As of 9/30/2006

**Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)**

*U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program*

*FY 2006 New Awards by Award Number*

**P116M060003**

# Title: U.S.A. -- Brazil Consortium Biomedical Sciences Exchange 

**U.S. Lead**: Wake Forest University School of Medicine

> **Partner**: Wright State University

**Brazil Lead**: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

**Partner**: Universidade de São Paulo

##### Subject Areas: Integrative Biomedical/Health Sciences Training/ Diversity Training

**Project Description:** To promote scientific interchange between
academic partners in Brazil and the United States with an emphasis on
cutting edge biotechnology applied to health sciences. The consortium
will train U.S. and Brazilian students in integrative biology and
strengthen students' interchange of cultural and scientific values.
Emphasis is on increasing diversity in the sciences by including schools
with large minority populations as partners to encourage students from
under-represented groups to participate in foreign exchange activities
to eliminate the common health and environmental disparities facing the
Americas.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Debra I. Diz, Professor, Hypertension & Vascular
Disease Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1032, Tel. 336-716-2150, Fax: 336-716-2456,
E-mail <ddiz@wfubmc.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Maria Jose Campagnole-Santos, Professor,
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas,
Av Antonio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Tel.:
55-31-3499-2924, Fax 55-31-3499-2951, E-mail mjcs@ich.ufmg.br.

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**P116M060004**

# Title: U.S.-Brazil Arts and Culture Initiative

**U.S. Lead**: Gadsden State Community College

**Partner**: University of Montevallo and Augusta Technical College

**Brazil Lead**: Universidade Federal de Viçosa

**Partner**: Universidade Federal de Goias

##### Subject Areas: Fine Arts/Foreign Language Acquisition 

**Project Description:** To improve the quality of undergraduate
education in the United States and Brazil by exploring the arts and
culture of the two countries and in developing relationships between the
countries and the involved educational institutions. The result will be
to develop and demonstrate promising new strategies for student-centered
collaboration between different schools, cultures, and nations, while
fostering diversity and creativity in the arts and culture. The
long-term result will be to develop a U.S.-Brazil approach to the arts
and culture.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Charles Hill, Academic Director for Language and
Fine Arts, Gadsden State Community College, P.O. Box 227, Gadsden,
Alabama 35902, Tel: 256-549-8279, Fax: 256.549.8272, E-mail:
<chill@gadsdenstate.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Maria Cristina Pimentel Campos, Associate
Professor, Departamento de Letras e Artes, Universidade Federal De
Viçosa, 36571-000 Viçosa, MG, Brasil, Tel: 31 -3899-2411, Fax:
31-3899-2410, E-mail: <mcpc@ufv.br>.

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**P116M060005**

**Title: Consortium for Global BIO Energy Knowledge Exchange**

**U.S. Lead:** Oklahoma State University -- Okmulgee

**Partner**: University of Arkansas Oklahoma State University Stillwater

**Brazil: Lead:** Univ. Estadual de São Paulo

> **Partner**: Univ. Estadual de Londrina

##### Subject Areas: Bio-Energy Production and Precision Agriculture 

**Project Description**: To bring together agricultural students and
faculty of educational institutions, farmers, agribusiness firms, and
service organizations to share technology and curriculum, and train
students in the field of Bio-Energy. This project will utilize the best
skills of Brazil, in the area of ethanol utilization, and the United
States, in precision agriculture systems, to provide for synergy to
improve bio-energy systems for both countries. The long-term result will
be a greater understanding for the technical, practical production of,
and utilization of ethanol, as a liquid fuel to replace petroleum.

**U.S. Lead Contact: Timothy** (Tim) Sharp**,** Program Chairman --
Precision Agriculture, Oklahoma State University -- Okmulgee, 1801 E.
4^th^ Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447, Tel: 918-293-4788, Fax: 918-293-4662,
E-mail: <Tim.sharp@okstate.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact: Ciro** Antonio Rosolem, Faculty of Agronomical
Science, UNESP -- Saõ Paulo State University, Tel.: 55 14 3811-7161,
Fax: 55 14 3811- 7102,

E-mail: <Rosolem@fca.unsep.br>.

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# P116M060007

# Title: U.S.-Brazil Project to Promote Student and Faculty Exchanges 

**U.S. Lead:** The George Washington University

**Partner:** The Temple University

**Brazil Lead:** Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

**Partner**: Universidade Federal do Paraná

##### Subject Areas: Supply Chain Competitiveness and U.S.-Brazil Trade and International Plant Location

### Project Description: To create an on-going relationship between the universities of the United States and Brazil in the area of student and faculty exchange and internship arrangements in U.S.-Brazil trade relations. The work of the consortium will lead to a better tailoring of courses and research on topics that incorporate international collaboration and joint partnerships such as global manufacturing platforms, international supply chain management, and regional integration and development policies. 

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Professor. P. Bagchi, The George Washington
University, Duques Hall Suite 660, 2201 G Street, NW, Washington, DC
20052, Tel. 202-994-2197, Fax: 202-994-2286, E-mail:bagchi@gwu.edu.\
    

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Welber Oliveira Barral, Professor,
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Universitário, Cx.
Postal 476, Florianópolis -- SC, 88040-970 Brazil, Tel: (Cell) 55 48
9981 9823, Fax: 55 48 3234 3211, E-mail: wbarral@uol.com.br.

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**P116M060008**

**Title: U.S.-Brazil Consortium in Urban Development**

**U.S. Lead:** Bridgewater State College

> **Partner:** Central Connecticut State University

**Brazil Lead:** Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

**Partner:** Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

##### Subject Areas: Geography and Urban Development

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**Project Description**: To involve undergraduate students directly in
the emerging scholarship and professional practice related to urban
development in both Brazil and the United States. The long-term benefits
of the program will include both a sustainable consortium focused on
urban development and new knowledge concerning urban development and
related practice and pedagogy. The consortium will prepare young
geographers from both countries for possible careers related to urban
growth in other developing countries, particularly those where
Portuguese is spoken.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** James Hayes-Bohanan**,** Associate Professor, 310
Conant Science Building, Bridgewater, MA 02325, Tel.: 508 531-2118, Fax:
508 531-1785, <jhayesboh@bridgew.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Dr. Fransisco Henrique do Oliveira, Centro
de Ciencias da Educacao-FAED, Rua Saldanha Marinho, 196-Centro,
Florianopolis, Brazil CEP 88010-450, 0\*\*48 3222-5722, 0\*\*48
3222-5356 <chicoliver@yahoo.com/br> or <chicooliveira@walla.com>.

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# P116M060009

# Title: California-Brazil Business & Education Consortium Program 

**U.S. Lead:** West Valley-Mission Community College District

**Partner**: San Jose State University

**Brazil Lead**: UNIFEI, Federal University of Itajubá

> **Partners**: FUCAPI (Foundation for Analysis, Research and
> Technology, Manaus, INATEL), National Institute of Telecommunications,
> AISRS (Association of Industries of Santa Rita do Sapucaí)

##### Subject Areas: Language, High Technology, Material Science, Engineering, International Business

**Project Description:** To prepare students to participate in relevant
international business, technology, language and cultural preparation
courses before embarking on a study abroad program in the United States
or Brazil. Students will participate in an internship that gives them
relevant technical experience with companies in Brazil or the Silicon
Valley. The consortium will leverage the relationship of all academic
partners with the private sector, a key factor to increase skills,
knowledge and experience that will help to prepare students to work in
an international context as well as contribute long-term involvement in
trade between the U.S. and Brazil.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Margarise Correa, 508 Weybridge Drive, San José,
CA 95123, Tel: 408-629-8083, Fax: 408 494-0249, E-mail:
<margarise@globalcalifornia.org>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Paulo Waki, Departmento de Física e Química
UNIFEI

Campus Universitário Prof. José Rodrigues, Caixa postal 50, Itajubá,
Minas Gerais cep: 37500-903, Tel.: (35) 8814 --9254, Fax: (35) 3622-3596
E-mail: <waki@unifei.edu.br>.

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**P116M060011**

# Title: Music Alive! A U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Music Arts Consortium 

**US Lead:** West Virginia University

> **Partner**: East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

**Brazil Lead:** Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo

**Partner**: Federal University of Pernambuco

##### Subject Areas: Music Education; Language Training; Student Exchanges; Virtual Music Curriculum; Music Studio

**Project Description:** To celebrates the richness and diversity of
music traditions in the United States and Brazil. The consortium
combines traditional student and faculty study abroad activities with
information technology and the latest web capabilities. The consortium
will provide a prototype that can transform music education and improve
student and faculty mobility between Brazil and the United States and
provide fertile multicultural collaboration in four distinct
sub-national regions.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Daniel Weiner, Director, Office of International
Programs, West Virginia University, POB 6214, G13 White Hall,
Morgantown, WV 26506-6214, Tel.: (304) 293-6955, Fax: (304) 293-6957 x5,
Email: <daniel.weiner@mail.wvu.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Sérgio L.A. Alvares, Associate Professor of
Music, Universidadede Federal do Espirito Santo -- UFES, Goiabeiras -
Vitória, ES - CEP: 29060-900, Centro de Artes - Tel.: 55 (27) 3335-2578;
E-mail: <salvares@npd.ufes.br>.

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# P116M060012

# Title: Brazil-U.S. Biotech Education Program

**U.S. Lead**: Rutgers University

**Partner**: Ohio State University

**Brazil** **Lead**: Universidade São Paulo

> **Partner**: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

##### Subject Areas: Biotechnology and Biology

**Project Description:** To develop an educational partnership in the
area of biotechnology, with a specific focus on agricultural and
microbial biotechnologies. The proposed U.S. undergraduate experience at
the Brazilian participating institutions is characterized by a heavy
emphasis on practical experience, whether in the lab, field, research
station, or industrial setting. This proposal will thus extend the
experiential nature of our existing biotechnology training programs to
include problems that transcend national borders.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Gerben J. Zylstra**,** Professor, Biotechnology
Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers University, 59
Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, Tel: (732) 932-8165 x210, Fax:
(732) 932-0312, E-mail: <zylstra@aesop.rutgers.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact**: Helaine Carrer, Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade São Paulo, Escola
Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba,
SP 13418-900 Brazil, Tel.: (55) (19) 3429-4344, Fax: (55) (19)
3422-2644. E-mail: <hecarrer@esalq.usp.br>.

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# P116M060015

# Title: U.S.-Brazil Dual-Degree in Infrastructure and Sustainability Engineering Program

**U.S. Lead**: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

**Partner**: Florida State University

**Brazil Lead**: Federal University of Ceará

> **Partner**: Federal University of Pernambuco

##### Subject Areas: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanic, Civil Engineering 

**Project Description:** To provide students with training in several
areas of engineering directly related to infrastructure and
sustainability. Key to the program is the development of a dual degree,
a common engineering curriculum, a diverse group of student
participants, language and cultural training and activities, and annual
workshops for the program directors. These elements will address the
long-term goal of facilitating unrestricted movement of current students
and future engineers between Brazil and the United States, strengthening
the institutional, economic, and cultural connections with Brazil.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** David H. Allen, Dean of the College of
Engineering, 114 Othmer Hall, Tel: 402.472.3181, Fax: 402.472.7792,
Email: <dhallen@unl.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Jorge Barbosa Soares, Professor, Rua
Teatrólogo Silvano Serra 350, Casa 700 -- Dunas Departmento de
Engenharia de Transportes-UFC Campus do Pici, Bloco 703, Fortaleza,
Brasil 60455760, Tel.: 85-3234-3632, Fax: 85-4008-9847, E-mail:
jsoares@det.ufc.br.

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**P116M060019**

# Title: Consortium for Resource Development in Drylands

**U.S. Lead**: Texas Tech University

**Partner**: University of New Mexico

**Brazil Lead**: Universidade de Brasilia

> **Partners**: Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal de
> Pernambuco

##### Subject Areas: Sustainable Development, Engineering, Geology, Curricular, Reform, International Education 

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**Project Description:** To develop an "Arid Lands Development"
curriculum for undergraduate students that major in engineering geology.
This new curriculum will educate students that will work on projects
with a primary focus on the development and management of scarce water
resources. The consortium supports also the development of working
relationships among faculty members of the five universities that will
be the basis for long-term program sustainability.

**U.S. Lead Contact**: Aderbal C. Correa, Director, Intl.Ctr. for Arid
and Semiarid Land Studies, ICASALS, 601 Indiana Avenue, MS 1036, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1036, Tel.: 806 742-2218 Ext. 252,
Fax: (806) 742-1954, E-mail: <AC.Correa@ttu.edu>.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** Jose Eloi Guimarães Campos, Professor,
Universidade de Brasilia, Instituto de Geociencias GRM, 70910-900
Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel.: +55-61 3307-2830, Fax: 55-61 3272-4286,
E-mail: eloi@unb.br.

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**P116M060021**

# Title: Building Social Responsible Leaders 

**U.S. Lead**: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

**Partner**: Fordham University

**Brazil Lead**: Universidade Federal do Paraná

> **Partner**: Pontifica Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

##### Subject Areas: Business Administration and Corporate Social Responsibility 

**Project Description:** To provide U.S.-Brazilian business students
with a truly global business education, i.e., study at a business school
abroad alongside native students (where all coursework is in the host
country's language) and share experience with local students, faculty
and business executives in short term programs. The consortium will
focus on building socially responsible business leaders by emphasizing
cross-cultural ethics, social responsibility, sustainable growth, and
governance topics.

**U.S. Lead Contact:** Thomas Brashear Alejandro, Associate Professor of
Marketing, 121 Presidents Drive, Isenberg School of Management,
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, Phone:
413-545-5666, Fax; 413-545-3858, E-mail: brashear@mktg.umass.edu.

**Brazilian Lead Contact:** J. Amaro dos Santos, Professor, Business
Administration, Universidade Federal do Parana, Rua Dr. Faivre 405,
Curitiba, Parana, Brasil, 80060-140, Phone: 55-41-272-7571, E-mail:
amaro@ceppad.ufbr.br.