The Deputy of Economic Promotion, Tourism and Rural Environment, Imanol Lasa, has met with the board Directive of Tecnun, in order to know the results of the new research projects of the School, as well as the lines of collaboration that are being initiated with companies and universities. The work workshop is part of the partnership agreement that Tecnun maintains with the Provincial Council through the Etorkizuna Eraikiz initiative , whose goal is to investigate how to encourage the participation of workers in the company, the vocation for research, entrepreneurship and training for highly specialized professionals. The meeting was also attended by Jon Gurrutxaga, director of Innovation and internationalization of the regional institution. 

During the visit, the director of Tecnun, Raúl Antón, highlighted the creation of the Chair of Catastrophes of the School and the AON Foundation, a pioneering initiative at state level and in Europe that has as goal to structure and develop in a systematic way the research and study of natural disasters. Antón also highlighted the start-up of the classroom Mitsubishi Electric Company that Tecnun inaugurated at the beginning of the year, as well as the agreement that it maintains with the German Aerospace Center DLR, whose aim is to work together on mobility and transport research projects. Antón also presented the renewal of the Chair CAF this year.

In addition to the aforementioned agreement, grants have been awarded to the University to carry out projects through the Provincial Council's call for support to the Science, Technology and Innovation of Gipuzkoa network . In the last five years, five projects have been supported in the framework of this call, with a total subsidy of more than 350,000 euros. The topics of the projects are diverse and range from the study for the prediction of response to treatment in oncology using Big Data technologies, to the study of local plastic failure of elliptical tubular sections for wind turbine towers or to the development of a new model of 'wireless' and 'chipless' sensor of fluid quality at very low cost. The latter, the most recent, will be completed in September 2020 and is being developed in collaboration with researchers from the University Clinic of Pamplona, MIT and the University of Pisa.

The director of the School of Engineering thanked the support received from the Provincial Council through the Etorkizuna Eraikiz initiative. "As a University we have the commitment to create knowledge, produce science, and put it at the service of society. For this reason, we are grateful for the support of the Provincial Council and its interest in learning about the projects of research and development and the alliances we maintain with companies, both in the surrounding area and internationally," said Raúl Antón. 

Imanol Lasa, for his part, has highlighted the "close collaboration" between Tecnun and the Provincial Council, "enriching" for both and which he wishes to maintain in the future. "The advanced knowledge generated by actors such as Tecnun is essential for the competitiveness and transformation of our business fabric, betting on the economic sectors with more future and capacity to create quality employment. The shared work between universities and research centers, institutions, companies and organized society translates into projects that strengthen Gipuzkoa and prepare us to face the economic and social challenges of the future," he concluded.