Technology project presentation gala

By: Carolina Rojas – Advisory Office of Communications

Each semester, students in the Systems and Computer Engineering program at the Ubaté campus present their projects at a ceremony they call the Project Presentation Gala, where they showcase their proposals. “This allows them to strengthen soft skills such as expression, communication, public speaking, project development, and writing. It's a process, and we're demanding in this; we're teaching them for life,” says Knowledge and Learning Manager, Engineer Néstor García.

The Alberto Urdaneta Auditorium, the Creativity Room and the Library were the venues where, for half a day and with the presence and evaluation of approximately five jurors, the presentations and exhibitions of each of the projects took place.

“My project is the creation of software for mining companies in the province of Ubaté, designed to generate records and traceability for all administrative processes. I find this type of methodology applied by the University of Cundinamarca excellent because it contributes to our professional and personal development, helping us to create projects that benefit society and become a reality,” said Edwin Alexis Leiva Bello, a sixth-semester student.

There, projects from students in the fourth to ninth semesters were presented, in which a significant progress focused on development as a graduation project must be evident, taking into account aspects such as appropriation of engineering knowledge, database modeling, software development techniques, statistical analysis, among others.

“Our project is based on using augmented reality to foster a love of reading in fourth and fifth grade students at the Chirquín Rural School. This project arose because we have observed, and because of ICFES data, that critical reading skills have declined among the population. What we want is for teachers to instantly understand, through playful activities using freely available stories and augmented reality markers, the students' interpretations of the text,” explained sixth-semester student Walter Felipe Mogollón Guzmán.

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