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.

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

Guest Speakers:
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

Guest Speakers:
Anthony Dufour, Research Scientist. Laboratoire 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

Guest Speakers:
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

Guest Speakers:
Marc Favier. IUT2, department GEA - Université PMF, Grenoble, Francie
Beatriz Helena Díaz Pinzón. Universidad Nacional de Colombiam, Bogota

5.    GESTION DES ENTREPRISES: JEU D'ENTREPRISE (EN FRANCAIS)

Course Coordinator: Jose Ismael Peña

Guest Speakers:
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

Guest Speakers:
James Martin, Mississippi State University, United States
Jairo Diaz Ramírez, Mississippi State University, United States
John Jairo Ramírez, Mississippi State University, 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

Guest Speakers:
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

Guest Speakers:
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

11.    DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND PROCESSORS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

Course Coordinator: Germán Hernández, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota

Guest Speakers:
Oliver Manette, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Henry Moreno, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería & Universdiad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota

12.  INTRODUCTION TO SPATIO-TEMPORAL GEOSTATISTICS (July 26 - August 6th)

Course Coordinator: Libia Denisse Cangrejo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota

Guest Speakers:
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

Guest Speakers:
Dominique Vinck, Université P. Mendès France, Grenoble.