Upcoming Virtual Events in Region 9
- Reunión JD UES - Noviembre 20/11/2024Reunión informativa con la nueva junta directiva para ver actividades de fin de año.
- 1ras Jornadas Academicas en Ingenieria Biomedica 20/11/2024La Facultad de Ingeniería tiene el honor de invitarte al lanzamiento de las Primeras Jornadas Académicas en Ingeniería Biomédica, un evento único diseñado para explorar y compartir avances innovadores en el campo de la salud y la tecnología.Este evento es una excelente oportunidad para aprender, conectar y ser parte de la comunidad que está transformando […]
- Reunión de Planificación 20/11/2024Planificacion de Nexstep y planificacion del proximo funding
- "INSIGHTS FROM GLOBAL LEADERS" A Webinar Series for Shaping the Future of Young Engineers through Global Perspectives on Robotics and Career Pathways" 19/11/2024This exclusive webinar series brings together global leaders in robotics and innovation to inspire and guide the next generation of engineers. The event is designed to provide a platform for young engineers to gain insights into the latest advancements in robotics, career opportunities, and emerging trends shaping the future of technology. Through engaging discussions and […]
- IEEE CS Byte2Solution Challenge {Training} 18/11/2024IEEE CS Byte2Solution Challenge is a competition designed to highlight and develop innovative talent in the fields of technology and computer science. Following the success of the first edition held in Barranquilla at Universidad Simón Bolívar, this event has become a space for learning, creativity, and collaboration. This time, students will have the opportunity to […]
IEEE Spectrum
- Scary Stories: Establishing a Field Amid SkepticismIn the spirit of the Halloween season, IEEE Spectrum presents a pair of stories that—although grounded in scientific truth rather than the macabre—were no less harrowing for those who lived them. In today’s installment, Robert Langer had to push back against his field’s conventional wisdom to pioneer a drug-delivery mechanism vital to modern medicine.Nicknamed the […]
- For this Stanford Engineer, Frugal Invention Is a CallingManu Prakash spoke with IEEE Spectrum shortly after returning to Stanford University from a month aboard a research vessel off the coast of California, where he was testing tools to monitor oceanic carbon sequestration. The associate professor conducts fieldwork around the world to better understand the problems he’s working on, as well as the communities […]
- Gandhi Inspired a New Kind of EngineeringThis article is part of our special report, “Reinventing Invention: Stories from Innovation’s Edge.” The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi were arguably India’s greatest contribution to the 20th century. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar has borrowed some of that wisdom to devise a frugal new form of innovation he calls “Gandhian engineering.” Coming from humble beginnings, Mashelkar is […]
- Crop Parasites Can Be Deterred by “Electric Fences”Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil.Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots.It is microscopic, but it’s […]
- Dean Kamen Says Inventing Is Easy, but Innovating Is HardThis article is part of our special report, “Reinventing Invention: Stories from Innovation’s Edge.” Over the past 20 years, technological advances have enabled inventors to go from strength to strength. And yet, according to the legendary inventor Dean Kamen, innovation has stalled. Kamen made a name for himself with inventions including the first portable insulin […]