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Dom Bosco Catholic University (UCDB)Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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Mato Grosso do Sul

Campo Grande, MS

Lincoln, NE

MS – Some Facts

2,5 million people 800.000 in the capital Second largest Native Americans population

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Mato Grosso do Sul (Main Productive Chains)

Soybean Beef Catle

Mining (iron, manganese, marble, limestone and clay)

Eucalyptus and Paper Industry(International Paper)

Sugar cane and Ethanol Industry

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Mato Grosso do Sul – Biodiversity and Ecoturism

Blue Lake Cave (Bonito)

Pantanal (World Largest Wetland)

Pantanal Known Species

3,500 species of plants 325 fish 53 amphibians 98 reptiles 656 birds 159 mammals

Size: 250.000 km2

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UCDB – Main Campus

UCDB – School Farm

Creation: 196115.000 students

6UCDB – Dom Bosco Museum for the Cultures

7UCDB – Museum for the Cultures

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Dom Bosco Catholic University – Main R&D Lines

UCDB's racing car

● Food Technology and Safety

● Sustainable Use of Natural Resources

● Biotechnology Applied to Agroindustry and Agriculture

● Sustainable Development by Family Agriculture

● Biotechnology Applied to Health

● Signal Acquisition, Instrumentation and Microprocessor

Systems

● Machine Learning and Computer Vision

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Dom Bosco Catholic University – Main R&D Lines

First master defense. Native village. Terena Language

● Indigenous Populations

● Hippotherapy

● Teaching practices

● Human Rights and Social Relations

● Education and Interculturality

● Psychology and the Health-Disease Process

● Educational Technology and Distance Education

● Child: Identity, Assessment and Psychotherapy

● The Sacred and the Mystical Faith in

Territoriality

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Some R&D Projects

* Animal tracking and behaviour analysis* Microbiological control for Alcohol and Sugar industries* New larvicides and insecticides development

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Some R&D Projects

CORIU

Automatic classification of Bovine Leather using Computer Vision

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Some R&D Projects

Automatic identification of honey origin

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Some R&D Projects

Smartphone application forFish identification inPantanal`s Aquarium

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Major Networks involving UCDB - Pro-Midwest

Midwest Graduate, Research and Innovation Network (Pro-Midwest)Cerrado and Pantanal Sustainable Development Through R&D&i

MT: UFMT, UNEMAT

MS: UCDB, UFMS, UFGD, UEMS, UNIDERP

GO: UFG, UEG, PUC-GO

DF: UCB, UNB

MIDWEST

● All universities from the MidWest● Support from all state-run science funding agencies ● PhD in Network on Biotechnology and Biodiversity

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Major Networks involving UCDB - IUS

Salesians Higher Education Institutions (IUS)Formely, Instituições Universitárias Salesianas

● 80 Salesians Higher Education Institutions● 25 in America (Brasil, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia,Mexico, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala)

Salesians of Don BoscoStarted in Italy, 1845 (First School)

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Some Goals

Industry “in Campus” (the university can offer the space for installation) Teachers and students international mobility New partners for PRO-MIDWEST program (biotechnology research for

Pantanal and Cerrado sustainable development) New partners for IUS – Worldwide network of Salesians Higher

Education Institutions programs Joint international graduate programs Distance Education and Training Expansion of our Museum

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For more information:

- UCDB's Website: www . ucdb . br - Hemerson Pistori: www.gpec.ucdb.br/pistori