Mariano Juste, Marina (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)
Considering that the most abundant renewable energy source is the Sun, photovoltaic technology possesses one of the highest potentials to provide environmental benign and sustainable energy worldwide. ...
Gutiérrez Antuñano, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2019-07-08)
This Ph.D. thesis addresses remote sensing of the atmosphere by means of lidar and S-band clear-air weather radar, and related data signal processing. Active remote sensing by means of these instruments ...
Fontserè Recuenco, Abel (Date of defense: 2013-07-23)
Nowadays, the microelectronics technology is based on the mature and very well established silicon (Si) technology. However, Si exhibits some important limitations regarding its voltage blocking capability, ...
Carreras Pons, Normandino (Date of defense: 2016-04-11)
Volcanic eruptions result of the energy stored within the planet are a danger to both populations and to the towns. As inevitable natural events, it is necessary to continue evolving in the study of the ...
Monells Miralles, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-01-18)
Space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems have demonstrated great effectiveness to survey wide areas, independently of the weather conditions and the day/night cycle. One of the most exploited ...
Gallego López, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2013-02-22)
The device-independent formalism is a set of tools to analyze experimental data and infer properties about systems, while avoiding almost any assumption about the functioning of devices. It has found ...
Jofre Cruanyes, Marc (Date of defense: 2013-04-15)
An important issue in today's information society is the security of data transmission against potential intruders, which always put at risk the confidentiality. Current methods to increase security ...
Mezher, Ahmad Mohamad (Date of defense: 2016-04-22)
Ad hoc networks have attracted much attention from the research community over the last years and important technical advances have risen as a consequence. These networks are foreseen as an important ...
García Tormo, Albert (Date of defense: 2011-04-15)
Aquesta tesi tracta sobre amplificació de potència d'alt rendiment de senyals variables en el temps; concretament, tracta sobre conversió de potència eficient (amb mínimes pèrdues) de tensions DC continues ...
Atashkhooei, Reza (Date of defense: 2013-11-04)
Among the laser based techniques proposed for metrology applications, classical interferometers offer the highest precision measurements. However, the cost of some of the elements involved and the number ...