Madrid Argomedo, Manuel Ricardo (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
The design and construction of vertical caisson breakwaters on soft soils represents a significant challenge for the engineering of marine structures. Past experience reveals that this type of structures ...
Gonzàlez Corominas, Andreu (Date of defense: 2016-06-21)
In recent decades, the use of High Performance Concrete (HPC) has grown vastly, being used in multiple applications with high requirements. However, the use of recycled aggregates (RA) has been mostly ...
Zamanillo Campos, Marina (Date of defense: 2019-12-12)
Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and Coomassie stainable particles (CSP) are operationally defined as organic particles > 0.4 µm that are stainable with the dyes Alcian Blue (specific for acidic ...
Al Shaiba, Omar (Date of defense: 2020-10-02)
Basemaps are the main resource used in urban planning and in building and infrastructure asset management. These maps are used by citizens and by private and public stakeholders. Therefore, accurate, ...
Doya Le Besnerais, Carolina (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)
Traditional sampling technologies such as trawling but also novel ones as ROV surveying are oriented toward a high spatial coverage without repeating data collection at fixed seabed windows. The temporal ...
Borchini, Luca (Date of defense: 2020-12-17)
Nowadays, the main computational bottleneck in computer-assisted industrial design procedures is the necessity of testing multiple parameter settings for the same problem. Material properties, boundary ...
Garikapati, Hasini (Date of defense: 2020-03-28)
Uncertainty quantification is important in assessing and predicting the performance of complex engineering systems and processes, especially in the absence of adequate experimental or real-world data. ...
Peñalver Rojo, Domingo (Date of defense: 2019-05-31)
Investments in major transport infrastructure projects involve a significant mobilisation of economic resources both for construction and operation. In these projects, to assess the efficiency of the ...
de Vreese, Steffen (Date of defense: 2021-06-17)
While marine, anthropogenic noise pollution is a scientific and societal matter of concern, there is limited knowledge on how sea animals, particularly cetaceans, perceive their environment through ...
Del Val Alonso, Laura (Date of defense: 2020-06-03)
Detailed characterization of coastal aquifers is essential for proper management of coastal groundwater resources, and coastal areas in general. Still, there is a general lack of systematic monitoring ...
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69 - Building (construction) trade. Building materials. Building practice and procedure (43)
628 - Public health engineering. Water. Sanitation. Illuminating engineering (29)