Estudiantes

From elementary school through university, Dr. Carolina Candia reflects on the powerful role the public school system played in her education. Her scientific vocation was profoundly marked by her time in the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, beginning with her undergraduate experience in Dr. Betty Matsuhiro's laboratory and continuing into her Doctorate in Chemistry at the University of Santiago, where she worked in Dr. Jorge Pavez's Surface Physical Chemistry Laboratory.

Third-year Advertising students, Javiera Bonomo and Victoria Guzmán, secured second place in the inaugural Chilean edition of the Research Got Talent competition. Organized by the Chilean Association of Market Researchers (AIM), this contest selects the country's representatives for the global version. The students' proposal from the Faculty of Technology’s Department of Advertising and Image (DPI) was officially recognized as one of the day's most outstanding.

The Vice-Rector’s Office for Student Support recently hosted the Fondo León Usach 2025 Award Ceremony, celebrating the effort, creativity, and commitment of 20 winning student teams. These projects foster autonomy, collaboration, and participation among Usach students.

“Study of the sinking of the Atacama Salt Flat using synthetic aperture radar images” is the title of the study conducted by Roberto Montoya Araya and Marisol Alegría González, both students of Land/Geomatics Engineering, whose lead professor is Dr. Marcelo Caverlotti.

The record will measure the terrain of the largest salt deposit in Chile, which according to a recent study led by the University of Chile, is sinking at a rate of between 1 and 2 centimeters per year.

“Study of the sinking of the Atacama Salt Flat using synthetic aperture radar images” is the title of the study conducted by Roberto Montoya Araya and Marisol Alegría González, both students of Land/Geomatics Engineering, whose lead professor is Dr. Marcelo Caverlotti.

The record will measure the terrain of the largest salt deposit in Chile, which according to a recent study led by the University of Chile, is sinking at a rate of between 1 and 2 centimeters per year.

Capturing thermal images through drones that will fly over the University of Santiago de Chile, Jairo Herrera Painenao, a student of Land/Geomatics Engineering, will detect possible heat islands in our campus. 

His thesis work is entitled “Analysis of thermal images for the detection of possible heat islands at the University of Santiago de Chile”, and his guiding professor is Dr. Marcelo Caverlotti.

Capturing thermal images through drones that will fly over the University of Santiago de Chile, Jairo Herrera Painenao, a student of Land/Geomatics Engineering, will detect possible heat islands in our campus. 

His thesis work is entitled “Analysis of thermal images for the detection of possible heat islands at the University of Santiago de Chile”, and his guiding professor is Dr. Marcelo Caverlotti.

This initiative arises through the open innovation platform Sinapsis Usach, managed by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Dinem) of the Vice Rector's Office for Research, Innovation and Creation (Vriic), which announced the teams selected for the Pre Sinapsis stage, where Campus Vivo was one of the 9 projects chosen in the category Sustainable Usach Challenge.

This initiative arises through the open innovation platform Sinapsis Usach, managed by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Dinem) of the Vice Rector's Office for Research, Innovation and Creation (Vriic), which announced the teams selected for the Pre Sinapsis stage, where Campus Vivo was one of the 9 projects chosen in the category Sustainable Usach Challenge.

Called “Phatima ka ti Nyeleti” (“brightness of the stars” in the Changana language), students from the Universidad de Santiago developed a sustainable lighting project for isolated areas with two objectives: reduce the electrification gap and protect Mozambique’s astronomical heritage.