Santiago Ruilova

Year 2021 IES UCUENCA Organization EMAC EP Amount Awarded $40,000.00 Problem: It is required to modernize the design for an adaptive plant with a circular economy approach with a prior study of machinery, equipment and resources to treat WEEE in the canton of Cuenca Solution Generate an adaptive design of a plant with a circular economy approach for

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.