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Registrations open for the TFG-TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2025 Awards
The TFG-TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2025 Awards have opened their call to recognize the best final degree and master’s degree projects that address the challenges of the 21st century. This fourth edition seeks to highlight projects that promote an innovative, sustainable and people-centered transformation.
In a context of accelerated transformation, MONDRAGON is committed to innovation, sustainability and people-based development as fundamental axes to build the future. Through these awards, we seek to value young talent and their ability to provide solutions to current challenges.
Award categories
In this edition, the awards have five main categories in which participants can enter their works:
- Danobatgroup Award for Digital Transformation.
- MONDRAGON Award for People-Based Transformation.
- Fagor Taldea Award for Energy-Climate Transformation.
- MONDRAGON HEALTH Award for the Transformation of health and care.
- Laboral Kutxa Award for Transforming Finance to Transform Society.
In addition, three extra prizes will be awarded, worth 2.500€ each:
- Ikerlan Award for the most innovative project.
- Eika Award for the best project in Basque.
- Mundukide Award for the project with the greatest social impact.
The TFG-TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2025 Awards have a total of 13 cash prizes, with a total prize of 26.250 €. Each of the five main categories will grant:
- First prize: 2,500 euros
- Second prize: 1,250 euros
Requirements to participate
Those people who meet the following requirements may register for the awards:
- Be over 18 years old.
- Have submitted the TFG or TFM between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.
- Have obtained a minimum grade of 8 out of 10.
- The job must be related to one of the five main categories.
Those interested can submit their candidacy until September 30, 2025. You can register here. Cheer up!
The TFG-TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2024 awards celebrates young talent and innovation at Inpaktuday
The 3rd edition of the TFG-TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2024 awards has been a complete success! This year we have broken records: 305 works presented from 57 universities and 52 finalists sharing their ideas and talent in an incredible day.
The Soraluce Factory Portal was the perfect place for a day that started with visits to the Laboral Kutxa, Orbea and Fagor Arrasate cooperatives. The finalists not only learned about the MONDRAGON cooperative model, but also participated in very interesting group dynamics with representatives from Fagor Taldea, Orbea, Laboral Kutxa, Eika, Ikerlan, DanobatGroup and MONDRAGON.
In the afternoon came the most exciting moment: the awards ceremony, where 10 exceptional projects were recognized in key areas such as digital transformation, sustainability, mobility and social innovation.
Award-winning works
In this edition, projects that address key challenges of the present and future have been highlighted. These are the winning works:
From the Danobatgroup prize for digital change:
- 1. saria: Mario Sanz Guerrero. Peak Attention U-Net: Attention-Enhanced ECG Delineation Model for Peak Detection (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid).
- 2. saria: Enrique Queipo de Llano Burgos, Marius Ciurcau eta Alejandro Paz Olalla. Inteligencia Artificial Explicable para el reconocimiento de fracturas de cadera (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
From the MONDRAGON prize for Transformation based on people:
- 1. saria: Natale Armendariz. The inclusive everyday essentials | Sex toy design for people with motor disabilities affecting the upper limbs (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).
- 2. saria: Marta Vicente Navarro. Desarrollo de una herramienta basada en lenguaje de apoyo a la terapia basada en reminiscencia (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
From the Fagor Taldea prize for energy-climate change:
- 1. saria: Ane Elizetxea Navarro. PEM elektrolizatzaileen degradazio eta hibridazio azterketa: hidrogeno berdearen sorkuntza itsasoko energia bidez (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).
- 2. saria: Juan Pedrero Alegría. Diseño de soluciones de flexibilidad para escenarios de alta electrificación urbana (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja).
From the Orbea prize for healthy, sustainable mobility:
- 1. saria: Iñigo Azcárate Urrutia. Mode Choice Modeling for Sustainable Regional Commuting using Machine Learning: A Case Study in Gipuzkoa, Spain (Universidad de Navarra).
- 2. saria: Mercè Amich Vidal. Clean vehicle ownership: implications for effective policy interventions (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea -UPV/EHU-).
From the Laboral Kutxa prize for changing finance to change society:
- 1. saria: José Antonio Luque Salguero. Optimización global de modelos de Media-Varianza-Sostenibilidad multiagencia para gestión de carteras (Universidad de Málaga).
- 2. saria: Maria Jose Preciado Leyva. Una aportación a la sostenibilidad social del seguro de salud en España. Seguro de asistencia sanitaria con reservas de envejecimiento (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).
Special prizes
From the IKERLAN prize for the most innovative work: Marta Vicente Navarro. Desarrollo de una herramienta basada en lenguaje de apoyo a la terapia basada en reminiscencia (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
From the EIKA prize for the best work in Basque: Ane Elizetxea Navarro. PEM elektrolizatzaileen degradazio eta hibridazio azterketa: hidrogeno berdearen sorkuntza itsasoko energia bidez (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).
At Shaking HUB we want to thank all the people who have made this special day possible. Thanks to you, the future is built with more strength, creativity and commitment.
Do you want to relive the best moments? Here you have the complete gallery! 👉 Inpaktuday.
FATECO Project: Improvement of the fatigue performance of automotive components through innovative ecofriendly finishing operations
FATECO project is led by Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa (MGEP) and its main objective is to improve the fatigue and tribology performance of key automotive components.
The importance of this project lies in improving the surface integrity (SI) of these components, which will contribute to reducing the probability of failures and, consequently, fatal accidents related to the failure of parts in vehicles.
In addition, the project uses innovative approaches, such as the development of a machine learning system based on neural networks that will predict the behavior of components, eliminating the need for costly and lengthy tests.
One of FATECO‘s most notable achievements is the complete elimination of lubricants in some of the new finishing operations, making the process 100% ecological and minimizing the environmental impact.