The Technological Innovation Park (PIT, Parque de Innovación Tecnológica) of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa) is now part of the Innovation Network of the National Institute of the Entrepreneur (INADEM, Instituto Nacional del Emprendedor), which belongs to the federal Secretariat of Economy. This achievement of the Park provides to entrepreneurs the certainty and safety to request specialized resources with the guarantee of an educative institution.

The Director of the PIT-UAS, MBA José Ramón López Arellano, assured that the laboratories on which the institution he presides counts are certified. Besides, he commented that the specialized calls and the linkage between enterprise and educative institution promote the work model known as triple helix, with what is given the possibility of developing projects that may be commercialized.

López Arellano recalled that, in order to be part of this Innovation Network, the Park applied for the call launched by the INADEM named Promotion for the Development of Prototypes via High Specialization Workshops: “Thanks to our belonging to this innovation network, three enterprises from Jalisco, Chihuahua and Sinaloa have already approached to us, which projects proposals are focused on sustainable energy generation”.

He explained that the PIT-UAS does not only focus on software development, and that the University, as such, has different opportunity areas of knowledge: “All year long we are working in forming multidisciplinary teams, involving different faculties, and it is thanks to this that we have been able to form such teams”.

José Ramón López Arellano affirmed that PIT-UAS’ position in the State, the region and the country is due to the unconditional support given by the University’s Rector, PhD Juan Eulogio Guerra, with which it has been possible the adequate planning in almost a year of operations.

Finally, he claimed that ranks are being closed in this path of innovation, with coordination and planning, in order to visit the faculties in the whole state, identify the opportunity areas and its strengths, so multidisciplinary teams of basic science can be joint with applied research.

Source: http://dcs.uas.edu.mx/index.php?sec=1&op=2&id_nota=5617&tipo=i. Translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).