Mirmazloumi, Seyed Mohammad (Date of defense: 2024-01-30)
(English) Natural movements of Earth and human-based activities generate continuous ground displacements, affecting human life and the economy. In order to mitigate and reduce the impact of such ...
Roig Bauzà, Rafel (Date of defense: 2024-01-15)
(English) The introduction of the intermittent and unpredictable solar and wind power into the electrical grid is pushing hydraulic turbines to work for longer periods of time in off-design conditions. ...
Botey Bassols, Joan (Date of defense: 2024-02-02)
(English) Interferometry with Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a remote sensing technique to measure displacements of the observed surface, either the ground or any structure on it. Although the ...
Montes Gómez, Nieves (Date of defense: 2024-02-01)
(English) The topic of this thesis is the engineering of values for autonomous agents. This is realised through the formulation, design and implementation of new functionalities for autonomous agents ...
Piracha, Aqeel (Date of defense: 2024-02-16)
(English) It was not until 1982 that Gösta Walin proposed a formal framework to connect heat input from the sun to the large-scale thermal circulation of the ocean through quantifying a sur- face ”drift” ...
García Gómez, Sonia (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)
(English) High-level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from nuclear power plants, remains dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. To manage them properly and avoid harm to human ...
Coll Valentí, Arnau (Date of defense: 2024-04-26)
(English) This thesis works towards efficient and cost-effective methods to improve the performance of thin silicon solar cells. Focusing on two principal objectives, the Thesis develops novel techniques ...
Ortega Rioja, Paula (Date of defense: 2024-03-12)
(English) The use of plant protection products (PPP) has become an essential tool in agriculture to achieve the minimum requirements of quality and quantity of food demanded by consumers. Moreover, due ...
Bas Calopa, Pau (Date of defense: 2024-05-06)
(English) This thesis contributes to the field of partial discharges in low-pressure environments, aiming to improve electrical wire interconnecting systems (EWIS) protection in aerospace applications. ...
Gordon Pozuelo, Sandra (Date of defense: 2024-05-10)
(English) Polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PcBN) is a composite competitive cutting tool material that excels performance when machining difficult-to-cut materials (e.g. hardened steels, superalloys, ...