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Alves, Débora Cristina Costa da Silva (Date of defense: 2022-11-18)
(English) This dissertation intends to provide a methodology for leak supervision in the water distribution network (WDN), focusing on detecting, estimating, and locating leaks in the system. Additionally, sensor placement ...
Wang, Bin (Date of defense: 2022-10-19)
(English) In this thesis, the dynamic model for the piezoelectric cantilever beam is build by using partial differential equation (PDE). To facilitate the parameter estimation procedure and the controller design, a simplified ...
Sanz i López, Víctor (Date of defense: 2022-10-04)
(English) In this thesis, a model predictive control-based energy management system for a specific house powered by a high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell is presented. Fuel cells and combined heat and power ...
Romero Durán, David (Date of defense: 2022-10-28)
(English) Carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRP) have been introduced in a very significant way in all areas of industry and the wind energy sector has been no exception. Due to the size of today's wind turbines and the ...
Mijas Vélez, Gabriela Dayana (Date of defense: 2022-10-10)
(English) The main objective of this work has been to obtain fibres and subsequently yarns and fabrics that are suitable for textile applications, through the cottonisation of an agricultural by-product of hemp (Cannabis ...
Matveeva, Anastasiia (Date of defense: 2022-10-03)
(English) In this thesis, we study Poisson Structures on Moduli Spaces and Group actions. In particular, we focus on b^m-symplectic structures that can be seen both as symplectic structures with singularities and a particular ...
Grava, Stefano (Date of defense: 2022-10-28)
(English) The interface between light and cold atomic ensembles is a fundamental platform to unravel the quantum world and develop quantum technological applications. Its success relies on the simple idea that the efficiency ...
Campoverde Durán, Rafael Augusto (Date of defense: 2022-10-25)
(English) This research work shows the design of a Mixed Reality (MR) system and its application in a case study. It aims to contribute to the solution of interpretation problems that frequently affect visitors to archeological ...
Ramon Maldonado, Eduard (Date of defense: 2022-09-15)
(English) In this thesis, we study the problem of reconstructing objects from a concrete category in 3D when few images are available as input, i.e. less than 10. We apply our findings to digitalizing human body parts such ...
Nuño Gómez, Daniel-Juan (Date of defense: 2022-09-23)
(English) This thesis focuses on the emission, processing and detection of electromagnetic radiation in applications where the use of established technologies may limit the achievable frequency or bandwidth. Leveraging ...
Rueda Hernández, Estel (Date of defense: 2022-07-18)
(English) Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is one of the most interesting alternatives to conventional plastics, because it has similar properties to polypropylene, it is more biodegradable than other bioplastics, it has really ...
Rombaut Segarra, Juan (Date of defense: 2022-07-12)
(English) Highly transparent optical surfaces with anti-reflection (AR) and self-cleaning properties have the potential to increase performance in a wide range of applications, such as display screens, photovoltaic cells ...
Echevarría Díez-Canedo, Carlos (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)
(English) Climate change and overpopulation are responsible for more frequent droughts, and the imbalance in the water resources management leads to a greater competition in the exploitation of freshwater sources. The ...
Cisneros Fernández, Jose Agustín (Date of defense: 2022-07-07)
(English) There is an increasing interest on the development of neural interfaces able to decipher the neural activity across multiple regions of the brain. The ultimate goal is understanding how the underlying brain ...
Canelles Garcia, Arnau (Date of defense: 2022-07-13)
(English) Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is a key strategy to increase freshwater resources in many regions facing water scarcity. The success of a MAR facility implies both technical (water quality and quantity as main ...
Rubí Sans, Gerard (Date of defense: 2022-06-10)
(English) Oncogenic pathologies are the second leading cause of death worldwide only after cardiovascular diseases. It is estimated that, by 2030, the number of patients diagnosed with this disease will increase by nearly ...
Mateu Sanz, Miguel (Date of defense: 2022-06-13)
(English) This thesis is framed in the ERC Starting Grant Project “Atmospheric Pressure plAsma meets biomaterials for bone Cancer HEaling (APACHE)”. The APACHE Project aims at evaluating plasma technology as therapy against ...
Martínez Cutillas, Alfredo (Date of defense: 2022-06-13)
(English) Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a biobased, biodegradable and biocompatible polymer. Because of that, it is a polymer that generates a great interest in the research and development of new advanced materials. Among ...
Macià Sorrosal, Sandra (Date of defense: 2022-05-26)
(English) High-Performance Computing (HPC) evolves vertiginously. Supercomputers are increasingly powerful and complex machines that require deep expertise to be well-exploited. Currently, scientists develop HPC codes ...
Tagliabue, Susanna (Date of defense: 2022-04-29)
(English) In the intensive care, the multimodal monitoring of the patient is crucial. The systemic physiology is routinely and comprehensively monitored but the practical monitoring of the brain is lacking. Hybrid diffuse ...