{"id":11639,"date":"2024-12-09T22:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aniu.org.uy\/sin-categorizar\/aniu-celebrated-the-16th-edition-of-the-annual-awards-to-uruguayan-engineering\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T12:46:45","slug":"aniu-celebrated-the-16th-edition-of-the-annual-awards-to-uruguayan-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/news\/aniu-celebrated-the-16th-edition-of-the-annual-awards-to-uruguayan-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"ANIU celebrated the 16th edition of the Annual Awards to Uruguayan Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a ceremony held on December 2, 2024, the National Academy of Engineering of Uruguay (ANIU) awarded the prizes corresponding to its traditional Annual Competitions, highlighting the best doctoral, master\u2019s and final degree theses.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, selected audiovisuals of outstanding works were shown.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/academia-nacional-de-ingenieria\/albums\/72177720322467152\/player\/\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The ceremony began with remarks by the President of the Academy, Acad. Eng. Julio Fern\u00e1ndez Odella, who highlighted the <strong>continuous growth in the quality of the works presented<\/strong> and underlined the importance of recognizing the academic and professional efforts of the new generations of Uruguayan engineers. \u201cThe Academy considers that it is very important to try to <strong>contribute to the training of engineers<\/strong>, not only at the undergraduate and graduate level, as it is in this competition, but also trying to attract more young talents to understand the engineering profession and dedicate themselves to it,\u201d said Eng. Fern\u00e1ndez. During the ceremony, prizes and mentions were awarded to the best research in the following categories:<\/p>\n<h2>PhD Thesis:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Franz Mayr Ojeda<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Active Learning of Regular Languages as an Approach to Neural Language Models Verification<br \/>\nCategory: Computer Science <strong>Jorge Visca<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Opportunistic Network Modelling and Algorithms<br \/>\nCategory: Computer Science <strong>Rodolfo Mart\u00edn de Mattos Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Modelado, simulaci\u00f3n y optimizaci\u00f3n del proceso de extracci\u00f3n para la obtenci\u00f3n de extractos con alto valor a\u00f1adido a partir de orujo de uva<br \/>\nCategory: Chemistry <strong>Florencia Blasina<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Development of a Hail Sensor Based on Acoustic Techniques<br \/>\nCategory: Electrical <strong>Linder Alejandro Reyes Mart\u00ednez<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: All Inversion Region Design Based on gm=ID: the Non-linear Case of a Wake-up Receiver Radio Frequency<br \/>\nCategory: Electrical<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Salomone Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Thermodynamic modeling in finite time for energy storage systems associated to heat pumps<br \/>\nCategory: Energy <strong>Mauro D\u2019Angelo Taibo<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Analysis of personal exposure to environmental contaminants in Montevideo<br \/>\nCategory: Environmental <strong>Mar\u00eda In\u00e9s Cabot Lujambio<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of citrus production in Uruguay through life cycle analysis<br \/>\nCategory: Agricultural Sciences Food technology and management <strong>Daniel Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez Torres<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Extraction and cycling of nutrients in plantations of Eucalyptus sp. in Uruguay and its effect on the sustainability of the production system<br \/>\nCategory: Agricultural Sciences Soils <strong>C\u00e9sar Gustavo Pereyra Alpuin<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Evaluation of site-specific management practices to reduce the heterogeneity in grapevine vigor, yield, and grape composition<br \/>\nCategory: Agricultural Sciences Plants<\/p>\n<h3>Doctoral Thesis \u2013 Mention<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alejandra de Vera<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Improvements in the hydrological forecasting system by assemblies of the electrical system simulator in Uruguay<br \/>\nCategory: Applied fluid mechanics <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Federico Goycochea Freire<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Optimization of thermal hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion for the sustainable management of sludge in the cellulose industry<br \/>\nCategory: Chemistry<\/p>\n<h2>Master\u2019s Thesis<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mar\u00eda Sof\u00eda P\u00e9rez Casulo<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: LASE: Learned Adjacency Spectral Embeddings<br \/>\nCategory: Data Science and Machine Learning<\/p>\n<h3>Master\u2019s Thesis \u2013 Mention<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Andr\u00e9s Vignolo Cortabarr\u00eda<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Indoor airflows and risk of airborne contagion of diseases CHAM\u00c1N for assessing modelling strategies<br \/>\nCategory: Applied fluid mechanics <strong>Santiago Agust\u00edn Correa Lazo<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Numerical simulation of horizontal axis wind turbine dynamics<br \/>\nCategory: Mechanics <strong>Leonardo Mart\u00ednez Hornak<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Eye tracking techniques and prototype development for accessibility<br \/>\nCategory: Electrical <strong>Romina Silvano Camarotte<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Introduction of minimum energy efficiency standards in Uruguay<br \/>\nCategory: Energy <strong>Mateo Nogueira<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Construction of tools to contribute to the analysis of the O.C.O.A. archives<br \/>\nCategory: Data Science and Machine Learning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fernanda Maldonado<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Detection of non-technical energy losses using deep learning models for multivariate time series<br \/>\nCategory: Data Science and Machine Learning<\/p>\n<h2>Final Degree Works<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Andr\u00e9s Juan, Marcelo P\u00e9rez, Federico Iglesias, Mateo Sciarra<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: wisello: Generative Artificial Intelligence-based Conversational Advice System for E-Commerce Platforms<br \/>\nCategory: Systems <strong>Alejo Garat, Juan Pedro da Silva, Mart\u00edn Iturbide<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Analysis, Evaluation and Improvement of Active Regular Inference Algorithms for Neural Sequence Acceptors<br \/>\nCategory: Systems <strong>Romina Bel\u00e9n Garc\u00eda Camargo, M\u00e1ximo Pirri Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Implementaci\u00f3n de un transmisor AIS de bajo costo basado en SDR<br \/>\nCategory: Communication Systems <strong>Lino Milesi, Luciano Rossi, Lucas Sellanes Fajardo<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Multipurpose Port in Punta Carretas<br \/>\nCategory: Civil Hydraulic-Environmental <strong>Dami\u00e1n Ferencz<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: A gradual type system with casts semantics for the Elixir language<br \/>\nCategory: Computing <strong>Julian O\u2019Flaherty, Rodrigo Paganini, Juan Pablo Sotelo Silva, Julieta Umpierrez<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: PhotoHolmes: Study and implementation of techniques for detecting forgeries in digital images<br \/>\nCategory: Electrical<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rom\u00e1n Demczylo, Diego Silva Piedra<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Mueller matrix microscopy for early diagnosis in complete biological tissue samples<br \/>\nCategory: Mathematical, Electrical Physics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mart\u00edn Dante Francia Camacho<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Intra-annual characterization of the average temperature of the soil covered at 5 and 10 cm depth, based on satellite information, for Uruguay<br \/>\nCategory: Agricultural Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luciana Viera<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Evaluation of resistance to bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, in advanced potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) germplasm<br \/>\nCategory: Agricultural Sciences<\/p>\n<h3>Final Degree Works \u2013 Mention<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mat\u00edas Regina, Clara Segovia<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Use of microalgae in the sustainable management of dairy effluents<br \/>\nCategory: Biotechnology <strong>Juli\u00e1n Evia, Rodrigo Garc\u00eda, Josefina Schmidt<\/strong><br \/>\nTitle: Cancellation of artifacts in neurostimulators (CANE)<br \/>\nCategory: Electrical This recognition reaffirms ANIU\u2019s commitment to the promotion of academic excellence in the field of engineering.<\/p>\n<h2>Projection of outstanding audiovisuals<\/h2>\n<p>As part of the ceremony, selected audiovisuals of the awarded final degree works were screened, evidencing the high level of innovation and creativity of the young professionals: Mueller matrix microscopy for early diagnosis in complete biological tissue samples<br \/>\n(Authors: Rom\u00e1n Demczylo, Diego Silva Piedra) Multipurpose port in Punta Carretas<br \/>\n(Authors: Lino Milesi, Luciano Rossi, Lucas Sellanes Fajardo) Aerodynamic, mechanical and control design of a small-scale wind turbine based on a large-scale prototype with wind tunnel testing<br \/>\n(Authors: Francisco Galleto, Pedro Guarga, Santiago Vivas) Intra-annual characterization of the average soil temperature covered at 5 and 10 cm depth, based on satellite information, for Uruguay<br \/>\n(Author: Mart\u00edn Dante Francia Camacho)<\/p>\n<h2>Closing and fraternization<\/h2>\n<p>The event ended with a <strong>thank you to the evaluators, organizers and authors<\/strong> who were part of this edition of the competitions. ANIU also expressed its best wishes to the participants and encouraged them to <strong>continue contributing to the development of engineering<\/strong> in the country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Thesis and Final Paper Competition 2024\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1037641367?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nFinally, attendees were invited to a space for fellowship and to tour the STEM posters, an initiative of the interactive academic group ANCiU, ANIU and ANM, which promotes education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as a joint challenge. ANIU reaffirmed its <strong>commitment to the academic community<\/strong> and announced the next edition of the Annual Competitions 2025, inviting future participants to submit their work and projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a ceremony held on December 2, 2024, the National Academy of Engineering of Uruguay (ANIU) awarded the prizes corresponding to its traditional Annual Competitions, highlighting the best doctoral, master\u2019s and final degree theses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-en-2","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2022.aniu.org.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}