2017 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

110 2017 Yearbook AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 20 17 Martín Monteiro, coordinator of the Physics Laboratory. He was appointed editor of the journal *Papers in Physics*. June. Eli Barnett, graduate in Systems Engineering; Mateo Capdevielle, graduate in Software Engineering; and Juan Ignacio de Paula, graduate in Systems Science. Their startup Rural Uy, incubated at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was one of 20 local companies selected to participate in the 500 Montevideo Accelerator program, organized by the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU), Uruguay XXI, the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), and the National Development Agency (ANDE). October. Alejandro Lozdziejski, a graduate with a degree in Systems Engineering. He was selected by MIT Technology Review as one of the 35 most outstanding young people under 35 in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship in Latin America in 2017 for his startup Sur 3D. October.