2023

Year 2021 IES PUCESM Organization INBAR Amount Awarded $40,000.00 Problem: Improve living conditions in terms of infrastructure in Manabí through social housing to reach all sectors affected by the 2016 earthquake. Solution Manabí post-earthquake sustainable architecture project that seeks design prototypes of sustainable social housing with bamboo.

Year 2021 IES ESPOL Organization CECAO Awarded Amount $40,000.00 Problem: Improve the fermentation processes of national cocoa to maintain its properties. Solution Application of a controlled fermentation process of national Trinitarian cocoa using a starter culture dormant by indigenous microorganisms that maximize the production of aroma compounds in the beans.

Year 2021 IES ESPOL Organization GEOENGINEERING Amount Awarded $12,000.00 Problem: Generate a more optimal production in Haciendo Naranjo Quinteros in the current 36 Has of sugar cane. Solution Boost sugarcane production at the Naranjo Quinteros Ranch by selecting more productive hybrids and modernizing the fertilization program.

Year 2020 IES ESPOL Organization BIODYNAMICS Amount Awarded $15,182.08 Problem: During shrimp production, almost half of the feed supplied is wasted because there is no way to know its size and weight due to the turbidity of the water. Solution Create a non-invasive biomass estimation technology using acoustic signals for aquatic environments.

Year 2020 IES UDA Organization TRATURAL Amount Awarded $19,674.00 Problem: In the automotive sector there are very few products made in Ecuador, with high costs for students and society in general. Solution National manufacturing of an economical electric motorcycle, with functional characteristics, using electricity as a source of renewable energy for mobility.

Year 2020 IES ESPE Highspeed Organization Awarded Amount $39,600.00 Problem: There is currently a lot of insecurity in child mobility in Ecuador. Solution Smart stops will be created in bus and transport cooperatives, which provide real-time information on their arrival time through an application. This will allow the implementation of mechanisms for a

Year 2020 IES IKIAM Organization Magic Flavors Awarded Amount $32,488.00 Problem: The use of waste from the cocoa activity is not used to generate innovative Ecuadorian products Solution Obtain high quality functional extracts from the waste from the cocoa activity of Kichwa communities. These extracts must present a benefit

Year 2020 IES UTA Alimentarte Organization Awarded Amount $6,000.00 Problem: To consume the Andean Lupine, (chocho), it must go through a “debittering” process that eliminates the alkaloid, which consumes approximately 63 liters of water and this generates high losses of solids. Currently, the traditional debittering method affects the level of digestibility of the