The Dean of Postgraduate Studies (PRPG) announced, this Monday, the 1st, the winners of the 2nd edition of the Unicamp Highlight Thesis Award. Prizes were awarded for works defended in 2022 and approved in 2023, in addition to those defended in 2023 and approved until March 31, 2024, in the following four major areas of knowledge: Engineering and Technology, Human Sciences and Arts, Exact and Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences and Health. The winners with honorable mentions in each area were also announced.
The author of the Unicamp Highlight Thesis will receive a prize worth R$5. An honorable mention will also be awarded to second place worth R$3. The authors, supervisors and co-supervisors of the awarded Theses will receive an Award Diploma signed by the Magnificent Rector of the State University of Campinas.
O Unicamp Outstanding Thesis Award is an initiative of the Dean of Postgraduate Studies and the Central Postgraduate Commission (CCPG) that aims to recognize and reward outstanding doctoral theses defended in Unicamp programs, in all areas of knowledge, and encourage the constant search for excellence in research.
The award criteria considered originality of the work, methodology used, quality of writing and structure and organization of the text.
The award ceremony will be held on August 12th, at 10 am, in the University Council (Consu) Meeting Room, on the Unicamp campus in Campinas, with live broadcast on the Unicamp Press channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ImprensaUnicamp
Discover the winners and honorable mentions below.
BIG AREA – Engineering and Technology
Alumni
Title: Biomaterials based on Microfluidic Hydrogels Developed for the Delivery of Genes Incorporated in Lipid Nanocarriers
Author: Bruna Gregatti de Carvalho
Program: Chemical Engineering
Advisor): Lucimara Gaziola de la Torre
Co-supervisor: Sang Won Han (UNIFESP)
Honorable mention
Title: Reciprocal Link: a new connection system for Reciprocal Structures developed by algorithmic modeling and Digital Manufacturing
Author: Caio Magalhães Castriotto
Program: Architecture, Technology and City
Advisor): Maria Gabriela Caffarena Celani
Co-supervisor: Felipe Tavares da Silva
BIG AREA – Biological and Health Sciences
Alumni
Title: Pharmacological Effects of Metformin on Intestinal Glucose Uptake and Induction of Intestine-Liver Crosstalk in the Control of Hepatic Neoglycogenesis
Author: Natália Tobar Toledo Prudente da Silva
Program: Medical clinic
Advisor): Mario José Abdalla Saad
Honorable mention
Title: Biomaterials for the Control of Infections in Dental Implants: Biological Mechanisms, Modulating Factors and New Treatment Strategies
Author: Raphael Cavalcante Costa
Program: Ontological clinic
Advisor): Valentine Adelino Ricardo Barao
Co-supervisor: João Gabriel Silva Souza
BIG AREA – Exact and Earth Sciences
Alumni
Title: Fractional calculus and fuzzy set theory: a study with epidemiological models for COVID-19
Author: Michele Martins Lopes
Program: Applied Mathematics
Advisor): Laécio Carvalho de Barros
Co-supervisor: Francielle Santo Pedro Simões
Honorable mention
Title: Mobility-Aware Resource Management for Vehicular Edge Computing.
Author: Joannes Bruno Dias da Costa
Program: Computer Science
Advisor): Leandro Aparecido Villas
Co-supervisor: Denis Lima do Rosario
BIG AREA – Human Sciences and Arts
Alumni
Title: Remains of the wonderful medieval ocean: islands, monsters and other “details” in 16th century cartography
Author: Deyse Cristina Brito Fabricio
Program: Teaching and History of Earth Sciences
Advisor): Antonio Carlos Vitte
Honorable mention
Title: Energy transition in the context of climate change: an analysis of green energy financing based on an Integrated Agent-Based Model
Author: Mariana Rêis Maria de Lana
Program: Economic Science
Advisor): Rosangela Ballini
