Selvanathan, Tharshanan (Date of defense: 2018-11-16)
Decline of resources, increasing expectation of stakeholders and radical transparency imposed by new technologies urges multinational enterprises to define sustainability as an important driver, which ...
Asamoah, Matthew (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)
The importance of fire as a potential initiator of multiple-system failures took on a new perspective after the cable-tray fire at Browns Ferry in 1975 The review have shown that the first generation ...
Taherimashhadi, Mehrsa (Date of defense: 2018-10-18)
Since the emergence of Lean Manufacturing, many organizations strived to implement it. Nonetheless, sustainable Lean transformation is not as easy as to be simply achieved. Severa!aspects need to be ...
Morales Huerta, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-02-26)
In recent years, as a result of climate change, the interest in sustainable materials has increased dramatically. The replacement of compounds of petrochemical origin by bio-based has spread to all areas ...
Liaudat, Joaquín (Date of defense: 2018-06-15)
This thesis aims at deepening in the understanding of the mechanisms by which the stress state affects the development of concrete expansions and cracking due to the Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR). With ...
Sancho Lacalle, Irene (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
Most of the urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), based on conventional activated sludge (CAS) systems, cannot be considered sustainable since the concept of resources (energy and nutrients) recovery ...
Konuray, Ali Osman (Date of defense: 2018-09-17)
Dual-curing processing is a method to prepare thermoset materials through two polymerization reactions carried out simultaneously or sequentially. In these processes, a firm understanding of reaction ...
Ardakani, Mohammad Hamed (Date of defense: 2018-07-23)
Modern industrial processes are becoming more complex, and consequently monitoring them has become a challenging task. Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) as a key element of process monitoring, needs ...
Rendón Poujol, Georgina (Date of defense: 2018-01-23)
To address the environmental imbalance of which the current demand model of the building sector is an active part, the focus of this research is to suggest a response for a more efficient and sustainable ...
Pia Granzotto, Chiara (Date of defense: 2018-05-24)
The objective of this doctoral thesis, is to elucidate the social dimension of space in the architectural works of Colombian architect, Rogelio Salmona. For such analisis, interdisciplinary and inclusive ...