US-Brazil Exchange Program

The US-Brazil Cognitive Systems Engineering Exchange Program is the only program of its kind offered at the University of Virginia. This program gives Systems Engineering undergraduates the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Brazil and work on real-world human factors and cognitive engineering problems.

Students develop competencies in human factors and cognitive engineering through analyzing and designing systems for Brazilian industries. They also develop new language skills (Brazilian Portuguese), and learn the role of social, cultural, and technological differences in engineering practice.

After this international experience, students will be equipped to work in multinational teams applying a human-centered approach to systems design within the global economy.

"It was the best 6 months of my life, period. In a short time, I came away completely fluent in the language and accepted into the culture, with a group of lifelong friends who I still count as some of my closest. Now that I am out in the working world, there are few challenges that daunt me, because I already took on this wild adventure, and came out so much stronger for the experience."
– John Yandziak (’05-’06)

University of Virginia

Stephanie Guerlain: guerlain@virginia.edu
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Ellen Bass: ejb4n@virginia.edu
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Ohio State University

Clark Mount-Campbell: Mount-Campbell.1@osu.edu

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Jose Orlando Gomes: joseorlando@nce.ufrj.br

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Lia Buarque de Macedo Guimarães: lia@producao.ufrgs.br
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UVa Class of 2009 Students

Gabriel Borges: gab7e@virginia.edu
Trevor Dunlap: tdd2w@virginia.edu
Connor McGowan: cmm6be@virginia.edu
Kevin Meehan: kmm8q@virginia.edu
Sean Rada: spr2t@virginia.edu

Ohio State Class of 2009 Students

Al Godfrey: mja33100@aol.com
Nina Hernandez: hernandez.115@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Michael Lis: lis.10@buckeyemail.osu.edu