Postgraduate & Research

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45-2744229 (Directora)
sonia.salvo@ufrontera.cl
Katherine Bernal Chandia
45-2324229 (Secretary)
katherine.bernal@ufrontera.cl

The Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, in its commitment to actively contribute to the development of the region and the country, joins constant efforts to place itself, today, in a prominent position at the national and international level in the field of basic and applied research.

Through the formation of advanced human capital, scientific publications and execution of projects in strategic areas of development, in the field of natural resources, energy and the environment. The Faculty seeks to respond efficiently to the requirements and needs of a growing country.

Dra. Sonia Salvo Garrido
Director Postgraduate & Research

Contact:

Dr. Sonia Salvo Garrido
Director Postgraduate & Research
45-2744229
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Katherine Bernal Chandia
Secretary
45-2324229

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Master in Engineering Science

Program aimed at Graduates in Engineering Sciences and Civil Engineers from all related areas, who wish to acquire advanced knowledge to develop fundamental and applied research, addressing complex problems with a multidisciplinary approach. His lines of research are:

Energy and Water Resources
Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems
Materials and Structures

Director: Dr. Víctor Tuninetti Vásquez
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Phone: (56) (45) 2744229

Master in Sciences with specialization in physics

Solid training in the fundamental areas of Physics focused on the lines of research:

Gravitation, Cosmology and Quantum Field Theory
Physics of Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Photonics and Remote Sensing

Director: Dr. Pablo Díaz Riquelmez
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Phone: (56) (45) 2325313

Master in Medical Physics

Focused Graduates in Physics, Engineering Sciences and Health Sciences. His lines of research are:

EDXRF X-ray Imaging
Statistical Processing of Biophysical Parameters
Atomic Analysis of Materials by X-ray Fluorescence
Radiotherapy
Imaging with Radiotherapy
Nuclear medicine

Radiological Protection
Quality Control with X-Rays in Nuclear Medicine
Internal Dosimetry
Fricke Gel Dosimetry
Dental Applications

Director: Dr. Francisco Mauricio Malano
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Phone: (56) (45) 259 6619

Master in Engineering Sciences with Specialization in Biotechnology

It constitutes the advanced study of this discipline and includes as a training activity a thesis within the research lines of the program:

Environmental engineering
Food Engineering

Director: Dr. Erick Scheuermann Salinas
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Phone: (56) (45) 2734157

Master in Total Quality Management Systems

Train professionals with an integrated vision of Quality Management, highly trained to improve the level of productivity and efficiency:

Quality and productivity management
Operation management
Statistical processes control
Management systems implementation: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001
Strategic quality planning
Light Manufacturing and Six Sigma
Continuous quality improvement
Integration of current regulations
Quality in educational processes
Quality in services

Director: Dr. Jaime Bustos Gómez
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Phone: (56) (45) 2744200

Master in Computer Engineering

The objective of the Master's program in Computer Engineering is to generate advanced human capital to be creators and managers of innovation projects:

Intelligent Systems
Semantic Computing
Mobile apps
Datawarehouse
MDD-MDA
Web Usability Assurance Techniques
Quality and Security of Software Systems
Systems Specification and Modeling

Director: Dr. Jaime Diaz Arancibia
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Phone: (56) (45) 2744219

Doctorate in Natural Resource Sciences

The program has an optional master's degree exit with a total of 40 credits, of which 20 credits correspond to the degree thesis.

Training Course
Bibliographic Seminar
Specialty Course
Research unit
Qualification exam
Doctoral thesis

Director: Dr. Andrés Quiroz Cortez
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Doctorate in Engineering Sciences with Specialization in Bioprocesses

Its objective is to train researchers trained to carry out original and relevant research:

Bioenergy
Food Engineering
Environmental engineering

Director: Dr. Edgar Uquiche
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Doctorate in Science with Specialization in Mathematics

The program responds to the national and international requirements that define a doctoral program of a scientific nature, in the area of mathematics. The lines of research are:

Algebra and geometry
Analysis

Director: Dr. Rubí Rodríguez Moreno
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Doctorate in Engineering

With the seal of joint training from the Universities of La Frontera, Bío-Bío and Talca, you will be able to independently create and apply advanced knowledge in engineering, responding to the challenges of the global industry, with skills to lead research teams applied in industrial, university contexts or in Research, Development and Innovation (R + D + i) centers.

Energy sustainability for the industry
Data and modeling engineering for the productive and service sector
Advanced manufacturing and materials

Interinstitutional Director: Dr. Eric Forcael Durán
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Institutional Director UFRO: Dr. Andrés Ávila Barrera
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PHYTOHORMONES AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH RESISTANCE MECHANISMS TO AL AND MN TOXICITY IN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS GROWING IN ACID SOIL: A STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF PLANTS

Principal researcher: MARJORIE REYES

Starting date: 01/04/2017 Completion date: 31/03/2021

IS NITROSATION AN IMPORTANT MECHANISM OF ORGANIC NITROGEN SEQUESTRATION IN TEMPERATE RAINFOREST SOILS? A COMPARISON BETWEEN ANDEAN AND COASTAL MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN-CENTRAL CHILE

Principal researcher: FRANCISCO MATUS

Starting date: 01/04/2017 Completion date: 31/03/2021

INFLUENCE OF DROUGHT ON THE EFFICIENCY OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS IN PHOSPHORUS ACQUISITION BY PLANTS GROWING IN ANDISOLS FROM SOUTHERN CHILE: WHEAT AS A CROP MODEL

Principal researcher: PABLO CORNEJO

Starting date: 01/04/2017 Completion date: 31/03/2021

INHIBITORY CAPACITY OF EXTRACTS FROM LEPTOCARPHA RIVULARIS ON THE DIABETES KEY ENZYMES: ALPHA-AMYLASE AND ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE

Principal researcher: EDGAR UQUICHE

Starting date: 01/04/2017 Completion date: 31/03/2020

THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONVEX RELAXATIONS FOR NONCONVEX QUADRATIC SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING

Principal researcher: WALTER GOMEZ

Starting date: 01/04/2017 Completion date: 31/03/2020

HIGH ENERGY EDXRF DETECTION AND EXCITATION OF TARGETING BIOMARKERS BY CONVERGENT BEAM: PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR NOVEL DETECTION TUMOR AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES

Principal researcher: RODOLFO FIGUEROA

Starting date: 01/04/2017 Completion date: 31/03/2020

DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT-GROWTH-PROMOTING-ENDOPHYTIC-BACTERIA CONSORTIA TO IMPROVE THE GROWTH AND ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE OF SMALL CEREALS GROWN IN SOUTHERN CHILE

Principal researcher: MILKO JORQUERA

Starting date: 01/04/2016 Completion date: 31/03/2020

ROLE OF SILICON FERTILIZATION ON PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION OF HIGH ANTIOXIDANT- OR STRUCTURAL- PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS IN CEREALS GROWN UNDER PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY IN ANDISOLS: A NOVEL STRATEGY TO OPTIMIZE GRAIN YIELD AND FOOD NUTRITIONALS

Principal researcher: PAULA CARTES

Starting date: 01/04/2016 Completion date: 31/03/2020

BIOPURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR PESTICIDE-CONTAINING WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Principal researcher: MARIA DIEZ

Starting date: 01/04/2016 Completion date: 31/03/2020

COMBINED POLLUTION OF COPPER NANOPARTICLES AND PESTICIDES IN SOIL: STUDY OF ITS IMPACT ON AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA, AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT

Principal researcher: GONZALO TORTELLA

Starting date: 01/04/2016 Completion date: 31/03/2019

NANOENCAPSULATION OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND PUNGENCY ALKALOIDS USING NANOSPONGES AS CARRIER MODEL TO DELIVER LIPOPHILIC COMPOUNDS OF HIGH BIOLOGICAL VALUE

Principal researcher: MONICA RUBILAR

Starting date: 01/04/2016 Completion date: 31/03/2019

RIEMANN SURFACES, FIELDS OF DEFINITION AND FIELD OF MODULI

Principal researcher: RUBEN HIDALGO

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2019

MAGNETIC NANOCYLINDERS, CRITICAL PHENOMENA AND PERCOLATION

Principal researcher: EUGENIO VOGEL

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2019

DESIGNING CHEMICAL POLY-BULLETS FOR NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS AND MONOAMINE TRANSPORTERS (SERT, NET AND DAT). A POLY-PHARMACOLOGY APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE NICOTINE ADDICTION AND WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME MEDIATED BY MULTIPLE RECEPT

Principal researcher: PATRICIO ITURRIAGA

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2019

SEWER MINING: GETTING BACK RESOURCES FROM SEWAGE

Principal researcher: DAVID JEISON

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2019

STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPE PLATFORM WITH PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL TRAPPING, FOURIER FILTERING AND POLARIMETRIC IMAGING MODULES, BY DESIGNING OPTIMAL PHASE OPTICAL DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENTS IMPLEMENTED WITH SLMS.

Principal researcher: ASTICIO VARGAS

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2018

STUDY OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS IN THE SPERMATOZOA OF FISH FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF REPRODUCTION IN CHILEAN AQUACULTURE

Principal researcher: JORGE FARIAS

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2018

MICROWAVE ASSISTED MICROBIAL OILS CONVERSION INTO BIODIESEL USING FUNCTIONALIZED BIOCHAR AS SOLID CATALYST

Principal researcher: RODRIGO NAVIA

Starting date: 15/03/2015 Completion date: 15/03/2018

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF PARALLELED INVERTERS IN A STAND-ALONE MICROGRID

Principal researcher: HECTOR YOUNG

Starting date: 01/11/2016 Completion date: 31/10/2019

MICROENCAPSULATED PROBIOTIC BACTERIA BY SPRAY DRYING AS FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENT WITH ANTICARIOGENIC BACTERIAL ACTIVITY: OPTIMIZING PROCESS CONDITIONS AND THE ENCAPSULATING SOLUTION COMPOSITION

Principal researcher: MARIELA BUSTAMANTE

Starting date: 01/11/2016 Completion date: 31/10/2019

ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC SENIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Principal researcher: MARJORIE MORALES

Starting date: 01/11/2016 Completion date: 31/10/2019

IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATORS DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED IN THE TWO PANCREATIC BUDS

Principal researcher: ELISA RODRIGUEZ

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

INFLUENCE OF THE AGRONOMIC MANAGEMENT AND PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE ON THE COMPOSITION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS OF FRAGARIA ANANASSA FRUITS

Principal researcher: MARIA RUIZ

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

USE OF BIOCHAR-COMPOST MIXTURES AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN THE PHYTOREMEDIATION OF METAL POLLUTED SOILS

Principal researcher: FELIX MEIER

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

SCREENING OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FROM WHEAT PLANTS GROWN IN SUPPRESSIVE SOIL AND THEIR BIOFUNGICIDE ACTION AGAINST GAEUMANNOMYCES GRAMINIS IN ANDISOLS FROM SOUTHERN CHILE

Principal researcher: PAOLA DURAN

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

USING FREE-LIVING DIAZOTROPHIC BACTERIA AND AEROBIC DEGRADED WHEAT STRAW TO IMPROVE NITROGEN FERTILITY IN CROP SYSTEMS

Principal researcher: MARCELA CALABI

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN VIVO EDXRF SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE LOCAL AND RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF NOVEL AGENTS USED FOR CONTRAST-IMAGING AND TARGETED-RADIOTHERAPY

Principal researcher: MAURICIO SANTIBAÑEZ

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT AND THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER RESOURCES, BY USING SATELLITE-BASED RAINFALL AND SNOW-COVER DATA. A CASE STUDY IN A DATA-SCARCE ANDEAN CHILEAN CATCHMEN

Principal researcher: MAURICIO ZAMBRANO

Starting date: 15/11/2015 Completion date: 15/11/2018

DEVELOPMENT OF CLIMATE-RESILIENT BIO-INOCULANTS OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING YEAST TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN LA ARAUCANÍA REGION

Principal researcher: SILAMBARASAN

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

STUDY OF ODORANT RECEPTORS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANTAGONIST MOLECULES TOWARDS THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE GREATER WAX MOTH, GALLERIA MELLONELLA

Principal researcher: HERBERT VENTHUR

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

IRON NANOPARTICLES AS PROMOTOR FOR CELL GROWTH AND ACCUMULATION OF HIGH-VALUE LIPIDS IN MARINE AND FRESHWATER MICROALGAE

Principal researcher: SIVARAMAKRISHNAN

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

INSECTICIDE AND REPELLENT EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL OILS ENCAPSULATED BY THE "LAYER-BY-LAYER" TECHNIQUE FOR AGRICULTURAL PEST CONTROL

Principal researcher: JOCELYNE TAMPE

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF CAROTENOIDS AND ANTIBIOTICS BY MARINE YEAST RHODOTORULA SP. USING ALGAL RESIDUE FROM THE ALGINATE EXTRACTION INDUSTRY AS A CARBON SOURCE

Principal researcher: ALLISON LEYTON

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

PROTEOMIC TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOFERTILIZATION MECHANISMS OF ACCD-PRODUCING PHOSPHOBACTERIA ON LOLIUM PERENNE GROWN IN ACID VOLCANIC SOILS

Principal researcher: PATRICIO BARRA

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

IMPROVING THE AGRICULTURAL WASTE COMPOSTING THROUGH THE SUPPLY OF NANOCLAYS AND BIOCHAR TO BE USED AS AMENDMENT IN A SUSTAINABLE GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Principal researcher: JORGE MEDINA

Starting date: 15/03/2017 Completion date: 14/03/2020

ALGEBRAIC VARIETIES AND THEIR FIELDS OF DEFINITION

Principal researcher: SEBASTIAN REYES