Sabbatical year granted by Faculty of Engineering, Central University of Venezuela

Date: 09/09

Scholarship granted by Council for Scientific and Humanistic Development of the Central University of Venezuela

Date: 10/00

Dr José María Vargas, Medal Honour Award, Third Class

Date: 07/07

The "Dr José María Vargas" Order, the highest award granted by the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) to outstanding members of the faculty for their teaching, research, university extension and university management activities, it was instituted when the Dr Jesús María Bianco was in his functions as Rector of the UCV, in the decade of the 60s. The Order consists of three classes, in order of importance: Medal, Plaque and Tie.

IEEE-Inelectra Award, Second Place

Date: 10/09

Dr Brea was awarded by the IEEE & Inelectra for his performance as an academic director of the second place award dissertation in the computing area.

Dr José María Vargas, Plaque Honour Award, Second Class

Date: 03/12

The "Dr José María Vargas" Order, the highest award granted by the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) to outstanding members of the faculty for their teaching, research, university extension and university management activities, it was instituted when the Dr Jesús María Bianco was in his functions as Rector of the UCV, in the decade of the 60s. The Order consists of three classes, in order of importance: Medal, Plaque and Tie.

Faculty of Engineering Annual Award for the Best Research Work 2014

Date: 01/16

Dr José María Vargas, Tie Honour Award, First class

Date: 04/16

The "Dr José María Vargas" Order, the highest award granted by the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) to outstanding members of the faculty for their teaching, research, university extension and university management activities, it was instituted when the Dr Jesús María Bianco was in his functions as Rector of the UCV, in the decade of the 60s. The Order consists of three classes, in order of importance: Medal, Plaque and Tie.

Best Track Paper for the 2017 IEOM Bogota Conference

Date: 10/17

Dr Brea was awarded by the Industrial Engineering & Operations Management ( IEOM ) Society for his article entitled "Game of Patterns: an approach for solving mixed integer nonlinear optimization problems", published in International Congress on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM 2017).