IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education

We would like to announce that IFEES is introducing the IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education to recognize individuals who have made outstanding and original contributions to engineering education through exemplary teaching, research, and/or leadership innovations.

The first IFEES Global Award will be presented during the October 2010 World Engineering Education Forum in Singapore at the IFEES Award Reception and Banquet. The winner will receive a medal, a citation, a one-time monetary prize of $1,000 US, and travel expenses to receive the award

For more information and to submit nominees please visit the IFEES website.

ISTEC News Bulletin: In this issue ....

• A preview of 2010!
• National Instruments Survey
• Engineers without Borders
• Greenleaf Visiting Scholar Scholarship
• Call for Papers - UbiCoNet 2010

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Greenleaf Visiting Scholar Scholarship

The Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) and the Division of Iberian and Latin American Resources (DILARES) at the University of New Mexico are pleased to invite applications for the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Award for 2010-2011.  The deadline for submission is Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by 5:00pm.

Invited to apply are scholars (US and International), junior faculty (US) and graduate students (US) who specialize in Latin America.  Through the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar fund, the LAII provides three separate awards: one long-term (three month minimum) award of $10,000 and two short-term (two week minimum) awards of $2,000.00.  The awards are meant to enable recipients to use the resources of the Latin American library collections of UNM.

For more information, visit the LAII website.

Please direct questions to committees@laii.unm.edu

Engineers without Borders at UNM has an exciting year ahead of them and we would like to announce some of their planned activities. First is an Assesment Trip to Beni, Bolivia. This trip will look into ways to provide a reliable source of clean water to the indigenous community of Tsimane in the region. The second project is to bring radiant solar hot water heating to a community center in Rahma, New Mexico.

These programs are integral to the continued support and development of these types of regions found in New Mexico and around the world. We hope that you would extend your support, as we here at ISTEC have, to help them proceed with these projects and to expand their scope in the future.

For further information please click here. To donate to this wonderful organization please click here.

TOP 2009 IBERO-AMERICAN STUDENT PROJECTS We are pleased to announce the winners of the IIII Ibero-American Student Contest: Innovations for Sustainable Development
	1st Place Wheelchair with Smart Navigation. Pedro Ponce C., Fernando Ramírez F., David Gregory M., Rafael Mendoza, Marco Antonio Ruiz ITESM – CCM México
	2nd Place Prototype to make Biodisel from microalgae, as second generation Biofuels, from four commercial strains. Cesar Estrada F., Yanaika C. Noguera, Jorge E. López Universidad del Valle
	3rd Place Kanaan Che, “Tree Selector”, electronic device capable of distinguishing sapwood trees, holes (non commercial) from the healthy (commercial), this in order to make more rational use of forests and woodlands. Elias Lopez Perez, Charli Cámara G., Azucena C. Gonzalez Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Felipe Carrillo Puerto
	Planet NI Award Increased efficiency of Photovoltaic systems with solar recollection based on Fresnel lenses and implementation in rural areas of Bolivia. Daniel Serna Revollo, Omar Ormachea Universidad Privada Boliviana Cochabamba

MEJORES PROYECTOS DE IBEROÁMERICA EN EL 2009  Tenemos el placer de anunciar los ganadores del III Concurso Iberoamericano Estudiantil: Innovaciones para el Desarrollo Sustentable
	1er Lugar  Silla de ruedas con navegación inteligente. Pedro Ponce C., Fernando Ramírez F., David Gregory M., Rafael Mendoza, Marco Antonio Ruiz ITESM – CCM México
	2 º Lugar  Desarrollo tecnológico prototipo para el elaboración de biodiesel a partir de microalgas, como biocombustibles de segunda generación, a partir de 4 cepas comerciales. Cesar Estrada F., Yanaika C. Noguera, Jorge E. López Universidad del Valle
	3er Lugar  Kanaan Che, “Tree Selector” (Selector de Árboles), dispositivo electrónico que permite diferenciar árboles sámagos, huecos (no comerciables) de los sanos (comerciables); esto con el fin de hacer un aprovechamiento más racional de las selvas y bosques. Elias Lopez Perez, Charli Cámara G., Azucena C. Gonzalez Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Felipe Carrillo Puerto
	Premio Planet NI   Incremento de eficiencia de sistemas fotovoltaicos, con recolección solar basada en lentes de fresnel e implementación en áreas rurales de Bolivia. Daniel Serna Revollo, Omar Ormachea Universidad Privada Boliviana Cochabamba