INTEC and Proindustria identify initiatives to boost the industrial sector
SANTO DOMINGO. With the aim of identifying collaborative initiatives for boost al industry from the Dominican Republic, the Director of Proindustry, Ulysses Rodriguez, visited the rector of Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Julio Sanchez Marinez.
As part of the meeting, in which directors of the state institution and the academy participated, a tour was made through some of the more than 40 laboratories that the university has, ending with a meeting between the director of Proindustria and students from various careers that develop high-impact projects at the industry level.
The first stop on this visit was the Rectory's Meeting Room, where Rodríguez and his companions: Wilfred Oliver, Director of Industry Support Services, and Ilonka Acosta, in charge of the Department of Comprehensive Assistance to SMEs, of Proindustria, spoke with the Rector; Armando Barrios, vice-rector for Research and Outreach; oresty valerio, executive director of Consulting and Services; Gregory Tapia, executive director of Institutional Relations and Alumni; Annie Sosa, Director of Institutional Relations; Heidi Sanchez, coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Center and Manuel Santana, in charge of Project Management, of INTEC.
At the meeting, it was agreed to develop an inter-institutional collaboration framework agreement between INTEC and Proindustria for technology transfer activities, prototype manufacturing and academic training.
“INTEC has been an ally of the productive sectors of the Dominican Republic for almost 50 years, we are always innovating and incorporating undergraduate and postgraduate programs into our academic offer that respond to the needs of a totally globalized, interconnected world that goes at the pace of development of areas such as the internet of things. All the time we seek to be one step ahead of the demands of professionals in society, you challenge us, motivate us and we respond with new programs and initiatives”, said the rector Julio Sanchez Marinez.
Meanwhile, Ulysses Rodriguez valued the impact of INTEC initiatives at the level of training and creation and innovation in products. "We are facing a university that sets great goals, that innovates and that responds to the demand of professionals from the country and the world, with you the triple helix innovation model is guaranteed," the official stressed.
With the guidance of Jessica Pamela Happy, In charge of INTEC laboratories, the directors of Proindustria made a visit to part of the laboratories that the university has, which are used for teaching and also offer services to local and foreign companies. Among them they visited the laboratories of Materials Test (LEM), the Haas Technical Center and Laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Services.
The tour concluded in the Social Security Auditorium (OSES) where the director of Proindustria met with students from different careers, who lead entrepreneurship and development projects at the industrial level.
The students José Fernández, Hiram Toirac y Sarah Jimenez they presented their product “Our Flavor”, which they also developed together with the student Sabrina Jimenez, this consists of the transformation of fruits and vegetables into products with a long shelf life through technology "freeze-dry” or lyophilization. With this project the team participated in Hult Prize On Campus at INTEC, carried out by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the university, in which they obtained the first place, and their pass to the competition Hult Prize Regionals: Santo Domingo, where they qualified to represent the country for five weeks at the world's largest business accelerator in England.
Carlos Sulbarán, Santiago Ramírez and Ángel Peña, representing the team Apollo 27, two-time winner of NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge: first place in the world in the university division of the "Stem Engagement Award", in 2022, and "System Safety Award", in 2020, they spoke of their feat and how the work they carry out positions the Dominican Republic in foreign lands.
Likewise, Carina Sánchez, a student at Industrial design presented the result of its participation in the exhibition “InLocal”, made up of proposals for new products, developed by the students of the Product Design VI course, for and with the support of different local manufacturing industries, responding to new business opportunities.