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Students took first and third place in a competition organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Uruguay

August 2, 2011
The team consisting of Viviana Berrogorry and Mariana Franco, students in the Bachelor’s program in Audiovisual Communication, Nicolás Berrogorry, a 12th-grade student at Liceo No. 1 in the department of Treinta y Tres, and Ignacio Lanzani, an engineering student at the University of the Republic, won first place in the “Pro E-Scientia I” competition organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Uruguay. Meanwhile, the team consisting of María Areán, Stephanie García, and Hansi Ruting, students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia Design program, took third place. The competition aimed to create educational audiovisual content about engineering experiences.

E-Scientia is an interactive exhibition designed to promote awareness of electrical engineering and computer science among high school students, with the goal of encouraging them to pursue college majors in these fields. The experience centers around the Franklin 125 Y module, a spacecraft model located in the LATU Science Space.