Guanajuato, Gto., November 11, 2016.- Fifty-two students from high school and from the University of Guanajuato (UG) were awarded during the award ceremony of the contest of Creativity and Innovation for their project of social, technological, environmental, cultural and artistic impact.

In this eleventh edition, from a total of 70 contesting projects, 24 from high school and 46 from higher education, where nearly 185 students and 40 professors participated, highlighted the creative and innovative work of the students that contribute to the technological, social and business development.

In front of academic and government authorities, and members of the student community; the first places were awarded in each of the categories: EcoLamp, in the category of Social Project, students from HS Salamanca; Balam Joyería Artesanal, in the category of Business Project, from HS Guanajuato.

From College, the winners were: Mentors UG, in the category Social Project, from students of the Division of Law, Politics and Government of Campus Guanajuato; Panoptic Mexico; in the category Business Project: New products, from the division of Natural and Exact Sciences of Campus Guanajuato; SOpLo – Optimal System of Localization, developed by students of the degree in Physics Engineering in the category of Business project: Services.

The awards consisted in recognitions for the winners, as well as an economic stimulus for the first three places: 15 grand for the first place, 10 grand for the second and 7,500 grand for the third place.

Responsible research and creative and innovative work of the new generations are two tools to face the moments of local and world crisis, assured during the award ceremony the General Coordinator of Academic Development at Campus Guanajuato, M.A. Gabriel Alejandro Andreu de Riquer, representing the rector of campus, Dr. Teresita de Jesús Rendón Huerta.

In this sense, added the scholar, every edition of the Contest of Creativity and Innovation allows to open a space for dialogue to plan multidisciplinary projects to local and international problems such as the environmental care, global diseases and energy topics.

On his part, the head of the Regional Office Bajio of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Lic. Alejandro Raúl Salas Domínguez, reminded that the University of Guanajuato is one of the four universities in the country with a larger number of patents in the year, hence, he invited all the students to reinforce the technological entrepreneurship and generate their own jobs, through the elaboration of patents that back each one of the products done in the classrooms.

Finally, the Director of Liaison at the University, Dr. Salvador Hernández Castro, said to be engaged to boost the technological projects who best fit the needs that haunt society, by approaching businesses that follow up with investment and advisory.

To the event also attended: The Rector of Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Dr. Armando Gallegos Muñoz; the Academic Secretary of Campus Celaya-Salvatierra, Dr. Silvia del Carmen Delgado Sandoval, representing the rector of Campus, Dr. Graciela María de la Luz Aguilar; the Coordinator of University Extension Campus Leon, M.A. Adrián Tenorio Núñez, representing the rector of campus, Dr. Carlos Hidalgo Valadez; and the Director of the High School College, M.A. Martha Oliva Gallaga Ortega.

The jury was formed by experts in each one of the categories from the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities (DCSH) Campus Leon; the Center of Superior Studies of Specialized Education (CESEE); Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM); Instituto de Financiamiento e Infromación para la Educación (EDUCAFIN); Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI); Centro de Investigaciones en ÓPtica (CIO); and independent consulting companies.

Winning projects by category

High School

1ST CATEGORY 1) SOCIAL PROJECT

1st place
Project: EcoLamp, students from HS Salamanca.
Students: Pablo Adrian Avelar Almanza, Sandra Julieta Vargas López, Nadia Ariadna & Ginory Balderas.
Advisor: Gonzalo Enrique Bernal Rivas.
Ascription: HS Salamanca.

2nd place
Project: Walking to science and culture, of HS Salvatierra.
Student responsible: André Omar Cano Barrera
Students: Daniel Alberto Barboza Hernández, Luis Antonio González Flores, Miguel Angel López Arenas.
Advisor: Guillermo Caballero Tinajero.
Ascription: HS Salvatierra.

3rd place
Project: Classical in uprising sun.
Student responsible: Uriel Maldonado Hernández.
Students: Ramses Maximiliano Ramírez Martínez.
Advisor: Blanca Leticia Martínez Medina.
Ascription: HS León.

2ND CATEGORY 2) BUSINESS PROJECT

1st place
Project: Balam Artisanal Jewelry
Represented by: Javier Yazbek Martínez.
Advisor: Rocío Menchaca Rodríguez.
Ascription: HS Guanajuato.

2nd place
Project: Siempre si.
Students responsible: Michel Alejandra Vergara Arredondo and Ana Consuelo Quiróz.
Advisor: María Teresa Hernández Jaime.
Ascription: HS Salamanca.

3rd place
Project: Shoes Lebriyen.
Represented by: Ana Leticia Castillejo Basilio and Jessica Ramírez Sánchez.
Advisor: Blanca Leticia Martínez Medina.
Ascription: HS Leon.

COLLEGE

1ST CATEGORY 1) SOCIAL PROJECT

1st place
Project: Mentors UG.
Represented by: Regina Mercado Calderón and Karla Romero.
Ascription: Division of Law, Politics and Government of Campus Guanajuato.

2nd place
Project: Quetzal
Student responsible: Miguel Ángel Ortega Vega, degree in Business management.
Advisor: Maria de Lourdes Cárcamo Solis.
Ascription: Division of Engineering of Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

3rd place
Project: Psycho-dramatic intervention.
Student responsible: Jessica Nashely Sierra Flores, degree in Clinical Psychology.
Advisor: Jonathan Alejandro Galindo Soto.
Ascription: Division of Health Sciences and Engineering of Campus Celaya-Salvatierra.

2ND CATEGORY 2a) BUSINESS PROJECT: NEW PRODUCTS

1st place
Project: Panoptic Mexico.
Student responsible: Claudio Humberto Palomares Mosqueda, M.A. in Negotiation and Technological Innovation.
Advisor: Miguel Ortega.
Ascription: Division of Natural and Exact Science of Campus Guanajuato.

2nd place
Project: Bakery and Confectionary "La Trigueña del Bajío"
Student responsible: Norma Angélica Munguía Zavala, degree in Business Management.
Ascription: Division of Engineering of Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

3rd place
Project: ZÄNÄ.
Student responsible: Antonio Espinoza Estrada, degree in International Trade.
Ascription: Division of Economic-Administrative Sciences Campus Guanajuato.

CATEGORY 2b) BUSINESS PROJECT: SERVICES

1st place
Project: SOpLp – Optimal Localization System.
Student responsible: Maria Guadalupe Sotelo Serna, degree in Physical Engineering.
Ascription: Sciences and Engineering Campus Leon.

2nd place
Project: Mextraction SA de CV.
Student responsible: Ana Guadalupe Conejo Rangel, M.A. in Negotiation and Technological Innovation.
Advisors: Zeferino Gamiño Arroyo, Rosa Maria Ortíz Hernández.
Ascription: Natural and Exact Sciences Campus Guanajuato.

3rd place
Project: Fast'n Bath.
Student responsible: Alberto Adrián Jiménez Zurita, degree in Engineering in Computing Systems
Advisor: Luis Jesús Aguilar Jaramillo.
Ascription: Division of Engineering Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

3RD CATEGORY 3) INVENTION DEGREE LEVEL

1st place
Project: Photo-electrochemical cell of inorganic complex as mean of electronic transference.
Student responsible: Itzel Alejandra Blanco Jíménez, degree in Renewable Energies Engineering.
Advisors: Juan Antonio Ramírez Vázquez, José de Jesús Nezahualcoyotl Segoviano Garfias.
Ascription: Life Sciences Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

2nd place
Project: Digital system for event registration of the University of Guanajuato.
Student responsible: Ignacio Contreras, degree in Computing Systems Engineering.
Advisor: Geovanni Hernández Gómez.
Ascription: Division of Sciences and Engineering.

3rd place
Project: Ehécatl.
Student responsible: Fabiola Salgado Frías, degree in Chemist-Pharmacist-Biologist.
Advisor: Rocío Guadalupe Morales Romero.
Ascription: Natural and Exact Sciences Campus Guanajuato.

CATEGORY 3) INVENTION POSTGRADUATE LEVEL

1st place
Project: Drug -BLDHIS-230775- against breast and prostate cancer.
Student responsible: Santiago García Mares, Doctorate in Chemical Sciences.
Advisor: Miguel Ángel Vázquez Guevara.
Ascription: Natural and Exact Sciences Campus Guanajuato.

2nd place
Project: Intelligent investment.
Student responsible: César Ramírez Márquez, Doctorate in Chemical Engineering Sciences.
Advisors: Juan Gabriel Segovia Hernández, Nelly Ramírez Corona, Jorge A. Cervantes Jáuregui.
Ascription: Division of Natural and Exact Sciences Campus Guanajuato.

3rd place
Project: Cobalt recovery process from mobile phones batteries.
Student responsible: Daniel Quintero Almanza, Master in Chemical Engineering (Process integration).
Advisors: Zeferino Gamiño Arroyo, Agustín Ramón Uribe Ramírez, Alberto Florentino Aguilera Alvarado and Lorena Eugenia Sánchez Cadena.
Ascription: Natural and Exact Sciences Campus Guanajuato.

3er. Lugar
Proyecto: Intervención Psicodramática.
Alumno Responsable: Jessica Nashely Sierra Flores, Licencatura en Psicología Clínica.
Asesor: Jonathan Alejandro Galindo Soto.
Adscripción: División de Ciencias de la Salud e Ingenierías del Campus Celaya-Salvatierra.

CATEGORÍA 2a) PROYECTO EMPRESARIAL: NUEVOS PRODUCTOS

1er. Lugar
Proyecto: Panoptic México.
Alumno Responsable: Claudio Humberto Palomares Mosqueda, Maestría en Gestión e Innovación Tecnológica.
Asesor: Miguel Ortega.
Adscripción: División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas del Campus Guanajuato.

2do. Lugar
Proyecto: Panadería y Repostería "La Trigueña del Bajío".
Alumno Responsable: Norma Angélica Munguía Zavala, Licenciatura en Gestión Empresarial.
Adscripción: División de Ingenierías del Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

3er. Lugar
Proyecto: ZÄNÄ.
Alumno Responsable: Antonio Espinoza Estrada, Licenciatura en Comercio Internacional.
Adscripción: División de Ciencias Económico Administrativas Campus Guanajuato.

CATEGORÍA 2b) PROYECTO EMPRESARIAL: SERVICIOS

1er. Lugar
Proyecto: SOpLo - Sistema Óptimo de Localización.
Alumno Responsable: María Guadalupe Sotelo Serna, Licenciatura en Ingeniería Física.
Adscripción: Ciencias e Ingenierías Campus León.

2do. Lugar
Proyecto: Mextraction SA de CV.
Alumno Responsable: Ana Guadalupe Conejo Rangel, Maestría en Gestión e Innovación Tecnológica.
Asesores: Zeferino Gamiño Arroyo, Rosa María Ortiz Hernández.
Adscripción: Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Campus Guanajuato.

3er. Lugar
Proyecto: Fast'n Bath.
Alumno Responsable: Alberto Adrián Jiménez Zurita, Licenciatura en Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales.
Asesor: Luis Jesús Aguilrar Jaramillo.
Adscripción: División de Ingenierías del Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

CATEGORÍA 3) INVENCIÓN NIVEL LICENCIATURA

1er. Lugar
Proyecto: Celda fotoelectroquímica de complejos inorgánicos como medio de transferencia electrónica.
Alumno Responsable: Itzel Alejandra Blanco Jiménez, Licenciatura en Ingeniería en Energías Renovables.
Asesores: Juan Antonio Ramírez Vázquez, José de Jesús Nezahualcóyotl Segoviano Garfias.
Adscripción: Ciencias de la Vida Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

2do. Lugar
Proyecto: Sistema Digital de Registro para eventos de la Universidad de Guanajuato.
Alumno Responsable: Ignacio Contreras Contreras, Licenciatura en Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales.
Asesor: Geovanni Hernández Gómez.
Adscripción: División Ciencias e Ingenierías.

3er. Lugar
Proyecto: Ehécatl.
Alumno Responsable: Fabiola Salgado Frías, Licenciatura en Químico Farmacéutico Biólogo.
Asesor: Rocío Guadalupe Morales Romero.
Adscripción: Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Campus Guanajuato.

CATEGORÍA 3) INVENCIÓN NIVEL POGRADO

1er. Lugar
Proyecto: Fármaco -BLDHIS-230775- contra cáncer de mama y prostata.
Alumno Responsable: Santiago García Mares, Doctorado en Ciencias Química.
Asesor: Miguel Ángel Vázquez Guevara.
Adscripción: Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Campus Guanajuato.

2do. Lugar
Proyecto: Inversión Inteligente.
Alumno Responsable: César Ramírez Márquez, Doctorado en Ciencias en Ingeniería Química.
Asesores: Juan Gabriel Segovia Hernández, Nelly Ramírez Corona, Jorge A. Cervantes Jáuregui.
Adscripción: División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Campus Guanajuato.

3er. Lugar
Proyecto: Proceso de recuperación de cobalto a partir de baterías de teléfonos móviles.
Alumno Responsable: Daniel Quintero Almanza, Maestría en Ingeniería Química (Integración de Procesos).
Asesores: Zeferino Gamiño Arroyo, Agustín Ramón Uribe Ramírez, Alberto Florentino Aguilera Alvarado y Lorena Eugenia Sánchez Cadena.
Adscripción: Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Campus Guanajuato.