Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

       2010-2011

 

Board of Directors:

President:

2010-2011 President

Julio Ernesto Paredes Núñez
U. Católica Santa María de Arequipa, PE

 

President-Elect

Leonardo Alcayhuamán Accostupa
U. Ricardo Palma, PE.

 

Executive Director and Secretary

María M. Larrondo-Petrie
Florida Atlantic University, USA

 

VP of Finance(2009-2011)
Roberto Lorán Santos

U. del Turabo, PR

 

VP of Graduate Education (2009 – 2011)

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

 

VP of Research
Ivan Enrique Esparragoza
The Pennsylvania State U., USA

 

VP of e-Education

José Manuel Páez Borrallo
U. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

 

VP of Faculty Development and
Student Exchange

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

 

VP of PreK-16
Frank Rodríguez González
U. Tecnológica de Santiage, DR

 

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

Leonardo Alcayhuaman Accostupa
U. Ricardo Palma, PE

 

VP of Publications
Guillermo Sánchez Hernández
U. Privada del Norte, PE

 

VP of Membership
Peter Charles Backhouse Erazo
U. del Bío Bío, CL

 

VP of Meetings
Carlos A. Rodriguez Arroyave Quintana
U. EAFIT, CO

 

VP of Accreditation
Zenaida Otero Gephardt
Rowan University, US

 

At At Large Members:
At Large Members:
U. Católica de Santa María, PE
Amparo Camacho Díaz
U. del Norte, CO
Diana Cárcamo Rodríguez
U. Tecnológica Centroamericana, HO
Mayra D’Armas Regnault
UNEXPO Antonio José de Sucre, VE

 

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



 

9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference
 for Engineering and Technology

"ENGINEERING FOR A SMARTER PLANET: INNOVATION, ITC, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:"
 ISBN: 0-9822896-4-2

Medellin, Colombia

August 3 - 5, 2011

 

Hosted By:

Universidad EAFIT

 

LACCEI Award Medal for Academic Merit

Awarded to:  DR. MIGUEL J. ESCALA
Instituto Technologico de Santo Domingo, DR


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

Conference Chairs

Dr. Ivan Esparragoza

Ing. Carlos Rodriguez Arroyave

 

Technical Committee

Chair: Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida, USA
Co-Chair: Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Co-Chair: Ivan E. Esparragoza, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Mario F. Acosta R.

Carlos A. Dallabona

Eric R. Jeltsch Figueroa

Carlos L. Quintero A.

Oscar S. Acuna C.

Muge M. Darwish

Freddy Jimenez

Luis F. Reina

Zaida Aguila

Julio M. Daza E.

Eusebio Jimenez

Alberto Restrepo

Jose Luis Ahumada

Antonio R. De Leon G.

Ramiro Jordan

Mercedes Rivero

Omar O. Aizpurua

Gustavo Pino

Adalena Kennedy

Carlos Rodriguez

Andres A. Almonte U.

Mixaida Delgado

Jason R.F. Lalla

Indira Rodriguez

Paulino Alonso

Jaime F Delgado Saa

Mara F. Lazzaretti B.

Denise Rodriguez

Alcides Alvear Suarez

Marie A. Destara

Fabiola Londono

Carlos Rodrguez M.

Jhon Amaya

Judith Devia

Carlos Luna

Carlos Rodriguez R.

Angela P. Anaya S.

Adolfo Di Mare

Marisabel Luna C.

Miguel Rojas S.

Dessiree Anderico N.

Ruben Diaz Mora

Alfredo Luna S

Daniel Romero

Ruben Dario Angel Correa

Jorge L. Diaz Rodriguez

Vanessa Manotas N.

Carlos Romero I.

Mariana Archibold de M.

Maria Y. Dikdan Jaua

Jesus Martinez

Ewa Rudnicka

Juan G. Arrieta P.

Cristhian M. Duran

Moises Martinez S.

Gabriel Salazar

Minerva Arzola

Luis A. Echeverri P.

Kader Mazouz

Amarilis Sanchez

Wilmer Atoche

Emma K. Encarnacion

Victor Medina

Maria C. Sanchez R.

Miguel Avila

Juan A. Enriquez H.

Ruben J. Medina D.

Fabian E. Sanchez

Marcos Baca

Diego Escobar

Joselito Medina Marin

Musti Sastry

Peter Backhouse

Juan Escobar

Lucy Medina Velandia

Jose M Sausedo Solorio

Jorge Baron

Jose Escorcia Gutierrez

Miguel Mejia

Clifford Schexnayder

Juan F. Barros M.

Anael Espinal

Armando Mejia Giraldo

Cesar Sedano De La R.

Vicente I. Becerra S.

Carlos Esquit

Ricardo Mejia-Gutierrez

Mildred Sena

Hayser J. Beltre Ferreras

Gerardo Estuardo M.

Franklin Mendoza

Manuel Serafin

Luis Ernesto Blanco Rivero

Jalil Fallad

Gustavo Meneses

Edgar Serna M.

Maria Bloch

Eduardo Fernandez

Jessica Meza-Jaque

Juan Sillero P.

Mario Bravo C.

Eric Forcael

Eric Miñan U.

Walter Silva S.

Juan C. Cabarcas R.

Marisa Franzoni

Carlos Montenegro

Carlos Smith

Carlos Cabrera

Gerardo Fuentes

Ubalquis Montenegro

Anabel Teran

Shaobiao Cai

Ricardo Fuentes

Arturo Montoya S.

Jose Daniel Texier

Felix Calvo

Paulo Alonso Gaona

Esther Morales

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo

Hermando Camacho

Andrzej J Gapinski

Gustavo Moreno S.

Franklin M. Torres B.

William Camilo

Juan C. Garcia R.

Nayib Moreno R.

Janneth L. Torres V.

Martin Cano Contreras

Martha Garcia-Saenz

Hilarion Munoz C.

Yaimi Trujillo C.

Liliana Capacho

Giovana Garrido

Yngrid Naime

Alejandro Valencia A.

Edyanira Cardozo

Yamila Gascon Mujica

Santo Navarro

Donato Vallin  G.

Martha Carrillo

Chaouki Ghenai

Yilsi Nanez

Juan J. Vargas

Luis Marcos Castellanos

Jaime A. Giraldo G.

Jared Ocampo

Luis Ricardo Vasquez

Carlos A. Castro Z.

Fernando R. Gonzalez

Cristian Olivares R.

Jennifer Vasquez A.

Giancarlos Cataldo

Dipsy Gonzalez Muñoz

Juan Oliveira

Carlos F. Vega B.

Raquel Centeno

Ramon Guardado M.

Tomas Osers

Paola Vega C.

Mirza Cequea

Fabio Guerinoni

Aldo Pardo

Mario C. Velez G.

John Jairo Chaverra

Carlos Guevara

Jorge A. Pelayo Lopez

Axia Viera

Angela S. Chikhani C.

Karen Hernandez

Raul R. Peralta

Jose Ramon Vilana

Franco Chiodi

Arcelio Hernandez F.

Luis R. Perez

Marco A. Villamizar 

Francisco Cruz

Juan C. Hernandez

Aurora Perez Rojas

Jhon Villarreal

Otaiza Cupare Castro

Fredy V. Huayta S.

Maria Larrondo Petrie

Marianella Villegas

Angel Custodio

Eva J. Hueso Guerrero

Licia Pietrosemoli

Jiri Vondrich

Mayra D'Armas

Henry Izquierdo

Nestor Porcell

Maria J. Wilches A.


Proceeding Editors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida, USA
Ivan Esparragoza, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Carlos Rodriguez Arroyave, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia


Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Manuel Bermudez, Ivan E. Esparragoza, Carlos Rodriguez Arroyave (Eds.), Engineering for a Smarter Planet: Innovation, ITC, and Computational Tools for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, Medellin Colombia, 3-5 August 2011, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI Inc),

Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2011. ISBN: 0-9822896-4-2


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