Colàs Anguita, Elisenda (Date of defense: 2014-05-05)
Els residus radioactius procedeixen de gairebé totes les activitats (indústria nuclear i no nuclear, investigació, activitats militars, aplicacions mèdiques) que impliquen la manipulació de materials ...
Adabi Firouzjaee, Mohammad Ebrahim (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)
The solid state transformer (SST) is seen as a proper replacement of the conventional iron-and-copper transformer in the future smart grid . The SST offers several benefits (e.g. enhanced power quality ...
Pujades Garnes, Estanislao (Date of defense: 2013-11-27)
Underground constructions below the water table may be problematic if the role of groundwater is not properly acknowledged. Difficulties worsen in urban environments. Two aspects should be taken into ...
Fontdecaba Rigat, Sara (Date of defense: 2015-12-23)
This thesis is about statistics' contributions to industry. It is an article compendium comprising four articles divided in two blocks: (i) two contributions for a water supply company, and (ii) ...
Delgado Rodríguez, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
In this work we use geometric techniques in order to study certain natural extensions of free groups, and solve several algorithmic problems on them. To this end, we consider the family of free-abelian ...
Caicedo Silva, Manuel Alejandro (Date of defense: 2017-02-24)
This thesis focuses on the numerical modeling of fracture and its propagation in heterogeneous materials by means of hierarchical multiscale models based on the FE2 method, addressing at the same time, ...
Björk, Johannes (Date of defense: 2016-06-03)
Microbes form intricate and intimate relationships with most animals and plants, many of which are crucial for host development, health and functioning. Microbe--host symbiotic associations are poorly ...
Cordero Arias, Josbel Andreina (Date of defense: 2019-09-09)
This thesis presents an experimental approach on the subject of cracking in soils due to changes in environmental conditions, where research is mainly directed to the soil-air interface and the effect ...
Cusola i Aumedes, Oriol (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
This thesis deals with the surface modification of cellulosic substrates by use of chemo-enzymatic methods. Functionalizing cellulose is intended to adjust its properties for various purposes, but ...
Carrizo, Carlos E. (Date of defense: 2019-09-20)
Massive amounts of information are created daily in commercial fields like earth observation, that must be downloaded to earth ground stations in the short time of a satellite pass. Today, much of the ...