Abstract
The Sorocaba-UNESP Institute of Science and Technology, originally created as a "Sorocaba / Iperó Differentiated Unit", was established at a meeting of the University Council of UNESP on August 29, 2002, as part of the vacancy expansion plan proposed by Prof. Dr. José Carlos Souza Trindade, Rector of Unesp at the time. The Institute started its activities in August 2003 and today has two …