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The Gill Health International Conference is the place where academia, industry, technology and research laboratories come together to discuss gill health in salmon. Its purpose is to discuss the results and solutions, and to share knowledge and new practices that are generated in the country regarding the management of the most prevalent and important gill pathology in Atlantic salmon in Chile. This is known as Proliferative Gill Disease (PGD) and has been present in our territory since 2012.

The revaluation, understood as the net increase in the monetary value of a property in a given period of time, is mainly driven by two factors: a significant increase in demand over the existing supply and the characteristics of the environment of the property.

Burner or ignition systems are essential for the operation of industries such as pharmaceuticals, food and energy, as they facilitate the ignition of fuels to generate heat, energy or perform key processes. Their use in mining, manufacturing, construction and transportation, among others, ensures the continuity of operations. 

The 2024 Smart conference provided a unique forum to discuss the latest developments in sustainable mobility and energy and associated technologies. It brought together scientists, researchers, end-users, industry and policy makers from around the world to exchange ideas and discuss key issues for sustainable development. In addition to fostering knowledge exchange, the event offered multiple networking opportunities and allowed attendees to interact with some of the leading experts in these areas.

The Universidad de Santiago de Chile was recently awarded the Structural Research Fund for Universities (FIU), an initiative of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation (CTCI), aimed at strengthening Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+i) capacity in higher education institutions in our country. This funding will allow Usach to develop and consolidate strategic lines of research during the next ten years.

Capturing thermal images through drones that will fly over the University of Santiago de Chile, Jairo Herrera Painenao, a student of Land/Geomatics Engineering, will detect possible heat islands in our campus. 

His thesis work is entitled “Analysis of thermal images for the detection of possible heat islands at the University of Santiago de Chile”, and his guiding professor is Dr. Marcelo Caverlotti.

“Study of the sinking of the Atacama Salt Flat using synthetic aperture radar images” is the title of the study conducted by Roberto Montoya Araya and Marisol Alegría González, both students of Land/Geomatics Engineering, whose lead professor is Dr. Marcelo Caverlotti.

The record will measure the terrain of the largest salt deposit in Chile, which according to a recent study led by the University of Chile, is sinking at a rate of between 1 and 2 centimeters per year.

In 2024 Carolina Manquian Villalobos became a doctor in Engineering Sciences, specializing in Materials Engineering Sciences at the University of Santiago de Chile. In her doctoral thesis she managed to adapt a type of metal-organic crystal with properties like those of a super capacitor, which could transform the way we store and generate energy, for example, for automobiles. This work led to an article published in the nanoscience magazine Nanomateriales. 

The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Cedenna) has reached a new milestone in its contribution to Chilean scientific research by achieving the NCh-ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for its Nanobioassay Laboratory, granted by the Chilean National Institute for Standardization (INN).

The promising results obtained by the research team of the Metallurgical Engineering Department led them to apply for a patent for a “Method for extraction of copper in solution from concentrates, with retention of iron in solids.”