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 ...
Hjaila, Kefah (Date of defense: 2016-09-06)
Current Supply chain (Se) decision support tools are devoted to the optimization of one objective function from a bias centralized perspective, without considering the coexistence with other participants ...
Fernández Sampedro, Miguel Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-06-11)
Visual opsins are G protein-coupled receptors that function as light photoreceptors in the vertebrate retina. Rhodopsin is the visual pigment located in the rod photoreceptor cells specialized in scotopic ...
Reig i Amat, Mònica (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
Nowadays, due to the growing fresh water demand, several processes are used to purify seawater by means of desalination or industrial brackish water by different treatment processes. The main limitation ...
González Juncà, Arnau (Date of defense: 2016-06-21)
In the current energy conjunction, with an expected growth of energy consumption in a context of fossil fuel depletion, more focus is being placed on renewable energy sources (RES) for electricity ...
Murase Fernández, Sara Keiko (Date of defense: 2015-04-24)
Synthetic biopolymers have attracted considerable attention in the last decades in the biomedical field. Poly(ester amide)s are a family of biodegradable polymers that can be tailored for specific ...
Rengel Darnaculleta, Borja (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Accidental releases of flammable hydrocarbons in chemical process industries can trigger severe hazards: explosions, fires, and dispersion of toxic vapour clouds. Explosions and toxic releases may injure ...