Research Areas
PPCEG understands that research is a multidisciplinary and cooperative activity between different areas; so it assumes the challenge of bringing together and integrating four areas of concentration with distinct and comprehensive characteristics, in a constant work of updating and articulation aimed at the growth of the program, in a sustainable, participatory and harmonious way.
UFV’s PPGEC offers training at master’s and doctoral levels in four areas of concentration in 10 research lines (updated in 2020), namely:
Construction Engineering
- Construction Processes and Materials Technology
- Structural Systems and Behaviors
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
- Recovery of Energy and Material Resources in Sanitation
- Environmental Sanitation: Processes, Technologies, Management, Quality and Environmental Health
Geotechnics
- Analytical and Experimental Geotechnics
- Environment and Environmental Quality
- Transport Systems and Infrastructure
Spatial Information
- Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing
- Geodesy and Hydrography
In addition to those listed above, the program has a transversal research line of Computational Methods Applied to Engineering that serves the four areas.
PPGEC has sought to converge its research in a reduced number of lines, however comprehensive, in alignment with a transversal and multidisciplinary research vision, and that facilitates and promotes the integration between the areas and other UFV Programs and outside.
Although distinct, the areas have consistent interfaces and have developed research in an integrated manner, while maintaining their individual identities and establishing themselves in importance on the national scene, through the Undergraduation Programs closely linked to them.