Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

       2006-2007

Board of Directors:

President

Dr. Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho
U. de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, P.R.

 

President-Elect

Ing. Juan Gastélum Castro
U. Valle del Bravo, México

 

Executive Vice President
Dr. María M. Larrondo Petrie
Florida Atlantic U., USA

 

Vice Presidents:

VP - Finance

Dr. Jonathan F.K. Earle

University of Florida, USA

 

VP - Graduate Education

Prof. Ismael Pagán-Trinidad

U. de Puerto Rico - Magagüez, P.R.

 

VP - Faculty Development

and Student Exchange

Dr. Jorge Ignacio Vélez Múnera
U. Sergio Arboleda, Colombia

 

VP - Research

Dr. Mar�a M. Larrondo Petrie

Florida Atlantic U., USA

 

VP - Public Relations, Fund

Raising, Promotions and Publicity

Dr. Gustavo Roig
Florida International U., USA

 

VP - Publications

Dr. Rodolfo Castell� Setina

Inst. Tec.de Monterrey-Chihuahua, México

 

VP - Membership

Dr. Juan D. Vega Gutierrez

Inst. Tec. de Monterrey-Monterrey, México

 

VP - Distance, e-Education

Dr. Jos� Manuel Paez

U. Polit�cnica de Madrid, Espa�a

 

VP - PreK-16

Ing. Frank Rodríguez

U. Tecnológica de Santiago, Rep. Dom.

 

 Secretary

Dr. Javier A. Paeíz Saavedra

U. del Norte, Colombia

 

Regional VPs

Prof. Narciso Arméstar Bruno

U. Ciencias Aplicadas, Perú

 

Dr. Gerard Luc Jean-Baptiste

Universit� Quisqueya, Haiti

 

Dr. Mauricio L. Aguilar Molina

U. Fed. de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

 

Dr. Iván E. Esparragoza

Pennsylvania State U., USA

 

 Lic. Rom�n Valladares Rivera

U. Tec. Centroamericana, Honduras

  

At Large Members:

Ing. Olga C. Basora Gómez

U. APEC, República Dominicana

 

Dr. Luis Martín Vega

U. of South Florida, US

 

Dr. Clement K. Sankat

U. of  West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago

 

Dr. Gosset Oliver

U. of Technology, Jamaica

 

Prof. Marino Grullón

U. Pont. Madre y Maestra, Rep. Dom.

 

Dr. Wilfrido A. Moreno

U. of South Florida, USA

 

Editor of LACCEI Journal:

Dr. Luis A. Godoy

U. de Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, P.R.

5th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology"Developing Entrepreneural Engineers for the Sustainable Growth of Latin American and Caribbean: Education, Innovation, Technology, and Practice"
ISBN: 0-9822896-0-X

Tampico, México

May 28 - June 1, 2007

 

Hosted By:

Universidad Valle del Bravo

Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Universidad del Valle de México

 

LACCEI Award Medal for Academic Merit

Awarded to: Dr. Luis Carlos Scavarda Do Cormo

Vice President Pontificia Univeridad de Católica do Rio de Janerio

Preconference Accreditation Workshop
"NSF: on the Global Engineering Education Challenge for the Americas"

"OAS-EftA on Engineering Accreditation"


Conference Program

Conference Proceedings:

Author Index

Subject Index

Country - University Index

 

Conference Chair

Ma. Lourdes Garcia G., Universidad Valle de Bravo. Tampico, México
Rodolfo Castelló, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Tampico, México

 

Organizing Committee

Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho, Universidad de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico
Juan Gastélum, Universidad Valle del Bravo. Mexico
Rodolfo Castelló, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Mexico
Lourdes García G., Universidad Valle del Bravo. Mexico
María Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University. USA
Iván Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University. USA
Manuel Bermúdez, University of Florida. USA
Alejandro Campuzano, Universidad Sergio Arboleda. Colombia
Roberto Lorán, Universidad del Turabo. Puerto Rico
Jorge Vélez Múnera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda. Colombia
Ismael Pagán Trinidad, Universidad de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico
Javier Paéz, Universidad del Norte. Colombia
Clement Sankat, University of West Indies. Trinidad and Tobago
Gustavo Roig, Florida International University. USA

 

Proceedings Editors

Dr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University. USA
Dr. Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida. USA
Dr. Maria Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University. USA

LACCEI - Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
http://www.laccei.org