30 Sep 2015
16 Sep 2015
Isaac Prada’s video gets more than 700,000 visits in less than a month.
The video with the interview of Isaac Prada, co-founder of KeelWit, was created by Banco Santander (main sponsor of Formula 1 championship, and belongs to a series of videos intended to show how Formula 1 R&D is later applied to daily life devices and uses to improve our standard of living. Isaac explains how he developed in 2005 the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) used in Formula 1 race cars, which is currently being used in Zaragoza’s tramway among other uses. The video received more than 700,000 visits in less than a month all together with the Spanish, English, German and Portuguese versions. Isaac Prada won in 2005 the ALTRAN Engineering Academy worldwide contest for this design and later worked during 2 years as R&D engineer in Renault Formula 1 Team. During this period Fernando Alonso won his two world titles. The video has also been broadcasted right before Italy’s Grand Prix this...
1 Sep 2015
Innovative SME
KeelWit Technology has been included by the Ministry of Economy in the list of Innovative SMEs in Spain. Some of the main aspects judged by the Innovation and Competitiveness Committee to choose KeelWit were the correct performance of the R&D project having received a public loan, as well as the innovative activities developed, including patents and models of...
7 Jul 2015
José María Cancer gives 2 days of training on energy savings linked to better isolation in windows and doors
Perso is a consultancy firm specialized in projects linked to the window and door industries. In order to show to its customers the energy efficiency savings produced by better materials and enhanced performance models, it has organized two training sessions in the Limpias Parador (Cantabria). KeelWit Technology has developed the technical contents of both sessions and lectured to over 50 people interested in knowing the methodology to calculate the savings produced and the expected return of investment when replacing doors and windows in existing...
27 May 2015
Isaac Prada co-writer of the book “Energía Eléctrica: Manual básico para juristas”
On the 27th of May Universidad Pontificia Comillas presented this book belonging to a list of books jointly developed by ICAI engineering school and Iberdrola. Isaac co-wrote with Mr. Ventosa, ICAI’s Principal, the first chapter of the book: “Energy: Where the power comes from”. According to Iberdrola’s president, Mr. Sánchez Galán, who signs the book’s introduction, this book “is a useful and complete guide book for all lawyers and other professionals who have to face the complex power industry without the necessary technical studies to help them understand...
26 Mar 2015
José María Cancer presents the prize of “best end of studies project of engineering devoted to social development“
José María Cancer, in his role of Secretary of the Board of the Fundación de Ingenieros de ICAI para el Desarrollo, presented the prize category of “Best Engineering Project devoted to Social Development”, among the final thesis developed by ICAI engineering school’s last year pupils of the 2013-2014 academic year. This NGO has been working since 2007 in the application of engineering skills on projects focused in improving life conditions of the most disadvantaged sections of society both in the Third World countries and in Spain. This organization among other activities has been providing projects during several years to last year students of this leading engineering school. All of them are focused in the application of engineering knowledge and skills into the improvement of living conditions of disadvantaged populations. Its work is developed through cooperation with other NGOs like ONGAWA, Fundación ACCIONA Microenergía and Fundación Energía sin Fronteras, as well as the Cátedra BP de Energía y Sostenibilidad. This year’s prize has been awarded to the project titled “Monitoring system for the operation of household PV systems” developed by David Chanquet, acting as joint thesis directors Julio Eisman (Fundación Acciona Microenergía’s Director) and Fernando de Cuadra (ICAI’s professor). This Project has been selected for its usefulness, managing the solar panels installed within the “Luz en Casa” program, in Cajamarca (Peru), that are allowing 3900 families to have power in their households. The other prizes were presented by top managers of the rest of the sponsor companies: Alberto García Cabrero, (Abengoa); Pedro Luis Sánchez, (Accenture); Román Escudero Gallego, ( Asociación Nacional de Ingenieros del ICAI); Enrique González García, (BP España); Enrique Sainz Nadales, (Deloitte); Francisco Javier Goicoechea...Latest news
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