General Objective: Prepare water-based drilling fluids using biopolymers and 2D nanoparticles such as graphene sheets or 2D nano-clays (vermiculite). Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: YACHAY, EPN, ESPE. Participants: Project Director Eng. Camilo Zamora Ledezma, PhD. Awarded budget: $37872 Project status: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Determine the germination ecology of native species of Páramo focused on propagation and in situ management for restoration. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UC, UDA, UCE, FONAG. Participants: Project Director Ing. Ximena Palomeque, PhD. Awarded budget: $45608 Project status: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Determine the occurrence and impact of emerging pollutants in Esmeraldas rivers, and evaluate the development of an alternative for their removal. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UCE, PUCE, IKIAM, UDA. Participants: Project Director Ing. Verónica Patricia Pinos Vélez, PhD. Awarded budget: $55,920 Project status: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Develop a teaching system based on immersive technologies which contain 3D virtual environments, allowing sensory immersion and interaction of multiple users to facilitate the teaching-learning process, in order to generate meaningful learning. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPE, ESPOCH, UTA, UTI. Participants: Project Director Eng. Jessica S. Ortiz,
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General Objective: Integrate new technologies for the design of cognitive solutions in assisted living environments for older adults: evaluation of attention and memory areas. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UCE, UDA, ESPE, UTI. Participants: Project Director Ing. Irene Priscila Cedillo Orellana, PhD. Awarded budget: $61,886.54 Project status: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Strengthen farm biosecurity measures for the prevention of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 4 tropical in Ecuador. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: ESPOL, ESPE, PUCE, AGROCALIDAD. Participants: Project Director Eng. Freddy Magdame, PhD. Awarded budget: $60112 Status of the project: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Design and implement a comprehensive system composed of a physical-chemical pre-treatment connected in series to a sulfate-reducing bioreactor on a pilot scale for the treatment of acid rock drainage from metal mining activities in Ecuador. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: USFQ, ESPE, UTA. Participants: Project Director Ing. Valeria Ochoa Herrera PhD.
General Objective: To evaluate the use of mitochondria transplantation to improve tissue regeneration of a cutaneous surgical wound in preclinical trials. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: USFQ, UPS, UTN, BIOCELLS. Participants: Director of the MD project. Francisco Cabrera, Ph.D. Awarded budget: $63072 Project status: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Evaluate biosorption and membrane technologies for the removal of manganese from the catchment water of the Tixán Potabilization Plant, considering environmental, technical and economic aspects. Specific Objectives Participating Institutions: UC, UEA, UTA, ETAPA. Participants: Project Director Eng. Mayra Vera, PhD. Awarded budget: $50,855 Project status: Signing of agreements.
General Objective: Determine the physical-chemical, functional and bioactivity characteristics of two ecotypes of grafted and control tree tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) at different maturity rates. For this, fruits at different degrees of maturity will be collected and the parameters established in the NTE INEN 1909.2009 Standard will be measured on the fruit. The functional compounds
