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Outliers - Montserrat Fregoso

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"Creo que el fracaso es algo que me ha llevado mucho más lejos que el éxito como tal."

De chiquita me tocó experimentar mucha violencia junto con mi familia en mi comunidad. Llegué a tener que tirarme al piso por balaceras, bombas, granadas… Viví con mucho miedo y con situaciones que una niña ni nadie debería vivir.  Pero pronto encontré esa esperanza de que todo iba a estar bien.

Soy Montserrat Fregoso, embajadora de Rebel Girls y co-fundadora de SciArt Party.

Estudié la carrera de Estrategia y Transformación de Negocios siendo becada por el Tec de Monterrey.

Actualmente me dedico a realizar proyectos multidisciplinarios de manera internacional y no hay otra cosa que desearía estar haciendo además de lo que hago.

Desde pequeña me gustó estar activa y metida en muchos proyectos, desde aprender ballet y a ser coach de porra hasta llegar a fundar proyectos y eventos. En bachillerato me invitaron por primera vez a las Naciones Unidas, en un evento en Nueva York, y aunque en ese momento no tenía el presupuesto para irme, no me quise detener. Busqué patrocinios por todos lados y logré obtener el 100% del presupuesto. Una vez que regresé a México, estuve creando diferentes proyectos alrededor de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. We Stand for Change nació de una feria estudiantil en donde platiqué acerca de mis ideas de soluciones y se terminaron inscribiendo muchas más personas de las que me imaginé. Ahora es un grupo estudiantil que sigue creciendo logrando desarrollar mas de 17 proyectos en dos años. 

Cuando comencé mi carrera profesional tuve la oportunidad de trabajar en las Naciones Unidas en la Comisión de la Mujer. Un evento en el que presentaría los proyectos en los que estaba trabajando. Participé como panelista y además como traductora, porque además del inglés, francés y alemán también entiendo el italiano y el portugués.

Después de esta increíble experiencia en la que colaboré directamente con organizaciones como Tech Girl International and The Girl of the USA, regresé para ayudar a un orfanato de niñas donde el libro principal que les leíamos era Rebel Girls. 

Este libro me ayudó muchísimo en una etapa de mi vida donde había recibido un “No” en un proyecto muy grande al que quería entrar. Entonces me uní al equipo de Rebel Girls y voy 3 años trabajando con ellas. Fui una de las primeras 5 personas trabajando con ellas y de ser una empresa que vendemos libros pasamos a tener récords mundiales. Hemos crecido de manera impresionante y somos un equipo internacional gigantesco. Al tener contacto con estas mujeres maravillosas de la organización y de los libros es que conocí a Merritt Moore, bailarina estadounidense y física cuántica. La invité a participar en un evento en el Tec y después empezamos a platicar y a tener juntas sobre un posible proyecto entre ambas. Es cuando nace SciArt Party, en medio del auge de la pandemia donde quisimos hacer un pequeño zoom para platicar cómo mantenernos inspirados y motivados mientras estábamos encerrados, en menos de 12 horas teníamos a más de 450 personas inscritas. Y fue así, un proyecto que sigue creciendo exponencialmente.

Mi lema de vida es que debes creer en tus sueños con todas las células de tu cuerpo.

El quedarme firme contra los fracasos ha sido el reto más grande porque, como todos, he tenido fracasos importantes en mi vida y gracias a ellos es que he aprendido y crecido enormemente. Gracias a estos tropiezos pude dar una plática TedTalk entonces la verdad no los considero como fracasos, sino oportunidades. 
 

Soy un Outlier porque mi historia comienza en el Tec y termina cambiando el mundo.

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Yoku Sashida

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“I think that having your life thrown off balance isn’t something bad; at times falling with style is necessary.”

People talk about balance and having to find calm in your life in order to live a fulfilling life, but I think that in order to advance and grow, we sometimes need to be thrown off balance.  

I am Yoku Sashida, co-founder of Kenko, a company that creates and develops technologies for improving and saving lives.

I studied a degree in Biomedical Engineering at Tec and an MBA at EGADE. At present, I am the director of Soluciones Kenko SA de CV, a technology and innovation integration firm focused on healthcare. We innovate to improve and save people’s lives.

The project that had the greatest impact on my university life was one that was practically unreachable for a group of three students. It consisted of creating an instrumentation channel that could collect brain signals known as EEG, or electroencephalogram, and pass them through a signal processing system in order to identify three different thoughts in the brain.

I learned so much from this project, from the technical skills for signal acquisition and Artificial Intelligence algorithms, to the importance of teamwork and persistence.

When you study biomedical engineering, you gradually realize that there are few opportunities to innovate and create technology that will have an impact on society. That frustration or sense of impotence in the market is what drives me and my partner, Daniel, to embark upon this enterprise. We had a medical device development called Ecglove, an electrocardiogram in the form of a glove 

 

You just have to touch the upper part of the patient’s chest with the glove to determine the electrical activity and receive diagnosis suggestions. When we couldn’t find a contract manufacturer to support us, we said, why can’t we be the small-scale contract manufacturer that helps entrepreneurs, researchers, and companies that are seeking to innovate and develop technology on a low scale. And that is how our company came into being.

Soluciones Kenko was founded on October 5, 2017, with just two partners. We built a technology assembly plant that today is the first of its type in obtaining good manufacturing practices for medical devices, authorized by Cofepris. And from just two people, we now have a group of 16 engineers who export technology development services to first-world countries.

As an entrepreneur, it is almost impossible to sleep well knowing for certain that everything will be all right. There is a constant feeling of uncertainty and anxiety that eats away at you as a person and that can easily be transmitted to your work group. Therefore, I consider that the biggest challenge one faces is to be resilient.

Some of the achievements that make me feel proud of who I am include remaining close to my family, having received Cofepris certification, and knowing that the devices we make save lives. With resilience, I have managed to obtain and share good results with the community so that, together, we can reach the next level of well-being in our country and in the world.

I am an Outlier because my story starts at Tec and ends up changing the world.

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Yoku Sashida

Outliers - Yoku Sashida

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"Yo creo que desbalancearse en la vida no es algo malo, a veces es necesario caer con estilo."

La gente habla sobre el balance y que tienes que encontrar la calma en tu vida para poder vivir plenamente, pero yo creo que para avanzar y crecer también hay que desbalancearse a veces.

Soy Yoku Sashida cofundador de Kenko, empresa dedicada a crear y desarrollar tecnologías para mejorar y salvar vidas. 

Estudié la carrera de Ingeniería Biomédica en el Tec y tengo una maestría en Administración y Dirección de Empresas de la EGADE. Actualmente me encuentro dirigiendo Soluciones Kenko SA de CV, una empresa de integración tecnológica e innovación enfocada en el área de la salud. Innovamos para mejorar y salvar la vida de las personas.

El proyecto que más marcó mi vida universitaria fue uno que era prácticamente inalcanzable para un grupo de 3 estudiantes. Consistía en hacer un canal de instrumentación que pudiera recabar las señales del cerebro conocidas como EEG o electroencefalograma y pasarlas por un procesamiento de señal para después poder identificar 3 diferentes pensamientos del cerebro.

Aprendí mucho en este proyecto, desde habilidades técnicas de adquisición de señal y algoritmos de inteligencia artificial, hasta la importancia del trabajo en equipo y la resiliencia.

Cuando vas estudiando ingeniería biomédica te vas dando cuenta de que son pocas las oportunidades para innovar y crear tecnología que tenga un impacto en la sociedad. Ese coraje o sentido de impotencia dentro del mercado nos hace a mí y a Daniel, mi socio, aventurarnos en este emprendimiento. Teníamos un desarrollo de un dispositivo médico que se llama el Ecglove, un electrocardiograma en forma de un guante 

 

que con tan solo tocar la parte superior del pecho del paciente se podía conocer su actividad eléctrica y darte sugerencias de diagnóstico. Al no encontrar un contract manufacturer que nos apoyara dijimos por qué nosotros no somos ese contract manufacturer de pequeña escala que ayude a los emprendedores, investigadores, y empresas que buscan innovar y desarrollar tecnología a baja escala. Así nació nuestra empresa.

Soluciones Kenko se fundó el 5 de octubre del 2017 con solamente dos socios. Construimos una planta de ensamble tecnológico que hoy en día, es la primera de su tipo en obtener buenas prácticas de manufactura para dispositivos médicos, avalada por la Cofepris. Y de pasar de 2 personas, ahora somos un grupo de 16 ingenieros que exportan servicios de desarrollo tecnológico a los países de primer mundo.

Como emprendedor, es casi imposible dormir tranquilo con la certeza de que todo va a salir bien. Constantemente hay un sentimiento de incertidumbre y de ansiedad que te carcome como persona y que fácilmente puede transmitirse a tu grupo de trabajo. Por eso, considero que el reto más grande al que uno se enfrenta es ser resiliente.

Algunos logros que me hacen sentir orgulloso de quién soy son el mantenerme cercano a mi familia, haber conseguido la certificación de Cofepris y saber que los dispositivos que hacemos salvan vidas. Con resiliencia, he podido conseguir y compartir buenos resultados con la comunidad para, juntos, llegar al siguiente nivel de bienestar tanto en el país como en el mundo.
 

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Manuel Álvarez Fuentes - Faculty

Profesor, Manuel Álvarez Fuentes, Faculty

Manuel Álvarez Fuentes

Professor

Campus Mexico City, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Expertise

Design and Visual Communication
Industrial design

Contact:

mail malvarezf@tec.mx

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Overview

Manuel Álvarez Fuentes Studied Industrial Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana 1967-1971. He obtained a Master's Degree in Design at the Royal College of Art in 1975. He has 47 years of experience in teaching and as a consultant in design: products, furniture, interiors, packaging, signage and visual communication. 

Founder of CODIGRAM. Member of the Board of Directors of ICSID. He actively participated in diCorp Diseño Corporativo SA de CV in Querétaro for 20 years. Leader of Innovation in ALFHER Porcewol and currently develops consultancies in product design and signage. Jury since 2008 of the Red Dot Product Design Award in Essen, Germany. 

Professor of Industrial Design at Tecnológico de Monterrey Querétaro Campus 1991-1993 in Architecture, 2008-2017 at LDI, Mexico City Campus at LDI 2018-2019. Professor of the Chair in the Industrial Design Degree at the Universidad Iberomericana 2018-2019, He was Full Time Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1975-1976, 1978-1986. Director of the Department of Industrial Design and Graphic from 1978 to 1982. Full Time Professor at the UAM-Xochimilco from 1976 - 1978, Founder of the Degree in Industrial Design (Study Plans). Professor for Opposition in the Graduate of Industrial Design in the Graduate Unit - Faculty of Architecture UNAM 1982- 1987. 

Vice-president of CANCINTRA Deleg. Querétaro, 2006-2010. Expert in Signage and Innovation. He has been an Advisor to ALFHER Porcewol SA de CV for more than 35 years.
 

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Teaching Activities

Experience Design

Innovation in Business Models and Family Business Management

Professional Insertion Project
 

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Education and Training

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidad Iberoamericana

Master in Design, Royal College of Art
 

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Awards and Honors

Jury, conferred by Red Dot Award Concept Design, 2018

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Manuel Álvarez Fuentes

Manuel Álvarez Fuentes

Profesor

Campus Ciudad de México, Escuela de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Expertise

Diseño y comunicación visual
Diseño industrial

Contacto

mail malvarezf@tec.mx

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Overview

Manuel Álvarez Fuentes Studied Industrial Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana 1967-1971. He obtained a Master's Degree in Design at the Royal College of Art in 1975. He has 47 years of experience in teaching and as a consultant in design: products, furniture, interiors, packaging, signage and visual communication. 

Founder of CODIGRAM. Member of the Board of Directors of ICSID. He actively participated in diCorp Diseño Corporativo SA de CV in Querétaro for 20 years. Leader of Innovation in ALFHER Porcewol and currently develops consultancies in product design and signage. Jury since 2008 of the Red Dot Product Design Award in Essen, Germany. 

Professor of Industrial Design at Tecnológico de Monterrey Querétaro Campus 1991-1993 in Architecture, 2008-2017 at LDI, Mexico City Campus at LDI 2018-2019. Professor of the Chair in the Industrial Design Degree at the Universidad Iberomericana 2018-2019, He was Full Time Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1975-1976, 1978-1986. Director of the Department of Industrial Design and Graphic from 1978 to 1982. Full Time Professor at the UAM-Xochimilco from 1976 - 1978, Founder of the Degree in Industrial Design (Study Plans). Professor for Opposition in the Graduate of Industrial Design in the Graduate Unit - Faculty of Architecture UNAM 1982- 1987. 

Vice-president of CANCINTRA Deleg. Querétaro, 2006-2010. Expert in Signage and Innovation. He has been an Advisor to ALFHER Porcewol SA de CV for more than 35 years.
 

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Teaching Activities

Experience Design

Innovation in Business Models and Family Business Management

Professional Insertion Project
 

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Education and Training

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidad Iberoamericana

Master in Design, Royal College of Art
 

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Awards and Honors

Jury, conferred by Red Dot Award Concept Design, 2018

Olivia Chapa Miñana - Faculty

Olivia Chapa Miñana, Profesora

Olivia Chapa Miñana

Professor

Campus Estado de México, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Contact

mail ochapa@tec.mx

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Overview

Graduated as Architect Engineer at the National Polytechnic Institute in 1986, Olivia has been dedicated to the design and construction of residential housing since then and her passion for teaching led her to combine both activities.

She studied Education Sciences, first the bachelor's degree and then the master's degree. She obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning focusing on Real Estate Development from UNAM, and a degree with the thesis "Objective Choice of Land Use in Properties with High Social Impact."

She performs real estate valuation and evaluation of investment projects. She teaches subjects related to projects, costs and construction systems. In addition, she teaches the Leadership for Construction Administration module in the Construction Administration diploma at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

She is developing the thesis for the Doctorate in Urbanism with the theme Urban habitability in pedestrian roads.

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Teaching Activities

Projects and costs

Construction systems

Leadership for Construction Administration

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Education and Training

Architect Engineer, National Polytechnic Institute

Master of Urbanism with a specialty in Real Estate Development, UNAM

Olivia Chapa Miñana - Faculty

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Olivia Chapa Miñana

Profesora

Campus Estado de México, Escuela de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Contacto

mail ochapa@tec.mx

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Overview

Graduated as Architect Engineer at the National Polytechnic Institute in 1986, Olivia has been dedicated to the design and construction of residential housing since then and her passion for teaching led her to combine both activities.

She studied Education Sciences, first the bachelor's degree and then the master's degree. She obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning focusing on Real Estate Development from UNAM, and a degree with the thesis "Objective Choice of Land Use in Properties with High Social Impact."

She performs real estate valuation and evaluation of investment projects. She teaches subjects related to projects, costs and construction systems. In addition, she teaches the Leadership for Construction Administration module in the Construction Administration diploma at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

She is developing the thesis for the Doctorate in Urbanism with the theme Urban habitability in pedestrian roads.

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Teaching Activities

Projects and costs

Construction systems

Leadership for Construction Administration

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Education and Training

Architect Engineer, National Polytechnic Institute

Master of Urbanism with a specialty in Real Estate Development, UNAM

Bonnie J. Palifka - Faculty

Bonnie J. Palifka

Bonnie J. Palifka

Professor

Campus Monterrey, School of Social Sciences and Government, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Expertise

Anti-corruption

Contact

mail bonnie@tec.mx

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Overview

Dr. Bonnie Palifka has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, from which she also received her M.A. in Economics. She has a BA in Economics and Latin American Studies from the University of Vermont.

A professor in the Department of Economics at Tecnológico de Monterrey since 1998, Dr. Palifka has also taught at Yale University since 2011. In 2004, she designed and began teaching the pioneering course, "The Economics of Corruption," at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has taught versions of this subject for Yale Summer Session and Yale Summer Online; During the Spring 2021 semester, he taught “Transnational Corruption, Crime, and Money Laundering” for Yale University. Her focus on corruption has also led her to speak at conferences at the World Bank and the United Nations.

She is the founder and organizer of the Academy Against Corruption in the Americas conference and has consulted for Transparency International and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. She received the Rómulo Garza award for the second edition of the book Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reforms (co-authored with Susan Rose-Ackerman). Her most recent publications are book chapters, “Corruption, Organized Crime, and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in the Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, and “Mexico's National Anti-Corruption System” (co-authored with María de los Ángeles Estrada and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González) in Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America. Dr. Palifka is a member of the civil society organizations Citizens Against Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Coalition.

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Teaching Activities

  • Anticorruption in Government, Firms, and Society
  • Corruption: Causes and Consequences
  • Economic History
  • Enterprise Economics
  • International Economic Politic
  • Macroeconomic Environment

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Education and Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Master in Science, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Vermont
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Publications

  • Palifka, Bonnie J., María de los Ángeles Estrada, and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González.  “Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System,” in Joseph Pozsgai, ed., Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America, Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies, 2021

  • Palifka, Bonnie J. “Corruption, Organized Crime and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in Adam Graycar, ed., Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, Edward Elgar, 2020

  • Rose-Ackerman, Susan, and Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corruption, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering,” in Kaushik Basu and Tito Cordella, eds., Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption. NY: Palgrave, 2018

  • Rose-Ackerman, Susan and Bonnie J. Palifka. "Corruption and Government :Causes, Consequences and Reform, 2nd edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018

  • Sañudo Martha y Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corrupción Académica y su Influencia en la Democracia (Academic Corruption and Its Influence on Democracy)”. Veritas 2018 

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Awards and Honors

  • Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 1 (Palifka,Bonnie J.)

Bonnie J. Palifka - Faculty

Bonnie Jo Palifka

Bonnie J. Palifka

Profesor

Campus Monterrey, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Expertise

Anticorrupción

Contacto

mail bonnie@tec.mx

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Overview

Dr. Bonnie Palifka has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, from which she also received her M.A. in Economics. She has a BA in Economics and Latin American Studies from the University of Vermont.

A professor in the Department of Economics at Tecnológico de Monterrey since 1998, Dr. Palifka has also taught at Yale University since 2011. In 2004, she designed and began teaching the pioneering course, "The Economics of Corruption," at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has taught versions of this subject for Yale Summer Session and Yale Summer Online; During the Spring 2021 semester, he taught “Transnational Corruption, Crime, and Money Laundering” for Yale University. Her focus on corruption has also led her to speak at conferences at the World Bank and the United Nations.

She is the founder and organizer of the Academy Against Corruption in the Americas conference and has consulted for Transparency International and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. She received the Rómulo Garza award for the second edition of the book Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reforms (co-authored with Susan Rose-Ackerman). Her most recent publications are book chapters, “Corruption, Organized Crime, and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in the Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, and “Mexico's National Anti-Corruption System” (co-authored with María de los Ángeles Estrada and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González) in Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America. Dr. Palifka is a member of the civil society organizations Citizens Against Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Coalition.

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Teaching Activities

  • Anticorruption in Government, Firms, and Society
  • Corruption: Causes and Consequences
  • Economic History
  • Enterprise Economics
  • International Economic Politic
  • Macroeconomic Environment

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Education and Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Master in Science, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Vermont
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Publications

  • Palifka, Bonnie J., María de los Ángeles Estrada, and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González.  “Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System,” in Joseph Pozsgai, ed., Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America, Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies, 2021

  • Palifka, Bonnie J. “Corruption, Organized Crime and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in Adam Graycar, ed., Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, Edward Elgar, 2020

  • Rose-Ackerman, Susan, and Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corruption, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering,” in Kaushik Basu and Tito Cordella, eds., Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption. NY: Palgrave, 2018

  • Rose-Ackerman, Susan and Bonnie J. Palifka. "Corruption and Government :Causes, Consequences and Reform, 2nd edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018

  • Sañudo Martha y Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corrupción Académica y su Influencia en la Democracia (Academic Corruption and Its Influence on Democracy)”. Veritas 2018 

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Awards and Honors

  • Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 1 (Palifka,Bonnie J.)

José Rodrigo de la O Campos - Faculty

José Rodrigo de la O Campos, Profesor y Director de Departamento Regional Diseño

José Rodrigo de la O Campos

Professor and Regional Design Department Director

Campus Ciudad de México, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnológico de Monterrey.


Expertise

Design
Visual Communication
Industrial Design

Contact

mail joser.delao@tec.mx

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Overview

José Rodrigo de la O Campos is interested in the way design relates to society in Mexico from its aesthetic, social and economic aspects. He sees as alarming the little clarity surrounding what this discipline can achieve, therefore, in addition to practicing it he aims to spread its potential. 

To him, his profession is everything but boring: one day he gets to design a chair inspired in sonideros and the next, to analyze mexican flora as an inspiration source for design in precious metals or to create prototypes of alternate reality. This is why, although his projects revolve around Critical Design, the topics he covers in his classes go from understanding the issues that affect Mexico City to cumbia-playing robots or digital manufacturing machines that utilize cochineal dye. 

In Netherlands, de la O Campos learnt to respect the concept of a project and its communication. Afterwards, he aimed his work towards Critical Design to promote reflection on consumption and the status quo. Que considers design to be an attitude to face adversity and minimize risks with; however, he claims that public and private sectors in Mexico have not understood the significance of investing in culture, innovation, science, technology and design; the latter being the main link between the former and everyday life.

As an academic at the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, de la O constantly contributes to the dissemination of knowledge and literacy in design. Through his academic programs, he has collaborated with The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Home Smart division of Ikea, and other NGOs and institutions.

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Teaching Activities

  • Design Project
  • Experience Design
  • Futurology in Industrial Design
  • Innovation, Design and Business Setting
  • Object Photography
  • Product and System Design
  • Product and service design
  • Professional Insertion Project
  • Strategic Design
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Education and Training

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidad Iberoamericana

Master in Design, Design Academy Eindhoven 

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Awards and Honors

Tenth National Design Biennial: First Prize Professional Category, conferred by INBA, 2019