Development of new technologies and new products aimed at increasing productivity, reducing waste and emissions of pollutants, thereby enabling sustainable development.
O Instituto Atlantis é uma organizacão privada, sem fins lucrativos e totalmente independente. Não recebemos qualquer tipo de subsídios públicos provenientes de governos municipais, estaduais ou federais, seja do Brasil ou de qualquer outro país.
Todos os recursos utilizados na administração da organização, na manutenção da sede e dos laboratórios, pagamento de insumos, pagamento de funcionários e pesquisadores vinculados, manutenção do programa de bolsas e na condução das atividades diárias, provém da venda de projetos e serviços para clientes de diversos ramos.
Nossa atividade mais recompensadora, tanto financeira como cientificamente, é o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias e novos produtos que visam o aumento da produtividade, a diminuição de desperdícios, a diminuição de emissões de poluentes e o desenvolvimento sustentável, para empresas de engenharia e industrias do setor de energia e óleo & gás.
Established in December 5, 2005, the Atlantis Institute was initially conceived as an organization that is dedicated to raise funds to support scientific projects of oceanography and related sciences.
The idea was born within the LENOC group (Numerical Experimentation Laboratory of Oceanography) of the Federal University of Rio Grande. A professor and four students working with numerical models for simulation of ocean dynamics had difficulty in approving projects in the public funding system and decided to create a private institute.
Established in December 5, 2005, the Atlantis Institute was initially conceived as an organization that is dedicated to raise funds to support scientific projects of oceanography and related sciences.
The idea was born within the LENOC group (Numerical Experimentation Laboratory of Oceanography) of the Federal University of Rio Grande. A professor and four students working with numerical models for simulation of ocean dynamics had difficulty in approving projects in the public funding system and decided to create a private institute.
The numerical simulation of the ocean dynamics is one of the sciences known as "hard sciences" which includes pure mathematics, physics, computer science, astronomy, physical oceanography, meteorology and others, which require a lot of dedication, a lot of patience, a lot of implementation, installation and integration of computer systems, coding of equations of motion and other physics equations, code compiling in Linux systems with shared and distributed memory, and so it takes time for a new group to become productive, to publish its results and so have access to the public funding system. In order to become productive, the group needed high-performance machines, which cost expensive. Without approving projects, the group could not buy high performance computers, and without computers, could not develop scientific results and that deserved to be publish, and therefore did not approve projects.
That is a challenging situation ...
But the group faced the challenge and started doing consultancy for engineering companies, and so the money to purchase high performance computers began to enter. That is how we established the Atlantis Institute, which is operating in the consultancy market and development of R&D projects since 2005.
Part of the funds has always been dedicated to support the Atlantis scholarship program, which pays stipends to students in various universities.
After 10 years of experience in the city of Rio Grande, RS, the group decided to modernize and expand its activities, and so came the need to be located in a larger city which can offer access to larger markets and more options in the financial/economical system. So the group moved to the city of Curitiba, PR.
Promote scientific and technological knowledge that enables the progress of human society while maintaining lower levels of carbon emissions and other pollutants.
Pursue the minimization of the effects of human activities on the planet, its climate and its ecosystems.
• Environmental impact of deep water constructions
• Environmental impact of harbour constructions and navigation channels
• Local Emergency Plans and Area Emergency Plans (deep water and coastal)
• Simulation of location alternatives and morphological alternatives for coastal works (jetties, embankments, dredging, piers and port terminals, shipping channels)
• Mitigation/compensation plans for coastal constructions
• Analysis of data sampled in the ocean or atmosphere: quality control/quality assurance
• Re-analyses of sampled data and model data
• Assimilation of re-analysis data into ocean circulation models
• Modelos de Ondas e Marés
• Ocean circulation
• Sediments and Turbidity currents
• Water quality/sewage plumes
• Assessment of physical aspects of environment (meteorology, climatology, oceanography) to compose Environmental Assessment
• Operational models for simulation and forecast of ocean circulation
• Experiments with chemical dispersants
• Experiments with Biodegrading bacteria
• Simulation of oil dispersion in the ocean
• Biodegradation
• Oil Weathering
• Chemical characterization of oil
• Simulation of oild spill contingency
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• Resiliency of mangrove and coral reefs to oil spills
Email: ivan.soares@atlantis.org.br
Pessoa de contato: Ivan Soares