Núcleo de estudos-Online

Center for Studies in Numerical Methods and
Computer Simulation - NEMENSC
Núcleo de Estudos
Person in Charge:
Professor Evelise Roman Corbalan Góis Freire
evelise.freire@dex.ufla.br
Institutional Information:
www.dex.ufla.br
Background:
NEMENSC started its activities in early 2014 under
the guidance of Professor Evelise R. C. Freire,
from the Department of Exact Sciences, and with
the participation of a group of students in food
engineering. The group was initially interested in
better understanding the mathematical formulation
of numerical methods involved in flow simulation,
which has applications in several problems
of industrial relevance such as: fermentation,
mixing, drying, dehydration, pressurizing, etc.
Today NEMENSC also aims to increase the scope
of application studies to other types of problems
(optimization, mechanical, environmental and
structural, for example). Besides the necessary
mathematical foundation, the center has focused
work on the study and use of software available for
this type of simulation, which includes commercial
software (widely used in the market) and open
source software, that is, available for free download.
Researching at NEMENSC affords stakeholders
a solid and multidisciplinary discussion in
computational mathematics, as well as training to
meet the most updated demands of the labor market.
NEMENSC today has 14 members among students in
food engineering, chemistry, computer science and
graduation programs, and its admission process is
held at the beginning of each school semester.
Overall Objectives:
To study numerical methods and software used in
computer simulations of the most diverse industrial
problems and other problems of public and/or
scientific interest. The center also aims to organize
scientific, social and cultural debates and events.
Areas of Expertise:
1. Numerical Analysis and Software Implementation:
Study of the theoretical basis of mathematical methods
used to solve the equations that model simulated
problems and their computational implementation.
2. Computer Simulation using Software: Study of
commercial and free software available for simulating
the most diverse problems.
3. Application of Computer Simulations: Study of
real problems in flow simulation and discussion of
solution methods, simulation software, resources and
computational costs.
4. Multidisciplinarity of simulations: Group diversity
with the aim of stimulating dialogue between the
areas to solve and discuss real problems.
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