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Ambiens Techne et Scientia México
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022)Presentation
In this second issue of 2022 we inform you that we continue with the global epidemic of the coronavirus Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (calling the disease COVID-19).
In our previous issue, in its first article, the author referred to man-made systems simulating nature known as artificial wetlands (in English for unknown reasons they are called constructed wetlands) and to which an esteemed colleague, Ing. Agrón. Federico Beisso, from France, tells us that in some Latin American countries they are called treatment wetlands.
Precisely in our America, the Aztecs took care of the quality of the Anahuac lakes using the wetlands that proliferated on their banks, which they called popales[1]. These are ecological systems that should be implemented in all small and medium-sized communities since they are friendly to the environment, economical and efficient.
In this issue we will present some contributions that colleagues from Mexico and other latitudes kindly share with us in this regard.
Welcome to this forum of fraternal networks:
Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico
and
International Network of Environmental Sciences
from the Faculty of Chemistry of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The editor-in-chief
[1] Popal, marsh or marshy water deposit that, in the case of the endorheic basin of ancient Anahuac, was stagnant because it had no way out because it was surrounded by mountain ranges. Swamp covered with aquatic vegetation. From potoni, strong smell and palli, mud, zone with odoriferous mud (Luis Cabrera, Dictionary of Aztecisms. Review and ordering: J. Ignacio Dávila-Garibi. Nahua terms: Luis Reyes-García. Latin terms (botanical and zoological classifications): Esteban Inciarte. 5th edition. ISBN 968-867-038-3. Ed. Colofón, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico)
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Ambiens Techne et Scientia México
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022)Presentation
In this first issue of 2022, our first decade of publishing this multi and transdisciplinary journal begins, reiterating the tribute to the full-length professor John M. Prausnitz of the University of California at Berkeley, United States, our most eminent Board member.
On December 28, 2021, Prof. Prausnitz sent two emotional emails to two of our colleagues from the Editorial Board and the Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico, in response to theirs:
Re: Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2022
1 mensaje John Prausnitz
28 de diciembre de 2021, 19:51
Para: MARIA DEL CARMEN DURAN DOMINGUEZ
CC: enrique rodolfo bazua rueda
Dear Carmen and Enrique, Thanks for your New Years and Birthday wishes. I am always glad to hear from you. With all good wishes to you and your family for a joyful and healthy New Year,
Sincerely,
John
Sent from my iPad
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On Dec 27, 2021, at 11:26 AM,
MARIA DEL CARMEN DURAN DOMINGUEZ wrote:
Dear John:
You look wonderfully well !!!
Definitely, the exercises are helping you to keep healthy and ready for your 94th birthday next month.
Lost of cybernetic bear hugs and greetings from
Carmen and Enrique (and the rest of the Bazúa-Durán Family)
El dom, 26 dic 2021 a la(s) 16:26, J&S Prausnitz (prausnitz@sbcglobal.net) escribió:
Hello Enrique, hello Carmen, I'm attaching a recent photo.
On Sunday, December 26, 2021, 02:24:43 PM PST,
J&S Prausnitz wrote:
Dear Carmen and Enrique, Thank you for your holiday greetings. I am glad to know that you and your children are in good health and productive. I am now almost 94. Considering that astronomical number, I am doing quite well. To maintain my health, I exercise daily in our gymnasium. Wishing you and your family health and happiness,
Sincerely, John
With this enthusiastic statement from one of our quintessential mentors, in this issue we feature contributions in the technology and its relationship with humanities. In this issue we seek to also recognize the mentorship capacity of Dr. María del Carmen Durán, since in all the articles her students and now academic collaborators are the first authors. She has been the creative soul that has been supporting us in this decade.
As mentioned in the first issue of this journal, it has the support of two academic networks, the International Network of Environmental Sciences and the Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico, since in both there are colleagues from all over the world and This internationalism is vital in seeking solutions to the increasingly acute problems facing humanity and the living beings that accompany us on our planet, as well as to the integrity of the planet itself. The fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has not been resolved two years after its appearance indicates the enormous need for collaboration between all human beings on Earth and from all branches of knowledge.
For this reason, all those original contributions that precisely propose interdisciplinary solutions to the problems facing our society are welcome to this magazine.
And, again, welcome to this forum of fraternal networks:
Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico
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International Network of Environmental Sciences
from the Faculty of Chemistry of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
The editor-in-chief
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Ambiens Techne et Scientia México
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021)In this second issue of 2021 where we continue with the global epidemic of the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (calling the disease COVID-19), we mentioned in our previous issue the sad news of the sudden death of Dr. Alberto Florentino Aguilera-Alvarado, founding member of our Editorial Board and dear friend. We accompany his dear wife, Dr. María Irene Cano-Rodríguez, also founder of this journal and who is the Treasurer of our Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico, RACAM, in this difficult situation.
In the next month of September 2021, a well-deserved tribute will be held to Dr. Alberto Florentino Aguilera-Alvarado, by his Alma mater where he was the former Director of the Faculty of Chemistry and one of the founders of the Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering. We attach the allusive poster to the tribute.
Dr. Aguilera was a distinguished student of our Faculty of Chemistry at UNAM where he studied to obtain the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and his thesis was done with Dr. Jorge Ramírez-Solís. Below is his academic record of the UNAM General Directorate of Libraries:
There are so many experiences of his life so full and full of professionalism, honesty and chivalry that in this issue we will be presenting different facets of his life.
Alberto Florentino Aguilera-Alvarado and María Irene Cano-Rodríguez
Therefore, in this presentation we want to remember him as a friend, as a colleague and as one of the pillars of chemical engineering in Mexico.
Our first contribution of this second issue is the tribute of the Aguilera-Cano Family, Mrs. Dr. María Irene Cano-Rodríguez, the young Alfredo Aguilera-Cano and the young Alejandra Aguilera-Cano, to her beloved husband and beloved father. The second is from one of his colleagues at the University of Guanajuato who read his profile in the tribute of September 2021. The third and subsequent are topics related to the work of the authors and dedicated in honor of Dr. Alberto Florentino Aguilera Alvarado.
Rest in peace
Dr. Alberto Florentino Aguilera-Alvarado
and we reiterate our deepest condolences to Mrs. Dr. Cano-Rodríguez and her two children, as well as to all of her colleagues, friends, students, and family.
In this issue, again, the remaining five contributions include the social, artistic, economic, and natural sciences, as well as engineering. The second of them gives information that allows to elucidate perhaps one of the many 'whys' of this pandemic: The indiscriminate use of chemical substances such as tetracyclines, antibiotics that are used without control, especially in China and that have altered the ecological balance. They are allowing viruses - like SARS-CoV-2 - to get out of control. We had already had a warning with mycotoxins[1] in the 60s of the twentieth century when half of the turkeys[2] in England died, but we did not learn the lesson and we continue on that path that can lead to the extinction of 'Homo sapiens'. Our first contribution points out these wrong paths that human beings take without thinking about the consequences of changing, supposedly, to improve ourselves: drying lake basins, using agrochemicals, among many more wrong paths against our home, planet Earth. In Mexico they say "the third is the charm" and if we do not take care of ourselves and our planet, "the third will be the charm".
Welcome to this forum of fraternal and sororal networks:
Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico
and
International Network of Environmental Sciences
from the Faculty of Chemistry of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The editor-in-chief
[1] Mycotoxins such as aflatoxins (Aspergillus flavus, a micro-fungus that grows mainly in grains)
[2] These animals come from Mexico, a gift to the world, and its name is guajolote, the Nahuatl name of this bird (Meleagris gallopavo L.), meaning big jester (huey = big, xólotl = jester) from Don Luis Cabrera's posthumous dictionary of aztequismos published by Colofón, S.A., in 2002
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Ambiens Techne et Scientia México
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021)Presentation
In this presentation corresponding to Vol. 9, number 1, 2021, of the journal Ambiens, Techné et Scientia México, we will pay a well-deserved tribute to a mentor in every sense of the word, taking advantage of the fact that his 93rd birthday was on January 7, 2021 He now accompanies us spiritually since he is still confined by the presence of the virus mentioned in our number 1 of the previous volume and he could not prepare an article for this number as he agreed to do so as part of our Editorial Board:
From: J&S Prausnitz <prausnitz@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Dra. Carmen Duran" <mcduran@unam.mx>
Cc: enrique Rodolfo Bazua-Rueda <erbr@unam.mx>
Subject: Re: Greetings from Mexico
At 22:55 3/3/2021, J&S Prausnitz wrote:
Dear Carmen and Enrique,
Thank you for your email of Sat, Feb 27. I'm glad to know that you and your family are well.
My health is pretty good but not as good as I would like. I am now 93 and it is beginning to show consequences. I have received two shots of Pfizer vaccine but as recommended, I wear a mask when near others and practice social distancing.
As I noted to you on Jan 18, below, I regret that I cannot write the manuscript that you want. My circumstances here make that impossible.
Wishing you good health and happiness with your growing family,
Sincerely,
John
He is Prof. John M. Prausnitz, from the University of California, Berkeley, the mentor of Dr. Enrique Rodolfo Bazúa-Rueda and of many fellow chemical engineers. We had the honor of meeting him when he came to Mexico to give a keynote address in Auditorium A of the Faculty of Chemistry at UNAM in 1990.
Enrique Bazúa, Carmen Durán, A. Bellemans, John M. Prausnitz (Taken in Berkeley (June 12, 1971)
Alberto Urbina, Enrique Bazúa, Carmen Durán, Juan José de-Pablo, John M. Prausnitz (Taken in July 1990 in Mexico City in Juanjo’s parents home also UNAM’s professors)
In the Auditorium of the Faculty of Chemistry of the UNAM in 1990, students and academics were sitting even on the access stairs to the podium to listen to his lecture.
In this tribute to Prof. Dr. John M. Prausnitz, readers will find articles by our members of the Editorial Board, showing human creativity, even in times of COVID-19, as we said in the aforementioned 2020 issue.
The first one belongs to Emeritus Professor of the McGill University at Montreal, Canada, Juan Humberto Vera. The second one belongs to Dr. Enrique Rodolfo Bazúa-Rueda. The third one is a contribution of Prof. Octavio García-Madáhuar from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán.
We also want to start in this issue a posthumous tribute to our very dear colleague from the Editorial Board, Dr. Alberto Florentino Aguilera Alvarado from the University of Guanajuato, who beat us on the road on April 28, 2021 due to health problems in your esophagus. He has always supported our journal since it began its operation in 2013, always accompanied by his beloved wife, Dr. María Irene Cano Rodríguez, treasurer of our RACAM. In the next we will have some contributions in his honor from academic colleagues from the University of Guanajuato.
In the Journal NATURALEZA Y TECNOLOGÍA of the UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO in its issue 11 of December 2016 (ISSN: 2007-672X) an article entitled "The former directors of the chemistry area of the University of Guanajuato (1940-2016)" was published by Q. Fernando de Jesús Amézquita-López, from the Department of Chemistry of the Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, Campus Guanajuato, University of Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Gto. (amezquita@ugto.mx). An excerpt related to our honored academic is the following:
“In 1998 the Division of Graduate Studies (D.E.S.) of Biological Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering was created in 1999 (August) with the beginning of a new curriculum for Chemical Engineers, joining the Basic Area of the Engineering plan: The Master Program in Chemical Engineering begins. … From 2001-2005 Alberto Florentino Aguilera Alvarado, Director of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences, ordered the construction of the adaptation of Building B for the postgraduate professors in Chemical Engineering. He acquired the vehicle that the Division has, (he carried out the) the management of the current library, and promoted the rehabilitation of the toilets of the Faculty of Chemistry. The new curriculum for the graduate program of Master of Quality began. In 2004 the Fifth Meeting of Alumni of the Faculty of Chemistry was held after 15 years. The requirements for the recognition of the merit of the Degree and of the Judging Juries were modified. The participation was made active in the common trunk of the Engineering. He established an administration system on the substantive activities of mentors, students and administrative staff, by means of a database and the correct software coding. The electrical substation was revamped. A study to solve the problem of the wastewater of the Faculty was carried out."
In 2015 he published the article “Background and celebration of the 15 years of the postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Guanajuato” also in the NATURALEZA Y TECNOLOGÍA journal of the UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO in its number 7 of 2015 (ISSN: 2007-672X). The summary was as follows:
On August 24, 2015, in the Division of Natural and Exact Sciences of the Guanajuato campus, of the University of Guanajuato the inauguration of the celebrations of the 15 years of the master's degree in Chemical Engineering was held, this is the inaugural speech that outlines the antecedents that resulted in that achievement.
Doctors Alberto Florentino Aguilera Alvarado and María Irene Cano Rodríguez at the Juárez Theater in the city of Guanajuato (Taken on Saturday, November 8, 2008)
One of his last interventions was in October 2020 to celebrate the 20 years since the creation of the graduate program at the University of Guanajuato:
Guanajuato, Gto., October 5, 2020.- With a recognition to the people who have contributed to the strengthening and growth of one of the most prestigious programs of the University of Guanajuato (UG), the ceremony was held for the 20th Anniversary of the postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering of the Division of Natural and Exact Sciences (DCNE).
With a different celebration due to the pandemic, Dr. Alberto Florentino Aguilera-Alvarado, founding member, took a journey through history in which he recapitulated the background to the creation of the postgraduate program, which allowed to remember those who promoted this program, such as Dr. Salvador Hernández-Castro, Dr. Martín Picón-Núñez and Mrs. Dr. Irene Cano-Rodríguez.
When assessing the value of the efforts of those who throughout these 20 years have contributed to forging the prestige of this postgraduate degree, the General Rector of the UG, Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero-Agripino described this program as a "successful result", one of those that identifies the UG thanks to the advances and impacts both in research and in the generation of academic cadres that even transcend the international level. Likewise, he emphasized that the postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering is an example of what can be achieved with a community that works to generate new options based on institutional capacities.
It should be remembered that the University of Guanajuato has the Master's degree programs in Chemical Engineering (Process Integration) and the Doctorate of Science in Chemical Engineering. The postgraduate program in Chemical Engineering has contributed to the training of around 198 master's and 95 doctoral students over the years. The generation of these human resources has greatly contributed to advances in research, whose contributions have been disseminated through scientific articles, outreach, conferences, and various publications.
In their speeches, both the Rector of the Guanajuato Campus, Mrs. Dr. Teresita de Jesús Rendón-Huerta-Barrera, and the Director of the DCNE, Dr. Agustín Ramón Uribe-Ramírez, emphasized the mission of training quality professionals in the field of health research. Chemical engineering, being a postgraduate degree with recognition that stands out at the national level, which has contributed to position UG as one of the best institutions in the country. The virtual event was attended by university authorities, academic staff, students, and researchers from the various programs in Master's, Doctorate, Bachelor's, Chemical Engineering and related areas.
As part of the celebration, 2 workshops and 13 keynote conferences will be held from October 5 to 9; taught by internationally renowned researchers in the areas of Process Engineering, Advanced Materials, Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena; with importance in Chemical Engineering and nearby areas.
To know more details of the academic activities, you can consult the page https://ugto.mx/piq/20-aniversario.
Rest in peace our dear colleague and friend Alberto Florentino Aguilera-Alvarado
He will always remain in our hearts.
And, again, welcome to this forum of fraternal networks:
Network for Environmental Quality Analysis in Mexico
and
International Network of Environmental Sciences
from the Faculty of Chemistry of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The editor-in-chief
