Through abook that describes 70 successful experiences in the past eight years, theMinistry of Economy seeks to enhance the work of scientists and entrepreneursof our country. Three of the CMM highlighted initiatives belong to the”Industrial Applications”, while the fourth is in the education area.
The projects presented in this book were chosen to be a keystone of innovationand development in
“Science and Society” is the name of the second part of the book thatreviews the activities highlighted in the dissemination of science, educationand contemporary society. It is in this section where the work done by researchersof CMM, Patricio Felmer y María Leonor Varas is described. Their project isabout strengthening the training of mathematics teachers through two tools: theproduction of monographs and the use of the case studies methodology.
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With the article entitled “Through mathematical systems it is studied the optimizationof copper productivity ” is aware of the work performed by the Laboratoryof Bioinformatics and Mathematics of the Genome (LBMG) and BioSigma of CMM,which has focused on developing mathematical tools that allow analyze thebehavior of biological interaction networks, including the bacteria that arepresent in the process of bioleaching of copper. The article also highlightsthe work of researchers from the Center to assist in the identification andisolation of three bacteria responsible for separate copper from mining wastes.
Another highlighted project for its outstanding contribution to industry isrelated to the outbursts of rock in underground mining. The extraction ofminerals is run through underground explosions and although effective,represents a risk to employees and production. Aware of this situation, the ElTeniente mine contacted CMM’s researchers to address this problem throughmathematical modeling.
The third article describes two initiatives that seek to optimize the Europeanunderground transport and where CMM has participated as a single non European institution,responding to an invitation from ALSTOM. These projects are Modurban and IntegRail.The work of CMM researchers, led by Jorge Amaya, was aimed at making moreefficient the use of energy in this type of transport. The end result was asoftware system that coordinates communication between cars and the central of monitoringand modeling the thermal balance inside the cars, tunnels and stations withspecial emphasis on moderate consumption of energy.
“70 Stories of Innovation and Science, a collection of outstandinginitiatives in Chile between 2000 and 2008” was conducted by the Ministryof Economy with the collaboration of CONICYT, Millennium Science Initiative,Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA) and Innova Chile.
