Projects per year
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Profiles
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Remoción de plaguicidas de agua potable en comunidades rurales y periurbanas mediante el uso de bioaumentación en filtros lentos con retrolavado: aplicación en Costa Rica y Brasil
Romero Esquivel, L. G. (Coordinating Researcher (may be from TEC or another entity)), Quesada González, A. (Institutional academic collaborator), Castro-Gutiérrez, V. (External collaborating researcher ), Soares, M. (External collaborating researcher ) & Soares Binsfeld, M. (External collaborating researcher )
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Hacia una Economía Circular: Gestión sostenible de envases vacíos de plaguicidas de los agricultores del Cantón de Oreamuno, Cartago
Abarca Guerrero, L. (Institutional academic coordinator), Villagra Mendoza, K. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Picado Valverde, S. (Institutional academic collaborator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Internally funded extension projects › Participatory and collaborative action
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Development and Automation of the First Costa Rican End Station at a Free Electron Laser, Dedicated to Active and Biomaterials Research
Puente Urbina, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Ureña, Y. R. C. (External collaborating researcher ), Paniagua, S. A. (External collaborating researcher ) & Vásquez-Sancho, F. (External collaborating researcher )
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research Projects With national external funds › Basic and applied research
Research output
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Aplicación de la inteligencia artificial en el monitoreo ambiental: modelos predictivos de elementos potencialmente tóxicos (PTEs) mediante machine learning
Salazar-Rojas, T. & Calvo-Brenes, G., 6 Mar 2026, In: Revista Tecnología en Marcha. 39, EspecialResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extraction, purification, and reuse of dyes from coloured polyester textiles
Lee, M., Liang, Y., Cuthbertson, A. A., Mohamed, S. Y., Puente-Urbina, A., Michener, W. E., Miscall, J., Lincoln, C., Lahive, C. W., DesVeaux, J. S., Fastow, E. J., Winey, K. I., Choi, H., Knott, B. C., Banakis, N., Allen, R. D., Beckham, G. T. & Knauer, K. M., Jan 2026, In: Nature Sustainability. 9, 1, p. 96-107 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Feature importance analysis for enhanced interpretability of spectrophotometric Machine Learning (ML) models in water quality monitoring
Hernandez-Alpizar, L. & Gomez-Mejia, J. A., Feb 2026, In: Tecnologia En Marcha. 39, p. 276-284 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press/Media
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Turbine Blades Have Piled Up in Landfills. A Solution May Be Coming.
31/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
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NREL: La resina hecha de biomasa permite el reciclaje de palas de aerogeneradores
23/08/24
1 Media contribution
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