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As part of its mission to promote innovation in STEM on the island, the parallel18 pre-acceleration program (pre18) and the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) -both programs of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust (PRSTR)-, celebrated over the weekend the Demo Day of the Challenge to Innovate: NASA Edition student challenge. A total of 20 groups composed of students from local universities in the areas of electrical, mechanical, computer, agricultural and industrial engineering, and computer science presented innovative solutions based on technologies patented by NASA in the areas of pharmaceutical manufacturing and agriculture. The group of young innovators presented their ideas, the product of 12 weeks of hard work in collaboration with mentors from pre18, TTO, and NASA in the development of commercialization plans to improve the quality of processes and production based on the various technologies patented by NASA. ....
Puerto Rican undergraduate students majoring in electrical, mechanical, computer, agricultural, or industrial engineering, as well as computer science, will have the opportunity to participate in the student competition Challenge to Innovate: NASA Edition, an initiative of the pre-acceleration program pre18 and the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), both programs of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research (PRSTRT), together with the innovation center Engine-4, where participants will have a workspace to build solutions with NASA technologies. Students interested in participating have until Monday, February 8, to apply here: bit.ly/ctinasa. At the end of the open call period, the 60 chosen participants will have access to six NASA technologies for 12 weeks. Pupils will develop and evaluate a unique commercialization plan for solutions in the agriculture and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries during this time. ....