Sancho Lacalle, Irene (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
Most of the urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), based on conventional activated sludge (CAS) systems, cannot be considered sustainable since the concept of resources (energy and nutrients) recovery ...
Casas Carné, María del Pilar (Date of defense: 2010-03-25)
Cotxes, camions, tractors, avions... tots necessiten els neumàtics com a component imprescindible per al seu funcionament. Malauradament, degut al desgast per ús, els neumàtics tenen una vida útil ...
Konuray, Ali Osman (Date of defense: 2018-09-17)
Dual-curing processing is a method to prepare thermoset materials through two polymerization reactions carried out simultaneously or sequentially. In these processes, a firm understanding of reaction ...
Ardakani, Mohammad Hamed (Date of defense: 2018-07-23)
Modern industrial processes are becoming more complex, and consequently monitoring them has become a challenging task. Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) as a key element of process monitoring, needs ...
Licon Bernal, Edxon Eduardo (Date of defense: 2015-03-13)
Lab-on-a-chip arrangements are ever more frequently used for the miniaturization of chemical and biochemical analysis. In these arrangements, all the manipulations of analyte transport, separation, ...
Rodríguez Contreras, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2013-06-06)
Nowadays biopolymers are a good alternative to petrochemical polymers. One of these biopolymers is Poly[(R)-3- Hydroxybutyrate] (PHB) which is produced from renewable resources by various microorganisms ...
Zakharova, Elena (Date of defense: 2017-12-11)
In this century, the major use of synthetic polymers have been as replacements for more traditional materials, particulary in packaging. Today the packaging industry is by far the major user of plastics. ...
García Cobos, David Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-09-20)
The most widely accepted option for the long-term management of radioactive waste materials considers their disposal in deep underground facilities (examples are Finland, Belgium, France, Sweden, etc.). ...
Harmassi, Mehrez (Date of defense: 2016-02-27)
Phosphorus in wastewater is mainly present as inorganic phosphate forms and is commonly removed through chemical co-precipitation using Al(III) and Fe(III) salts. However, precipitation is expensive and ...
Hemmatian, Behrouz (Date of defense: 2016-07-18)
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions keep occurring from time to time in process plants, storage areas and transportation by road or rail, often with severe effects. There is no doubt that a better ...