Universidad Nacional de Colombia July 6th 30th, 2010 General Information The fourth edition of the International Engineering Seminar (2010) will bring professors from prestigious universities around the world to share their unique teaching methods and present new developments and technologies that they are currently practicing in their home universities. Also, the Seminar is designed to strengthen institutional relations between the two Universities and put the visiting professors in contact with our students to establish professional links and exchanges. This will provide cross-cultural and academic opportunities for students that have not had the opportunity to leave Colombia. This fourth edition will consist of 11 graduate courses that undergraduate students can enroll in as electives. The courses will be held between July 6th and July 30th during the inter-semester session and divided into four week sessions taught by international visiting professors and professors from Universidad Nacional and other Colombian universities. In addition, a seperate 25 hour course will be held between June 28th and July 2nd in the Leticia branch of Universidad Nacional in the Amazon. We hope that with this event we can immerse a group of students in a academic setting to improve their English ability; to learn about cultures and countries; and to compare content and teaching methodologies from different academic perspectives. Most of the courses will be taught in English by the foreign professor and in Spanish by the Colombian professor, however, one course will be instructed in French. The courses will consist of 64 instructional hours broken down as follows: 4 hours per day, 4 days per week for 4 weeks. Due to the intensive nature of the course schedule, each student will only be able to enroll in one course offered during the series. Undergraduate students who selected the graduation requirement cannot use these courses to complete that requirement. These courses are offered as graduate courses; however, 50% of the spaces will be reserved for undergraduate students that have completed at least 70% of the credits of their program. The students of any UN College of Engineering program will be able to take the courses they desire. 1 / 6
Costs - Enrollment is open from March 18th to June 18th 2010. Enrollment BEFORE May 21st: 1. Undergraduate students, Universidad Nacional COP$100.000.oo 2. Undergraduate students, other universities COP$200.000.oo 3. Graduate students (MsC, PhD, Especialization) from all Universities COP$500,000.oo 4. Non-Universidad Nacional participants COP$1 000,000.oo for the whole seminar or COP$300.000 per week. Enrollment AFTER May 21st: 1. Undergraduate students, Universidad Nacional COP$120.000.oo 2. Undergraduate students, other universities COP$240.000.oo 3. Graduate students (MsC, PhD, Especialization) from all Universities COP$600,000.oo 4. Non-Universidad Nacional participants COP$1 200,000.oo for the whole seminar or COP$360.000 per week. COURSES OPENING COURSE JUNE 28th JULY 2nd (Leticia, Amazonas) MATERIAL SCIENCE OF POLYMERS FOR ENGINEERS Course Coordinator: Juan Pablo Hernández, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Guest Lecturers: Tim Osswald, Director of the Polymer Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Alejandro Roldán Alzate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 1. NANOMATERIALS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS (July 6th to 23rd) Course Coordinator: Huzo Zea, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 2 / 6
Juan Paulo Hinestroza, Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory, Cornell University, USA Claudia Luhrs, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of New Mexico, USA Jonathan Phillips, Los Alamos National Laboratories, USA 2. BIOREFINERIES: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS Course Coordinators: Julio César Vargas Sáenz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Juan Carlos Serrato Bermúdez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Anthony Dufour, Research Scientist. Laboratoire de Réactions et Génie des Procédés, CNRS - École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), Institute National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Nancy, France Alain Kiennemann, Distinguished Professor, Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse, CNRS - École Européenne de Chimie, Polymeres et Matériaux, Université de Strasbourg, France Pierre Gallezot, Emeritus Senior Researcher. Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'environnement, CNRS - Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France Juan Carlos Serrato Bermudez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Paulo César Narváez Rincón, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Alexander Gómez Mejia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Sonia Lucia Rincón Pratt, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 3. TRENDS, DESIGN AND DISPLAY IN NEW GENERATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS Course Coordinator: Helga Duarte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Pablo Figueroa, Universiadad de los Andes, Bogotá Claudia Roncancio, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France Yves Denneulin, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France 4. MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGING THE DIGITAL FIRM Course Coordinator: Jose Ismael Peña, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Marc Favier. IUT2, department GEA - Université PMF, Grenoble, Francie 3 / 6
Beatriz Helena Díaz Pinzón. Universidad Nacional de Colombiam, Bogota 5. GESTION DES ENTREPRISES: JEU D'ENTREPRISE (EN FRANCAIS) Course Coordinator: Jose Ismael Peña Françoise Coat. Université PMF Grenoble - IUT département informatique, France Luce Sanchez. IUT2, Université PMF, Grenoble, France 6. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: FOCUS ON COLOMBIA RIVERS Course Coordinator: Luis Alejandro Camacho, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota James Martin, University of Mississippi, United States Jairo Diaz Ramírez, University of Mississippi, United States John Jairo Ramírez, University of Mississippi, United States Carlos González, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 7. MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF PAVEMENT STRUCTURES Course Coordinator: Carol Andrea Murillo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Guest Lecturers: Juan Martínez, Département Génie Civil et Urbanisme, Institut national des sciences appliquées, Lyon, France Antonio Gomes Correia, University of Minho/ DEC, Portugal 8. PHOTONICS AND LASER APPLICATIONS Course Coordinator: Jose Manuel Arroyo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Rudimar Riva, Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Brazil Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima, Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Brazil José Edgar Alfonso Orjuela, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Carlos Julio Cortés Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota José Edgar Alfonso, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Carlos Julio Cortés Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogotá 9. INNOVATION ENGINEERING AND MARKETING (July 19th July 30th) Course Coordinator: Paulo Cesar Narváez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 4 / 6
Mauricio Camargo, Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systemes Industriels (ENSGSI), Université de Nancy - INPL, France Laure Morel, Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systemes Industriels (ENSGSI), Université de Nancy - INPL France 10. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF CLIMATE CHANGE (July 6th 16th) Course Coordinators: Astrid Baquero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Rodrigo Jiménez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Nestor Rojas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Stephan Hagemann, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany Walter Vergara, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA Jose Daniel Pabon, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Andrew Jarvis, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali Germán Poveda, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín Fabio Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota William G. Laguado, Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas y Cambio Global, Carbono & Bosques C&B, Bogota Andrés Sierra, Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas y Cambio Global Carbono & Bosques (C&B), Medellín 11. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND PROCESSORS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS Course Coordinator: Germán Hernández, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Oliver Manette, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Henry Moreno, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería & Universdiad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 5 / 6
12. INTRODUCTION TO SPATIO-TEMPORAL GEOSTATISTICS (July 26 - August 6th) Course Coordinator: Libia Denisse Cangrejo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Ramón Giraldo Henao, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Emilio Porcu, Universität Göttingen, Germany & University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain 13. SOCIOLOGY OF INNOVATION:THE CASE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY Course Coordinator: Jose Ismael Peña, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Dominique Vinck, Université P. Mendès France, Grenoble. 6 / 6