UDA students win a science competition in Sweden

After winning a local contest organized by the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and the Academy (CEDIA), Alejandra Ortiz, Jennifer Guzman, Juan Cordero and Francisco Vicuña were selected to represent Ecuador in theErcer Hackhaton World Public Transport (Y4PT) that was held in Stockholm (Sweden).

The students, who belong to the University of Azuay, when they arrived in the European country, they were assigned to work groups formed in a random way so that they could elaborate and present a project that improve public transport. On the one hand, Juan and Francisco were there, and on the other were Alejandra and Jennifer.

In the case of Juan and Francisco, they worked with three foreigners to create THREE, a project that was cataloged as an innovative mobility solution, since it was proposed to address the food waste problem.

With THREE, the students proposed to add containers on the buses to pick up the waste of food, and with it create green energy to make transport work in a sustainable way.

While Alejandra and Jennifer created Compal, an application of shared trips from the airport of a foreign country. The objective of his project is that more people use a single vehicle to avoid CO2 emissions.

After the presentations, THREE was chosen as the winning project, while Compal was in the third place.

As the winners, Cordero and Vicuña presented their work in the 63 edition of the Public Transport Biennial, held in Stockholm. (AWM) - (I)