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Engineering

The College of Engineering UP seeks to prepare engineers who can make a positive impact on society and on organizations, through the successful practice of their professions. They will acquire technical, managerial, business, and humanistic perspectives which will enable them to incorporate technical, scientific, human, economic, and social factors, which, according to the institutional mission, will aid in the construction of a more just world.

The College of Engineering at UP is a proud example of technological development. We are leaders in the field of engineering for our academic excellence, as certified by different institutions. We are the only Engineering school which has consistently won awards in international competitions during the past decade.

We have the largest ratio of faculty per student in the National System for Researchers of the National Council for Science and Technology. Our researchers have published over 100 papers co-authored with researchers from China, Russia, Spain, France, Canada and Norway, among others.

Mission: To form industry leaders who are committed to society, developing imporvements for the welfare and progress of humankind.

Vision: To be the best College of Engineering in Mexico.

Oferta Educativa

Licenciaturas

Posgrados

IXNAMIQUI OLINKI, UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA'S ROBOT, IS ON IT'S WAY TO SUPPORT THE RESCUE OPERATIONS

Aguascalientes, september 20, 2017.-

ESPECIALIDADES DE VANGUARDIA EN LA UP

Da inicio la Especialidad en Publicidad Digital y Redes Sociales, las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación en la Universidad Panamericana.

Third Place in Handling, Fifth Place Overall for UP Robot Design Team at ROBOCUP 2014 in Iran

Maximiliano Ruiz, Santiago González, Fernando Ochoa, Daniel Duran, Daniel Arriaga, Irving Avila, Juan Echavarria and Barbara Muñoz, guided by Professor Juan Guillermo Medina Medina, are students of different majors that study at the School of Engineering at the UP,

Faculty

In order for UP to carry out its formational project, the faculty must freely accept a commitment to seek the aims of the university, and to participate in its educational work.

The recruitment and formation of our teaching staff is fundamental in accomplishing our mission and guaranteeing academic quality. A careful recruiment process ensures that our candidates have the necessary competencies and university vocation, and that they can continue to develop these in the future.

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Research

The purpose of a university is not only to teach and spread knowledge, but to generate it as well.

At UP, we place special emphasis on research work, with the aim of promoting social progress from science and humanities, but with a strict ethical sense. Our researchers are committed to serving society, firstly, by flawlessly performing their task of teaching, and secondly, by being the creative and innovative minds which drive social progress from within the university.

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Publications

With the aim of supporting teaching and strengthening research, Universidad Panamericana promotes among its faculty, the publication of scholarly articles, opinion pieces, and lectures directed to all members of the University community and society in general.

See publications.

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Acreditaciones

CACEI, The Accreditation Council for the Teaching of Engineering (http://www.cacei.org/)

The College of Engineering has two schools recognized by CACEI:

Industrial Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering

Logros y reconocimientos

We are the only College of Engineering in Mexico which has consistently won awards in international competitions during the past decade:

In 2013, the robot “Ixnamiki Öme” obtained first place in the manipulation trials at RoboCup in Eindhoven, Netherlands. RoboCup is the most important robotics competition in the world. It is divided into several specializations, such as: home robotics, soccer, aerial robots, and manipulation and rescue, which is where UP Aguascalientes participates.

In 2010, 2011 and 2012 “Ixnamiki” was selected “best robot in America” in RoboCup competitions held in Singapore, Turkey, and Mexico, respectively. In 2010, it was named first place overall, and was the first Mexican robot in the history of the competition to place in the worldwide Top Ten.o

In 2012 and again in 2013, we were Champions in the Latin American competition of Logistics Simulation, organized by Flexsim and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). It took place in Colombia.

These are some of the national and international recognitions received by the College of Engineering:

1997 Second place, SAE

1998 Third place, SAE

1998 Best New Design, SAE

1999 Second place, SAE

2000 Certification SAE

2000 Second place, SAE

2001 First and Second place, Best Design, Excellence in Autonomy, SAE

2002 Second place, ACM

2003 Overall winner, SAE

2004 Second place, SAE

2005 First place, SAE

2006 Third place, Consejo Mexicano de Robótica

In international robotics competitions, Universidad Panamericana, campus Bonaterra has obtained the following awards:

ROBOT	PLACE	AWARD
SLYA	2nd
9X23	3rd	BEST NEW DESIGN
COSMO	2nd
DECART	2nd
NEMESIS	1st
DECART 2001	2nd	EXCELLENCE IN AUTONOMY
MAXIMUS	2nd	BEST SLALOM
MAXIMUS 2003	1st
MAX RD	1st
HORUS	1st