Gutiérrez Martínez, Raquel (Date of defense: 2016-05-03)
Research of new sources of bioenergy is nowadays driving attention to microalgae. Cost-effective biomass harvesting poses a challenge for full-scale microalgae production for biofuels. In the context ...
Zugasti Uriguen, Ekhi (Date of defense: 2014-01-16)
L’objectiu de la Monitorització de la salut estructural (SHM) és la verificació de l’estat o la salut de les estructures per tal de garantir el seu correcte funcionament i estalviar en el cost de ...
Valles Sales, Araceli (Date of defense: 2014-09-25)
The development of new materials impacts on all branches of engineering and, in particular, in aerospace engineering. Metallic glasses (MG) are relatively newcomers to the world of materials science and ...
Bové Tous, Oriol (Date of defense: 2022-02-04)
Pallet racking systems are structures intended to store products. Their proper structural design is of paramount importance as its collapse can lead to significant economic losses and even human. This ...
Marcos, Carles (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Corners are unique spaces, points of reference in the city. They are the most visible parts of the urban space, the ones that call the attention of pedestrians. lntersections define the limits of the ...
Arbat Bofill, Marina (Date of defense: 2015-09-15)
The presence of a reservoir and its construction generate a direct impact in the rivers and in the surrounding landscape. The effects of the existing reservoirs, plus the combination of these with power ...
Nasini, Stefano (Date of defense: 2015-01-29)
The thesis deals with the theoretical and practical study of mathematical programming methodologies to the analysis complex networks and their application in economic and social problems. More specifically, ...
Albrecht, Boris (Date of defense: 2015-12-01)
Optical quantum memories are important devices in quantum information science. In particular, they are building blocks of quantum repeater architectures that have been proposed to increase the range of ...
Sánchez Sardi, Héctor Eloy (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)
Wind turbines components are subject to considerable stresses and fatigue due to extreme environmental conditions to which they are exposed, especially those located offshore. Also, the most common ...
Ahmed, Waqas Waseem (Date of defense: 2018-04-17)
The quest for new artificial structures and materials uncovers novel new light-matter interactions, and intriguing physical phenomena. Since the late 80’s purely dielectric materials have been structured, ...