Frómeta Gutiérrez, David (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)
Automotive designers are constantly facing new challenges to meet the more and more stringent safety and CO2 emission legislations. Concerning the latter, vehicle lightweighting has become one of the ...
Makoond, Nirvan Chandra (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
Many cultural heritage sites across the globe consist of masonry structures. To ensure the preservation of such structures, an accurate evaluation of their current structural condition is often of utmost ...
Kamrani Moghadam, Mohammad Reza (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
The current thesis takes place within the context of the projects MAT2016-80045-R "Aplicaciones industriales de compuestos y mezclas basados en REX-PLA" and the project "PLAIABS Blends: Recydability and ...
Vidal Girona, Elia (Date of defense: 2021-02-12)
Titanium (Ti) and Ti alloys have been used for decades for bone implants and prostheses due to its mechanical reliability and good biocompatibility. However, implant-related infections, lack of ...
Garcia Ramonda, Larisa (Date of defense: 2020-12-18)
As one of the main historical construction materials, masonry is abundant among the architectural heritage of earthquake-prone areas of the Mediterranean countries. Earthquake mitigation approaches are ...
Segura Domingo, Jorge (Date of defense: 2020-12-22)
Masonry has been used for millennia to build all sort of constructions. As a result, a significant part of the building stock around the world is made of masonry. In the need of structural assessment, ...
Olivella Rosell, Pol (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)
In the context of distributed generation growth, local grids could face operational issues. In that sense, smart grid deployment will give information to local grid operators about grid status at medium ...
Rosero Chandi, Carlos Xavier (Date of defense: 2020-02-06)
Microgrids (MGs) are small-scale power systems containing storage elements, loads and distributed generators that are interfaced with the electric network via power electronic inverters. When an MG is ...
Kramarenko, Mariia (Date of defense: 2023-03-24)
(English) To mitigate the energy and climate crisis we are already facing and address the increasing energy consumption, it is essential to foster energy transition strategies. The energy transition ...
Wang, Yongjie (Date of defense: 2023-02-23)
(English) Climate change and global energy demand urge the development of renewable energy sources for worldwide power supply. Photovoltaic devices that convert solar energy directly into electricity ...