Giménez Imirizaldu, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2021-07-29)
In this thesis discontinuity is treated as an exception in the discourse or as a spelling license in the urban (con)text. In the first place, interruptions in urban routes are studied, the moments in ...
Aguirre Núñez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-01-19)
The Monocentric model of urban structure, characterized by a clear dominance of the CBD (central business district) in terms of concentration of employment and activity, flourished the main theories of ...
Hesp, Niels Caspar Herman (Date of defense: 2021-10-20)
Nano-optics studies the behaviour of light on the nanoscale. In particular, it probes the interaction of light with objects, often of nanometre-size, and reveals fine details of the material's optical ...
Alterini, Tommaso (Date of defense: 2021-06-25)
Vision loss affects physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing and social life as well. High life expectancy and health policies are translated into an aging population worldwide, which has higher ...
Benveniste Pérez, Gabriela (Date of defense: 2021-03-05)
The continuous and expected increase of electrification in the transport sector, the so-called "electromobility" revolution, is one of the main drivers of progress in energy storage for vehicle ...
Shokry Abdelaleem Taha Zied, Ahmed (Date of defense: 2021-05-05)
In the chemical process industry, the decision-making hierarchy is inherently model-based. The scale and complexity of the considered models (e.g., enterprise, plant or unit model) depend on the ...
Sossa Arancibia, Viviana Alejandra (Date of defense: 2021-03-11)
This thesis aims to studythe capacities and limitations of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to support inspection, assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation tasks, helping to earlydetection and evaluation ...
Morral Molto, Eloi (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
The growth in world population has led to a significant increase in the generation of wastes (solid, liquid and gaseous). Waste gas is probably the major issue in the case of waste treatment, due to the ...
Blanca Alcubilla, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2021-11-26)
Air transport, in 2018, was the means of transport chosen by 8.8 billion people around the world. This is a sector that expected continued passenger growth in the following years, but due to the current ...
Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc (Date of defense: 2021-06-17)
Earth Observation using satellites has helped to better model our planet. The goal of such systems is to provide large data sets to help to understand the effects of our actions on the climate, to predict ...