Latin American Spring Program 2016

Nicole Belen Díaz Santana

Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile

Civil Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Victor Tenorio, Professor of Practice, Mining and Geological

Engineering Department, University of Arizona

Project: Design of a refuge station for rail-mounted mining equipment

Sasha Schück Parra

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Civil Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Kevin LanseyDepartment Head. Department of Civil

Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Project: Inconsistencies in pressure driven analysis of water distribution

systems

Mariana Valle Eguren

Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile

Civil Engineering

Mentor: Yao-Jan Wu, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering

Mechanics

Project: Bike count locations and data analysis

Jesús Gabriel Conejo Cruz

Universidad Politécnica de Querétaro

Mechatronics Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Salim Hariri, Department of Aerospace and Mecanical

Engineering

Project: Feature extraction of sensors using wavelets

Joaquín Meza Araya

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Civil Engineering

Dr. Jeniffer Duan, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering

Mechanics

Project: Simulation of surface runoff in barry goldwater air force in Yuma

Johan Martín Carpio Salvá

Pontifícia Universidad Católica del Perú

Mining Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Victor Tenorio ,Professor of Practice of Mining and Geological

Engineering Department

Project: Shaft and hoisting system operational analysis at San Xavier

Mining Lab

Paulina Andrea Pradenas Brahamontes

Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile

Industrial Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Hope Schau, Marketing, Eller College of Management

Project: New product same market

José Francisco Castillo González

Universidad de Concepción

Chemical Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Reyes Sierra Alvarez, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Project: Reduction of platinum

(IV) in a methanogenic microbial consortium