A team of students from the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (FIME) at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León was recognized for winning second place in the UN Open Source Week 2025 Hackathon, held in New York.
The distinction was awarded by the State Government, the Ministry of Economy, the UANL, and the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The project developed by the team consisted of a web application for weather forecasting that issues early warnings of extreme weather events, with possible applications in civil protection strategies, especially in regions such as Oaxaca and Haiti.
The team is made up of Marcelo Treviño, Rubén Daniel Burgos, Miguel Ángel Bonilla, Valeria Lizeth Díaz, Ana Clara Rocha, and their advisor, Sergio Antonio Ordóñez.
During the ceremony, the creation of the Open Source Office was also formalized, which will seek to coordinate efforts between government, academia, and industry to promote the development of open source-based technologies.
The event was attended by state and university authorities, as well as representatives of the LPI, including: Carlos Serna, Undersecretary of Economic Development and Innovation; Rubén De La Torre, Director of Projects and Innovation; Hernán Pachas, Global Alliance Representative of the LPI; Efraín Alcorta, Director of FIME; and the Director of Innovation and Technology at the UANL.
