• El Yunque National Forest Welcome Center 

      Cardona Colón, Rafael; Díaz Rodríguez, Alberto; Fernández Pérez, Abner; Guzmán Esquerdo, Carlos; Oliver Torres, Fernando; Sampoll Martínez, Isamar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      El Yunque National Forest Welcome Center is an auto-sustainable, LEED certified structure designed to provide free of charge forest information and to supply its visitors with basic amenities including a parking area with ...
    • El Yunque Welcome Center 

      Marrero, José; Ríos, Abraham; Ríos, Joshua; Rivera, Leonardo; Rodríguez, Damián; Torres, Tony (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      El Yunque National Forest has a visitor center known as "El Portal del Yunque". Data collected by the administration shows that many visitors pass by without noticing "El Portal", which usually results in operational ...
    • El Yunque National Forest Welcome Center 

      Colón Otero, José; Ferreira Vázquez, Luis M.; Jusino Pérez, José; Ortiz Colón, Félix; Rivera Sánchez, Jackeline; Serrano Mercado, José (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      El Yunque has been a federal forest reserve for over a century. A Welcome enter has been designed to provide the visitors a free-of charge information and basic service facility. The project is been located at the entrance ...
    • Desarrollo Agrícola Auto-Sustentable 

      Carabarín Rivera, Mario; De La Texera Colón, Natalia; Díaz Negrón, Jorge; Meléndez Pérez, Vianca; Ortíz Marrero, Pedro (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2015)
      El interés en el deterioro económico del país, impulsó este proyecto a contribuir al desarrollo de Puerto Rico en el ámbito agropecuario. La visión es desarrollar un sistema agrícola sustentable mediante la generación de ...
    • Finca Agroturística 

      Torres Ramo, Arniel; Medina Fontan, Gagarin; García Morales, Héctor; Vázquez Virella, Ismael; Pacheco Casillas, Ramón (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Puerto Rico requiere que la industria agrícola del país aumente su producción y así empezar a utilizar mas productos cultivados en el país. Por tal razón una granja hidropónica ayuda a que esto sea un paso más en esa ...
    • Proyecto desarrollo de infraestructura ISBU para la cosecha de arroz en Guánica, Puerto Rico 

      Cardona Navarro, Gustavo; Sánchez Mestre, Alexander; Smith Clark, Margueritte; Valconi Llenas, Carola; Verges De Jesús, Rachelle (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2015)
      El proyecto tiene como enfoque el diseño de infraestructura con Unidades Intermodal de Edificios de Acero (ISBU, por sus siglas e inglés) para propósitos agrícolas en el municipio de Guánica, Puerto Rico. La localización ...
    • Desarrollo Sustentable Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Tuna 

      Rodríguez Velázquez, Bethzaida; Muñiz Pérez, Alexis; Garnsey Hernández, Steacy; Fantauzzi Fontánez, Zoraida (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Queremos para la Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Tuna en Maunabo un desarrollo que sea sustentable para que este aporte a la reserva sin eliminar o afectar los atributos naturales que esta posee. Es por esta razón que como ...
    • Desarrollo Sustentable Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Tuna 

      Rodríguez Velázquez, Bethzaida; Muñiz Pérez, Alexis; Garnsey Hernández, Steacy; Fantauzzi Fontánez, Zoraida (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Queremos para la Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Tuna en Maunabo un desarrollo que sea sustentable para que este aporte a la reserva sin eliminar o afectar los atributos naturales que esta posee. Es por esta razón que como ...
    • Estándares para la medición de edificios comerciales 

      Tricoche González, Diana; Ramos Torres, Alberto (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2016)
      En este proyecto puedes observar como se integra la agrimensura con la tasación utilizando estándares de BOMAS. Para realizar el proyecto utilizamos un edificio comercial de dos niveles . La ubicación física del área de ...
    • Finca Aguacates Avancinos Propuesta de Proyecto con fines Agrícolas y Ecoturísticos en Villalba, Puerto Rico 

      Hernández González, Rey; Lebrón Santiago, Manuel; Pérez Torres, Sheila; Roche Rodríguez, Moisés; Torres Arroyo, Gabriel (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2016)
      A fin de desarrollar el potencial de este predio y transformarlo en una villa campestre, se presenta este concepto agroecoturístico buscando preservar su esencia para todos aquellos amantes de la naturaleza. El mismo contará ...
    • American Sign Language Recognition using Electromyographic Signals via Myo Armband 

      Ramos González, Héctor A.; Vega, Anthony (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Human and computer interaction has become an important tool in the 21 st century One of the most promising technologies for human/computer interaction is speech recognition ( which is a system composed of microphones, ...
    • Renewable Energy Lab for Wind & Solar Power System Analysis 

      Calder Acosta, William Rene; Rodríguez, Andrés (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Renewable energy resources used to produce electric energy, significantly lower CO₂ emissions by substituting non-renewable resource based power generators. Our investigation hopes to support the use of these renewable ...
    • Data Analysis: Disasters, Possible Leverage for Cybercrime 

      Torres Torres, Isaac L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      This investigation explored the topic of cybercrime and its relation to disaster events of natural or man-made origin within the United States from the years 2001 to 2016. By analyzing available public data from both ...
    • The Evaluation of the National Operational Excellence Index impact over the Private Sector Sustainability in Puerto Rico 

      Desueza Cabreja, Eddie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      During the past decade, the World Forum Competitive Index (WFCI) from the Island has dropped from 36 (2008) to 32 (2015). This drop is being aligned with the loss of resources from federal tax laws and high utilities/ ...
    • The Continuous Improvement Practices in the Puerto Rican Service Industry Formed Through Mixed Methods 

      Figueroa Rodríguez, Gonzalo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
    • Use of Plastic as a Replacement of Fine Aggregates in Concrete Admixtures 

      Meléndez Santana, Tanayshalí (Polytechnic University Of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Although current legislation established that 35% of plastic waste must be recycled on Puerto Rico (PR), actual figures are far below this target (ADS, 2017). Plastic materials have a great impact on the environment since ...
    • Glow Discharge Plasma Sterilization of Prokaryotic Microorganism Through Electrostatic Plasma 

      Morales Carvajal, Paola M.; Borromé, Daniel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019-08-19)
      Sterilization/disinfection of target bacteria – Bacillus Subtilis – is investigated using plasma sterilization process which involves both Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma (DBD) and Glow Discharge Plasma. The purpose ...
    • Alternatives for Processing Plastics with Recycle Codes from 3 to 7 

      Cuevas Colón, Bianka J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019-08-19)
      Solid waste management represents a challenge for Puerto Rico. According to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (2019), more than half of the landfills have a closure order and only type one and two ...
    • The 2017-2018 Evaluation of the National Operational Excellence Index in Puerto Rico 

      Camacho Cruz, Natali A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019-08-19)
      Puerto Rico has not participated in the evaluation of the World Forum Competitive Index (WFCI) since 2015; consequently, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA) created an index to measure productivity on a ...
    • Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on Modified Carbon Nitride for Applications in Renewable Energy Storage 

      Lomba, Rocío; Ramírez, Andrea (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019-08-19)
      Supercapacitors are rechargeable electrochemical energy storage devices, whose can store much larger amount of electrical energy in the interfaces between electrodes and electrolyte.