has been a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) in Campus Monterrey, México since 1996. She also works on the Virtual Laboratory Project at ITESM. Dr. Ramírez earned a Ph.D. in Innovation in Education from ITESM in 2011, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from ITESM in 1989, and a B.S. in Biochemical Engineering from IT La Paz in 1987. She teaches to first and second-year chemical engineering students. Dr. Ramirez's main subjects include Material Balances, Energy Balances, and Thermodynamics. She also teaches to students from the master's program in Education using Technology at the Universidad Virtual del Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has worked on projects with Canam-Romisa, Danisco Ingredients S.A. de C.V., GBM-Grupo Bioquímico Mexicano,. Grupo Industrial Chihuahua S. A. and Siemens. She was trained in Problem Based Learning strategy by the Wheeling Jesuit University-NASA at Wheeling, West Virginia. Dr. Ramirez has several publications, including the chapter "El profesor como agente de cambio a través del trabajo colaborativo" (Translated: The teacher as an agent of change through collaborative work) in the book La escuela como organización de conocimiento (Translated: The school as an organization of knowledge). She co-authored the proceeding "Enhancing Innovation and Creativity through Active Learning," and that was published in 2006. Dr. Ramirez also participated as an editor to the International Journal of Engineering in Education in their special issue: "Active Learning in Engineering Education." Dr. Manuel E Macías, ITESM, Campus Monterrey Dr. Manuel Eduardo Macías-García holds a B.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from ITESM at Campus Monterrey and a Ph.D. in Electronics from Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Currently he is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at ITESM, Campus Monterrey. He is in charge of the Tele-Engineering Lab and leads some research projects on Computer-Assisted Learning, Virtual Labs and Remote Labs to enhance the distance Learning/Training in the areas of Electronic and Automation.
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