The Institution

History

The Program combines both tradition and innovation in Production Engineering.

The Production Engineering Graduate Program of the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – PPGEP-EPUSP – has a rich history, which started more than fifty years ago. PPGEP-EPUSP is one of the country’s pioneers and among the leaders in the development of Production Engineering research and graduate education in Brazil.

Since 1971, training outstanding researchers, teachers, and professionals in Brazil and around the world

As one of the oldest Graduate Production Engineering programs in the country, PPGEP has a remarkable over half a century history, in both developing human resources with excellent academic education and fostering the growth of the field in the country. The program has evolved continuously over time, especially in the last few years, when it directed efforts to enhance the quality of its academic profile.

Multidisciplinarity and pluralistic vision

The PPGEP has always driven its activities guided by a pluralistic vision, considering different knowledge areas related to Production Engineering. That allows the Program to act in a comprehensive way, creating a broad interface with other areas of knowledge both within the field of engineering and knowledge in general (mathematics, economics, sociology, etc.).

Difference fields of knowledge associated with Production Engineering

Having a faculty with diverse backgrounds, the Program shelters engineers from different domains, physicians, economists, and researchers with formation in basic sciences (Mathematics, Statistics), which keep active formal and informal research networks both in Brazil and abroad. That facilitates the integration of research programs with several areas of engineering and sciences in general, increasing the diversity of research themes. Some faculty members participate in international projects, several act as reviewers of top notch international academic periodicals, as well as editors in renowned international scholarly journals.

Many Program faculty members act in interdisciplinary projects or with different graduate programs both in the country and abroad, some of them with renowned foreign universities. The interaction with other institutions, both domestic and foreign, creates synergies and enables action in new areas of knowledge.

Some successful examples of scientific activity by Program researchers are in traditional areas like Reliability, Production Scheduling, Labor Organization (Organizational Theory), Project Management, Information Technology Management, Ergonomics, as well as new disciplines such as Radical Innovation Organization and Management, Energy Economics, Labor Psychodynamics, Entrepreneurship, Uncertainty Management, and Digital Technologies (Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, and the like).

Quality of the Faculty

Highly qualified faculty, inserted in global academic debate and research programs

The Program has a highly qualified faculty, inserted in current academic debate. It happens both in Brazil and abroad, by participating and leading worldwide research programs, in international scientific publication editorial boards, events, examination boards, projects, and joint publications with researchers abroad, as well as exchanges, which enable the insertion of students in research centers overseas.

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Social inclusion

We unite faculty and students to transfer knowledge to diverse social sectors, to solve or minimize socially relevant problems.

Introduction

The PPGEP presents a unified concentration area, but split in five sub-areas:

Production Economics and Financial Engineering (EPEF)

Information Technology Management (GTI)

Operations and Logistics Management (GOL)

Labor, Technology, and Organization (TTO)

Quality and Product Engineering (QEP)

More than 600 graduates (both MSc and PhD). Most of them act in the academic field, in several universities, both public and private (domestic and international); others are professionals in companies or nonacademic institutions (government organizations, third sector, etc.)

On-site

The PPGEP-EPUSP does not offer remote (distance) graduate courses. On-site interaction among students is deemed important to create bonds and exchange knowledge and experience. The only remote courses offered to students are complementary, related to academic writing in English language: Writing I (basic tools for English academic writing) and Writing II (tools for academic writing).

Student Profile

Partial activity to serve market professionals

Significant PPGEP demand by professionals interested in Master’s or PhD education is an important metric, suggesting the relevance of the Program. It is important to highlight a peculiarity that reflects the integration of the Program with the productive sector. A significant number of PPGEP students are professionals from the market, and they are dedicated part-time to the program.

The attractiveness of the Program to that professional profile probably results from the good reputation of the University of São Paulo in the labor market.

Interação entre alunos e empresas

The interaction between students and businesses generates benefits to society as whole, through better qualification of both businesses and entities. Therefore, it is possible to identify a good penetration of the Program academic activity in several society spheres.

Student guidebook

Please find additional information on alumni and the complete academic plan in the Student Guidebook:

  • Alumni events
  • Alumni follow up
  • Academic plan
  • Special and scholarship students
  • Graduate program
  • Master’s, Doctoral, and Direct Doctoral programs
  • Rules, Regiments, and Norms
  • Accesses and operational tips
Download Student guidebook

Internationalization

Throughout the years, PPGEP-EPUSP has continuously acted to strengthen both domestic and international partnerships. In domestic exchanges, several Program faculty members participated in dissertation and thesis examination boards of other programs, faculty selection process boards, delivering lectures, presenting projects and academic work, leading or participating in projects with faculty from other programs, in the production of articles with faculty from other institutions, among other activities.

Among the international activities are:

  • Alumni events
  • International exchanges
  • Partnerships with foreign institutions
  • Publication of articles with foreign researchers
  • Visits of foreign researchers
  • Organization of international events and seminars
  • Internships abroad
  • Exchanges
  • Research projects with multilateral foreign financing or international institution networks
  • Courses in English
  • Participation in international editorial boards and academic publications
  • Membership in international boards
  • Participation of foreign researchers in PPGEP examining boards
  • Membership in international research networks and scientific research societies
  • Participação em redes de pesquisas e sociedade de pesquisas científicas internacionais

Infrastructure

Computer resources, integrated community, and laboratories, among others

Estão disponíveis todos os serviços e equipamentos da USP, tais como supercomputação, computação em nuvem e VPN (Virtual Private Network), entre outros recursos. Via VPN pode-se entrar na rede da USP à distância, podendo-se acessar meios computacionais, biblioteca e outros.

All classrooms are fitted with computer resources (computers and software) for both faculty and student use. Computer laboratories, for educational activities, consist of three classrooms.

Moreover, project rooms and other laboratories are also provided with state-of-art computer resources, like Moodle, USP e-courses (https://edisciplinas.usp.br/), for sharing files, integrated communication, and others.

Libraries, accessibility, and inclusion

  • Central library and sector libraries with specialized collections and targeted services, especially for faculty, researchers, students, and employees.
  • Acessibilidade e Tecnologias Assistidas para pessoas com deficiência (PCDs)
  • Courses and activities for communities in high social vulnerability areas.
  • Development of products for specific social groups and assistive technologies

CAPES evaluation

O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção da Poli-USP é reconhecido por sua excelência e tradição no Brasil. A nota 5 na avaliação da CAPES indica um alto nível de qualidade acadêmica e de pesquisa, posicionando o programa entre os melhores do país em sua área. A CAPES é a Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, uma agência do governo brasileiro responsável pela avaliação e melhoria da pós-graduação no Brasil.

The improvement strategies adopted over the years have delivered positive results. Among them:

Prioritization of faculty profiles aligned to international practices

  • Improvement of faculty accreditation and reaccreditation criteria, prioritizing permanence of researchers with profiles aligned to international practices.

Encouragement of high quality and visibility research and publications

  • Improvement of intellectual production, through incentive to publication in good quality journals, which lead to higher visibility.
  • Encouragement to large scale research projects (institutional support, and dissemination with calls of notice).

Coordination

A representative from each area plus the student representative compose the Program Coordination Committee (CCP), linked to the Polytechnic School Graduate Commission. The CCP decides about course accreditation, scholarship grants, PPGEP advisor appointment, besides coordinating the selection process, among other activities. The coordinator is elected among the CCP members. Access the CCP meeting schedule here.

Fernando Tobal Berssaneti

Coordenador
Coordenador da Comissão Coordenadora do Programa (CCP) e Representante do QEP (Qualidade e Engenharia do Produto) Ver mais +

Débora Pretti Ronconi

Vice-Coordenadora
Vice-Coordenadora da Comissão Coordenadora do Programa (CCP) e Representante do GOL (Gestão de Operações e Logística). Ver mais +

Fernando José Barbin Laurindo

Representante GTI
Representante do GTI (Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação) na Comissão Coordenadora do Programa (CCP). Ver mais +

Mario Sergio Salerno

Representante TTO
Representante do TTO (Trabalho, Tecnologia e Organização) na Comissão Coordenadora do Programa (CCP).  Ver mais +

Celma de Oliveira Ribeiro

Representante EPEF
Representante do EPEF (Economia da Produção e Engenharia Financeira) na Comissão Coordenadora do Programa (CCP). Ver mais +
Coordenador

Lídia Nogueira da Silva

Secretária
Secretária do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Eng. de Produção da Escola Politécnica da USP.  Ver mais +

Awards

Lecture Notes in Operational Research
An Overview of Operations Research/Management Science in Latin America

• Profa. Linda Lee Ho
15ª pesquisadora mais produtiva na área de Pesquisa Operacional da América Latina.

 

38º ANPET
Prêmio ANPET de Produção Científica 2024

• Prof. Hugo Tsugunobu Yoshida Yoshizaki, Alexandre Duarte e José Pedro Gomes da Cruz
Artigo premiado: Consumo energético de veículos elétricos em entregas – Efeito de parâmetros dinâmicos, perfil da via e quantidade de paradas

 

Ranking Internacional de Impacto da Universidade de Stanford
Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators

• Profa Marly Monteiro de Carvalho
10º lugar entre os cientistas da USP no ranking

 

6º Coquetel Bianual de Resultados do Amigos da Poli
Troféu Amigos da Poli 2024

• Profa Marly Monteiro de Carvalho
– Atuação como conselheira do Amigos da Poli em dois mandatos;
– Participação como membra da Academia Nacional de Engenharia;
– Publicação de 12 livros e mais de 200 artigos científicos;
– Inclusão entre os pesquisadores mais influentes da ciência mundial;

 

ENEGEP 2024
Menção Honrosa ABEPRO

• Profa. Marly Monteiro de Carvalho e Josivan Leite Alves
Dissertação de Mestrado Acadêmico
• Prof. Eduardo Zancul e Mariana Soares de Oliveira
Tese Doutorado (Acadêmico ou Profissional)

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