Santiago Ruilova

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Identify biogeochemical and hydrological processes in wetlands with stable isotope techniques in the moor and the Amazon of southern Ecuador to propose conservation lines and eventual generation of pubic policy. Specific objectives Participating institutions: UTA, UCACUE, University of Bayreuth. Participants: Project Director Gustavo Chacón Vintimilla, PHD. In biology - UDA. Budget […]

General Objective: The general objective of this project is to evaluate microbial surfactants (MST) isolated from Ecuadorian Bacillus strains for the development of sustainable cleaning systems and thus, potentially, replace the synthetic surfactants LAS and SLES. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UTA, ESPE. Participants: Project Director Jonathan Ricardo Coronel León, PhD. In Biotechnology – ESPOL.

General Objective: Develop a collaborative control scheme that allows multiple aerial manipulator robots to optimally maneuver, in order to execute autonomous and tele-operated tasks that require both navigation and manipulation capabilities. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPE, ESPOCH, UNACH, UTI, UIDE, Central University of Venezuela. Participants: Project Director Jorge Sánchez, MSc. In Teaching

General Objective: Physically-chemically characterize and bioactivity tests of Andean floral species with nutritional potential and preventive effect on certain human diseases. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UPS, UTE, UTA, INIAP, University of Seville. Participants: Project Director Elena del Rocío Coyago Cruz, PhD. Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Sustainable Rural Development Engineering – UPS. Awarded budget: $74,400 State

General Objective: Study and characterize the emergent behaviors in complex systems subject to the influence of two global fields, one field generated by an external forcing and another internal or autonomous. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: YACHAY TECH, PUCE. Participants: Project Director Orlando Alvarez Llamoza, PhD. – UCACUE. Awarded budget: $37,931 Project status: Signing of agreements.

General Objective: Establish the possible relationship between changes in electromagnetic fields and the premonitory activity of volcanic eruptions, through the study and measurement of the electromagnetic radiation levels existing when there is seismic and/or volcanic activity. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: EPN, UPS, USFQ. Participants: Project Director Wilson Enríquez, MSc. – EPN. Awarded budget: $67768 State

General Objective: Determine, through bioinformatic analysis, the temporal alterations of the differential proteome and methylome between papaya plants infected and not infected by the BbMV potexvirus and relate them to the changes of other molecular groups through a systems biology approach. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UNEMI. Participants: Project Director Carlos Noceda, PhD. – ESPE.

General Objective: Develop new models for the recognition of 5 or more hand gestures using electromyographic (EMG) signals and artificial intelligence techniques with a high degree of classification and recognition accuracy and low computational cost in terms of processing time. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: EPN, ESPE, UTA. Participants: Project Director Benalcázar Palacios

General Objective: Establish protocols for the acquisition of biomechanical, ergonomic, anthropometric, clinical-postural, anthropological and clothing design data to study the cause of spinal deviations in indigenous women who use chumbi. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UTA, UTN. UTPL. Participants: Project Director Thalía San Antonio, Ph.D. in Engineering – UTA. Awarded budget: $54,300 State of the

General Objective: Study biopolymer fibers, natural and safe supplements, determining their effectiveness as immunostimulants, in order to improve the resistance of P. vannamei shrimp to acute hepatopancreatic necrosis (AHPND). Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UPS, UDA, UCACUE. Participants: Project Director Luis Javier Serpa Andrade, Electronics Engineer – UPS. Awarded budget: $47,600 Project status: Signature of