With innovative projects on children’s dental hygiene, delaying neurocognitive deterioration in older adults and circular economy, students and researchers from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León they won the prize Tiger Tank 2024.
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
In this sixth edition, teams from the High School 16 and the Faculty of Medicine won the categories upper middle level y superiorrespectively, while a combined of the powers of Agronomy e Mechanical and Electrical Engineering conquered, for the first time, a third category called Rectum Xignux.
Today the collaborative work of all institutions and academic departments is evident through this project called Tiger Tank, which involves a series of processes, training, support and monitoring that demonstrates the capabilities and talent of the students and the teachers.”
Santos Guzman Lopez
Rector of the UANL
The Great Hall of the Civil School University Cultural Center hosted the Tiger Tank grand finale with the participation of nine teams of entrepreneurs who presented their proposals for innovative products and technologies.
They present their ideas before the “Tigers”
Through a pitcha term used to refer to a presentation that seeks to present an idea and obtain financingthe participants explained their proposal to the public and the “Tigers”, a quartet of jurors that was made up of Moris Dieck, Nancy Salazar, Nayo Escobar and Óscar Martínez, all with experience in the business field.
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
The 2024 call established that the projects had to be linked to one of the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030 of the HIMas well as applying solutions with the Industry 4.0 and the evidence of the entrepreneurship maturity.
The Academic Secretary of the UANL, Jaime Arturo Castillo Elizondo, and the head of the Directorate of Entrepreneurship and Business Development of the UANLFrancisco Jesús Barrera Cortinas, led the award ceremony in the Aula Magna Fray Servando Teresa de Mier.
They are two-time champions
High School 16 became two-time champion with the project Time to brush. A toothbrush for children to make brushing an experience that transforms oral hygiene into a dynamic activity that combines music and comics with original characters, since the World Health Organization reports 2 billion people with cavities, of which 514 million are children.
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
The winners expressed feeling proud of their work, as it left them with an unforgettable feeling of satisfaction.
“It was more than six months of evolving and including more things. It took us research, data collection, validation. I invite you to participate and I tell you that it is very worth it because it is an incredible and satisfying experience. The truth is that the University raffles off too much with these events,” said Diego de León Martínez, member of the winning team in the Preparatory category.
Members
- Gabriela Lizbeth Hipólito Sánchez
- Diego de León Martínez
- Derek Amaury Fraustro Rangel
- Professor Alejandro Daniel Flores Alegría
- Professor Jorge Adrián Villarreal Cantú
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
Memory and life
In the Faculty category, the Memory and Life project of the Faculty of Medicine triumphed, with an application that seeks to delay neurocognitive deterioration in older adults, through personalized exercises and interactive activities, which in turn are monitored by specialized doctors. and the patient’s relatives.
Members
- Aris Jimenez
- Andrea Ramos
- María José Álvarez
Advisors
- Edgar Ivan Jimenez
- Ricardo Salinas Martínez, head of geriatrics and director of research and technology at the University Hospital.
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
Xignux Challenge Debuts
For their part, researchers from the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Agronomy were winners of the Xignux Challenge category, with their project called Recy-protein.
They devised a patented technique, unique in the world, in which they take the barley residue and separate it into two parts. He 60 percent It becomes a semi-solid designed as a protein supplement for human consumption, while the rest becomes food for goats, with a result of zero leftovers thanks to its circular economy scheme.
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
“The competition was very cool. All the Tigers, previous training, everything was great. It is an experience in which I recommend that, if you have the opportunity, you participate,” said Anahí Esquivias, member of the winning team of the Xignux Challenge category.
“The University offers many projects that sometimes we are not informed about and they are very unusual calls. It is knowledge that not only applies in your area of expertise, but you can also apply it in your daily life. We must be encouraged to search and find out about these channels that the UANL provides us,” said Andrea Ramos, member of the winning team in the Faculty category.
Members
- Leonardo Chavez
- Anahí Esquivias
- Gerardo Uresti
Entrepreneurial university students are awarded
The three teams were creditors of 100 thousand pesos of seed capital for their projects.
