Latest News on Awards and Recognition

August 2011

• Professor was named a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Control Systems Society
  Aug. 12, 2011
  Dr. Fernando Paganini, professor of Telecommunications Theory in the School of Engineering, was named a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Control Systems Society.
• Student Wins First Prize at the 2011 Salão Design Casa Brasil
  Aug. 4, 2011
  The "AIXA" bench by Timothy Goodman, a student in the Bachelor of Industrial Design program, won First Prize in the Student Division—Residential Furniture Category—atthe 2011 Salão Design Casa Brasil, the largest product design competition in Latin America. The exhibition and awards ceremony for the competition took place from August 2 to 6 at the Bento Gonçalves Event Park in Rio Grande do Sul, concurrently with the "Feria Casa Brasil 2011."
• Students Win Contest Organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Uruguay
  Aug. 2, 2011
  E-Scientia is an interactive exhibition designed to promote an understanding of electrical engineering and computer science among high school students, with the aim of encouraging them to pursue college majors in these fields.
• Students took first and third place in a competition organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Uruguay
  Aug. 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.