The Portuguese Society of Rheology



The Portuguese Society of Rheology

founded 1997	member of the European Society of Rheology

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GENERAL INFORMATION

About the Society
			An invitation to join
The Portuguese Society of Rheology (Sociedade Portuguesa de Reologia) is a non-profit technical scientific and cultural association, possessing legal personality, with no definite term. The Portuguese Society of Rheology was founded in 1997 to bring together individuals, both from the academic and industrial fields, as well as organisations with mutual interests on the science of flow and deformation of materials, to promote and propagate rheology within the national scientific community, to improve the dissemination of knowledge on the field, and to facilitate and develop international collaboration with partners having similar purposes. Materials of interest include, among many others, polymers, foods, paints, biological fluids, and pharmaceutical products. Below we state 4 main objectives for the Society action, taken from the Society by-laws: * Actions for the stimulation of scientific and technical research, training and specialization; * The promotion of technical and scientific meetings, to stimulate and develop the cooperation and partnership among its members or in cooperation with other similar associations; * The diffusion of technical and scientific documentation; * The affiliation into international organisations of similar nature. Actually, the SPR is member of the European Society of Rheology and the International Committee of Rheology.		In order to build a broad rheological forum where academia and industry can meet, share and discuss ideas to their mutual benefit, we need your participation. The Sociedade Portuguesa de Reologia cordially invites all those interested on rheology to join SPR and to contribute to promote and propagate rheology at all levels. Members enjoy the benefits of receiving SPR newsletter, propagating rheological information through the SPR means, easier contacts with other national and international rheologists, conference discounts, etc. In addition, student members benefit from the possibility to apply for the Annual Doctoral Prize and for conference/travel grants. Please join the SPR! We need you. 2008 annual fees: Full members - 25 А Student members - 15 А Collective members - 100 А ficha de inscriчуo ╗╗ лл membership application form


		Estatutos da SPR (pdf) ╗╗
			лл The society by-laws are available in pdf format


History
The Portuguese Society of Rheology was formally constituted on December 11, 1997 (VAT number 504 030 108). The Installing Committee of the SPR was constituted by Profs. Antєnio C. Diogo (Technical University of Lisbon), President, Josщ Covas (University of Minho), Pilar Gonчalves (University of Porto) and the late M. Frias (Lisbon). The Constitution of the Portuguese Society of Rheology was approved at the first electoral meeting held in Porto on May 7, 1998. According to the Constitution of the SPR, any individual or entity which has applied for membership before May 7, 1998 was considered as founder member of the Society. The list of founder members included 68 individuals and collective entities. The first Council Boards were also elected on May 7, 1998. The General Meeting of May 7, 1998, approved (by unanimity) the application of the Portuguese Society of Rheology for membership of the International Committee of Rheology and of the European Society of Rheology. The first Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Rheology took place in Lisbon, February 18, 1999. Also in 1999, the SPR cooperated with the Italian Society of Rheology, the Spanish Rheology Group and the Hellenic Society of Rheology in the organisation of the Southern Europe Conference on Rheology, held in Falerna Lido (Calabria, Italy), September 7-11. The second Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Rheology occurred in Porto, April 7-8, 2000. The third Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Rheology occurred in Mirandela, April 26-28, 2001. In 2002, the SPR cooperated with the British Society of Rheology, the Italian Society of Rheology and the Spanish Rheology Group in the organisation of the Join Meeting of British, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Rheologists, held in Torremolinos (Mсlaga, Spain), April 24-26, 2002. In 2003, the AERC 2003 Conference was organised by the Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal), on behalf of the Portuguese Society of Rheology. The AERC 2003 took place at Guimarуes, Portugal, September 11-13. The conference was attended by 260 participants from 36 countries. In 2004, the Portuguese Society of Rheology and the Spanish Group of Rheology joined efforts organizing the Iberian Rheology Meeting IBEREO'04, which took place in Beja (Alentejo, Portugal) from 9 to 11 September.



Officers
*Council of the Portuguese Society of Rheology (after November, 2006)*
*Executive Board*		*General Meeting Council* President Anabela Raymundo Instituto Piaget, Campus Universitсrio de Almada e-mail ╗ 1st Secretary Bartolomeu Alvarenga Instituto Politщcnico de Beja, Escola Superior Agrсria e-mail ╗ 2nd Secretary Isabel Afonso Inst Politщcnico de Viana do Castelo, Esc Sup de Tecnologia e Gestуo e-mail ╗ *Auditing Board* President Joуo Dias de Sousa Dias de Sousa Lda, Pєvoa de Sta. Iria e-mail ╗ 1st Officer Maria de Fсtima Piteira Tintas Dyrup S.A., Sacavщm e-mail ╗ 2nd Officer Cristiana Nunes Instituto Piaget, Campus Universitсrio de Almada e-mail ╗
President Isabel Maria Nunes de Sousa Technical University of Lisbon, Inst Sup Agronomia, Dep Food Science Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal Tel: +351 21 3653246 * Fax: +351 21 3653200 e-mail ╗ web link ╗ Vice President Joуo M. Lopes Maia University of Minho, Department of Polymer Engineering 4800-058 Guimarуes, Portugal Tel: +351 253 510245 * Fax: +351 253 510249 e-mail ╗ web link ╗ Secretary Josщ A. Lopes da Silva University of Aveiro, Department of Chemistry 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Tel: +351 234 370360 * Fax: +351 234 370084 e-mail ╗ web link ╗
*Past-president* Professor Antєnio Correia Diogo Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Instituto Superior Tщcnico Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal E-mail: acdiogo@ist.utl.pt Tel: +351 21 8418132/135 * Fax: +351 21 8418132 e-mail ╗ web link ╗




Contacts
General SPR affairs / Courses and Meetings policy Isabel Sousa		Membership / Treasurer / Webmaster Josщ A. Lopes da Silva

International relationships / ICR and ESR representative Joуo M. Lopes Maia		*Editorial affairs* to be defined



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