This

presentation will summarize some of the different

government programs, as well as describe in more

detail the new ONR office and how it works with

Brazilian programs.

Bio: Augustus Vogel is an Associate Director for

the International Branch of the Office of Naval

Research (ONR Global). He runs the São Paulo

office and covers projects principally in Brazil,

Chile, and South Africa. In January 2014 he and

his family moved to Brazil, after completing a

three year tour in Chile for ONR Global. Augustus

has a doctorate from the University of Southern

California where he studied oceanography and

marine genetics.

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ABOUT AIPThe American Institute of Physics is an organization of scientific societies in the physical sciences, representing scientists, engineers, and educators. AIP offers authoritative information, services, and expertise in physics education and student programs, science communication, government relations, career services for science and engineering professionals, statistical research in physics employment and education, industrial outreach, and the history of physics and allied fields. AIP publishes PhysicsToday, the most influential and closely followed magazine of the physics community, and is also home to the Society of Physics Students and the Niels Bohr Library and Archives. AIP owns AIP Publishing LLC, a scholarly publisher in the physical and related sciences. www.aip.org

ABOUT ICTPCutting edge research, education and trainingThe Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is the first and leading global institution for fundamental research and development with a special focus on developing countries. Founded in 1964 by the late Nobel laureate Abdus Salam, ICTP offers research and educational opportunities unavailable in developing countries, providing a rich, international environment conducive to the highest levels of scientific inquiry that crosses political and geographical borders. For more details, visit the website at www.ictp.it.

ABOUT UNICAMP & IFGW(University of Campinas & the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute)Is a leading university in Brazil being located in the State of S.o Paulo - Brazil. UNICAMP is ranked 17th in the world among universities younger than 50 years and is among the top 3 overall South American universities (2013 QS Top Universities ranking). UNICAMP has 22 Schools and 22 Interdisciplinary Centers with approximately 1800 faculty, 8000 non-faculty employees, 18000 undergraduate students and 16000 grad students. The Institute of Physics “Gleb Wataghin” (IFGW) started its activities in 1967 and became a center of excellence in research, teaching and outreach, and is recognized as one of the best in Latin America. IFGW has approximately 90 faculty, 160 non-faculty employees, 650 undergraduate students, 250 grad students and is a leading school of Physics in Latin America. Exciting opportunities for graduate students, post-docs and researchers are continuously offered. www.unicamp.br www.ifi.unicamp.br

ABOUT FAPESP(The São Paulo Research Foundation)FAPESP is a public foundation, funded by the taxpayer in the State of São Paulo, with the mission to support research in all fields of knowledge. The State constitution establishes that 1% of all state taxes belong to the foundation and the government transfers these funds monthly. The foundation works in close contact with the scientific community: all proposals are peer reviewed with the help of area panels composed of active researchers. Besides funding research in all fields, the foundation supports large research programs in Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Global Climate Change, and in eScience. FAPESP’s expenditures in 2012 were R$ 1.035 billion (approximately US$ 500 million). FAPESP maintains cooperation agreements with national and international research funding agencies, higher educational and research institutions and business enterprises. The international cooperation covers a broad range of countries and agencies (http://www.fapesp.br/en/6812) including theUK Research Councils, the Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR) in France, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in Germany, and NSF in the U.S. FAPESP offers programs to support foreign scientists willing to work in research institutions in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: post-doctoral fellowships (http://www.fapesp.br/en/5427), young investigator awards (http://www.fapesp.br/en/4479) and visiting researcher grants (http://www.fapesp.br/147). www.fapesp.br/en

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