Morrison, Jane H. (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)
Concerns about a global decline in pollinators have called for more knowledge about the drivers of wild pollinator abundance and diversity in agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification has been ...
Adabi Firouzjaee, Mohammad Ebrahim (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)
The solid state transformer (SST) is seen as a proper replacement of the conventional iron-and-copper transformer in the future smart grid . The SST offers several benefits (e.g. enhanced power quality ...
Zaguirre Fernández, Juan Manuel, 1969- (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
This research project arose from an interest in the foundational logic of Tarragona's industrial area, as well as a desire to evaluate the impact of episodes and phenomena in urban development and reveal ...
Elkoro Ugarteburu, Ander (Date of defense: 2018-10-26)
This thesis discusses the development of a new methodology for 3D printing of TiO2 nanoparticles and its applications in air purification and hydrogen production. A dosage has been obtained that allows ...
Belloni, Paolo (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
ILAUD (International Laboratory of Urban Design) is an international research laboratory organized since 1974 by Giancarlo De Carlo at the University of Urbino with the aim to create an international ...
Mrazovic, Petar (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
Urban rörlighet anses ofta vara en av de främsta möjliggörarna för en hållbar statsutveckling. Idag skulle det dock kräva ett betydande skifte mot renare och effektivare stadstransporter vilket skulle ...
Živanovič, Darko (Date of defense: 2018-07-02)
Memory systems are signicant contributors to the overall power requirements, energy consumption, and the operational cost of large high-performance computing systems (HPC). Limitations of main memory ...
Pérez Carreras, Adrià (Date of defense: 2018-12-04)
The study of hydro-mechanical (HM) coupled problems in different areas of civil, environmental or petroleum engineering is common in literature, but the effect of a thermal field by means of the heat ...
Ribera Ponsa, Helena (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
In this thesis we study diffusion processes of nanoparticle evolution and develop appropriate models with the aim of being able to optimise their functions according to the needs of industry. Two distinct ...
Rodriguez-Chiang, Lourdes (Date of defense: 2018-05-04)
Sustainability of resources such as energy, water and waste have become important drivers in our current economy. For large industries that are water and energy intensive like pulp and paper (P&P) mills, ...