2014 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

89 Architect Jorge Di Pólito (Brazil), Academic Coordinator of Architecture. He participated in the meeting of the ARCU-SUR Advisory Committee on Architecture, which aims to review and suggest modifications to the criteria and indicators to be used in upcoming ARCU-SUR accreditation processes, held in Brasília from December 2 to 5. Laura Moya (Canada) Professor of Structures 4 and Research Professor of Architecture. She presented the article “Mechanical properties of loblolly and slash pine timber from Uruguayan plantations,” which she co-authored with María Fernanda Laguarda, Andrea Cardoso, Matías Cagno, Francisco Gatto, and Hugo O’Neill, at the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2014), Quebec, August 10–13. Architect Alejandro Baptista (Chile) Full Professor of Design. Architect Roberto Monteagudo (Chile) Full Professor of Design. They accompanied a delegation of 40 students from Architecture Project 3 who participated in the second stage of the workshop for the project “Transitory Squares: Migration and Urban Mobility,” held at the School of Architecture, Art, and Design at Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile, June 7–14. Arch. Federico Bervejillo (China) Professor of Urban Planning, Environment, and Landscape. He participated as a guest panelist at the eighth edition of the China-LAC Business Summit, invited by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which took place in Changsha City on September 12 and 13. Arch. Graziella Blengio (Spain) Academic Secretary. She delivered the lecture “Experience Design” at the Seminar on Interior Design held at the University of Salamanca, March 4–7. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2014