1. NDS-Design and Sustainability Research Center:

The mission of the Design & Sustainability Research Center at UFPR is to develop and disseminate knowledge on sustainable design. The objective is to make the NDS a center of international reference on the subject until 2010. Our main activities include research projects (always carried out in partnership with representatives of society in order to obtain results with practical and scientific validity), extension activities, generation of didactic and pedagogical tools to support teaching in graduate and post- Degree in Design.

The research group is focused on conducting research in design for sustainability and innovation in products and services, with the infrastructure: 01 own room with furniture for use of equipment and discussion of research; 08 lap-tops computers PC.05 , 01 tablet, 01 HP A3 printer leisure Samsung 01; data show, CATIA software, Rhynocheros 3D Studio.

2. LAI-DI, Laboratory for Interactive Animation and Design of Information:

The LAI (Laboratory for Interactive Animation) was built from the project CNPq 552173/2002-9 Institutional Process, called LudicLearning. This project, developed and supported by faculty from the Department of Design and the Graduate Program in Construction, has as main mission the development of tools to support teaching of computer graphics-based entertainment environments, which incorporate design concepts and implementation of computer games.

The research group is devoted to research on animation, and digital and analog artifacts from the standpoint of information design and interaction, with the infrastructure: 01 own room with furniture for use of equipment and discussion of research, 01 computer PC touch screen, tablet galaxy 01, and 2 iPods.

http://www.design.ufpr.br/lai/

3. Laberge-Laboratory Ergonomics:

The group UFPR Ergonomics is a multidisciplinary research group that has sought to develop research on the human system interfaces / technology focused on the industrial sector. Its main objective is the application of techniques and methods of ergonomic evaluation through software simulation-oriented products and industrial processes. The research group has focused efforts in the following areas: human simulation, Usability of products, analysis of work activity and Product Engineering.

this is integrated with and PPGDesign PGMec UFPR, earmarking funds for both programs, and thus meeting the teachers, masters and doctoral students in the areas of design and mechanical engineering. Its infrastructure: 01 own room with furniture for use of equipment and discussion of research; 04 PC computers, 02 printers / scan machines forográficas 04, 01 lux meter, load cell 01 / dynamometer.

http://demec.ufpr.br/laboratorios/ergonomia/index.htm

4. Laboratory of Image and 3D: This is dedicated to prototyping and modeling supporting both research and teaching in design, and providing: (a) room for rapid prototyping and 3D scanner (8th floor), (b) the computer room to supporteducational and scientific modeling to virtual (8th floor), (c) a room for modeling (12th floor), (e) a joinery (12th floor). It is worth mentioning that with the efforts supported by the Department of Design Dean UFPR to joiners suffered structural reform in 2010 expanding its physical infrastructure. In infrastructure facilities are available: 01 rapid prototyping machine EGX 300 (Roland), 01 3D Scanner (Arm Cimcore STINGER II) with a license acquired software CATIA and Rhynocheros, 01 computer support prototyping process. These facilities are available for scanning and manipulating three-dimensional objects, thus expanding the expertise available for research activities that require modeling and prototyping. In 2010 it was made an important acquisition for the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory: Scanner ZCorp. Trmata is u portable 3D laser scanner, designed to provide high-resolution 3D images at an economical price. The Scanner ZCorp has a sampling rate of 18,000 measurements per second and is equipped with two cameras. Has a resolution of 0.1 mm and XY accuracy up to 80 microns. Exports 3D scanner for LAD. FBX, MA, OBJ, PLY, STL, TXT, WRL, X3D, X3DZ, files. ZPR. It uses FireWire for data transfer and as a source of energia.ZScan (R) Lite, included with the scanner, automatically generates a file. STL for import into a CAD software package or output to a 3D printer 3D. In 2010 obtained the approval of design features subject to public notice FINEP 07/2009. In these features there is the approval of the acquisition of three more lap-tops and, very importantly, a 3D printer VFlash. In the same year obtained the approval of the approved project CNPq (556197/2009-7) for a portable scanner for fast applications.

 

5. Ceramic Laboratory: With funding from Project FINEP Sebrae / Notice 2006, in partnership with the Federal Technological University of Paraná and Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa were acquired the following equipment for the improvement of the Laboratory of the Department of Ceramic Design UFPR: 2 lathes standing for clay, a ceramic mixer, personal protective equipment, laboratory glassware, supplies to work with plaster, office consumables, plaster molds for execution.

It should also stress that are available to masters and teachers of PPGDesign the laboratory analysis of materials (LAMIR), and laboratory materials DEMCO located in the Technology UFPR.