2010 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

66 2010 Yearbook AWARDS 2010 School of Engineering Federico Armando, Matías Boix, Pablo Piriz, and Ignacio Tabo, Systems Engineering students. First Prize in the "Undergraduate and Graduate Projects" competition organized by the National Academy of Engineering, for the project "SmartLife: Platform to Support Kitchen Activities," a final thesis project. September. Gabriela Bernasconi, Faculty Member at the Institute of Education; Marta Castro, Coordinator of Computer Labs; Ines Kereki, Professor of Programming at the School of Engineering; and Marcelo Rubino, Associate Professor of Programming. Winners of the 2nd Open Ideas Contest for digital content of the Ceibal Plan with their proposal “Scratch in Your Subject.” Its objective is to train and motivate first-year secondary school teachers to use XOs in the classroom with Scratch, a programming language that allows for the creation of animations and games, and helps students become familiar with the basic concepts of programming. June. Fernando Paganini, Professor of Telecommunications Theory. He received the 2010 Scopus Uruguay Award. This award is an initiative of Elsevier Publishing, in conjunction with the support of the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), to honor researchers affiliated with Uruguayan institutions who, throughout their academic careers, have produced outstanding work of excellence recorded in the Scopus database (http://www.scopus.com). August. Fernando Paganini receiving a plaque of recognition at the university for the 2010 Scopus Uruguay Award Carlos Sanguinetti Academic Coordinator of Biotechnology. Second Prize in the Revista Médica del Uruguay Competition for his work “Detection of human papillomavirus types 16, 18, 31, and 33 in severe dysplasia and cervical carcinoma in situ,” together with Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez, Dr. Isabel Fernández, Dr. Enrique Barrios, Dr. Rafael Alonso, Dr. Noemí Maedo, and Dr. Juan Vasallo. November.