Singh, Shikha (Date of defense: 2020-10-09)
Plastic based materials are widely used for packaging applications. However, disposal of such petroleum-based materials e.g. polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) has become a huge threat to the ...
Quintana Vilajuana, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2016-09-19)
La celulosa es el polímero más abundante en la Tierra y en los últimos años ha ganado un amplio interés como fuente de nuevos productos con requisitos de procesamiento y de calidad diferentes a los ...
Enshaei, Hamidreza (Date of defense: 2022-04-24)
Polymers have been widely used in biomedical applications for drug delivery purposes in the last decades. However, ordinary long term drug delivery systems are sometimes associated with undesired side ...
Ortiz Marzo, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
The production of components of the moulds and dies sector is increasingly demanding. On the one hand, a better manufacturing quality is required, that requires, among other aspects, the improvement of ...
Gómez Monterde, Javier (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
The present PhD thesis is framed within the Industrial Doctorate Plan promoted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and has been developed in cooperation between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Ba ...
Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova (Date of defense: 2017-01-27)
The accelerated emergence of drug resistant bacteria is one of the most serious problems in healthcare and the difficulties in finding new antibiotics make it even more challenging. To overcome the ...
Tarragó Cifre, Jose María (Date of defense: 2016-09-13)
Hardmetal industry is continuously seeking for high-performance products at reduced costs. In addition, it is strongly struggled by the high and volatile prices of raw materials. At this juncture, ...
Casadesús Fusté, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
The worldwide poultry industry generates a large amount of wastes which, accordingly to the current law, are mostly discarded. These wastes include chicken feathers, keratin structures which 109.056.179 ...
Audino, Francesca (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)
The objective of this thesis is contributing to the development of a systematic modelling approach for a more efficient and sustainable water management. The main aim is introducing Chemical and Process ...
Hedayati, Ali (Date of defense: 2016-09-26)
Hydrogen is considered as a clean energy carrier that can be converted to electricity by fuel cell with high efficiency. To be economically feasible and comparable, hydrogen needs to be liquefied, ...