Coppe and Senai Cimatec form partnership to leverage the transformation of research into products
Planeta COPPE / Chemical Engineering / Institutional News / News
Date: 29/05/2026

On June 15th, Coppe/UFRJ and Senai Cimatec will hold a ceremony to formalize an unprecedented strategic alliance focused on developing technologies for the energy transition and low-carbon industry. The cooperation aims to enable projects that scale up the techniques created at Coppe, using the technological and industrial infrastructure of Senai Cimatec Park, in the Camaçari Industrial Pole (Bahia).
The ceremony will include the participation of Coppe’s director, Professor Suzana Kahn, and Coppe’s director for Technology and Innovation, Marysilvia Costa. The agreement between the two institutions is inspired by international models of university-industrial park integration, such as the Science and Technology Parks of Chinese universities, like those of Zhejiang University, in which the industrial infrastructure becomes a natural extension of the academic research environment.
The partnership brings together two of the leading Brazilian references in applied research, innovation and technological development. Recognized as one of the most advanced technology and innovation centers in Latin America, Senai Cimatec brings together large-scale industrial infrastructure, pilot plants and expertise in strategic areas for the new low-carbon economy, creating conditions to accelerate the transformation of research developed at Coppe into solutions with the potential for industrial scale and economic impact.
Therefore, Senai Cimatec Park can be considered a platform for demonstration, prototyping and pilot industrialization of technologies developed in Coppe’s research programs and groups. The initiative may contribute to strengthening the Brazilian industrial complex. The intention of the agreement is to cover all areas of Coppe’s activities that require industrial or semi-industrial infrastructure to scale up its research, especially those involving:
- Energy and Energy Transition
- Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Electrical, Computational and Control Engineering
- Environmental and Ocean Engineering
- Energy Planning and Sustainability
Professor Marysilvia says that one of the projects already mapped out to have its study plan expanded is that of obtaining sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carried out at the Catalysis Center of Coppe’s Chemical Engineering Program. “What we envision is that the technologies developed in Coppe’s laboratories can reach a higher degree of maturity (TRL), becoming readier for the market and going beyond research. In other words, for Coppe this partnership allows our research to reach higher TRLs, going beyond levels 5 and 6 and towards production, which occurs when its effectiveness has already been proven on laboratory benches in small plants”, declares Marysilvia.
The agreement also provides for the exchange of researchers, students and technicians to carry out Research and Development (R&D) and training activities; and the promotion of joint education and training programs aimed at industry 4.0, energy transition, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing. In addition, joint events, workshops and publications are planned to dissemin
