<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 technology. And Julio Valdivia, current director of Bioengineering, a Peruvian scientist affiliated with NASA, who leads the project "Potates on Mars", with the finality of eradicating famine and in the future, feeding the colonies of humans on Mars. Both professors organized the "Disrupton" 2017 at UTEC, with the theme "Wearables in Space".</span></span><p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Julio Valdivia.jpeg|400px|Julio Valdivia.jpeg]][[File:Katia.jpeg|294px|Katia Canepa.jpeg]]</p><p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Disrupton1.jpg|320px|Disrupton1.jpg]][[File:Disrupton2.jpg|320px|Disrupton2.jpg]]</p>
===<big><span style="color:blue">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</span></big>===
<p style="text-align: justify"></p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent">T</span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small">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 (a startup accelerator at UTEC) provides consulting in how to make an idea profitable. Founded in 2014, the accelerator offers investment and mentoring to startups. In this year, they have included a mentorship program called "Aprende con UV" to mentor prospect student startups to get incubated. 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 that goes hand to hand with research and the creation of technological solutions, committed to social needs and sustainability. In another hand, UTEC has recently created the "Ventures and Innovation Department" that will now cover this area in the university.</span></span>
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