Outreach activities are a fundamental pillar of the Federal Institutes (IFs). Within our program, we host several outreach initiatives linked to the Energy Systems, Control, and Robotics Laboratories, as well as the GET Applied/Biomedical Laboratory. As with everything, the pandemic significantly impacted our operations, which are now being resumed. Due to the global health emergency, the "Ação COVID" (COVID Action) project concentrated all our outreach efforts during that period.
The Electrical Engineering program, under its new curriculum (2020), now includes mandatory outreach requirements. The Electrical Engineering Permanent Outreach Program encompasses several short and long-term activities, including:
Project Fibonacci: Development and donation of kits for teaching science, mathematics, and logic.
Technical Consultancy: Assisting social institutions with technical solutions in energy, automation, computing, and accessibility.
Open Workshops: Community-focused workshops on robotics, prototyping, and energy efficiency.
Technical Support: Assistance with commissioning and installation projects.
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic took Brazil by storm. The healthcare system faced a surge in demand for beds and medical equipment that global supply chains simply could not meet. With few options, hospitals turned to repairing old equipment and seeking emergency substitutes. Around the world, society mobilized in an unprecedented effort.
In Pelotas, the local hospitals' challenges reached IFSul as a plea for help in repairing COVID-19 treatment equipment. This led a group of faculty and staff from various departments to join forces, developing prototypes to address these urgent needs.
NOTICE: All materials and models from the COVID Action project were previously hosted on the old Electrical Engineering webpage (eeifsul). Following the website migration in 2026, that site is no longer available. Similarly, the program's Permanent Electronic Yearbook, which was discontinued in 2019, is also offline. We are currently evaluating how to preserve or host a version of these archives in the future. A detailed account of this project can be found in the chapter "Ação 1" of the book published to document this period. The book is available for free in digital format through the IFSul Publishing House (see the link below).
This section has been a part of my website since 2012. Given its historical importance, I have included it here in this new version. During the 2011–2012 biennium, I served as a member of the IFSul Governing Council (CONSUP). At that time, the transition process to the Federal Institute model (which began in 2008) was still in its early stages, and the future strategic direction of the network was not yet entirely clear.
To support our expansion planning discussions, I sought to compile comprehensive data on the institution's student and faculty history. For this, four main sources were used:
Archival Reports: Documents from the 1990s and earlier, originally only available on paper.
Management Reports: Records from the CEFET and early IFSul era (1999-2010) detailing enrollment and faculty data.
Council Reports: Documents specifically produced to support Governing Council deliberations.
Information Requests: Data obtained via the Access to Information Law (LAI).
These are public documents (in portuguese), but they are increasingly difficult to find today. To assist those interested in the institutional history or the work I conducted during my term, I have made the data available here.
NOTICE: Over the years, changes to platforms like Dropbox and Google Sites have caused several links to become broken or uneditable. I am currently evaluating how to restore these files or if a new version will be maintained in the future. If you need access to any specific material, please contact me.