The new Center for Excellence in Engineering and Technology is home to multiple departments and includes 70,000 square feet of new classroom and lab spaces.
In 2010, Paulo Vasconcelos had a good paying job working for petroleum giant Petrobras in his hometown of Aracaju, but he wasn't satisfied.
The Brazilian already had a bachelor's degree in English teaching and had always wanted to put his language skills to use by studying and living aboard.
His research projects focus on the real-life applications in the renewable energy and power sector, challenging students with real-world problems and creating the space for them to innovate, take risks, fail sometimes, and innovate some more.
The Energy-Environment Future Summit, which attracted more than 120 practitioners, academic experts and students in the field, focused on issues facing leadership and communities in planning for and delivering renewable and other energy in the context of effective environmental management