US-Brazil Exchange Program - People

Stephanie Guerlain is an associate professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia.  With experience at Honeywell Technology Center, she currently specializes in the design of decision support systems,cognitive systems engineering, human-computer interaction and data visualization. She applies her research to medical, military, process control, and bioinformatics areas.  Professor Guerlain is one of the facilitators for the US-Brazil Exchange semester study in Charlottesville.  Professor Guerlain received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University.

E-mail: guerlain@virginia.edu
Additional Information: http://www.sys.virginia.edu/people/sag.html

Ellen Bass is an assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. She has over twenty years experience in systems engineering with relevant experience in complex, dynamic systems, aviation human factors, and simulation.  Professor Bass is one of the facilitators for the US-Brazil Exchange semester study in Charlottesville.  Professor Bass received her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is a private pilot.

E-mail: ejb4n@virginia.edu
Additional Information:  http://www.sys.virginia.edu/ejb/

Michael Gorman is a professor in the Science, Technology & Society Department at the University of Virginia.  His research interests include experimental simulations of scientific reasoning and case studies of ethics, invention and discovery.  Professor Gorman is the thesis adviser for the US-Brazil Exchange UVA students.  Professor Gorman received his Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire.

E-mail: meg3c@virginia.edu
Additional Information: http://www.sts.virginia.edu/stshome/tiki-index.php?page=Michael%20Gorman

Jose Orlando Gomes is a professor of human factors and ergonomics in the Industrial Engineering Department at the Polytechnic School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.  He is the facilitator for the summer Portuguese language institute, and for the US-Brazil Exchange semester study in Rio.  Dr. Gomes earned his PhD from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris .

E-mail: joseorlando@nce.ufrj.br
Additional Information: http://www.poli.ufrj.br/nossa_gente_professores.html

Lia Buarque de Macedo Guimarães is a professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.  She is the facilitator for the US-Brazil Exchange semester study in Porto Alegre .  Professor Buarque received her Ph.D. in Human Factors (Industrial Engineering) from the University of Toronto and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist.

E-mail:lia@producao.ufrgs.br
Additional Information: www.producao.ufrgs.br/professor_detalhes.asp?cod_usr=417

 

“I saw this as an opportunity to throw myself a curve ball...I gained confidence as well as knowledge. I think challenges in the future will appear much more manageable to me.”  - Alex Rixey (UVA '05-'06)

"I found the exchange program to be an incredible and worthwhile experience and I would do it again if I had the opportunity……Overall, the exchange program was an amazing experience and I enjoyed going into the field, returning with information and developing a tool to solve a problem.  The UVA Systems Engineering department prepared me for this academic experience and I utilized the skills that I have learned as an engineering student on this project.…In addition to academic experiences, I also learned an incredible amount about the Brazilian culture, how Latin Americans perceive the United States, met a lot of interesting people, and learned a lot about global politics.  The Brazilian culture is more intimate than the American culture.  When greeting and meeting people for the first time, kisses are often given and received between men and women.  People also share more and everything is more communal. It was definitely a blast"  – Craig Pratsch (UVA '05-'06)

"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 (UVA '05-'06)

"It was a great experience.  The people were beautiful and friendly.  I enjoyed learning Portuguese and interacting with the locals.  It was really great to learn about the Brazilian culture; the nightclubs, the history of the city (I lived in Rio) and to be able to travel in my free time.  Anyone who gets this opportunity should take it." - Patrick Giesecke (UVA '06-'07)

UFRJ '09 - UVA '10
Project: To Be Determined
Industrial partner: To Be Determined 

Natalia Lerner (UVA '09-'10)	Zach Pisecki (UVA '09-'10)	Annelise Lynch (UVA '09-'10)	Josephine Jing (OSU '09 - '10)	Mitchell Axelrod (OSU '09 - '10)

UFRJ '08 - UVA '09
Project: Redesigning the User Interface for an Intelligence Oilfield System
Industrial partner: 

Trevor Dunlap UVA('08-'09)	Sean Rada UVA('08-'09)	Michael Lis OSU('08-'09)	Nina Hernandez OSU('08-'09)	Al Godfrey OSU('08-'09)

Rebeca Yang UFRJ ('08 - '09)	Julia Verboonen UFRJ ('08 -'09)	Mariana Silva UFRJ ('08 - '09)

UFRGS '08-'09
Project: Increasing the Efficiency of a Brazilian Emergency Response Call Center
Industrial partner: 

Connor McGowan UVA('08-'09)	Gabriel Borges UVA('08-'09)	Kevin Meehan UVA('08-'09)

Luiz Mancuso UFRGS ('08 - '09)	Sigrid Kranz UFRGS ('08 -'09)	Andrei Bieger UFRGS ('08 - '09)

UFRJ '07 - UVA '08
Project: Human Factors Analysis and Interface Design for a Truck Dispatching System
Industrial partner: 

Nicolle Cobb (UVA '07-'08)	Kathy Tejano (UVA '07-'08)	Camila Lima (UFRJ '07-'08)

UFRJ '07 - UVA '08
Project: The Design of a Management Decision Support Tool for an Ergonomics Problem Reporting System
Industrial partner: 

Blair Hubbard (UVA '07-'08)	Fabio Ferrari (UFRJ '07-'08)	Breno Zurli (UFRJ '07-'08)

UFRGS '07 - UVA '08
Project: Designing the User Interface for an Online Nursing Assesment System
Industrial partner: Porto Alegre Medical 

Matthew Burnham (UVA '07-'08)	Glenn Kenton (UVA '07-'08)	Letìcia Goldani (UFRGS '07-'08)	Tiago Zanchet (UFRGS '07-'08)

UFRJ '06 - UVA '07
Project: Preliminary Requirements for an Ergonomics Problem Reporting System
Industrial partner:

Patrick Giesecke (UVA '06-'07)	Amy Peckinpaugh (UVA '06-'07)	Vicente Cunha (UFRJ '06-'07)

UFRGS '06 - UVA '07
Project: Analysis of Alternative Advisory Systems for Truck Dispatching
Industrial partner: 

Eric Danziger (UVA '06-'07)	Fernando Bassols (UFRGS '06-'07)	Bruno Makowski (UFRGS '06-'07)	Aline da Silva (UFRGS '06-'07)

UFRJ '05 - UVA '06
Project: Critical Review and Redesign of a Petroleum Industry Accident/Incident Reporting System
Industrial partner:

John Yandziak (UVA '05-'06)	Osmar de Lima (UFRJ '05-'06)	Monique Verboonen (UFRJ '05-'06)

UFRJ '05 - UVA '06
Project: Design of a Nuclear Power Plant Supervisory Control System
Industrial partner: Nuclear Engineering Institute

Alex Rixey (UVA '05-'06)	Jeff Shepley (UVA '05-'06)	Eduardo de Carvalho (UFRJ '05-'06)

UFRGS '05 - UVA '06
Project: A Comparison of Two Decision Support Systems Designed for a Dispatching Problem
Industrial partner: 

Chris Cutrona (UVA '05-'06)	Craig Pratsch (UVA '05-'06)	Camila Valcarengh (UFRGS '05-'06)	Anelise Welter (UFRGS '05-'06)

UFRJ '05 - OSU '06
Project: Application of Resilience Engineering on Safety in Offshore Helicopter Transportation
Industrial partner: 

David Gajewski (OSU '05-'06)	Coleen Hall (OSU '05-'06)	Maria Laura Lacerda (UFRJ '05-'06)	Thiago da Mata (UFRJ '05-'06)	André Santos (UFRJ '05-'06)

UFRGS '05 - OSU '06
Project: Analyzing Resilience of an Oil Distribution Plant
Industrial partner: 

Gabriel Berg (USU '05-'06)	Michael Delis (OSU '05-'06)	Marcos Abech (UFRGS '05-'06)

UFRJ '04 - UVA '05
Project: Designing a Ballast Control System Operator Interface
Industrial partner: 

Michael Manzi (UVA '04-'05)	Babak Soltani (UVA '04-'05)	Priscilla Antonello (UFRJ '04-'05)	Jesse Queres (UFRJ '04-'05)

UFRJ '04 - OSU '05
Project: Out of Well Control
Industrial partner: 

Nicholas Edward (OSU '04-'05)	Mark Heitz (OSU '04-'05)	Suprena Isaac (OSU '04-'05)	Weber Netto (UFRJ '04-'05)	Luciana de Roberto (UFRJ '04-'05)

UFRJ '04 - OSU '05
Project: Helicopter Offshore Safety in the Brazilian Oil and Gas Industry
Industrial partner: 

Jean-Yves Joseph (OSU '04-'05)	Michael Simenc (OSU '04-'05)	Pedro Medeiros (UFRJ '04-'05)	Barbara da Silva (UFRJ '04-'05)