Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Coal is a fuel widely used in cauldrons, which are fundamental for production of food and textile in the industries located in the Aburrá Valley (Medellín, Colombia). This fuel impacts envir…
Biochemistry
The extraction and evaluation of the bromelain and phenolic compounds from pineapple peel through ultrasound radiation. The pineapple peel contains components such as polyphenols and bromela…
Environmental Engineering
The Research group SYNAPSES of the Educational Institution Ismael Perdomo Borrero, noted that the use of the notebooks is set in a problem because they are discarded after fulfilling their m…
Materials Science
There are some kinds of waterproof textiles in Colombia that are limited to the quantity and type of substances they repel, between 80 and 90 % allowing a few drops of liquid to be absorbed…
Environmental Engineering
Air pollution levels in Medellin, the second largest city of Colombia, is a serious problem of public health. During last year, the city experienced the highest levels of pollution ever reco…
Energy: Chemical
This research arises from the discussions generated in the biology classes, the need to investigate technologies that minimize the negative effects in social and environmental contexts was r…
Environmental Engineering
The countryside El Tobal of Carcasi presents an environmental problem caused by dairy cheese whey, a by-product of the cheese industry, which generates contamination in the waters present in…
Materials Science
Research main objective was to create a new alternative packing material based on banana, cassava and yam starch, in order to reduce the environmental implications produced by today’s plasti…
The separation of waste can be understood as a process resulting from the effects of the technological advances and the deterioration of environmental commitment worldwide; although there ar…
This research aims to analyze the relationship between the addition of natural fibers to FIBALTO fiber cement flat sheets and the final properties of density, moisture absorption and the fle…
A scale model solar vehicle was developed for a race held in Medellin in 2015. In this race scale solar vehicles competed, all with the same solar panel and restrictions on dimensions and co…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Currently Medellin annually produces between 6000 to 9000 tons of residual organic material (Escalante Hernandez, 2014), which is considered a forest residue since it is the result of prunin…
Water is a vital factor for the survival of all living beings, in both industry and agriculture. Hidrolizas, is an initiative that seeks through the implementation of a semi-closed system of…
This research project is carried out with the purpose of evaluating the effect on the health of people who consume water directly from the Piedras del Rayo stream in the Cerro Buena Vista ru…
Biochemistry
Our purpose is developing an ecologic product for feeding poultry (egg laying hens) with low cost and high quality results, using local weeds. Our feed includes a high protein content and at…
Businesses and vehicles act in the environment, producing great quantities of particles of CO2 which is enemy number one of human health and to life on planet earth: starting from this state…
The growing industrialization in the last decade, has increased, on the one side, the acoustic pollution or noise that considerably affects human beings in their bio-phsyco-social aspect and…
Energy from Noise (Energetic Noise) is a new strategy to reduce the problem of acoustic pollution in educational institutions starting with the Francisco Restrepo Molina Liceum. The project…
The problems in communication and broadcasting of information that have sprung in the Educational Institution Ángela Restrepo Moreno are due to the inadecuacy of the space and the deficient…
Coal was made from two waste organic materials: coconut and orange peels, applying two approaches: physical and chemical activity respectively, in both cases both home-made and more technica…
Chemistry
Drunkorexia is a psychological and metabolic disorder in which the individual stops consuming food and replaces it with alcoholic beverages in order to avoid extra caloric intake. In Medellí…
Energy: Chemical
CubeSats are small, affordable satellites, making them desirable for use in academic and observational studies. Due to their reduced size, these satellites depend exclusively on solar panels…
Engineering Mechanics
Is recognized increasingly the narrow relation that exists between energy and the environment, in fact, the energy and the environment they are indispensable for the sustainable development,…
Physics and Astronomy
Hydroponic and aeroponic systems aim to reduce soil usage and degradation while increasing production, nonetheless both systems depend on fertilizers, demand considerable amounts of energy,…
Embedded Systems
One of the pillars of modern economics is videogames; they have been one of the main entertainment systems in the past four decades. The videogames are made up of two parts: the graphics and…
Physics and Astronomy
The Cayenne (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), has been used for a long time by some members of the community of Buenavista - Sucre, Colombia, in the preparation of concoctions used in the improvemen…
Energy: Physical
Conventional concrete is a mix of water, cement and aggregates (sand and gravel). Extraction of gravel contributes to environmental problems like erosion, and PET (Polyethylene terephthalate…