A brief overview of Materials Science in Uruguay. (15th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aguiar, Ivana; Arizaga, Livia; Botasini, Santiago; De León, María Andrea; Favre, Sofia; Pérez Barthaburu, María Eugenia; Rodríguez, Mauricio; Romero, Mariano; Silva, Mariana
• Is Part Of: MRS advances. Volume 3:Number 61(2018)
• Page Start: 3535
• Page End: 3541
• Publication Date: 2018-11-15
• Subjects: education, -- outreach, -- government policy and funding; Electrical engineering -- Congresses; Physics -- Congresses; Materials -- Research -- Congresses; Materials science -- Congresses; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1557/adv.2018.615
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2059-8521

Abstract

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 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.