FY-2001 SELECTED PROJECTS

Project Number	Lead Institutions	Partner Institutions	Subject Area
P116M010004	U.S.: University of Georgia Brazil: Federal University of Santa Maria	U.S.: Texas A & M University Brazil: Federal University of Minas Gerais	Veterinary Medicine; International Education
P116M010005	U.S.: San Diego State University Brazil: Federal University of Paraná	U.S.: University of Florida Brazil: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro	International Business; Management
P116M010011	U.S.: Washington and Lee University Brazil: University of Amazonas	U.S.: Fairfield University Brazil: State University of Fluminense North	Environmental Studies; Sustainable Development
P116M010012	U.S.: University of Notre Dame Brazil: University of São Paulo	U.S.: Harvard University Brazil: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro	Social Sciences; Public Health, Business, Law
P116M010013	U.S.: Western Illinois University Brazil: Paulista State University of Botucatu	U.S.: Arkansas State University Brazil: State University of Ponta Grossa	Agronomy; Agribusiness
P116M010015	U.S.: University of Texas at Austin Brazil: State University of Campinas	U.S.: University of California at Los Angeles; National Association of School of Public Affairs and Administration Brazil: Federal University of Pernambuco; Getúlio Vargas Foundation - São Paulo	Public Policy; Social Science
P116M010019	U.S.: Wright State University Brazil: University of São Paulo	U.S.: University of Iowa; Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Brazil: Experimental Hypertension InCor; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Biotechnology; Pharmacology
P116M010020	U.S.: University of Georgia Brazil: Federal Rural University of Pernambuco	U.S.: Iowa State University Brazil: Federal University of Pará	Agriculture; Ecology
P116M010022	U.S.: University of Delaware Center for the Study of Marine Policy Brazil: Rio Grande University Foundation	U.S.: University of Miami; U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Brazil: State University of Rio de Janeiro; Ministry of Environment; SerConsciente - Rio de Janeiro	Coastal and Ocean Management; Environmental Management and Policy
P116M010024	U.S.: Michigan Technological University Brazil: Federal University of Minas Gerais	U.S.: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Brazil: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Mining Engineering; Environmental Engineering

Project Abstracts - FY 2001 Awards:

P116M010004

Preparing Veterinarians to Deal with Global Issues in Animal Health, Trade and Food Security

Summary of Project:
Current trends in integration and globalization of animal agriculture have led to huge increases in international trade of animals and animal products, with resulting veterinary and public health problems emerging to cause economic devastation in a variety of places throughout the world. In this program, a bi-national curriculum aimed at training veterinarians to respond to global issues in animal health will be developed. During the preparatory year, an internet-based course will be devised, consisting of multiple modules (in two languages) on intercultural communication competence, transboundary diseases, agricultural economics, agroterror, and various transboundary diseases. In the three subsequent years, 60 students (30 from each country) who have successfully completed the internet course will take part in an exchange with the partner country, participating in academic, government or industry courses and externships. Selected experiences will be incorporated into the internet course to keep it current and relevant.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Corrie Brown, Professor
University of Georgia
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Athens, GA 30602-7388
Tel: (706) 542-5842
Fax: (706) 542-5828
E-mail: corbrown@vet.uga.edu

Brazil Lead Contact: Cláudio Barros, Professor
Federal University of Santa Maria
Pathology Department
Santa Maria 97105-900 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Tel: (55) 220-8168
Fax: (55) 220-8284
E-mail: cslb@sm.conex.com.br

P116M010005

The U.S.-Brazil Consortium for International Business Management

Summary of Project:
The U.S.-Brazil Consortium for International Business Management seeks to strengthen U.S.-Brazilian commercial ties through the development of three joint academic programs: the exchange of U.S.-Brazilian students and faculty, the offering of virtual programs to Consortium students and U.S.-Brazilian firms, and the promotion of joint business and management research. The project will focus on the development of competent U.S. and Brazilian business people to conduct business effectively in each other's country. The program will enable students from the U.S. and Brazil to pursue business and management certificates or a transnational dual degree at the undergraduate or graduate levels. U.S. and Brazilian students will complete an internship in addition to their studies.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, BAM 430
San Diego, CA 92182-7732
Tel: (619) 594-3008
E-mail: loughrin@mail.sdsu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
J. Amaro dos Santos
Federal University of Paraná
Rua Dr. Faivre, 405
Curitiba, PR 80060-140
Tel: (41) 272-7571

P11M010011

The Environment, Economic Development and Quality of Life Nexus: An Interdisciplinay Approach to Undergraduate and Graduate Education

Summary of Project:
The U.S.-Brazil Consortium for Environmental Studies will focus on the study of the relationships among the environment, economic development and the quality of life. Our primary goals is to use the different experiences and perspectives in Brazil and the United States to improve environmental studies curricula through the development of a better understanding of the relationship between the environment and economic development. The development of a common curriculum and shared perspectives from the North and South can not only contribute to the field of environmental studies, but help to move us closer to global resolution of environmental studies, a shared vision of the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies, and with a view towards geographic and socio-economic diversity. Students who participate in this program will develop the ability to understand environmental problems from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a global view that incorporates the importance of differing ecological, economic, political and cultural contexts.

U.S. Lead Contact:
James R. Kahn
Director of Environmental Studies
Professor of Economics
Washington and Lee University
218 Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Tel: (540) 463-8036
Fax: (54) 463-8639
E-mail: kahnj@wlu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
Director - Center of Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas
Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 3000
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universitário
Manaus, AM 69077-000
Tel: (92) 644-2384
Fax: (92) 644-2384
E-mail: alex_mau@argo.com.br

P116M01012

Partnership for Leaders in Social Progress

Summary of Project:
The Partnership for Leaders in Social Progress will develop a program of comparative study in the area of innovations to assist the poor in the United States and Brazil. Through a series of multi-disciplinary modules integrating experimental, classroom and web-based learning, this program will allow students from the United States and Brazil to develop a close understanding of how global economic change affects economically disadvanteaged groups in an OECD country and a middle-income country. Particular attention will be given to successful efforts by social entrepreneurs and to opportunities to reduce poverty that emerge in each setting. Despite recent growth and vast differences in their economies, both the U.S. and Brazil have pressing social needs. The four universities in this consortium contribute diverse expertise in social analysis and, through their locations, access to public and private agencies working with disadvantaged groups in diverse settings. This program will train students to think about promoting social progress in a global context.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Christopher Welma
University of Notre Dame
Kellogg Institute
203 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5677
Tel: (219) 631-3636
E-mail: cwelna@nd.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Lucio Felix Frederico Kowarick
University of São Paulo
Department of Political Science
Rua Peixoto Gomide, 1769, Apto. 13
São Paulo, SP 01409-003
Tel: (11) 3081-4790
E-mail: kowarickk@usp.br

P116M010013

Consortium for International Advancement and Achievement: Global Precision Agriculture

Summary of Project:
The Consortium for International Advancement and Achievement will bring together agricultural students and faculty of educational institutions, farmers, agribusiness, and service organizations to share technology and curriculum, and train a new generation of students in the field of precision agriculture. The program will respond directly to the real-time needs of the agricultural industry - the future of global agriculture. This project is enhanced significantly through the partnership with John Deere and Rotary International. The universities in this consortium were chosen not only for their expertise in precision agriculture but also for their geographical diversity. The locations provide a variety of situations with regard to climate, crops, and land and soil types.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Danny E. Terry
Western Illinois University
Department of Agriculture
Knoblauch 145
Macomb, IL 61455
Tel: (309) 298-1080
E-mail: Danny_Terry@ccmail.wiu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Leonardo Theodoro Bull
Paulista State University - Botucatu
Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas
Botucatu, SP 18603-970
Tel: (14) 6802-7150
E-mail: vicediretor@fca.unesp.br

P116M010015

Bilateral Consortium in Social Science and Public Policy

Summary of Project:
The Bilateral Consortium in Social Science and Public Policy (BCSP) will establish collaborative agreements for student exchange, curriculum development, and policy research. The BCSP intends to contribute to the emerging intellectual, educational and public policy linkages between Brazil and the U.S. despite the historical commonalities, such as European colonization, immigration, and substantial indigenous populations, and similar geographic, economic, and demographic proportions, and federalist governmental system, the two countries suffer a lack of mutual understanding. The BCSP will provide fundamental element to this common agenda: the preparation of professionals and academics that are bilingual and have a deep appreciation of political systems and policy objectives of a hemispheric neighbor. The BCSP believes that the proposed program holds the promise of broad dissemination of its work to other universities engaged in public policy training in the two countries and elsewhere in the Americas through a consortium partner, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Robert H. Wilson
Director, Brazil Center
Tereza Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Sid Richardson Hall 1314
Austin, TX 78712
Tel: (512) 232-2416
E-mail: rwilson@mail.utexas.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Pedro Luiz Barros Silva
Director, NEPP
State University of Campinas - UNICAMP
Instituto de Economia - IE e Núcleo de Estudos de Políticas Públicas - NEPP
Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz"
Av. Albert Einstein, 1300
Tel: (19) 3289-3143/3901
E-mail: pbar@nepp.unicamp.br

P116M010019

U.S.-Brazil Bio Tech Training Consortium

Summary of Project:
The U.S.-Brazil Biotech Training Consortium (USABRIO) is an effort to promote scientific interchange between academic and biotech partners in Brazil and the United States. The consortium involves Wright State University, University of Iowa and Proctor & Gamble Inc. in the U.S. and University of São Paulo, InCor Heart Institute and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The purpose of the program is to train U.S. and Brazilian students in biotechnology with the aim of preparing them for careers in the global community of science. There is particular interest in the interchange between Brazil and the U.S. because of the common health and environmental problems facing the Americas and the fact that each country has a strong commitment to biomedical research.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Mariana Morris
Wright State University
Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Tel: (937) 775-2463
E-mail: Mariana.morris@wright.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Lisete Michelini
University of São Paulo
Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Department of Physiology and Biophysics - ICB-USP
Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes
São Paulo, SP 05509-900
Tel: (11) 3818-7213
E-mail: lisete@bmb.icbl.usp.br

P116M010020

Brazil-U.S. Consortium in Agroecology: An Integrated Approach to Education, Research and Communication in Natural Resource Management

Summary of Project:
Urbanization, deforestation, and population pressure endanger environments both in Brazil and in the U.S. Through a comprehensive program of education, training and research, the Brazil-U.S. Consortium in Agroecology seeks to address these issues by increasing the number of scientists, future scientists, and future policy-makers with combined expertise in agroecology, Portuguese and English languages, and a depth of understanding of Brazilian and U.S. culture. Agroecology focuses on the complex relationships between the environment and production of agricultural commodities, such as cultivated plants, native vegetation, and livestock. Agricultural and ecological issues are often similar among different countries but are embedded in different cultures and situations and have global effects. All participating institutions have an agroecology focus that encourages the production of food and fiber in concert with environmental stweardship, prioritizing sustainable diversity. Our cross-national agroecology program contains a framework for formal student exchange, internships and research experiences, and expansion of an existing Study Abroad program. This variety of opportunities will allow us to reach a broad range of students who will learn to make educated future choices based on long-term benefit to both agriculture and the environment.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Edward T. Kanemasu
Regents Professor and Director of International Agriculture
University of Georgia
120 Four Towers
Athens, GA 30602-4356
Tel: (706) 542-0812
E-mail: ekanema@uga.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Dr. Emídio Cantídio de Oliveira Filho
Rector
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
Rua D. Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmá
Recife, PE 52171-900
Tel: (81) 33021001
E-mail: Emidio@hotlink.com.br

P116M010022

U.S.-Brazil Consortium in Marine Policy: Development of a Training Program and Exchange of Best Experiences on Integrated Ocean and Coastal Management between Brazil and the United States

Summary of Project:
This collaborative project between Brazil and the United States will be an essential instrument for marine policy students and professors to learn and interact on how the two countries are approaching common issues related to marine policy and integrated coastal management. Both countries have similar federal government systems with states playing an important role in the management of coastal resources. The goal of the project is to develop common curriculum and teaching materials on integrated coastal management (ICM) among the partner universities and to establish a series of exchanges between students and academics of both countries. This will be carried out with the participation of national ICM programs and non-governmental organizations in the United States and Brazil. The overall strategy of the exchange program includes laying the groundwork for permanent cooperation among the partners. Students will have an opportunity to participate in a work/internship assignment with a governmentl or non-governmental consortium partner. The program also seeks to enhance the language, culture, and comparative experiences of future ICM professionals in both countries. The consortium involves eight partners (four universities, two governmental institutions, and two non-governmental institutions) in Brazil and the United States. The lead partners are pioneers in the area of marine policy in their respective countries and have a long tradition of training and research in the area of integrated coastal management.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Biliana Cicin-Sain
Director
Center for the Study of Marine Policy
University of Delaware
301 Robinson Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716
Tel: (302) 831-8086
Fax: (302) 831-3668
E-mail: bcs@udel.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Milton L. Asmus
Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Rio Grande University Foundation
Av. Italia Km. 8, Caixa Postal 474
Rio Grande do Sul, RS 96201-900
Tel/Fax: (53) 233-6560
E-mail: docasmus@super.furg.br

P116M010024

U.S.-Brazil Consortium on Mineral Technology and the Environment

Summary of Project:
A major challenge which faces the mining industry is how producers of raw materials on which the world industrial base depends can maintain their economic profitability while meeting the ever-stringent environmental quality and health objectives expressed in laws and policies of governement and other agencies. The objective of the Consortium on Mineral Technology and the Environment is to provide opportunities for students to experience the application of professional skills in the area of mineral technology and environmental stewardship in a different cultural, social and academic environment. The Consortium brings together the expertise of faculty from internationally recognized academi institutions in mining and top-ranked mining companies as associate partners to address problems that have both national and international implications. The Consortium will develop inter-institutional projects and curricula that are beneficial to the student participants, the industrial partners, and the minerals industry at large. Students participating in this project will be advanced undergraduates, mostly juniors and seniors, and graduate students in a specific area of mineral technology and environmental protection. The pre-professional preparation that students receive through this Consortium will have great value and impact upon the quality of their future professional activity as well as permit them to become skilled in a very crucial aspect of engineering that relates to sustainable development and economic growth.

U.S. Lead Contact:
Francis Otuonye
Mining Engineering Department
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Tel: (906) 487-2816
Fax: (906) 487-2495
E-mail: frotuony@mtu.edu

Brazil Lead Contact:
Maria José Gazzi Salum
Minas Engineering Department
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Rua Espírito Santo, 35 - Sala 702 - Centro
Belo Horizonte, MG 30160-030
Tel: (31) 238-1863
Fax: (31) 238-1966
E-mail: gazzi@demin.ufmg.br