Student Competition 2025

Recognition for a Decade of In-Person Student Engagement – Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (US)

International Student Research Paper Competition – LACCEI 2025 (July)

1st Place: Voice-Controlled Wheelchair for Children in Underserved Regions
Authors: Jeniffer Cristina Guardia Medina, Karla Sofia Gutierrez Escudero
Institution: Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (United States of America)
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2nd Place: Productivity Improvement in the Packaing Process of a Beverage Company Through SMED and 5S
Authors: Marianna Milagros Bellatin Torres, Eduardo Alexander Diaz Ascarza, Carlos Medardo Urbina Rivera
Institution: Universidad de Lima (Peru)
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3rd Place: Relationship between mechanical stress caused by wind and the spread of the fungus Kretzschmaria zonata in Tectona grandis commercial plantations
Authors: Nazaret Aguilar Villalobos, Víctor Céspedes Cordero, Krissel Gamboa Alfaro, Valentina Velásquez Hernández
Institution: Tecnológico de Costa Rica – Costa Rica
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International Competition of Poster Student – LACCEI 2025 (July)

1st Place: Post-Sales Marketing Study in the Mexican Automotive Sector
Authors: Enrique Aarón García Vázquez
Institution: Instituto Politécnico Nacional de Mexico
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2nd Place: Recycling of PET Bottles for Sustainable Filament Production in 3D Printing: Educational and Environmental Innovation
Authors: Ramírez Vásquez, María Paula
Institution: University of Pamplona (Colombia)
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3rd Place: Influence of ventilation on indoor air quality of kitchens with the use of liquefied petroleum gas in Panama
Authors: Alexandra Aparicio, Amsley Medina
Institution: Technology University of Panama
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3MT – LACCEI 2025 (July)

International Master Thesis: Sustainability Analysis Framed in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Efficiency of Housing in Ocaña, Colombia
Authors: Jon Edinson Prado Pérez
Institution: Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (Colombia)
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International Doctoral Thesis: LxC Engineering to Regenerate Life: A Strategic Framework Derived from IP.IDEAS.S
Authors: Julio Lu-Chang-Say
Institution: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Peru)
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LACCEI First Virtual Hackathon – LACCEI 2025 (Feb to April)

1st Place: Implementation of a monitoring system for electrical parameter such as DC voltage and UPS battery charge percentage to prevent possible interruptions in electrical service using IoT and ThinkSpeak
Authors – Avengers Team: Jorge Sebastian Mendez-Indacochea, Christopher Ariel Romero-Lambogglia, and Maria Paula Chávez-Berreno
Institution: Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral – ESPOL (Ecuador)

2nd Place: Solid waste monitoring through IoT technologies and MatLab
Authors – SASIM+: Karla Lisette Antonio Pérez, Fernando Sebastián Castro Ovalle, and Contreras González, Dante Antonio García Rosales
Institution: University of Monterrey (Mexico)

3rd Place: Low consumption IoT water quality station for Lake Yojoa
AuthorsElectroGallos: Fernando Alacon, and Owen Paz
Institution: Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana – UNITEC (Honduras)


BOOTCAMP – LACCEI 2025 (July)

1st Place:
Authors: Julio Uriel Velazquez Montalvo de México y Rancés Tello de Panamá. NICOLÁS MIGUEL SILVA/TOMÁS PUENTE DE LA PUENTE/XIOMARA PIRIZ (Argentina)

2nd Place:
Authors: Emely Mendieta de Panamá y María Isabel Cuevas de México. Fátima Irais Alba Ríos de México. JUAN IGNACIO DÍAZ (Arg.) / DORITA BELEN ACUÑA SANCHEZ (Perú) / GONZALO GOMEZ (Arg.) / JUAN PABLO GRÍGOLI (Arg)/ AILEN BENITEZ (Arg.)/CANDELA OCAMPO (Arg.)/ VICTORIA ANAHI ANTIVERO (Arg.)

3rd Place:
Authors: Diego Alonso Vázquez Rodríguez de México y Valentina Velásquez de Costa Rica. DAIANA MAGALI ACOSTA ROMERO (Arg.) / JONATHAN GUSTAVO ARZAPALO TORRES (Perú) / LEANDRO LOPEZ IZZA (Arg.)


Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Competition (E&I24) – LEIRD 2024 (04-Dec-2024)

1st Place: MANGOGAZE
Authors: Valerin Hurtado Salcedo
Institution: Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Colombia

2nd Place: AGROINSIGHTS
Authors: Luis Fernando Álvarez Sánchez, Fredy Gerardo López Meza, Carlos Ulises Alas Baquedano, Ariana Michelle Morazán Matute, Oizis Aksunamun Melgar Rodríguez
Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Honduras

3rd Place: AWASÚ
Authors: Angie Melissa Estela Becerra, Xiomara Alessandra Campaña Távara, Gustavo Xavier Serquén Polo, Karla Elvira Flores Barreno
Institution: Universidad San Martín de Porres, Perú


Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Competition (E&I25) – LEIRD 2025 (2-Dec-2025)

1st Place: NERO
Description: Solución tecnológica para automatizar procesos industriales o energéticos.
Authors: Rances Javier Tello
Institution: Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama.

2nd Place: Biodigestor
Description: Sistema que convierte desechos orgánicos en biogás y fertilizante, fomentando energía limpia.
Authors: Mauricio Castellón Henao
Institution: Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, Colombia

3rd Place: Neuroband
Description: Mide actividad cerebral para apoyar concentración, aprendizaje o manejo del estrés.
Authors: Danna Luceth Henríquez Hernández
Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Honduras


Outstanding Virtual Intern – LACCEI 2025. Walter Nizama – Universidad Privada del Norte


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