The internationalization of the Graduate Program in Transportation Engineering (PPGET) is a key element in advancing innovation, expanding scientific production, and strengthening the educational and training impact on its student body.
Collaboration with foreign universities and research institutions plays a strategic role in incorporating global technological and scientific advances into research conducted in Brazil, particularly in the field of Transportation Infrastructure, taking into account specific factors such as local climatic conditions and the availability of construction materials.
In the area of Transportation Infrastructure, PPGET maintains strong ties with the Gustave Eiffel University (formerly IFSTTAR – Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, Nantes, France) through a COFECUB project and the participation of a doctoral student in a Dual Degree Program. The Program also collaborates with the University of California Pavement Research Center (USA), Texas A&M University (USA) through a FAPESP SPRINT project, and the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC, Portugal). In addition, PPGET researchers maintain collaborations with several international institutions through their participation in RILEM (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures) technical committees dedicated to the study of construction materials and their applications in pavement engineering.
The Transportation Planning and Operations area has also developed significant internationalization initiatives through partnerships with the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (USA), the University of California, Davis (USA), through the participation of Professor Claudio Barbieri da Cunha in the Fulbright Chair Program under the STEM Chair call, the University of South Florida (USA), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI, USA), the University of Antwerp (Belgium), as well as the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) and the University of Leeds (United Kingdom) through FAPESP-funded projects. These collaborations contribute to academic exchange and the development of research with a high global impact.
In the area of Spatial Information, notable collaborations include the partnership with the University of Twente (The Netherlands) on research related to land-use and transportation interactions, accessibility modeling and assessment, and travel behavior dynamics, including the participation of a doctoral student in a Dual Degree Program. Additional collaborations include Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), where Professor Flávio Guilherme Vaz de Almeida Filho served as a visiting professor for six months and is also a member of the graduate faculty of the institution, and the University of Madrid (Spain), where Professor Claudio Marte completed a six-month postdoctoral research appointment.
