2015 Yearbook -Universidad ORT Uruguay

61 RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INITIATED OR APPROVED IN 2015 Technical Skills Training System for Soccer Players The objective of this project is to create a training machine for soccer players designed to improve their technical skills, passing accuracy, and reaction speed through repetition. Project Leader: Ismael Garrido, Professor of Digital Systems Architecture. Funding: National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and Arcomet, Electronics, Automation, and Sports. Duration: 12 months Colorimetric nanobiosensor for the detection of Campylobacter fetus. The objective of this project is to develop a nanotechnological methodology for the detection of Campylobacter fetus, for on-site use, that can be applied by livestock producers on their farms. Principal Investigator: Lorena Betancor, Research Professor of Biotechnology Funding: National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and Zurgen Laboratory Duration: 12 months Prototyping of carriers for optimizing fungal sporulation in liquid medium for the production of bioinoculants at an industrial scale The project aims to design and optimize a process for the formulation of bioinoculants based on phosphate-solubilizing fungi. Principal Investigator: Mariana Umpierrez, Deputy Coordinator of the Biotechnology Laboratory Funding: National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and Calister Biotechnology Duration: 12 months Design of a Type-Checking Algorithm for a Nominal Dependent Type System - Towards a Nominal Logical Framework The objective of this project is to provide the necessary foundations for the implementation of a logic representation system based on nominal syntax, through the design of a type-checking algorithm. Principal Investigator: Nora Szasz, Academic Coordinator of Systems Engineering. Funding: Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK (FCO) Duration: five months