Excellence is essential in our work, and it is part of our four pillars as a university. Once again, during the 2016 graduation ceremony, we gave credit to the effort, dedication, and leadership of our students.
Honored students from the class of 2016:
The Highest Grade Point Average of Class of 2016
César Iván Matamoros Garcés (Honduras), with an academic average of 94.44%.
The Highest Grade Point Average per Major
Best Graduation Projects
Agribusiness Management Major (AGN for its initials in Spanish)
Project title: Market Research for introducing beef cuts with a high brand value. (In Spanish: Estudio de mercado para la introducción de cortes de carne de res con alto valor marca.)
Student: Nelson David Torres Guifarro (Honduras).
Food Science and Technology Major (AGI for its initials in Spanish)
Project title: Use of the rhodanine method to determine enzymatic hydrolysis in mango compounds —(Mangifera indica) (In Spanish: Utilización del método rodanina para determinar hidrólisis enzimática de compuestos del mango (Mangifera indica).
Student: Andrea Michelle Camas Molina (Honduras).
Environment and Development Major (IAD for its initials in Spanish)
Project title: Future scenario projection using the WEAP hydrologic model in the Santa Inés micro basin in Honduras. (In Spanish: Proyección de escenarios futuros utilizando el modelo hidrológico WEAP en la microcuenca, Santa Inés, Honduras.)
Student: Yomer Cisneros Aguirre (Peru).
Agricultural Science and Production Major (IA for its initials in Spanish)
Plant Science Area:
Project title: Characterization of breeds of Uromyces appendiculatus and common bean lines (Phaseolus vulgaris L) resistant to rust. (In Spanish: Caracterización de razas de Uromyces appendiculatus y líneas de frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) resistentes a la roya.)
Students: Michael Palomino Chávez (Peru) y Edwin Palomino Velasque (Peru).
Zootechny Area:
Project title: The effect of Rumensin® 200 and Procreatin® 7 in the production and composition of milk from the dairy cows of the Santa Elisa farm in El Paraíso, Honduras. (In Spanish: Efecto de Rumensin® 200 y Procreatin® 7 en la producción y composición de la leche en vacas lecheras en Finca Santa Elisa, El Paraíso, Honduras.)
Student: César Iván Matamoros Garcés (Honduras).
Highest Grade Point Average for the Learning by Doing Program
Student with the Least Number of Faults
María Carla Rivera Tejada Civism and Comradeship Award
Best Fourth-Year Leadership Program
Project for the development of the female entrepreneurs (PROMEDE for its initials in Spanish), created by: José Lennin Flores Hernández (Honduras), Eduardo Samuel Garay Lagos (Honduras), Marco Antonio Fajardo Menjívar (Honduras).
Project Advisor: Ivana Vejarano, M.Sc.