A brief overview of Materials Science in Uruguay
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MRS Advances © 2018 Materials Research Society DOI: 10.1557/adv.2018.615
A brief overview of Materials Science in Uruguay Ivana Aguiar1, Livia Arizaga2, Santiago Botasini3, María Andrea De León4, Sofia Favre5, María Eugenia Pérez Barthaburu6, Mauricio Rodríguez7, Mariano Romero8, Mariana Silva9 1
GDMEA, Area Radioquímica, DEC, Facultad de Química, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
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Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, DEC, Facultad de Química, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
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Laboratorio de Biomateriales, Facultad de Ciencias, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
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Cátedra de Fisicoquímica, DETEMA, Facultad de Química, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
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Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ingeniería, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
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GDMEA, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Udelar, Rocha, Uruguay
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Centro Universitario Regional del Este, UdelaR, Rocha, Uruguay
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Cátedra de Física, DETEMA, Facultad de Química, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
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Instituto de Ensayo de Materiales, Facultad de Ingenieria, Udelar, Montevideo,Uruguay
ABSTRACT Materials science is a growing research area in Uruguay. In order to obtain a brief overview of the research done we collected information about research in this field. As a starting point, we searched in the Scopus database for the keywords: affiliation country: “Uruguay” and subject: “Materials Science” (using the “Timbó” platform). We inspected the records and we analyzed them to construct a timeline. The data show that we are in a steady state regime of number of publications that we expect to increase together with the number of students in the
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area, with the generation of long term policies (grants, funding opportunities), and, if we get involved in a community that promotes this area of interest.
INTRODUCTION Uruguay has just above 3.5 million inhabitants and it is located in South America between two bigger countries, Argentina and Brazil. Regarding scientific publications, there is a big gap among Latin American countries. A possible explanation for this difference is how much each country has invested in science. The number of published articles has grown in recent years in Latin America. However, the number should be even higher considering gross domestic product. Among all Latin American countries, Brazil leads the list followed by Argentina. Materials science is under-represented in Uruguay. Evidence of this is the lack of a Degree in Material Science Engineering. Only in the year 2000, a 5-year Degree in Material Chemistry was installed at “Facultad de Química” (Chemistry School) of Universidad de la República (Udelar). In spite of this, a small community of researchers have been working in materials science in Uruguay over the years (Physicists, Chemical Engineers, Chemists, etc.), and the number of students that pursue a career in materials scienc
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