The most outstanding projects in the electronic engineering career at national level were awarded by the Costa Rican Association of Electronic Engineering, as part of the National Electronics Award 2016.
The “Diwö” research and development project was the first-place winner.
Its official name is “Design of a control and data acquisition system for the Stellarator of Costa Rica 1 / SCR-1 (Diwö)” and it was developed by Eduardo José Asenjo, student of the Costa Rican Technological Institute.
His purpose was to develop an automated control system for the vacuum, gas injection, heating, power and diagnostics processes in the SCR-1.
The second place was won by Juan Carlos Brenes, representative of the Universidad Hispanoamericana, with the “Vibration measurement system based on ISO 2372 to predict early failure in electric motors (Vibmed)” project, which can be applied in the industrial maintenance area.
Víctor Ramírez, a student at the Costa Rica’s Technological Institute, won the third place with his “SiDiCo” project, which works to create a versatile system capable of controlling or updating existing plants at low cost and with state-of-the-art technologies .
The level of impact of academic innovation, economic cost, and utility in implementing the projects were part of the aspects that were taken into account for the final verdict.
The first place received $ 500, the second place received $ 300 and the third place received $ 200.