"The challenges of urban mobility and decarbonization in the Brazilian Capital" - May 18, 2026, Monday, 3:30 pm, Pavilhão de Informática I, amphitheatre FA2

Date: May 18, 2026, Monday
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: Pavilhão de Informática I, amphitheatre FA2

• Speaker: Augusto César de Mendonça Brasil (Faculty of Sciences and Technologies in Engineering, University of Brasilia)

• Title: "The challenges of urban mobility and decarbonization in the Brazilian Capital"

• Abstract:

The Seminar addresses the evolution of the mobility in the Brazilian Capital from its foundation in 1960 to the present day. Brasília is an idealized, planned and built city, with peculiar characteristics of geometric and institutional configuration, which result in an urban form that determined the evolution of mobility based on the concept of intense use of automobiles. As a consequence of this evolution and adaptations of the mobility system, the Seminar indicates which factors need to be improved for a more sustainable mobility in Brasilia, and thus, which are the areas of research that can promote a scientific partnership in sustainable mobility between Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and Universidade de Brasília (UnB). The Seminar also indicates what will be the possible funding of joint research over the next few years.

• Short Biographic Note:

Full Professor at the University of Brasilia. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Pará (1988), Master's degree in Environmental Engineering from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (1992), PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (2000) and two Post-Doctorate periods, one at Instituto Superior Técnico in the area of Energy Consumption and Emission of Pollutants from Transport Vehicles, and another at the Federal University of Pará in the area of Development of a Sustainability Model for the use of Natural Energy Resources in the Amazon. He was CEO of the Foundation for Scientific and Technological Enterprises between 2021 and 2025. He has experience in the areas of Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Energy Engineering. He works mainly on the following research topics: transport and energy, biomass as an energy source, air pollution, transport consumption and emissions, and alternative fuels.

This is another Seminar of the “Seminars@DEM” cycle.
Next Seminar, June 11, 2026, Thursday, 3:00 pm.