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The rector of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Alejandro Díaz, and the people in charge of Innovation of the institution met this morning with the Mayor of Cieza and the Councilor for Economic Development, Pascual Lucas and Antonio Moya, respectively, to transfer The technological offer and to study the possibilities of collaboration between both entities, as well as to generate opportunities of work practices in the locality for the half hundred of ciezanos that study some engineering, architecture or sciences of the company in Cartagena.
The vice-rector of Enterprise and Innovation, Alejandro Pérez, and the coordinator of Innovation, Encarna Aguayo, informed the muncipate that the research group on Post-Collection and Refrigeration of the Polytechnic will work to identify the particular organoleptic qualities of the peach Cieza a In order to achieve a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) that increases its market distinction.
This collaboration will be presented in March during the second edition of the bi-annual congress of Peach Cieza.
The University has also shown to the municipal authorities the possibilities in transferences of knowledge that the researchers of the Polytechnic can give to the City council and to the companies of the locality to give solution to environmental problems, of energy efficiency or related to the development of the 'smart City 'or smart city.
The first mayor of Cieza has stressed that "in this spirit of collaboration, a new possibility of progress and progress for Cieza and its companies is born today." Cieza City Council and the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) already collaborated in 2010 For the deployment of wireless Internet access networks in public places in the locality.
More recently, last year users of a nursing home in Cieza were the first to test the prototype exoskeleton developed by the UPCT so that elderly people, including those with some type of muscular atrophy or disability, can easily perform movements Such as moving, sitting, getting up or going up and down stairs.
Researchers at the Polytechnic have also contributed their knowledge to other companies and entities such as the irrigation community of Ascoy, Venís and Carrasquilla, which contracted between 2005 and 2010 the technological support and advice on groundwater experts in engineering Land and geominer resources.
Town Hall and University have also studied the celebration of summer days and courses in Cieza, as well as workshops and exhibitions of the Unit of Scientific Culture and Innovation of the UPCT to promote scientific and technical vocations among students of the centers Secondary of the municipality.
Among the UPCT students, Jesús Abellán, a fellow of the Rotary Club of Cartagena, continues his specialized training in 3D printing in the UPCT Maker student association and in the UPCT Racing Team's single-seat manufacturing team.
Source: UPCT
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