IDi XVII 2022

General Objective: Obtaining a PCM and NEPCM based on sacha inchi seed oil and inclusion of titanium and silicon oxides, obtained from local raw materials. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: EPN, UTEQ, UIDE, PUCE, UISEK. Participants: Project Director Andrés Gabriel Chico Proaño Awarded Budget: $19,300.00 Project Status: Completed

General Objective: Explore the perspectives of adolescents and young people on knowledge, communication and interpretation of sexual consent and rejection. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UCUENCA, UDA, UNAE. Participants: Project Director Jessica Ercilia Castillo Ñúñez Awarded Budget: $40,700.00 Project Status: Completed

General Objective: Design a multidisciplinary class/course proposal/model within the curricular planning of the Civil Engineering careers of the Ecuadorian National Higher Education System, based on an approach from Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies. , which allows improving the current training of civil engineers, through complementarity

General Objective: Determine the prevalence and effect on the production and quality of fruits of the CVX and SchVX viruses in pitahaya crops in Ecuador. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: ESPOL, ESPOCH, ESPAM. Participants: Project Director Lisbeth del Rocío Espinoza Lozano Awarded budget: $46,750.00 Project status: Completed

General Objective: Develop a Digital platform in the Year 2023 that allows you to accurately determine the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and find the value of a company or venture, considering its own characteristics and those of the macro and micro environment in which it operates. MSMEs develop. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UCUENCA, UDA, UNACH.

General Objective: Develop a platform based on GQDs for the efficient transport of genes and drugs applied in in vitro models of tumors with the highest incidence in Ecuador. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTE, EPN, UTA. Participants: Project Director Rebeca Eugenia González Pastor Awarded Budget: $38,500.00 Project Status: Completed

General Objective: Develop new bioplastics applicable in the plastic industry of Ecuador through the use of low-cost and natural plasticizers and solvents identified by virtual screening with computational tools. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: USFQ, EPN, UTA. Participants: Project Director Frank Alexis Awarded Budget: $46,750.00 Project Status: Completed

General Objective: Design the prototype of a generalized software tool for decision making based on artificial intelligence that allows establishing commercial and/or business strategies. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UCUENCA, UCE, UCACUE, UTPL. Participants: Project director JORGE ARTURO CAMPOVERDE CAMPOVERDE Awarded budget: $40,800.00 Project status: Completed

General Objective: Validate the “Taptana Cañari Pedagogical Proposal and the value of solidarity” as a didactic, pedagogical and innovative resource that favors the development of the interdisciplinary learning process for the formation of critical and reflective citizens. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UNAE, IKIAM, UCE. Participants: Project Director Marco Vinicio Vásquez Bernal Project Status:

General Objective: Analyze the levels of response to medical emergencies in a zoned territory, by analyzing travel times implicit in the spatial distribution of health services and ambulance stations. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UCUENCA, UDA, ESPOCH Participants: Project Director Elina María Avila Ordóñez. Awarded budget: $28,772.22 Project status: Completed