INTEC promotes STEM innovation at the 2024 International Book Fair
With the slogan “Books connect”, the Ministry of Culture held the International Fair From the Book of November 7th to 17thThis year, students and teachers from STEM courses at INTEC present their projects
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) stood out in the 2024 International Book Fair with a series of talks and exhibitions that highlighted the talent of students and teachers in areas STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). In the Imagination Pavilion, attendees explored innovative projects that combine creativity, research and advanced technology.
The talk “STEM Education” was given by Mónica Caram, Center Coordinator, and “Creativity through Generative Artificial Intelligence” was given by professor Mario Luciano, who explored how this technology boosts innovation in different fields.
Technological projects that inspire
The university also presented innovative and research projects from INTEC's programs based on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
The presentation of the Apollo 27 rover, the university team that won the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2023. In turn, visitors were able to see some of the reach robots made in Hands-On, a subject in the Mechatronics Engineering degree in which students design and assemble various categories of functional prototypes, applying knowledge of mechanics, electronics and programming.
These models are designed to support high amounts of weight without losing balance with respect to their original center of mass, which allows them to prevent one or more objects placed on them from falling due to the action of gravity.
Likewise, they were exhibited products created by Industrial Design students. Among those presented were Cold Peak, a cooling product inspired by a toucan whose beak regulates the temperature of a container, in order to ensure that food does not spoil, turning it into a refrigerator.
Ammivo It is a smart planter kit that provides care for plants, establishes a friendly connection with the caregiver and promotes their growth naturally, like a true friend.
On the other hand, it was presented ICECORE, a portable back cooling device, aimed at cooling the user during daily activities involving movement.
Other projects that were part of the exhibition available at the Book Fair were: 3D prints made in the INTEC laboratory with filaments; Acrylic pieces, cut in the INTEC Process Laboratory.
A was also exhibited hydraulic bridge or with a Hidraulic arm carried out by Civil Engineering students using Pascal's principle, which states that all pressure exerted on a fluid will spread throughout the substance uniformly.
About the International Book Fair 2024
This year the International Book Fair was dedicated to the Dominican writer Mateo Morrison, and included more than 500 activities: conferences, book launches, exhibitions, discussions, short films, feature films, workshops, film series, poetry recitals, colloquia, plays, storytelling, among other dynamics.
With the slogan “Books connect”, this year the literary festival, which took place from November 7 to 17 at the Juan Pablo Duarte Cultural Plaza, The Washington Heights community was the guest of honor and featured a diverse, inclusive and interactive program led by a large number of award-winning national and international writers from 18 countries, including novelists, essayists, short story writers and poets.
The FIL 2024 event culminated with the official closing ceremony in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater. During the event, the musical collection “Raíz” was launched, performed by the Koribe Choir of the Ministry of Culture, closing this edition with a flourish.