Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

       2008-2009

Board of Directors:

President:

2008-2009 President

Luis Orlando Zelaya Medrano
U. Tec. Centroamericana, Ho.

 

President-Elect

José Vicente Sánchez Frank
U. Nac. Exp. de Táchira, Ve.

 

Past President:
Juan C. Gastélum Castro
U. de Valle del Bravo, Mx.

 

Executive Director and Secretary

María M. Larrondo-Petrie
Florida Atlantic University, USA

 

Vice Presidents:
Acting VP-Finance

Roberto Lorán Santos
U. del Turabo, PR

VP-Graduate Education

Ismael Pagán-Trinidad
U. de Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, PR


VP-Research

Ivan Enrique Esparragoza
The Pennsylvania State U., USA

VP-Distance, e-Education

José Manuel Páez Borrallo
U. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain


VP-Faculty Development and
Student Exchange

Cecilia Alejandra Paredes V.
Escuela Sup. Pol. del Litoral, Ec.


VP-PreK-16

Frank Rodríguez González
U. Tecnológica de Santiage, DR


VP - Public Rel., Fund Raising,
Promotions and Publicity

Mayra J. D'Armas Regnault
U. Nac. Exp. Politécnica, Ve.


VP - Publications
Tomás Osers
U.Central de Venezuela, Ve.


VP - Membership
Peter Charles Backhouse Erazo
Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile

VP - Meetings
Gisela Coto Quintana
Sis. Nac. de Acr.. de Ed. Sup., CR


At Large Board Members:
Roberto Lorán Santos
Universidad del Turabo, PR

Leonardo Alcayhuamán Accostupa
Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú

José Mario Ojeda Cedeño
Fun. Tec. Antonio de Arévalo, Co.

Guillermo Sánchez Hernández
U. Privada del Norte, Perú

Editor of LACCEI Journal
Luis A. Godoy
U. de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, PR

Advisory Board Members

María M. Larrondo Petrie
Florida Atlantic University, USA
Roberto Lorán Santos
Universidad del Turabo, PR
Ivan Enrique Esparragoza
The Penssylvania State U., USA

Jorge Ignacio Velez Múnera

U. Sergio Arboleda, Colombia

Ismael Pagán-Trinidad

U. de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, PR

 

Special Advisor to the President
Príamo Rodríguez Castillo

U. Tencnológica de Santiago, DR

 



7th Latin American and Caribbean Conference
 for Engineering and Technology

"Energy and Technology for the Americas:
Engineering, Education, Research and Development"
ISBN: 0-9822896-2-6

San Cristóbal, Venezuela

June 2 - 5, 2009

 

Hosted By:

Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira

Universidad de los Andes

Universidad Central de Venezuela

Universidad de Carabobo

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre

Universidad Simón Bolivar

Universidad Centroocidental Lisandro Alvarado

La Universidad del Zulia

Universidad de Oriente

Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana

Universidad Valle de Momboy

 

LACCEI Award Medal for Academic Merit

Awarded to:  Eng Lueny Morell

  Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

ConferenceProgram

Conference Proceedings
Table of Content of Refereed Full Papers
Author Index
Country - University Index
Subject Index

Conference Chairs

José Vicente Sánchez Frank, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira, Venezuela
Felipe Pachano, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela

 

Technical Committee

Chair: Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida, USA
Co-Chair: Jose Daniel Texier, U. Nac. Experimental del Táchira, Venezuela
Co-Chair: Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Co-Chair: Ivan E. Esparragoza, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Mario Alayon Cesar Contreras Lixian Liu Jorge A. Pelayo López
Paulino Alonso Gisela Coto Fabiola Londoño Luis Leopoldo Perez
Jhon Amaya Mayra d'Armas Angel Machorro Aurora Pérez Rojas
Mariana A. de McPherson Ruben Díaz Mora Kathleen Maher Daniel Ramirez
Ruben Arevalo Jalil Fallad Juan Mantilla Domalapally Rao
Narciso Armestar Rizwan Farooqui Mervin Marquez Mercedes Rivero
Minerva Arzola Eduardo Fernández Miguel Marquez Carlos Rodriguez
Marcos Baca Ricardo Fuentes Gerardo Marquez Carlos Rodriguez M
Peter Backhouse Gerardo Fuentes Victor Medina Maguampi Romero
Jorge Baron Jorge García Joselito Medina Marín Jose Aguasvivas S.
Manuel Bermudez Martha García-Saenz Agustín Mejias Musti Sastry
Mara Bittencourt Giovana Garrido Flor Melendez Jorge Sepúlveda M
Carola Blázquez Zenaida O. Gephardt Andrés Mendez Manuel Serafín
Antonio Bravo Pablo Gómez German Mendez G. Darío Silva
William Camilo Jose Luis Gómez Franklin Mendoza Kamel Singh
Liliana Capacho Hector Gómez Ivan Dario Montoni Khaled Sobhan
Cristián Cárdenas Tito Gonzalez Nathaly Moreno Jorge Torres
Carolina Casanova Eva J. Hueso Guerrero Yilsi Núñez Donato Vallín G
Manuel Castillo Guilarte Kevin Huggins Elizabeth Ordaz Raúl Vargas
Giancarlos Cataldo Eric R. Jeltsch Figueroa Tomás Osers Carmen Luisa Vasquez
Raquel Centeno Jose Luis Jimenez Ismael Pagán Trinidad Luis Velásquez
Soledad Cobos Ramiro Jordan Javier Palencia

Local Organizing Committee
Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira
Chair: Jose Daniel Texier

FINANCE Jose Clemente Marcel Mora Freddy Ruiz
Lloyd Morris Alejandro Moreno CULTURE & RECREATION Adriana Rodriguez
Gerardo Marquez Mervyn Marquez Efren Ontiveros Fermin Moreno
LOGISTICS Carolina Casanova John Ramirez Gerson Cardenas
Jose Luis Jimenez Ingrid Guillen Jose Ramon Castillo Salvador Villalobos
Betty Pinto Juan Carlos Zambrano Daniel Sanchez Marjorie Villalobos
Cesar Guerrero Fernando Redondo Jusmeidy Zambrano Adriana Duque
Maria Antonieta Valero Gian Carlos Colmenares INFORMATION & PR Adriana Guerrero
Hedry Fortoul
Marcel Molina Victor Ramirez Jenny Contreras
Jorge Torres Juan Mantilla Miguel Arturo Chacon
 

Awards Committee

Chair: Alejandro Campuzano, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Colombia
Luis Orlando Zelaya, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Honduras

Maria Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University, USA

 

International Steering Committee

Luis Orlando Zelaya, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Honduras

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Roberto Lorán, Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico

Ivan Esparragoza, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Manuel Bermúdez, University of Florida, USA
Ismael Pagan-Trinidad, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Alejandro Campuzano, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Colombia
Peter Backhouse, Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile
Zenaida Gephart-Otero, Rowan University, USA
Frank Rodriguez Gonzalez, Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago, Rep. Dominicana
Paulino Alonso, Pontificia Universidad Católica Valparaiso, Chile
Mariana Archibold de McPherson, Agencia Centroamericana de Acreditación, Panama
Narciso Armestar, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Perú
Jorge Baron, Universidad del Cuyo, Argentina
Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES, Costa Rica
Jorge Garcia, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Honduras
Victor Hugo Medina, Universidad Distrital Fco. Jose de Caldas, Colombia
Carlos Rodriguez, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
Carlos Rodriguez Monroy, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Donato Vallín G. Universidad de Guadalajara, México


Proceeding Edittors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida, USA
Jose Daniel Texier, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira, Venezuela
Ivan Esparragoza, The Pennsylvania State University, USA


Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Manuel Bermudez, Jose Daniel Texier, Ivan E. Esparragoza, (Eds.), Energy and Technology for the Americas: Engineering, Education, Research and Development: Proceedings of the 7th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, San Cristobal Venezuela, 2-5 June 2009, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI Inc), Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2009.  ISBN: 0-9822896-2-6


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