Bolsa Empreendedorismo – Intercâmbio com Rice University (EUA)
A Agência USP de Inovação, responsável pela Bolsa Empreendedorismo, acaba de divulgar diversas oportunidades de projetos de intercâmbio com a Rice University, uma instituição de ensino do estado do Texas (EUA).
Abaixo estão dispostas as possíveis áreas de pesquisa, sendo que os alunos interessados deverão enviar e-mail para Mayra Onuchic monuchic@rice.edu / mho1@rice.edu , Program Manage, com o assunto “Bolsa Empreendedorismo”, citando a área de interesse.
Áreas de Pesquisa:
1 – Anatoly Kolomeisky – Professor, Chemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Chemistry ;
Number of students = 1
Possible research areas:
• Understanding mechanism of collective behavior of motor proteins;
• Dynamics of protein-DNA interactions;
• Multi-particle non-equilibrium phenomena;
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2 – Randy Hulet – Professor of Physics Physics and Astronomy;
Number of students = 1;
Possible research areas: We study atoms cooled to the ultra-low temperature regime of a few nano-Kelvin. We have two main thrusts: 1) strongly correlated fermion physics and 2) matter wave solitons of attractivelyinteracting bosons. In the first area, we emulate an electronic material using optical lattices to study high-temperature superconductors. In the second area, we confine a Bose-Einstein condensate to 1 dimension to better understand the nonlinear dynamics of solitons.
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3 – Pedro Alvarez – Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering;
Number of students = up to 2;
Possible research areas: Nanotechnology-enabled water treatment / Remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous materials;
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4 – Erez Lieberman Aiden – Assistant Professor , Department of Genetics – Baylor College of Medicine Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science – Rice University;
Number of students = up to 3;
Possible research areas: How genome folds inside the nucleus of a cell.
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5 – José Nelson Onuchic – Professor of Physics, Co-Director: Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Professor Of Chemistry + BioSciences Physics and Astronomy;
Number of students = up to 2;
Possible research area: Theoretical physics has an increasingly essential role to play in understanding the set of interwoven complex phenomena that constitute living systems. The Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) has long had a critical role in creating this new reality. CTBP vision is that we can combine our increasingly sophisticated understanding of biomolecule-based information processing in cells and tissues with recently developed concepts of self-organization by active materials to create a new paradigm of living systems as smart matter.
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6 – Rebecca Richards-Kortun – Professor of Bioengineering, Prof of Elec & Comp Engr, Special Adviser to the Provost, Director of Rice 360: Institute for Global Health Technology Bioengineering;
Number of students = up to 2;
Possible research area: Early cancer detection: To improve early detection and prevention of cancer, we are developing a new generation of high-performance, low-cost, optical imaging technologies. These technologies enable in vivo imaging of tissue with subcellular resolution, allowing immediate diagnostic evaluation at the point of care. We work with clinical collaborators to translate these technologies to clinical settings in the United States and elsewhere in the world (including Brazil) for early diagnosis of oral cancer, esophageal cancer, and cervical cancer. Point-of-care diagnostics: We are developing molecular specific contrast agents, optical microfluidic chips, and rapid diagnostic tests to improve point-of-care detection of infectious diseases in low-resource settings. Applications include tests for tuberculosis, malaria, HPV, sickle cell anemia, and sepsis, as well as tests to evaluate complete blood count, hemoglobin, and bilirubin levels.
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7 – Francisco M. Vargas – Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering;
Number of students = up to 2;
Possible research areas: Asphaltenes constitute the heaviest fraction of the crude oil, which can deposit during oil production, damage oil reservoirs, and clog wellbores and surface facilities. This can cause excessive downtime and high cleaning costs of the affected areas. There are several heavy oil reservoirs in Brazil with very high asphaltene contents. Understanding the behavior of asphaltenes in these heavy crude oils is necessary for the oil production as well as the process of the crude oil in the downstream refinery. Our research work contributes to have a better understanding of the mechanisms by which asphaltenes precipitate and deposit and to develop better mitigation strategies and modeling tools to anticipate and prevent this problem.
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8 – Andre Droxler – Professor, Earth Sciences Earth Sciences;
Number of students = 2;
Possible research areas: Uniquely productive Microbial (reef) carbonate oil reservoirs have been discovered offshore Brazil in the past decade and, therefore, our research in Central Texas has triggered interests from oil and gas companies involved in the offshore Brazil exploration.
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