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RISE-UP Undergraduate Research Assistants Develop Case Study Database Web Application

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RISE-UP undergraduate research assistants Gustavo Reyes, Melvin Malavé, Elnois Norat and Víctor Pérez developed a case study database web application as part of their Computer Engineering Design Course supervised by Dr. Nayda Santiago and Dr. Isidoro Couvertier. The project titled The Interdisciplinary Research Network (IReN), consolidates case studies of infrastructure damages caused by natural disasters. IReN allows interdisciplinary teams of UPR faculty and students to collaboratively upload, modify, and search infrastructure case studies. The aim of this tool is to provide a repository of case studies for research and teaching.

NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions Principal Investigators Meeting

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The NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions Principal Investigators Meeting was held November 6-8, 2019 in Washington, DC. Dr. Carla Lopez del Puerto and Dr. Humberto Cavallín, Principal Investigators of the RISE-UP project, and Dr. Rodolfo Romañach Principal Investigator of the "HSI Conference: Accelerating the Impact of HSI STEM Education and Research on Innovation Ecosystems" attended the meeting representing the faculty and researchers of the above mentioned projects. During the conference, they presented posters and learned from NSF Program Directors and many researchers who are creating new opportunities for Hispanic students

Seminar: Critical and Creative Thinking

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Dr Cavallin received a scholarship to attend the seminar “Critical and Creative Thinking”, at the Faculty Resource Network organized by New York University June 10-14, 2019. This seminar explored what it means to think critically and creatively, and why both kinds of thinking are essential for our academic, personal, and professional lives. And for the lives of our students. The goal was to identify key strategies for teaching critical and creative thinking, and to develop from them useful pedagogical applications. Aspects that were considered were: What is higher order thinking, both critical and creative, and how do we recognize it? How might we foster critical and creative thinking in ourselves and in our students?

RISE-UP Seminar: Microgrid Technologies

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On March 28, 2019, a group of students from different STEM disciplines from the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce attended a presentation related to Microgrid Technologies, given by Dr. Fabio Andrade, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Puerto Rico -Mayaguez. The presentation started by giving examples of Microgrid around the world. The presentation was mainly focused on three-phase voltage source inverters. The modeling and control of these power electronics converters were presented. Concepts like frequency and voltage droop control were explained, as well as the virtual impedance concept. After the presentation, an overview of the RISE-UP program was provided followed by a question and answer session.

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