Projects
Funding Institution: World Bank and Fondecyt
Amount: 2'697,100 PEN - URL
PI: Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Reyes (jcrodriguez@utec.edu.pe)
Desarrollo de estrategias interdisciplinarias para la conservación de nuestro patrimonio de cara al bicentenario nacional: Desde pinturas y cobres dorados hasta retablos y mates burilados
This project aims to find strategies to protect heritage objects through a) the understanding of the mechanisms of deterioration, and b) the monitoring and control of the storage conditions.
Funding Institution: World Bank and Fondecyt
Amount: 1'058,300 PEN - URL
PI: Dr. Julio Valdivia (jvaldiviav@utec.edu.pe)
Implementación de un dispositivo microfluídico “point of care” (in situ) para la pre-concentración y separación mediante fuerzas inerciales de Plasmodium spp. en sangre infectada
This project designs and tests a lab-on-a-chip device with a “point of care” function that allows the detection of Malaria in a shorter time and smaller sample volumes than those required by current clinical diagnostic techniques.
Funding Institution: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Amount: 100,000 USD - URL
PI: Dr. Jorge Abad (jabadc@utec.edu.pe)
Impacts of alluvial mining in the Madre de Dios Basin: physical effects and mitigation planning
This project explores the interactions between flow, sediment transport, and channel change in rivers in association with the distribution of mercury along the food chain. This project involves an integrated assessment of a coupled natural-human system in southeastern Peru where there is an urgent need to develop science-based sustainable practices and conservation of natural resources.
