About the Journal
“The Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, LACCEI”, is a non-profit organization consisting of institutions that offer academic programs in Engineering and Technology with the goal of collaborating with other LACCEI partners. The word “institution” includes universities, colleges and schools.
Current Issue
Vol. 1 No. 8 (2023): LACCEI 2023
In 2023, working within the framework of the LACCEI-CONFEDI inter-institutional Cooperation Agreement and in collaboration with the OAS, the joint development was initiated in a hybrid format of the conferences: “OAS Summit of Engineering for the Americas”, the “21st LACCEI International Multiconference for Engineering, Education and Technology”, the “4th Latin American Congress of Engineering”, and the “2nd Latin American and Caribbean Tribology Conference” . It was held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and organized by Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FIUBA), Florida Atlantic University (FAU), and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN).
Published:
2024-04-16
Articles
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Productivity improvement in an agribusiness dedicated to the export of snow peas using Lean Manufacturing and Mathematical Optimization tools
This research focuses on the situation faced by an agribusiness that processes Snow Peas in the planning of its supply chain in the phases of the crop field, transportation to the production plant, and the processing plant. The planning is carried... -
Technology for monitoring tremor in the upper extremities of patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and a proposal
PD patients come to experience a wide spectrum of cognitive, psychiatric, non-motor and motor symptoms. Tremor is one of the initial symptoms described by 70% of patients diagnosed with PD and quantifying it will allow the specialist to know the e... -
Influence of an information system in the control of incidents of school bullying
School violence or bullying can be reported by students through an incident logbook, but this process is not widely known or is avoided out of embarrassment. Additionally, the paper record is susceptible to loss or damage. For this reason, an inve... -
Method of marketing products through Sales promotion to increase sales in a retail Mype
In Peru, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are important for the country's economy however, more than 50% of the MSEs could disappear due to the absence of customers, which does not allow them to grow in sales in the long term. The problem of th... -
Análisis de vulnerabilidades a un Raspberry Pi en un ambiente simulado
Los dispositivos IoT actualmente forman parte de nuestro entorno, recopilando datos e información que debe ser confidencial. Por esta razón se debe saber que vulnerabilidades presentan los dispositivos que se estan usando. En este artículo se demu... -
Proposal for the automation of the rolling process in the assembly of parts in automotive vehicles
In the city of Cajamarca, there has been a high demand for welding services on metal parts and production of automotive spare parts. To address this shortage, a diagnosis was carried out to establish the problem and prioritize its solution. With t... -
Strategies for Transition to Clean Energy: Household Cooking in Panama
This paper presents the planning and implementation of a program to replace traditional energy sources such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas and firewood for electricity, based on the analysis of different data from the domestic sector in Panama. The ma... -
Prediction System to Control the Spread of COVID-19 in People Who Work in Person in the Los Olivos District
In Peru, the COVID-19 pandemic affects various private and state sectors, due to the spread of the virus. The current government decreed quarantines to reduce infections, which implied that part of the population would have to stay at home , but a... -
Productivity increase in the manufacturing process under the SMED methodology of Lean Manufacturing
Productivity in companies allows to improve operational and quality efficiency. An OEE level below 65% represents low effectiveness and high downtime in the production line. The objective of the article is to increase the productivity levels of a ... -
Implementation of a TMS system for efficiency in the supply chain
Abstract - The present study had the objective of determining the influence of a TMS system for efficiency in the supply chain of San Fernando in Lima-Peru 2022. The approach was quantitative of the applied type, with a pre-experimental design. Th... -
Improvement proposal based on Lean Manufacturing tools to reduce overcosts in the production and maintenance areas at Molinera de cereales, Trujillo 2021
The general objective of this investigation was to determine the influence of the improvement based on Lean Manufacturing tools on cost overruns in production and maintenance areas at Molinera de Cereals, Trujillo 2021. Data collection techniq... -
An implementation of a system that emulates the operation of a pipe positioning arm for Raise Boring application
The lack of an automated system for pipes positioning in Raise Boring mining works (RB) generates time and financial losses for the company due to a greater number of use errors produced by the operators. For this reason, reducing the intervention... -
A graphical programming environment oriented to the reactive paradigm for the multimodal control of an intelligent robot based on Raspberry Pi
In the fields of computer science and electronics, the wide variety of tools and resources available for artificial intelligence and robotics are aimed at people with a certain level of expertise, so it is difficult for students to enter these fie... -
Reduction of the rate of returns in the publishing sector through a management model using the Business Process Management methodology and 5S
One of the main problems that every newspaper publishing company has is returns, since a high rate of returns generates a significant decrease in profits. When analyzing the return rates of international and national newspapers, it was determined ... -
Design of an automated drip irrigation system. A case study in a blueberry cultivation nursery
This research was carried out with the aim of designing an automated system based on Arduino UNO for drip irrigation of blueberry cultivation. In the current context, maintain an irrigation system that optimizes water consumption while leading to ... -
Case study: Comparative teacher communicative competence in two faculties of a private university in Lima, Peru. A methodological approach.
Communicative competence is key to the professional development of various specialties, both in sciences and humanities. Thus, the present case study aimed to understand what communicative and methodological factors are used by two professors from... -
Modeling and simulation of an alternative refrigeration system used for liquefaction in a liquefied natural gas production plant in Peru
This paper is the result of a research work on the modeling and simulation of an alternative refrigeration system used for liquefaction in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Peru. The plant is located in Pampa Melchorita, Lima and is the first... -
Automation of the control process of a fruit labeler using state machines
Abstract – This article presents the automation of a fruit label dispensing system using a PLC programmable logic controller. The finite state machine method is used for system design and programming, Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps allow us to ... -
Innovative activities in sustainable innovation. A Colombian study
This research examines the relationship between innovative activities and sustainable innovation in Colombian companies. It is a quantitative non-experimental study with a cross-sectional design. The sample was obtained from the national innovatio... -
Digitization and Tourist Intelligence: an option to improve the profitability of the Chimbote hotel industry, 2022
Many businesses linked to the hotel industry have had serious difficulties to reactivate due to the health and economic situation that has been experienced since 2020 by COVID-19, seeing their profitability affected, compared to 2019. However, the... -
Development of a Semi-distributed Hydrological Model at daily level using Neural Network
A semi-distributed daily precipitation-runoff model was developed and applied to the sub-basins formed by the Barrios, Puente Paltashaco, Teodulo Peña, Malvados and Obrajillo hydrometric stations. For the development, use was made of neural networ... -
Integrated Management Systems and the profitability of Contractors in contractor companies linked to the mining sector
The sector of contractor companies, directly linked to mining, constitutes a motor of economic development and therefore of improvement in the quality of life of the inhabitants of the locality in which they operate. Like other business organizati... -
PI2C: International Program of Scientific Initiation in Engineering Students
The International Program for Scientific Initiation (PI2C) is an activity that was implemented within the scope of the COIL methodology. Created and developed by the Universidad Católica San Pablo (UCSP), in Peru it was carried out collaboratively... -
Biofeedback Prototype System for Stress Level Assessment during a Driving Simulation Session
Urban traffic congestion has become a factor that generates stress, mainly in people who drive daily. For road safety reasons, it is crucial to identify whether driving a vehicle increases the driver's stress level because this could affect their ... -
Development of a system for intelligent irrigation for the automation of water use
In the present investigation, a system for intelligent irrigation based on the Internet of Things (IoT) was developed, achieving an interconnection of sensors, actuators and software, in addition to this, we worked with 3 study areas, which were t... -
IoT System Infrastructure Design for Management of Specialized Engineering Education Laboratories
The present research work is based on the design of an integral management system that links two fundamental perspectives of a specialized engineering teaching laboratory The first being the internal functioning of the environment, which includes... -
Formative Feedback and Collaborative Work in the Meaningful Learning of Basic Science Items
This research describes the experience of the application of a formative feedback plan in students of the IV semester of the subject of Mathematical Analysis II of the Academic School of Civil Engineering of the National Intercultural University o... -
Management for the Supply Chain to Increase the Export of Grapes – Perú
The objective is to increase the export level of the grapes of an agro-export company located in Ica-Peru, based on the optimization of the supply chain management, which takes as a principle the processes of supply, productivity and distribution,... -
Entrepreneurial Intention Towards F Commerce in Southern Bolivia: A Study Via Structural Equations
The intention of young people to undertake can be important to contribute to the development of the economy of a country, in this sense, the objective of the present investigation has been to determine the relationships of the latent variables tha... -
Optimization of Solid Waste Collection Routes Using Graph Theory and Linear Program
The research presents a methodology where the application of the Chinese postman problem, which is based on the theory of weighted Eulerian graphs, and the problem of coverage of sets of binary integer linear program was combined, as an alternativ... -
Development of Intelligent Systems in 5.0 Supply Chains using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This project is the result of the current biological crisis where it was required to deliver medical supplies to over 15 hospitals in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. During its development, it had the support of Amazon due to its award-winni... -
Comparison of compressive stresses in masonry pieces and prisms with the CHOC of Honduras
In the research below, an analysis is presented that has the different prisms and pieces of masonry to the compression efforts and axial compression. In order to compare the relationship between them. The process was carried out selecting differen... -
Gini Index in the Construction Industry the case study of Chile
This paper shows the results of the estimation of the Gini index from workers in the Chilean construction industry. As known, this coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent the income inequality within a social group...
