Pujades Garnes, Estanislao (Date of defense: 2013-11-27)
Underground constructions below the water table may be problematic if the role of groundwater is not properly acknowledged. Difficulties worsen in urban environments. Two aspects should be taken into ...
Fontdecaba Rigat, Sara (Date of defense: 2015-12-23)
This thesis is about statistics' contributions to industry. It is an article compendium comprising four articles divided in two blocks: (i) two contributions for a water supply company, and (ii) ...
Delgado Rodríguez, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
In this work we use geometric techniques in order to study certain natural extensions of free groups, and solve several algorithmic problems on them. To this end, we consider the family of free-abelian ...
Caicedo Silva, Manuel Alejandro (Date of defense: 2017-02-24)
This thesis focuses on the numerical modeling of fracture and its propagation in heterogeneous materials by means of hierarchical multiscale models based on the FE2 method, addressing at the same time, ...
Ruiz Almeida, Adriana (Date of defense: 2021-04-29)
Nowadays, around 690 million undernourished people worldwide, even though the world already produces enough food to feed more than the whole current population. This situation is far from diminishing ...
Moreno Font, Vanessa (Date of defense: 2009-11-09)
Els convertidors commutats de potència són solucions apropiades per subministrar energia a dispositius electrònics per la seva elevada eficiència i reduït cost. El seu ús extensiu en les últimes dècades ...
Björk, Johannes (Date of defense: 2016-06-03)
Microbes form intricate and intimate relationships with most animals and plants, many of which are crucial for host development, health and functioning. Microbe--host symbiotic associations are poorly ...
Ivorra Cano, Antoni (Date of defense: 2005-02-28)
Aquesta tesi es centra en el desenvolupament i l'ús d'una sonda miniaturitzada de silici per a la mesura de la impedància elèctrica de teixits vius tous. El propòsit d'aquestes mesures d'impedància és ...
Cordero Arias, Josbel Andreina (Date of defense: 2019-09-09)
This thesis presents an experimental approach on the subject of cracking in soils due to changes in environmental conditions, where research is mainly directed to the soil-air interface and the effect ...
Fernández de Labastida Ventura, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-10-01)
Optimization of membrane separation processes rely on the accurate determination of some parameters related to membrane structure, chemistry, morphology or transport mechanism. Therefore, membrane ...