Roberto Soto Rodríguez, an eleventh grade student at Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, it's in the process of patenting his idea to reduce the temperatures inside buildings by up to ten degrees Fahrenheit: panels made of solid waste.

Thirty students of 10th, 11th and 12th grade from the Eugenio María de Hostos High School in Mayagüez, had an initiation last December 12, 2006, as members of the Science and Materials Engineering Club, a project that is part of the initiatives of the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) a joint venture of the Engineering Department of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez and the National Science Foundation (NSF). This Club aims to foster interest toward science and materials engineering in high school students. Also, it is a source of future engineers or scientists.