Travesset Baró, Oriol (Date of defense: 2017-09-20)
The energy sector reform is one of the major challenges that must be faced globally during the current century. The energy model, in which the economic growth of major economies is sustained, based ...
Rama-Corredor, Óscar (Date of defense: 2017-11-06)
The main objective of this thesis is the study of a marine sediment core located in front of French Guiana (7°48’75’’N i 53°0’80’’W -1233m bsl and 39m length), in northern South America. The last 415,000 ...
Serra Fabregà, Raül (Date of defense: 2017-05-12)
The present investigation is about the development of a construction system of vertical residential wall's lining, and it is focused on the rehabilitation of the characteristic features of elements and ...
Bermúdez Porras, Carlos (Date of defense: 2017-04-22)
Stent quality control is a critical process. Coronary stents have to be inspected 100% so no defective stent is implanted into a human body. We have developed an optical non-contact measurement instrument ...
Garrigosa i Garcia, Ramón (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
lt's a well-known fact that the flywheel stores energy inside, and this energy is proportional to the rotational speed and the moment of inertia. lf the moment of inertia increases, the energy increases ...
Torras Melenchón, Núria (Date of defense: 2017-11-16)
For years, we are in the middle of a crisis of scientific and technological vocations, which is found year after year in the number of students enrolled in science and technology studies. If that trend ...
Cuatrecasas Castellsagués, Oriol (Date of defense: 2017-01-26)
Production systems based on lean philosophy have been gaining importance as a frequent and successful path to business improvement. Adopting a lean production system in the most appropriate way is a key ...
Selimi, Mennan (Date of defense: 2017-05-22)
Community networks (CNs) have gained momentum in the last few years in response to the growing demand for network connectivity in rural and urban areas. These networks, owned and managed by volunteers, ...
López Membrilla, Manuel (Date of defense: 2017-07-06)
The general context of this thesis is the current framework regarding the Industrial Heritage and the sort of possible actions following the guidelines recommended by the London Charter to act and also ...
Pérez Quiñones, Carme (Date of defense: 2017-07-19)
The laboratories of the leather sector have the necessity to analyse anionic species in different samples. Although ionic chromatography is currently the best method for this analysis, until now, the ...