Stamatopoulos, Georgios (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)
(English) This thesis records the evolution of the container throughput dynamics of the European port system from 2001-2020, analyses the dynamics of the European container port hierarchy with methodologies ...
Segura Valdivieso, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2023-09-22)
(English) This thesis investigates the response of carbon and stainless steel frames in fire, and proposes new and more efficient approaches for their design. The investigation is mainly focused on one ...
González Flórez, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
(English) Atmospheric mineral dust is composed of a variety of mineral particles exhibiting distinct composition, shape, and size. The wide range of diameters exhibited by dust particles, spanning more ...
Morey Gual, Lluís (Date of defense: 2023-11-17)
(English) The exponential growth of world population is leading to a high demand of food products and, consequently, to the development of intensive agricultural and livestock systems. In this sense, ...
Wang, Xuejing (Date of defense: 2023-11-28)
(English) During the lifetime of long-span bridges, the traffic conditions are affected by the surroundings and will typically vary and also unpredictably change. In this thesis, a prior site-specific ...
Villar Salinas, Sergio (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
(English) Axial forces in columns of moment-resisting frames (MRF) have a paramount role for the seismic performance of these structural systems. Nonetheless, there are significant gaps in the literature ...
Obiol Plana, Aleix (Date of defense: 2023-01-27)
(English) Marine heterotrophic flagellates (HF) are very small (2-5 µm) unpigmented protists that are dominant bacterial grazers in the ocean, where they link the transfer of carbon from bacterial cells ...
Baloochi, Hani (Date of defense: 2023-03-17)
(English) Currently, the two most raw material consumer industries are civil engineering and the pulp and paper industry. Meanwhile, these sectors face severe criticism due to their environmental impact. ...
Solaraju Murali, Balakrishnan (Date of defense: 2023-01-26)
(English) Unfavorable and extreme climate events such as drought and heat stress heavily impacts the agriculture sector and food security globally, and the impact of these climate hazards is expected ...
Narváez Muñoz, Christian (Date of defense: 2023-05-05)
(English) The high precision controllability and versatility of Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) processes are enabling and accelerating the development of novel microfluidic-based manufacturing techniques. ...