Extension actions within the scope of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMEC) are divided into two groups: Temporary actions and permanent actions.

Temporary actions are courses, seminars and small congresses, most aimed at complementing student training. When available, they are presented in the form of news on the main page.

Permanent actions are special projects, in the areas of expertise of undergraduate courses linked to DEMEC. Such projects, for the most part, participate in academic competitions, where the aim is to combine the concepts learned in the classroom with practical planning, design and construction activities. In the tabs below, the main information about each of these are presented.

UFPE Mini Rocket Extension Project

The MiniFoguetes UFPE Extension Project is a multidisciplinary proposal that involves UFPE students and professors in the study of rockets. The general objective is the participation of students in the Brazilian University Rocket Competition, promoting aerospace technology beyond the scope of UFPE.

It is characterized as an extension project, where teaching and research are present, contributing to the continuing education of students, encompassing the development and manufacture of rocket prototypes and the study of their subsystems.

Students will be divided into subgroups according to the following topics of interest: propulsion, ignition, structure, aerodynamics, control systems and recovery systems, allowing the integration and application of knowledge obtained in the classroom. By integrating the concepts learned in the classroom with a practical application, the project helps to boost the student's professional training, adding the experience of working in groups, an important characteristic for the engineering professional nowadays.

The results of the project will be disseminated to the community at events such as the Brazilian University Rocket Competition itself and the profession fair, held annually by UFPE, where students participating in the project will be able to disseminate the knowledge acquired to high school students.

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Mandacarú Aero Design Project

It is a student competition program maintained by SAE Brasil, along the lines of the international program that has existed since 1992 in the USA. It consists of the design and manufacture of a radio-controlled cargo aircraft model by a team of students, in accordance with regulations valid for all regions where regional stages of the competition take place, selective for the international stage. In Brazil, the first event took place in 1999 in São José dos Campos/SP.

The UFPE team, AEROBEAT, was organized in May 2001 and participated in the third Brazilian edition of the competition, at the beginning of November of the same year. It is being structured around the fluid and design areas of DEMEC. It has the support of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory and the Mini Baja Project. The program for the 2002 competition is already underway.

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Mangue Baja Project

SAE - Society of Automotive Engineering is one of the world's leading research and development institutions in the field of Mobility Technology (land, air and sea). This organization is formed by a network of branches in more than 60 countries, being represented in our country by SAE BRASIL and since 95 it organizes the national Mini Baja competition.

The Mangue Baja Project is an initiative of SAE BRASIL with Brazilian universities. Its objective is to awaken creativity, contribute to professional training and stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of future mechanical engineers, in addition to revealing talents for the Automotive Area. Technology, Youth, Challenge, Team Spirit and Education are the ingredients of this undertaking with an expressive reach among students.

The challenge is to design and build an off-road car, respecting the design and safety requirements imposed by SAE, the engineering division.

The national event takes place in April, in Interlagos, São Paulo, where the participating teams face static and dynamic competitions. The event ends with an endurance of 4 hours, followed by the awards.

The Awards consist of medals, engineering software and media space to promote the team, the university and our sponsors. Additionally, as a special prize, the first two places earn the right to represent Brazil in the world competition that takes place in June in the United States of America - USA. In parallel, the Institution joins the rank of Brazilian universities considered to train mechanical engineers for the Automotive Area.

HISTORY OF THE MANGUE BAJA TEAM

The Mini Baja Project was implemented at UFPE on June 15, 1999. The philosophy, the strong academic appeal and the entrepreneurial character of this investment made it in just over 2 years the biggest graduation project at UFPE. Trajectory:

• in September 1999, we participated in the I SAE North-Northeast Mini Baja Competition, in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, where we were in 3rd place among 8 participating teams;
• in april 2000 we debuted in the national competition, where we reached 33rd place among 63 teams from 56 participating universities. An encouraging result!
• in april 2001 we took 6th place overall out of 73 teams from 66 participating universities and took 2nd place in terms of university in the "Engineering Project Report" item. Other relevant results: 1st place in traction; 2nd place in speed; 2nd place on the ramp.

DEVELOPMENTS/INVESTMENTS

The related achievements demonstrate our vocation for the automotive area, generating credibility with the Central Administration of UFPE: Highlighted elements:

• construction of the "Mobility Engineering Laboratory", inaugurated on 10/00;
• creation of the discipline "Introduction to Mobility Engineering";
• consolidation of one of the largest experimental graduation programs in operation at UFPE and insertion of UFPE in the rank of universities that are considered the main Training Centers for Mobility Engineers for the National Automotive Industry;
• solid contribution to the technical training of students, including the aspect of entrepreneurship, (source: SEBRAE-PE)
• Generation of an area of ¿¿concentration and knowledge in Mobility Engineering capable of attracting investments to the Northeast Region;
• Implementation of the "MOBILITY INTERACTION NUCLEUS", embryo of the North-Northeast Automotive Pole (project in progress). This Nucleus will bring together important companies in the automotive sector, with investments in laboratories for training and training human resources. The inauguration of the NSK Regional Training Center at UFPE, next December, represents the 1st step of this investment.
• Construction of a training and competition track at UFPE (in progress).

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Maracatronics Project

At Maracatronics we use robotics to encourage students from high school to postgraduate studies in the area of ¿¿Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, aiming at an improvement for society as a whole and for each individual.

Participating students work on multidisciplinary competition robot projects. The competitions allow participants to get in touch with other teams, with different techniques and cultures, contributing to their formation. Such knowledge is passed on through lectures at schools showing the impact and importance of robotics – it is estimated that one lecture at school per month.

We also hold events such as RoboticPE, held since 2016 with approximately 100 competitors and the state stage of the Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, which in 2019 brought together approximately 1600 high school and elementary school students. Students take care of all the logistics of the event, from accreditation, equipment rental, organization of the competition to visual identity and promotion.

The project also organizes visits to technology companies in the region and contributes to PIPEX, teaching robotics to students in Passira. The team is coordinated by Prof. João Paulo and 4 other supervisors, from the areas of electronics, mechanics and computing. Currently, the team is composed of 40 students, from different courses divided into three sub-teams: Combat, Individual Self-Employed and Collective Self-Employed. The team participates in the Robocore Winter Challenge competition since 2013 and in LARC/CBR since 2014. We seek to bring the greatest number of participants to these events.

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Navicula Boat Design Project

The interdisciplinary team Navícula Boat Design is made up of students and professors from the Naval Engineering, Mechanics, Electronics, Automation and Publicity and Advertising courses. It was created in 2014 and the activities are carried out at the Navicula Research Center (NRC) Laboratory, located on the ground floor of the Mechanical Engineering Building. Within these facilities, three extension projects are developed, developed at different times and with different sub-teams, according to needs. However, all tooling, knowledge base and work area is shared by the three projects.

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The projects are briefly described below:

 

Design and Construction of High Performance Vessels – HYDROcontest

The present project aimed to design and build radio controlled vessels to carry 20kg and 200kg payload to participate in the international competition HYDROcontest, organized by the Swiss foundation HYDROS.

The HYDROcontest was an international competition for high performance craft, aimed at engineering students. Its objective was: to design, build and test a radio-controlled vessel, so that it is the fastest, with the greatest load capacity and the least energy consumption, with the maximum dimensions of 2.5mx2mx2m as a limit. For which, all participants had to use the same type of electric propulsion motor (type Watt&Sea and 1200W of power). The event was annual, the first edition was held in July 2014 in the city of Lousanne, Switzerland. The last edition of the event was in September 2018 in the city of Saint-Tropéz, France. Within the competition, the vessels had to travel a pre-established circuit with a total length of 150m. Among the knowledge that students applied were construction techniques and mechanisms, knowledge of naval engineering, mechatronics and electrical propulsion.

The Navicula team represented UFPE in all editions of the HYDROcontest, always with good results and since 2015 it was the only Brazilian team to participate. The HYDROcontest merged with the Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge event, organized by the Yacht Club de Monaco alongside the Prince Albert II Foundation. This motivated the team to develop solar electric propulsion technology to be able to participate in this event.

 

Design and Construction of Radio Controlled Tugs Models - DUNA

The Radio Controlled Tugs Extension Project - DUNA, is an interdisciplinary education and technology project developed by the Navícula team.

The main objective is the construction of a 1m long tug with an electric propulsion system powered by batteries to be able to participate in the NautiDesign University Challenge, which is organized by the Federal University of Santa Catarina and held annually in the city of Joinville/SC. This competition began in 2013, UFPE has been represented by Navicula in this competition since the second edition held in 2014, achieving good results and collecting trophies and recognitions since then. The design activities consist of calculations and simulations of the design of tugs, design and construction of mechanisms, design and construction of printed circuits for the control of the tug. As well as the design and construction of telemetry systems, in order to be able to record in real time important performance parameters such as speed, acceleration, battery capacity and transmission to a computer on the ground. 3D printing of propellers, rudders and tugboat hulls, as well as machining of metal parts. All these activities are carried out at the Navicula Research Center (NRC) and at the Model Manufacturing Laboratory (LABMAN), both from the Naval Engineering course at UFPE. Fiberglass construction activities are carried out at the ATYMAR boatyard (www.atymar.com). The team is supported by the vessel repair company ASTER Marine Support (www.asterms.com.br).

 

Project for the development of an Electric Propulsion Catamaran and Photovoltaic Energy Generation System - Desafio Solar

This project in education and technology of an interdisciplinary nature aims to design and build a solar vessel, as well as publicize the work carried out to the academic community and the general public on social networks.

The main objective is to build a 6m long catamaran, with an electric propulsion system, powered by photovoltaic energy generated by solar panels. In this way, it is expected to contribute to the technological development of the use of renewable energy in boat propulsion. Due to the complexity involved, the project was divided into three parts, these are:

Part 1: Hull Design and Molding in 2019.

Part 2: Hull Construction and Development of Propulsion and Steering Systems in 2020

Part 3: Assembly of the platform for joining the hulls and systems in 2021.

Part 4: Realization of evaluation tests and participation in Desafio Solar Brasil in 2022.

The activities are carried out by the students and professors participating in the facilities of the Naval Engineering course at UFPE, these are the Model Manufacturing Laboratory (LABMAN), Navicula Research Center (NRC) and the fiberglass construction activities are carried out at the ATYMAR shipyard (www.atymar.com). The material for the construction of the molds was supplied by the distributing company of inputs for fiberglass lamination (www.vifiber.com.br) and the vessel's solar panels were donated by the solar energy generation systems company Sunlight (https:// /energiasunlight.com.br).

Completion of this project is a preliminary step before participating in the Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge.

 

Concrete Canoes: A new contribution to garbage collection on the Beberibe River

The Ilha de Deus community is one of the oldest communities in Recife and is surrounded by three rivers – the Beberibe, the Tejipió and the Jordão, in the neighborhood of Imbiribeira and Pina. It is home to more than two thousand people who live basically from fishing, the production of handicrafts and the recycling of solid waste. Thus, UFPE, in an attempt to mitigate such demands, developed or expanded new techniques and construction materials for typical vessels that navigate the community's rivers, such techniques and new materials were developed in the laboratories, by students and professors from the E_Naval/UFPe Group. It is proposed here to take such techniques and use of these new materials to community members through Course/Workshops. To see the E_Naval Group page, Click Here