- 11 de noviembre de 2024
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Award Ceremony | 26th CERTAMEN ESTATAL DE CREATIVIDAD E INNOVACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA – EXPOCIENCIA TAMAULIPAS 2024, SEDE UTMATAMOROS

The Universidad Tecnologica de Matamoros was the regional venue for the twenty-sixth edition of the Expociencias Tamaulipas 2024 Creativity and Technological Innovation Contest, organized by the Tamaulipas Council of Science and Technology (COTACYT).
More than 105 projects were presented by students from elementary, middle school, high school, college and postgraduate levels, focused on solving major problems we face as a region and as a society, in the face of growing global challenges.
The award ceremony was in charge of Ms. Diana Masso Quintana, Rector of the #UTM and Ms. Ana Isabel Lerma González, who attended on behalf of Ms. Lucia Aimé Castillo Pastor, Secretary of the Ministry of Education.
Aimé Castillo Pastor, Secretary of Education in Tamaulipas.
During the ceremony, the #UTM president awarded 6 100% scholarships to the winning students in the high school category, inviting them to become part of the #UTM Lions family.
The Universidad Tecnología de Matamoros is honored to congratulate all the winners of the Expociencias Tamaulipas 2024 Creativity and Technological Innovation Contest.
Category “PETIT”.
- Diana Maria Farias
Biodegradable Plastic with Nopal / Juvenal Rendón School
First Place
- Javier Castillo Pulido
Intelligent Flowerpot/Juvenal Rendón School
Second Place
- Daphne Hernández Fuentes/Andrea Nicole Castañeda Martinez
Eco-Polymers/Don Bosco School
Third Place
Category “KIDS”
- Leslie Vanessa Sandoval Perez
Acuasen/Juvenal Rendón School
First Place
- Yahir Alejandro Flores Montellano
Coladera Ecológicas/International School of Faith
Second Place
- Maximiliano Montiel Jiménez
Development and Use of Natural Pesticides for the Reduction of Drinking Water Contamination/Juvenal Rendón School
Third Place
Category “JUVENILE”.
- Alex Guadalupe Cruz Perez/Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Martínez
Homemade Gray Water Treatment System USING Moringa as Flocculant/Secundaria Gr
First Place
- Constanza Lara López/Renata Nahomi Pérez Ortiz
Mezquipostres/ Colegio Don Bosco
Second Place
- Frida Sofia Hernandez Garza/ Fatima del Carmen Vega Ramirez
Beet-based snack Kua-Kualex/ Juvenal Rendón School
Third Place
Category “MEDIA SUPERIOR”.
- Valeria Gómez Cano/ Sofia Medrano Cobos
Auxiliary device for sleep apnea in babies/Colegio Don Bosco
First Place
- Maria, Guadalupe Gonzalez Hernandez / Kevin Isain Ramirez Duque Hydrovision/CONALEP 055, Plantel Matamoros
Second Place
- Jennifer Mijangos Parada/ Eunice Martínez Gallegos
Decontamination of water through photocatalysis/Colegio Juvenal Rendón
Third Place
Category “SUPERIOR”
- Narciso Omar Garcia Tecocoatzi
Intelligent Device for Aeration and Monitoring of Water Quality/UTMatamoros
First Place
- Emmanuel Guillermo Juárez/ Alejandro Galván Manrique
FIREEYE/UTMatamoros
Second Place
- Gloria Johana Villegas Delgado/ Adán Waldemar Echeverria Garcia
Electrical Power Cutter in case of Flooding in the home/UTMatamoros
Third Place
Category “POSTGRADUATE”
- Lidia Elena Requena Hernandez/Hugo Alberto Solis Martinez
Bonda Integral Study on the Development of Constructed Wetlands in the Northern Region of Tamaulipas/UNICEPES International University of Aguascalientes.
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