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Polytechnic students create novel twill-based filament for 3-D printers

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A group of chemical engineering students at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico seeks to revolutionize the emerging field of 3D printing by developing a novel sargassum-based filament, which would not only allow the manufacture of all kinds of products for consumers, but would also give a use to the tons of this seaweed that congests the coasts of the island and that, in the future, could create a new economic sector and jobs.

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Students from Polytechnic University obtain second place in Great Minds in STEM hackathon

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Three students from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico obtained second place in the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference's (HENAAC) hackathon, sponsored by the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI). The evnt was held in Pasadena en California.

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Polytechnica University Wins First Place in Cyber Competition

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A team of 10 students from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico won first place in an international competition called "Capture the Flag (CTF)". The competition was founded by the US Department of Energy and funded by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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Conference on discoveries in the search for extraterrestrial life

Submitted on 20 April 2017 - 4:11pm

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The Polytechnic university and the Caribbean Astronomy Society will host a conference to discuss solar eclipses and discoveries that have implication on the search for extraterrestrial life. The event will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 6:00 pm at the Polytechnic University. 

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Polytechnic University receives important federal grant

Submitted on 18 October 2016 - 2:00am

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San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Hispanic Serving Institutions Program from the Department of Education of the United States assigned more than 10 million federal dollars to the Polytechnic University to develop programming aimed at increasing the number of students in STEM fields.

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NSF awards $815,000 to the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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WASHINGTON.-  The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $815,108 to the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico to promote education in cyber security.

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Student creates app to track the water reservoirs levels

Submitted on 1 December 2015 - 2:10pm

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Moisés Cardona, student at the Polytechnic University Student created the app "Tap the Button" for Android phones to track the water reservoirs levels.

 

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Technology Inventions Party

Submitted on 5 November 2015 - 1:39pm

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The Polythecnic University of Puerto Rico will celebrated the 5th edition of the “Technology Inventions Party” (TIP) on November 6 and 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The topics to be covered are:

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Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico secures NASA funds for Robotic Mining Competition

Submitted on 2 March 2015 - 5:32pm

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The Mechanical Engineering Program of the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico received a $25,000 grant from NASA to participate in the 6th Annual Robotic Mining Competition, to be celebrated on May 18, 2015 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Dorado, nesting mecca for Leatherback Marine Turtles

Submitted on 24 May 2014 - 12:52pm

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Volunteers from the Non-profit organization Chelonia, spend every weekend identifying leatherback marine turtles' nesting spots in Dorado.

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