The initiative arose in the context of the work lines of the Applied R&D and Industry Linkage axes of the FIULS 2030 Project.

With the objective of defining the lines of work between the International Center for Numerical Methods (CIMNE) of Spain and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of La Serena, a coordination meeting was held to develop collaborative work in teaching, research and transfer of knowledge in numerical methods and engineering.

The center is a research organization created in 1987 at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), as a partnership between the Government of Catalonia and the UPC, in cooperation with UNESCO.

In the instance, the Dean of the ULS Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Ing. Mauricio Godoy, noted that “we are very excited to have this strategic alliance, it is a great opportunity to deepen our academic ties with world-class scientists, with participation of students and to also delve even further into research in numerical methods, according to the needs of our region.”

For her part, the director of the Applied R&D and Industry Linkage Axis of the FIULS 2030 Project, Mg. Ing. Paulina González, indicated that “we were in meetings with regional companies and there is a lot of interest in this project. "We will collect the needs of the industry and we will deliver solutions through the software and equipment that we will have in the CIMNE Classroom."

The researcher at Aula CIMNE in Spain, Francisco Zárate, stressed that “the idea of ​​the association is not only to develop scientific work, but also a joint project that allows the exchange of academics and students. It is a door that opens in which students can be sent to do research and in any classroom in the world, this is a quite powerful network.”

Regarding the alliance between FIULS and AULA CIMNE, the director of the Aula FIULS CIMNE, Dr. Ing. Jaime Campbell, stated that “this project is very interesting, with many areas of work together, there are many possibilities with other institutions that can be see in other CIMNES classrooms. Opportunities open up for our academics and students to develop applied research.”

FIULS 2030

The joint work initiative with Aula CIMNE emerged in the context of the work lines of the Applied R&D and Linkage with Industry and International Relations and Mobility axes of the FIULS 2030 Project.

Written by María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Project