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Companies in Santiago, Chillán, Puerto Varas and Temuco joint the projects presented by the Universidad de La Frontera to the Voucher Program of CORFO and Regional Prototype. It is an investment of more than 166 thousand Chilean pesos. Eleven UFRO researchers, who are conscious that innovation is important for the future of Chile, sent their projects to the CORFO competition in order to introduce improvement in national companies that want to provide better service for the community. Soil improvement, recycled concrete blocks development, electricity generation, lanolin extraction, surveillance systems and prototype generation are some of the ideas by the researchers of our institution. It is an investment of more than 166 thousand Chilean pesos that will help to introduce research, development and innovation (R&D&I) to regional companies. The director of Innovation and Technology Transfer (DITT), Claudina Uribe, states that this as a confirmation of the work they outlined in 2017. “This is the result of a strategic plan that has to do with our cooperation with the companies. We wanted them to have the confidence to reach out to the research units of the UFRO and to ask for our researchers to participate in technological solutions that respond to their needs.” EFFECTIVE LINKS With the aim of strengthening the links of the UFRO with the socio-productive medium, DITT wants to contribute to the relation between science and companies, support entrepreneurship, local and regional innovation, processes of licensing and the participation and collaboration with associated R&D&I entities. “We could observe that the productive sector has been sensitized with regard to the importance of knowledge, since the companies understood that innovation is important for a competitive advantage. In this regard, our task is to support the researchers, so they can work successfully in this cooperation between science and companies”, she pointed out. PROGRAM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND COMPANIES The Program of Cooperation between Science and Companies was created in 2017. Its main objective is to increase the number of companies that develop R&D&I projects and the rate of postulated and awarded projects with regional companies. Some of the actions of operationalization of this program are prepared under the initiative called “Innovation Communities”, in which different public institutions and groups of businessmen come together with academic staff members of the university. This does not only show the capabilities but also successful experiences of cooperation, through projects and services, presented by the businessmen themselves to their peers. ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
INNOVATION VOUCHER The initiative wants the companies to develop solutions for challenges they cannot confront themselves, through the cooperation with knowledge providers, such as universities, research centers and others who are specialized in projects of punctual innovation and initial complexity. WINNERS INNOVATION VOUCHER CORFO Director: Marcela Calabi Project title: Development of an organomineral substrate based on mushroom compost, capable of improving the soil quality for ornamental plant propagation and cultivation. Company: Agroindustrial Milagros BIOREN Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Juan Pablo Cárdenas Project title: Development of a low-cost concrete block on the basis of recycled rubber and glass. Company: Andrés Gutiérrez Santibáñez Faculty of Engineering and Science Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Boris Pavés Project title: Development of a playground for children and teenagers that generates its own power. Company: Patio de Recreo Amount awarded: 8.400.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Jorge Díaz Project title: Design, development and implementation of a computer system of comprehensive transportation business management. Company: Asesorías Genera Ltda. Faculty of Engineering and Science Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Gustavo Ciudad Project title: Design of a lanolin extraction process from sheep´s wool from the center and south of Chile. Company: Ricardo Salazar Faculty of Engineering and Science Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Francisca Acevedo Project title: Design, development of a hydrogel face mask based on Ulmoplus to prevent wrinkles. Company: Andes Nutraclinic Faculty of Medicine Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Fernando Huenupán Project title: Development and implementation of a surveillance system for truck fleets, through the use of drones integrated into the truck cabin. Company: Comercial Patagonia Market Ltda Faculty of Engineering and Science Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Francisca Acevedo Project title: Development of a dermal cream “EudemoniAftertattoo” for tattoo skin preparation and aftercare. Company: Eudemoni House Faculty of Medicine Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: María Antonieta Ruiz Project title: Valorization of waste of potatoes with colored flesh after pigment extraction for their potential industrial use. Company: Nova Seed Faculty of Engineering and Science Amount awarded: 7.780.000 Chilean pesos
Director: Jorge Hochstetter Project title: Teachers´ blackboards. Company: Salgado Mathieu SpA Faculty of Engineering and Science (Engineering 2030) Amount awarded: 7.550.000 Chilean pesos
COMPETITION REGIONAL PROTOTYPE Director: Víctor Albornoz, DITT Project code: 17IPIREL-88466 Project title: Low-cost wood protector. Company: Bioinnova SpA Amount awarded: 45.188.160 Chilean pesos
Director: Renato Hunter Project code: Project title: APR chlorine dispenser prototype. Company: Mario Morales EIRL Faulty of Engineering and Science (Engineering 2030) Amount awarded: 43.115.000 Chilean pesos
Escrito por: Lorena Espinoza
Vice-rectorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies |
PROGRAM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND COMPANIES
The Program of Cooperation between Science and Companies was created in 2017. Its main objective is to increase the number of companies that develop R&D&I projects and the rate of postulated and awarded projects with regional companies.
Some of the actions of operationalization of this program are prepared under the initiative called “Innovation Communities”, in which different public institutions and groups of businessmen come together with academic staff members of the university. This does not only show the capabilities but also successful experiences of cooperation, through projects and services, presented by the businessmen themselves to their peers.
328 companies with potential to work with the university have been identified and 42 alliances could be determined.
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
Agroindustrial Milagros - Temuco
Patio de Recreo - Temuco
Asesorías Genera Ltda. - Temuco
Ricardo Salazar - Chillán
Andes Nutraclinic - Santiago
Comercial Patagonia Market Limitada- Temuco
EudemoniHouse - Temuco
NovaSeed- Puerto Varas
Pizarrón del Profe–Temuco
Bioinnova SPA- Temuco
Mario Morales EIRL- Santiago