The Confucius Institute at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) announced plans to expand and move to new facilities. The number of Ph.D. programs at UADY increased to 7 with the addition of a new Inter-institutional Curriculum for the Habitat Sciences Ph.D. program. UADY students also designed an automated home device that is expected to be marketed within 3 months.

1. Currently, the CI at UADY
occupies spaces located
on the third floor of the
Library of the Campus of
Economic and Administra-
tive Social Sciences and
Humanities. For new pro-
jects, the representative
of HANBAN emphasized
that" this demonstrates
the commitment of
UADY; "he also revealed
that a fellowship between
the State of Yucatán and
the Chinese province of
Anhui is expected" which
will generate greater con-
tact between universities
and education of both
countries."
Mérida, Yucatán May
14, 2014 - . Within the
framework of the visit
to this city of Wang
Yongli, deputy director
of the Office for
Teaching Chinese Man-
darin (HANBAN), plans
and projects for the
expansion of the Con-
fucius Institute (CI) of the
Autonomous University of
Yucatan (UADY) were an-
nounced.
The official announce-
ment was made following
a meeting with the presi-
dent of UADY Alfredo Dá-
jer Abimerhi and mem-
bers of the International
Council of Confucius Insti-
tutes (HANBAN).
Andrés Aluja Schune-
mann, General Coordina-
tor of Cooperation and
Internationalization at
UADY, said the CI will mo-
ve to the former Faculty
of Education , which will
have new facilities on the
campus of Economic and
Administrative Social
Sciences and Humanities.
"As a result of the change,
the CI will grow and share
spaces with the Institutio-
nal Centre for Languages
(CIL by its Spanish
acronym) at UADY " reite-
rated the coordinator.
The Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) unani-
mously approved the creation of the Inter-institutional
Curriculum for the Habitat Sciences Ph.D. program pro-
posed by the Faculty of Architecture which will be held
jointly with the Autonomous University of San Luis Po-
tosí (UASLP).
Thus UADY increased to 7 the number of its Ph.D. pro-
grams. The other 6 are: Social Sciences, Health Scien-
ces, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Tropical Resour-
ces Management, Chemical and Biochemical Scien-
ces, Anthropology and Engineering; UADY also
offers 21 master's studies and 28 specializations.
The Ph.D. is aimed at teachers in habitat disciplines
such as Architecture, Habitat Design, Graphic De-
sign, Construction, Planning, Conservation, Restora-
tion Heritage, Visual Arts and Industrial Design,
among other disciplines.
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2. Mérida, Yucatán June 2, 2014 - .
This Monday in the Manuel Ce-
peda Peraza Auditorium in the
Central Building, Alfredo Dájer
Abimerhi, President of the Au-
tonomous University of Yuca-
tán, declared the official ope-
ning the Institutional Com-
mittee for the Care of Severe
Weather (CIAFEME by its Spa-
nish acronym) at UADY.
In the event, Dajer Abimerhi
said that each year the institu-
tion must prepare in order to
strengthen the culture of pre-
vention, give greater security to
the community and the infras-
tructure of the Autonomous
University of Yucatán, “in the
same way as last year, today we
reinstall the CIAFEME to opera-
te specifically during the 2014
hurricane season which ends on
November 30."
He noted that the committee is
a collegial body established to
safeguard the physical integrity
of those who work and study at
the University , as well as
health facilities, goods and infor-
mation from the institution to
the possibility of risk , emergency
or disaster that may occur due to
weather extreme .
Dájer Abimerhi said that the
work of this committee is to
coordinate and organize the pro-
cesses of the design, dissemina-
tion, implementation and evalua-
tion of strategies aimed at pro-
moting a culture of prevention.
He also explained that the agency
is working in coordination with
the Institutional Committee for
Civil Protection as well as with
sub-committees of each school,
colleges and workplaces of the
University, " the goal is to coordi-
nate and implement strategies
from early warnings or email ,
and thereby reduce the risks
with fast , effective and timely
action , we want an informed
community ."
He also explained that the
agency is working in coordina-
tion with the Institutional Com-
mittee for Civil Protection as
well as with sub-committees of
each school, colleges and
workplaces of the University, "
the goal is to coordinate and
implement strategies from
early warnings or email , and
thereby reduce the risks with
fast , effective and timely ac-
tion , we want an informed
community ."
nish acronym) Association of
Colleges and Tlaxcala, during the
8 and 9 of last May.
Andrea Bates Maldonado, gene-
ral manager; Ángel Vázquez Cas-
tilla and Esteban Hernández Mo-
reno, finance ; Patricia Moreno
Díaz , production ; Doris Ceballos
Camargo and Emmanuel Lugo
Gonzalez, marketing; and Alejan-
dro Gonzalez Giovaneetti, sales,
Mérida , Yucatán, May 22, 2014 - .
"Dulce Vida", oat bar, chia, flax
seeds and honey, a product made
by students of the School of Ac-
counting and Administration of
the Autonomous University of
Yucatan (UADY) achieved second
place, in the category of interme-
diate technology entrepreneurs in
a contest organized by the Natio-
nal School of Accounting and Ad-
ministration (ANFECA by its Spa-
make up the winning team of UADY
and are now designing a strategy to
increase the marketing of the pro-
duct that is already circulating in
the local market .
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3. via a Smartphone or one ta-
blet , making use of an appli-
cation. He stressed that "this
system of home device con-
trol through a Smartphone is
in 'pilot' and its commerciali-
zation should be completed
in a period of three months."
"We, however, propose that
the installation should be per-
formed by any person,
through an application availa-
ble at an affordable cost, so
the user will have control
over the On and Off functions
of the living room, kitchen,
bedrooms, etc."
Jose de Jesus Dzib said the
support and encouragement
of the members of the acade-
mic staff of the Faculty of En-
gineering made this idea pos-
sible. "Thanks to the training
and learning it was possible
to develop this type of tech-
nology," he added .
He said that regardless of
continuing his studies he and
his colleagues already have
an office in Mexico City whe-
re telephone companies have
included and offer them the
necessary support. He reca-
lled that this initiative was
already winning and it was
nationally recognized and has
even won awards as the
event " ICT America" ??and
said the device is also a fina-
list in a contest for business
innovation 2014 whose win-
ner will be announced
shortly.
"We also had the opportuni-
ty to go to Boston, specifically
the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) in order
to participate in another con-
test also seeking support for
the company."
Mérida, Yucatán, May 20,
2014 -. Students of Mechatro-
nics Engineering at the Auto-
nomous University of Yucatan
(UADY) designed and manu-
factured a device for home
automation and energy effi-
ciency, which expects to be
marketed in three months.
This technological innovation
was created by José Dzib Sán-
chez, Moisés Armando Pech
Córdova y Henry Javier Se-
rrano Echeverría cofounders
of the company
"Vanderdroid".
Dzib Sanchez explained that
in addition to the automated
control in homes, the device
can exert control and care of
electronic devices and custo-
mize the use of any and all
facilities. To this end, stu-
dents of the Faculty of Engi-
neering designed new gene-
ration plates or dampers
which can be connected to a
router via WIFI system so that
anyone can use it.
"With this device, the ap-
pliances in the homes are
protected of potential over-
voltage," said the UADY stu-
dent adding that the devices
that are connected to their
gadget and can be controlled
from anywhere in the world
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