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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">UTEC encourages investigation and innovation among its teachers and students. Among the most valuable things you can find at UTEC is to meet professors who, in addition to sharing knowledge, are a source of inspiration that encourages innovation, entrepreneurship and high-impact research. Some of the many profesors that we could mention are Katia Canepa, professor of computer science in 2017, creator of the Beauthy Technology concept that combines beauty products with electronics to, in addition to improving aesthetics, acquire a "super-power" through the technology. And Julio Valdivia, current director of Bioengineering, a Peruvian scientist affiliated with NASA, who leads the project "Potates on Mars, with the financity of eradicating the famine and in the future, feeding the colonies of humans on Mars. Both professors organized the "Disruption" 2017 at UTEC, with the theme "Wearables in Space".</span></span></p>
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= ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERFUNCTION TRANSFER FUNCTION<br/> =<p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">At UTEC, the Legal Division Advice is always looking for the security of the student’s or faculty member’s ideas. In addition, UTEC Ventures provides consulting in how to make an idea profitable. Founded in 2014, the accelerator offers investment and mentoring to startups. UV follows the pillar of entrepreneurship raised by the university. The University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) is developing the engineering of companies of the future. An engineering of the hand with research and the creation of technological solutions, committed to social needs and sustainability. Also UV is part of GAN (Global Acelerator Network) which is the biggest business accelerator network in the world.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center">[[File:UV.jpeg|900x250px|UV.jpeg]]</p>
= FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION =
<p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">About university-industry collaboration, UTEC has partnerships with several companies, in order to prepare its students for the industry work through the development of projects which will be useful for these same companies. There are also some industry programs for internships during summer.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">UTEC Career Services is responsible for connecting students with other companies, as part of this mission, they created “UTEC Networking”, which is a space for the exchange of knowledge between companies and students in order to bridge the gap between college and workplace. This event is conformed by career presentations, company presentations, business talks, project talks, elevator pitches, company stands, an online employment fair and the opportunity to meet and match people for any personal professional purpose as getting a job, an internship or some kind of network to develop projects.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">As well, UTEC has implemented projects with companies (known as "VLI con empresas"), this program involves both UTEC professors and students, and representatives of the companies to implement different projects that are developed during the semester.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Electrica.jpg|333x250px|Electrica.jpg]][[File:NET.png|483x250px|NET.png]]</p>