Bou Balust, Elisenda (Date of defense: 2017-07-17)
Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer (RIC-WPT) has been proven to provide very high power transfer efficiencies (above 80%) for moderate distances, and is hence foreseen as a key technology ...
Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Gerardo (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)
This doctoral thesis presents the use of an opto-electronic system so-called OBR (Optical Backscattered Reflectometer) as an alternative of measurement in structural health monitoring (SHM) processes ...
Ribas Fargas, David (Date of defense: 2017-03-14)
Freshwater is a scarce resource, threatened by an ongoing pollution, global climate change and industrialization. Among other freshwater sources, groundwater is by far the most important source of usable ...
Barcons Roca, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-11-21)
Near-surface wind fields are typically obtained from mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. These models describe the physics and dynamics of atmospheric phenomena with characteristic ...
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 ...
Molins Delgado, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)
In this PhD. Thesis the results of eleven studies about the presence, distribution, and effects of personal care products (PCPs) in the environment are presented with the intention of giving a consolidated ...
Lores Garcia, Eduard (Date of defense: 2017-12-22)
Machines and mechanisms can usually exhibit a vibratory behavior during operation since they are formed by deformable solids of non-negligible mass and non-rigid joints. This oscillatory behavior can ...
Lopes Dias, Tiago (Date of defense: 2017-10-20)
The research that we presently put forward as a doctorate thesis departed from a hypothesis set in questioning canonical assumptions of Portuguese architecture as an essentially empirical and intuitive ...
Bordas Eddy, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-02-10)
Universal Accessibility: On the need of an empathy-based architecture is a PhD thesis researching the paradigm of accessible architectural design. Starting from the very first understanding of accessibility ...
Roa Rojas, Margarita María (Date of defense: 2017-10-18)
The thesis analyzes the transformation of domestic space and ways of life in Bogotá between 1945 and 1959, as an expression of a fundamental and representative stage in towards the construction of ...