The Physics-Chemistry Department of UPRA presents the XIX Research Forum where students enrolled in research present their current projects alongside their mentors.
Project 01: LIT-GEO Proyects: Research Post-Bachelor degree Program of Geoscience Applied to the Community.
by John Rivera, Julian Rivera, and Juan Alvarez. Mentor: Prof. Angel Acosta.

Project 02: Extraction of Starch in Agroindustrial Residues
by Nurialys Castillo, Yeiczymar Garcia, Andrea Melendez, Christopher Perez, Diego Rodriguez, and Yanilix Rosado. Mentor: Prof. Monica Medina.

Project 03: Simulating effects on detonation parameters when adding Si, Al, B, Mg powders and binary mixtures using Computational Chemistry
by Jan Fernandez and Adriana Serrano. Mentor: Dr. Infante Castillo.

Project 04: Origin and Location of the Wow! Signal
by Kelby Palencia. Mentor: Prof. Abel Mendez.

Project 05: Detection and quantification of corn starch and wheat flour as adulterants in milk powder by Raman Spectroscopy coupled with chemometric routines
by Louang Cruz and Andrea Diaz. Mentor: Dr. Ricardo Infante.

Project 06: Detection of microplastics in Tallonal Cave, Arecibo
by Irnalis Cruz. Mentor: Prof. Angel Acosta.

Project 07: Applied Fluid Dynamic: Flow through control valves using solidworks flow simulation
by Kevin Colon, Gabriela Alonso, Xamary Cosme, and Ariam Burgos. Mentor: Dr. Hirohito Torres.

Project 08: Paleontological Study of on Loose Sediments in Estancita Cave, Cabachuelas
by Sydney Vazquez. Mentor: Prof. Angel Acosta.

Project 09: Evaluation of Water Quality of Caño Tiburones in the Vicinity of the Arecibo Waste Disposal Site
by David Galindez and Javier Arbelo. Mentor: Dr. Ricardo Infante.

Project 10: Simulation of Real Caves utilizing Unreal Engine
by Efran Vera. Mentor: Prof. Angel Acosta.

Project 11: Characterization of Rare Speleothems: Retaking the Conversation over the Formation of Shields
by Bianca Maldonado. Mentor: Prof. Angel Acosta.
