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Catedrático del RUM recibe subvención de $150 mil para estudiar impacto de los parques eólicos

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Dr. Umberto Ciri, associate professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (INME) at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study the effects of large-scale offshore wind farms associated with the climatic conditions of Puerto Rico. 

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GSA recognizes RUM professor for her research in the area of water resources

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Dr. Ingrid Y. Padilla Cestero, professor of the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received recognition for becoming the first researcher from Puerto Rico to be named a GSA Fellow, after being elected as a distinguished colleague of the American Geological Society (GSA), a prestigious entity focused on the advancement of research and discovery in the geosciences. 

RUM student receives $10,000 from prestigious Google video game grant

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Nicole Noemí Román Correa is the only young woman enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico to be part of the select group of scholarship recipients.


University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (RUM) student Nicole Noemí Román Correa was selected to receive the Generation Google Scholarship for Women in Gaming 2022.

The scholarship will grant her $10,000 to cover her study expenses and an invitation to a virtual conference to meet the other winners and Google leaders.

RUM receives major grant for sustainable energy educational experience

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The Dean's Office and College of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM) received a $160,000 grant from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Dominion Energy, an energy company based in the United States, with the purpose of familiarizing high school and undergraduate students with the topic of sustainable energy through a Summer Bridge Program.

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RUM solar boat crowned fastest in Solar Splash 2022

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The UPRM Solar Boat team, made up of students from the College of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (RUM), was crowned the fastest boat in the Solar Splash 2022 competition, which was recently held in Springfield, Ohio. The boat set a time of 23.86 in the speed category, also known as the 300-meter Sprint Event.

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Two RUM Mechanical Engineering students are recognized with the Jesús Sánchez Vázquez Excellence Scholarship.

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Students Adriana D. Kleshick Segarra and Wilbert A. Ruperto Hernández, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (INME) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received the Jesús Sánchez Vázquez Engineering Excellence Scholarship, which in its eleventh award ceremony, amounted to $2,000 for each student in recognition of their academic excellence and outstanding work.

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RUM students win first and third place in National Biology Honor Society regional poster competition

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Students Camila Alejandra Pagán Melvin and Alysa Michelle Alejandro Soto, both from the Biology Department of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received the John C. Johnson Award for winning first and third place, respectively, in the poster competition of the National Biology Honor Society, Beta Beta Beta Beta Beta (ββββ), at its recent district convention, Caribbean region, which was held in virtual format.

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Boricua students receive the Graduate Research Fellowship Program grant

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We would like to congratulate all the students who received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This fellowship recognizes and supports students who have excelled in science, mathematics, technology or engineering (also known as STEM disciplines) and other fields of knowledge. Scholarship recipients receive a stipend of $34,000 per year to pursue graduate studies. The application is highly competitive and extensive, requiring several letters of recommendation, a personal essay and a research proposal with an intellectual merit section and a societal impact section. 

UPR Mayagüez Campus graduate honored as one of the Women of Color Technology Rising Stars

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Carla Pamela Puig Mojica, a graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (INME) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received the Women of Color (WOC) Technology Rising Star Award, given nationally in the United States by Career Communication Group, Inc. to young women of ethnic diversity, with less than 15 years in the workforce, who contribute with their performance to forge the technology of the future.

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RUM professor receives grant from NSF for research in experimental particle physics

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Dr. Sudhir Malik, professor of the Physics Department of the Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received a grant of $ 375 thousand from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project called Physics beyond the Standard Model with the pixel detector CMS, which will allow you to continue your collaboration in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is carried out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, located in the European Laboratory of Particle Physics (CERN) on the Franco-Swiss border, near Geneva.

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