Prosperando

Prosperando Prosperando is a study tour taking about 30 students of Electrical Engineering and Automotive on an educative journey through Brazil. What is Prosperando?
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Prosperando is the name of a study tour, organized by the study association Thor of Electrical Engineering and Automotive at Eindhoven, University of Technology. What does Prosperando mean? Prosperando means flourishing in Portugese and represents the industrial and economic growth of Brazil. Where will the Prosperando study trip go to? The study tour will go to Brazil and to be more exact, we are

planning to visit the cities Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Campinas. Furthermore the Iguaçu falls and the meeting of the rivers in Manaus are beauties of nature which we want to see with our own eyes. What is the goal of the study tour? We want to acquaint participants and ourselves with the upcoming Brazilian industry and technology. Besides that we want to experience the Brazilian culture and see the beautiful nature. What is Thor? The e.t.s.v. Thor is the student association of the department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven, University of Technology. Thor was founded in 1957, in the same year as the university itself. Thor organizes activities that bring students in direct contact with the engineering industry. In this capacity, Thor regularly organizes study tours to give the students an insight into the international electrical engineering and automotive industry. In 2011 there was a successful trip to Japan, in 2009 to China and past study tours have included destinations such as Scandinavia, the Czech Republic and South Africa. When will this study tour take place? The Prosperando study tour will take place in the summer of 2014. Who will participate? The study tour is meant for bachelor and master students of Electrical Engineering or Automotive who are a member of the student association Thor. We will go with 32 people, i.e. 23 students, 7 members of the organizing committee and 2 guides from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven, University of Technology.

Recap de JaneiroAs we are travelling to Foz do Iguaçu from Rio de Janeiro, let's take some time to reflect.The past eigh...
24/07/2014

Recap de Janeiro

As we are travelling to Foz do Iguaçu from Rio de Janeiro, let's take some time to reflect.
The past eight days have been very intense and full of impressions. Rio has turned out to be a city of contrasts. Lots of rich people live in big houses behind locked iron gates, while homeless people sleep on the sidewalks. The world-famous beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema are, at some places, just a few hundred meters away from favelas. The Brazilian efficiency (which has given an entire new dimension to the word slow) is compensated by friendliness of the people towards strangers. In spite of language challenges, the people are proud to talk of their culture and history.
I think that I can speak for all of us that one of the highlights definitely was the favela tour and the story that goes with it. The two famous sights of Rio, Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain, can also be ticked off of our bucket list. From the engineering side, it was very impressive to see the influence of fossil fuels companies like Petrobras in the research industry and university. Even in the renewable energy research, their influence could still be felt. The warm welcome at UFRJ and our many (de-)tours on University Island and showed that this was a really pleasant environment to work.
All in all, our first stop in Brazil has left us looking forward very much for the next stop.

Foz do Iguaçu, here we come!

If you want to know more about our trip and our activities in Rio and the rest of the tour, please visit http://prosperando.thor.edu/.

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