Presentation
The Postgraduate Program in Urban Engineering (PPGEU) at UFSCar established its Master´s degree in 1994, being one of the first in the country with a research approach in engineering systems applicable to urbanized territories. Working as structuring axes, urban planning, sanitation, transportation, and geotechnics are seen in an integrated way with the areas of the environment, social housing, and geoprocessing. The growing urbanization rate of Brazilian cities is one of the main current issues challenging the academic community, requiring comprehensive responses to various urban problems for the development of solid and systemic knowledge. In addition to seeking to meet the demand of an increasingly open job market for professionals with integrated knowledge, PPGEU restores the social role of engineers and other professionals committed to the quality of life in cities.
Objectives
- To train teachers and researchers to understand, reflect upon, and support the addressing of urban issues through research and innovation;
- To incorporate the practice of investigation and reflection, the scientific method, and a critical view of the phenomena, techniques, and management of the urban environment in engineering fields;
- To produce integrated, scientific, and technological knowledge in the components of urban engineering.
The MISSION of PPGEU/UFSCar is to provide extensive technical and scientific training and dissemination in the education of master´s and doctoral students, integrating research in the program’s axes (urbanism, sanitation, transportation, geotechnics, and geoprocessing), becoming a reference in urban engineering studies, sustainability, and innovation. PPGEU/UFSCar envisions multidisciplinary and sustainable research, focusing on contemporary, resilient, and smart cities (city 4.0), the use of tools for the connectivity of municipal infrastructure, and generating benefits through the use of energy and resources from urban systems.
The Postgraduate Program in Urban Engineering is structured into two research lines that branch into four areas of knowledge.