Program historical
In 2006, the creation of new undergraduate courses at the São Mateus Campus of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) made it possible to retain PhDs in different areas of knowledge. The interaction between these professors, with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, resulted in the formation of interdisciplinary research groups and motivated the proposal of a postgraduate program focused on the areas of Engineering, Technology, and Management.
The Postgraduate Program in Energy (PPGEN) was created in April 2011 as a strategic initiative to meet the growing demand for qualified professionals in the energy sector. The proposal arose in response to the regional context, marked by great industrial and energy potential, especially in the areas of oil, natural gas, ethanol, and renewable energy, but also by significant socioeconomic challenges.
In the 2017-2020 four-year period, PPGEN was rated "Good" in all aspects by CAPES' Interdisciplinary Area, highlighting the consistency of its educational proposal, the quality of its faculty, and the relevance of its academic output. In 2020, the program began collective planning to create a doctoral program as a natural outcome of its institutional and scientific consolidation. In 2022, the doctoral program proposal was approved by CTC/CAPES.
In its first years, the program used the infrastructure of the campus' undergraduate courses. In 2013, the year of the first dissertation defense, PPGEN's own building was inaugurated, measuring 960m². The program's building houses classrooms, a study room, and specialized laboratories, offering adequate infrastructure for the development of teaching, guidance, and research activities. This structure has a positive impact on the quality of the final papers and the training of students. All laboratories are multi-user and coordinated by permanent faculty members, optimizing the use of resources and promoting integration between projects. Starting in 2014, the laboratories began to be equipped with resources from REUNI and institutional projects financed by FINEP and CAPES (Pró-Equipamentos). The maintenance and expansion of the infrastructure have been guaranteed through projects financed by FAPES, CNPq and strategic partnerships, such as with Petrobras. This set of actions ensures the quality and continuous updating of the spaces and equipment available to students and faculty.
The program began its activities with 16 permanent faculty members (DP) and 5 collaborators, linked to the Departments of Natural Sciences (DCN), Engineering and Technology (DETEC) and Computing and Electronics (DCEL) of the São Mateus Campus of UFES. With the aim of improving its evaluation, in 2016, PPGEN implemented an annual analysis of the scientific and technological production of its faculty members. The accreditation and de-accreditation of professors occurs every two years, considering interdisciplinary research as an essential criterion. In the current four-year period (2021-2024), on average, the program has 13 DPs and 4 collaborators. At the end of the four-year period, in 2024, the program had the participation of 15 DPs, 8 in the Energy Efficiency research line and 7 in the Oil, Gas and Renewable Energy research line, evidencing the balance in the number of DPs between the two research lines of the program. It is also important to mention that of this total of 15 DPs, 11 professors have been part of the program since its creation, which occurred in April 2011. Thus, in relation to the field of activity, more than 70% of the faculty of the Energy program has more than 10 years of experience in teaching and research in the interdisciplinary area of Engineering/Management/Technology, focusing on the theme of energy in its most varied specificities.
Graduates and enrolled:The program already has 141 masters and counts with 62 students regularly enrolled, being 39 in the masters and 23 in the doctorate.
Name of the coordinators and assistants-coordinators:
Period: 2023-2025
Coordinator: Taisa Shimosakai de Lira
Deputy Coordinator: Paulo Sérgio da Silva Porto
Period: 2020-2022
Coordinator: Marcelo Silveira Bacelos
Deputy Coordinator: Paulo Sérgio da Silva Porto
Period: 2018-2020
Coordinator: Paulo Sérgio da Silva Porto
Deputy Coordinator: Laura Marina Pinotti
Period: 2016-2018
Coordinator: Maria de Fátima Pereira dos Santos
Deputy Coordinator: Eduardo Perini Muniz
Period: 2014-2016
Coordinator: Marcelo Silveira Bacelos
Deputy Coordinator: Ana Paula Meneguelo
Period: 2012-2014
Coordinator: Fabio de Assis Ressel Pereira
Deputy Coordinator: Marcelo Silveira Bacelos
Period: 2010-2012
Coordinator: Fabio de Assis Ressel Pereira
Deputy Coordinator: Marcelo Silveira Bacelos
Program report of the CAPES mark:
Evaluation period: . . . . . Concept:
2010-2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Evaluation form: https://bit.ly/2UVu83e
Assessment Period:...........Concept
2013-2016.................................3
Evaluation form: https://bit.ly/2JQByys
Assessment Period:...........Concept
2017-2020.................................4
Evaluation form: https://bit.ly/44cH47p
