User:Hemerson.pistori/IUS Engineering Group

The IUS Engineering Group is a community created in 2005 joining 14 Higher Education Salesian Institutions (IUS) from 9 different countries. The main goal of this community is to enhance communication and encourage joint efforts among the engineering and informatics graduate and undergraduate programs from this institutions.

History of IUS and the Common Programs
The IUS was started by a letter of the Rector Major Fr. Juan Vecchi, dated 8 December 1997 initiate to all “Salesian provincials, their councils, and confreres of the Salesian universities” advocated the service of the Salesian Generalate for the IUS” and entrusted “the task of guiding and animating such service” to Fr. Carlos Garulo.

The Second Meeting of IUS (1998, 10-13 July) brought together in Rome the presidents and principals, their respective provincial superiors (14) primarily responsible for such institutions, the Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, and 8 members of his Council. The aim of the meeting was to agree on a three-year action plan to help define the future of the IUS. This led to the Common Program for the Promotion of the IUS (1998 – 2001). Gradually, a large number of the envisaged initiatives were actually finalized so that by the end of the set deadline (July 2001) the results could be presented to the Rector Major and his Council:
 * a report and diagnosis of the situation of the IUS,
 * a document defining the Identity of the IUS,
 * a proposed document Policies of the Salesian Congregation for the IUS for the immediate future.

As to the definition of the identity of the IUS, the Common Program requested:

a) the establishment of a commission to prepare a draft-document on the identity. The Program also indicated the main aspects to consider:
 * the nature of the IUS as university;
 * the Christian inspiration and the Catholic character;
 * the criteria, approach and operation of the IUS in line with the Salesian mission;
 * the professional competence for teaching, research, and community outreach;
 * the effective outreach of IUS in the local church, the Salesian Congregation, the arena of the university, and society;
 * the involvement on different levels of other persons in society and the Church, in particular, the members of the Salesian Family.

b) the submission of this draft-document to the IUS for consultation, prior to presentation for the Rector Major’s approval.

To achieve the aim defined in the common program, the commission on general guidelines was set up (1999, February – 2000, April):

a) The Commission was composed of: Luciano Bellini (president of UPS, Ecuador), Alfonso De Castro (principal of the Facultades Salesianas, Lins-Brazil), Cyril De Souza (professor at UPS in Rome, India), Walter Cusinato (rector of ISRE, Venice), Antonio Domenech (General Councilor for youth ministry, Rome), Carlos Garulo (delegate of the Rector Major for the IUS, Rome) Leonardo Santibáñez (Deputy Grand Chancellor, UCSH, Chile), Félix Serrano (president of the Universidad Mesoamericana, Guatemala).

b) Based on the input of the entire Commission, the “first draft” was prepared by Walter Cusinato, Antonio Domenech, and Carlos Garulo with the cooperation of Severino De Pieri (Dean of SISF), who met in Venice, 29—30 September 1999.

c) The text of the first draft was submitted again for the approval of the entire Commission that concluded its work in April 2000.
 * In 2000, on the occasion of the 2000 Conference of the IUS on “The potential of our synergy,” held in Quito, Benediktbueurn, and Bangkok, the draft-document was presented for consultation, subsequent reading, discussion, and dialogue within the academic communities in order to improve the proposed text.
 * In 2001, on the occasion of the Third Meeting of the IUS, held at the Salesianum (Rome, Generalate) the document, which incorporated most of the comments and proposals made by the IUS to the Commission, was presented to the assembly.
 * In 2002, the same text was submitted to the Rector Major, Fr. Pascual Chavez, and his Council for their approval and official publication. The Rector Major and his Council approved unanimously the document “Identity of Salesian Institutions for Higher Education (IUS)” at the same time as the “Policies for the Salesian Presence in Higher Education, 2002—2008” to ensure the realization of the identity, as yet an ideal.
 * In 2003, the Fourth Meeting of the IUS was held at Salesianum in Rome to establish the common program 2 (2003-2007).

Networks and the IUS Engineering Group
The second IUS Common Program stablished the creation of thematic networks involving the IUS stitutions the voluntary adhere to the proposal of each network. In 2004, a meeting was held at EUSS (Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià) in Barcelona, Spain to promote the Engineering Group of the IUS and establish the Barcelona Proposal. In 2005, the First Meeting of the IUS-Engineering Group was held at Salesian Polytechnic Tokyo in Japan to confirm the Barcelona Proposal, and the “First Plan of Action 2005-2008” was established for collaboration between the members of the Engineering Group. The progress of the Working Program of the Engineering Group was checked and the plan was refined in a more effective and practical style during the Barcelona meeting in November of 2008, which generated the "Second Plan of Action 2009-2012".

Description of each IUS-EG institution

 * DBIT - Don Bosco Institute of Technology


 * Creation: 2001
 * Website: http://www.dbit.in
 * Address: Premier automobile road,kurla(w),mumbai,Maharashtra,India (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: "The DBIT mission aim to provide service in the best tradition of Don Bosco, by seeking to develop entrepreneurial attitude and social commitment in every student we train. DBIT will make a contribution to society through its educative process in a diverse and stimulating learning environment wherein students, faculty and staff can strive and grow."


 * DBTC - Don Bosco Technical College


 * Creation: 1953
 * Website: http://www.dbtc.edu.ph
 * Address: 736 Gen. Kalentong St., Mandaluyong City, Philippines (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: Don Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong City is an empowered Educative-Pastoral Community that educates and evangelizes the youth to become servant-leaders in the Church of the poor and benchmarks in the field of technology.


 * EUSS - Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià


 * Creation: 1994
 * Website: http://www.euss.cat
 * Address: Paseo de San Juan Bosco 74, Barcelona (España) (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: La Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià (EUSS) impulsada y tutelada por la Fundación Rinaldi, es un centro docente de educación superior que ofrece estudios de ingeniería, preferentemente en la rama industrial.


 * SALESIO Tokyo - Salesian Polytechnic Tokyo


 * Creation: 1963
 * Website: http://www.salesio-sp.ac.jp
 * Address: Oyamagaoka 4-6-8, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-0215, Japan (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: Technical College [AA] with a Bachelor Couse [Bachelor of Engineering]


 * UCDB - Dom Bosco Catholic University


 * Creation: 1993
 * Website: http://www.ucdb.br
 * Address: Av. Tamandaré, 6000 Jd. Seminário ZIP: 79117-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: UCDB is the leading private high education institution in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, offering almost 40 undergraduate degrees, 4 master programs, besides many distance education, specialization and extension courses. The research activities are conducted mainly through its 26 research groups and labs, with the integration of under-graduate and graduate departments promoted through its nationally recognized Scientific Initiation Program. The institution is also recognized by its strong presence in social and communities oriented projects and activities.


 * UDB - Don Bosco University


 * Creation: 1984
 * Website: http://www.udb.edu.sv/
 * Address: Calle Plan del Pino, Cantón Venecia Soyapango, San Salvador, C.A. (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: La Universidad Don Bosco es una corporación de utilidad pública, apolítica y de inspiración cristiana que fue aprobada en 1984, a través de sus estatutos, con el acuerdo No. 677 del Ministerio de Educación. Como toda obra Salesiana, la Universidad Don Bosco surge como resultado de la preocupación por la formación integral de los jóvenes. Su fundación el 8 de marzo de 1984 fue la culminación de los esfuerzos de algunos Salesianos de Don Bosco por dar vida a una idea que vendría a completar el trabajo educativo que la Congregación Salesiana venía realizando en el país desde finales del siglo pasado.


 * UNISAL - São Paulo Salesian University Center


 * Creation: 1997
 * Website: http://www.unisal.br
 * Address: R. Baronesa Geraldo de Resende, 330 - Jd. Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora Campinas/SP - 13075-270 (one of its campi) (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: O Centro UNISAL, fundado em princípios éticos, cristãos e salesianos, tem por missão contribuir na formação integral de cidadãos, através da produção e difusão de conhecimento e da cultura, em um contexto de pluralidade. A prática educativa do Centro UNISAL apóia-se nos seguintes valores: Amorevolezza, Diálogo, Ética, Profissionalismo e Solidariedade.


 * UNISALESIANO - Centro Universitário Católico Salesiano Auxiliun


 * Creation: 2005
 * Website: http://www.unisalesiano.edu.br/
 * Address: Rod. Teotônio Vilela, km 8,5 - Jardim Alvorada 16016-500 - Araçatuba-SP (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: O Centro Universitário Católico Auxilium - UniSALESIANO, fundado em princípios éticos, cristãos e da pedagogia salesiana, e em consonância com suas funções de ensino, pesquisa e extensão, inspirado nos princípios e fins da Educação Nacional, tem por Missão contribuir na formação ética, cristã e salesiana de cidadão, através da produção e difusão do conhecimento e da cultura. Esta Missão se expressa na seguinte afirmação de Dom Bosco: formar bons cristãos, honestos cidadãos e profissionais competentes.


 * UPS - Universidad Politecnica Salesiana del Ecuador


 * Creation: 1994
 * Website: http://www.ups.edu.ec
 * Address: Turuhuyaco 3-69 y Calle Vieja, Cuenca, Ecuador (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description: La UPS es una universidad privada, cofinanciada por el estado y de caracter nacional. Su domicilio y matriz estan en el canton Cuenca, con sedes en las ciudades de Guayaquil y Quito. Actualmente tiene 14760 alumno en la tres Sedes, cuenta con 26 carreras de pregrado (Tercer Nivel) y 24 ofertas de posgrado(Cuato Nivel), 16 maestria, 6 Especialistas y 2 diplomados. El cuerpo docente esta conformado por 765 profesionales de los cuales 95 tienen diplomados, 39 especialistas, 219 masters y 3 doctores.


 * USB - Bolivian Salesian University


 * Creation: 1998
 * Website: http://www.usalesiana.edu.bo/
 * Address: Avda. Chacaltaya N. 1258 (Plaza Don Bosco) Zona : Achachicala (in googlemaps)
 * Brief Description:La Universidad Salesiana es una alternativa de Educación Superior, que ofrece un desarrollo académico integral humano-cristiano, teniendo como objetivo la misión de San Juan Bosco aplicada a la Educación Superior: "Formar Profesionales competentes que sean buenos cristianos y honrados ciudadanos". La Universidad Salesiana de Bolivia USB se fundó en 1998. Forma parte de una RED de 47 Universidades Salesianas en todo el mundo, que constituyen las I.U.S.

IUS-EG in Numbers

 * | Number of Campi, Programs, Teachers and Students]

Undergraduate programs

 * EUSS - Escola Universtària Salesiana de Sarrià
 * Industrial Engineering
 * Industrial Electronics Engineering
 * Mechanical Engineering
 * Electrical Engineering


 * SALESIO Tokyo - Salesian Polytechnic Tokyo
 * Production System Engineering


 * UCDB - Dom Bosco Catholic University
 * Computer Engineering
 * Mechatronic Engineering
 * Mechanic Engineering
 * Information Systems
 * Systems Analysis and Development
 * Computer Networks


 * UPS - UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA SALESIANA
 * Electrical Engineering
 * Electronics Engineering
 * Systems Engineering
 * Mechanical Engineering
 * Industrial Engineering
 * Mechanical Automotriz Engineering
 * Civil Engineering

Graduate programs

 * UCDB - UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DOM BOSCO
 * Master in Biotechnology


 * UPS - UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA SALESIANA
 * Master in Telecommunication Management
 * Master in Numerical Methods for Design in Engineering


 * EUSS - ESCOLA UNIVERSITARIA SALESIANA DE SARRIA
 * Master in Industrial Business Management
 * Master of arts and printing industry
 * Master in Information Sciences in Business and Marketing

Scientific and Technological Research

 * UCDB - UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DOM BOSCO
 * Brief Description: Research in the engineering and computer science area, in UCDB, are conducted mainly by the professors and students from the Engineering and Computer Research Group (GPEC)
 * Website: http://www.gpec.ucdb.br/
 * Projects Under Development
 * Projeto Estufa - Monitoramento de estufas atráves de redes de sensores sem fio
 * SIGUS - Plataforma de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento de Sistemas para Inclusão Digital de Pessoas com Necessidades Especiais
 * DTCOURO - Detecção Automática de Defeitos em Peles e Couros Bovinos
 * LARVIC - Rastreamento de Múltiplas Larvas utilizando técnicas de Visão Computacional
 * TOPOLINO - Sistema de Apoio à Análise Automática de Comportamento Animal em Laboratório
 * MONITORA - Implementação de um Sistema de Controle e Monitoramento Remoto para automação residencial em conformidade com o padrão IEE1451"
 * BIOGAS - Purificação do Bio-Gás de Estação de Tratamento de Esgoto para Geração de Energia Elétrica
 * TATO REMOTO - Substituição Sensorial para Auxílio à Mobilidade de Deficientes Visuais via Eletroestimulação Tátil e Processamento de Imagens
 * INFOPISCI - Desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Informação para Auxiliar no Controle e Apoio à Tomada de Decisão da Cadeia Produtiva da Piscicultura do MS.
 * CADAP - Desenvolvimento de Processamento Paralelo e Aplicações de Alto Desempenho em Clusters tipo Beowulf
 * ADAPTOOLS - Ambiente Integrado para Desenvolvimento de Autômatos Adaptativos.


 * UPS - UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA SALESIANA
 * Brief Description: La UPS destina anualmente la suma de $170000 dolares americanos para el financiamiento interno de Proyectos de Investigacion, los informes anuales sobre el avance de cada proyecto se puede observar en el portal web de la institucion.
 * Website: http://www.ups.edu.ec/portal/page/portal/upsportal/oces
 * Projects Under Development
 * Optimización de un prototipo para la producción de hidrógeno a partir de la electrólisis del agua utilizando materiales existentes en el mercado nacional, aplicando normas internacionales.
 * Construcción de un robot cuadrúpedo omnidireccional y estudio de sus modos de caminar libres, aplicado al mantenimiento y limpieza de edificios.
 * Diseño y construcción de un prototipo modular de una micro central hidroeléctrica estacionaria con turbina tipo Pelton.
 * Diseño de un prototipo de bomba de ariete hidráulico multipulsor para el abastecimiento de agua para irrigación.
 * Estudio e implementación de un sistema de bombeo por rueda hidráulica.
 * Sistema de riego en campos de cultivos y pastizales mediante aerobomba.
 * Obtención del biodiesel a partir de la grasa de bovinos.
 * Obtención de un biosorbente por modificación física y/o química de residuos vegetales.
 * Síntesis del ZNO nanoestructurado con propiedades fotoluminiscentes
 * Diseño y construcción de un sistema para utilizar gas hidrógeno en un motor de ciclo Otto como combustible alternativo.
 * Gas licuado de petróleo, como combustible alternativo para motores diesel con la finalidad de reducir la contaminacion del aire.
 * Recopilación y modelización de parámetros ambientales para la implementación de las Energías Renovables.
 * Evaluación y caracterización de colectores solares para agua caliente sanitaria en la ciudad de Cuenca.
 * Desarrollo de tecnologías para la modificación de superficies de materiales poliméricos y metálicos con plasma y radiación ultra violeta.

Related Information

 * Website of the IUS - Salesians Institutions for Higher Education
 * Salesians of Don Bosco in Wikipedia