Bortolini, Rafaela (Date of defense: 2019-02-28)
The performance of existing buildings is receiving increased concern due to the need to renovate the aging building stock and provide better quality of life for end users. The conservation state of ...
Orúe-Echevarría Iglesias, Dorleta (Date of defense: 2019-11-04)
The Southwest Atlantic Ocean is a key component of the global climate system. It holds the Confluence of the Brazil and Malvinas Currents (BMC), one of the highest frontal systems of the world ocean. ...
Solsona Berga, Alba (Date of defense: 2019-01-30)
Marine mammals face numerous anthropogenic threats, including fisheries interactions, ocean noise, ship strikes, and marine debris. Monitoring the negative impact on marine mammals through the assessment ...
Ibáñez Pinillo, Rubén (Date of defense: 2019-09-02)
Simulation Based Engineering Science (SBES) has brought major improvements in optimization, control and inverse analysis, all leading to a deeper understanding in many processes occuring in the real ...
Albo-Puigserver, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-10-18)
Mediterranean marine ecosystems are fundamentally driven by their pelagic communities and small and medium-size pelagic fishes (SMPF) play crucial ecological roles. Although fluctuations of the populations ...
Cerro Gálvez, Elena (Date of defense: 2019-09-19)
Increasing amounts of organic synthetic chemicals are currently emitted to the environment by human activities. The more recalcitrant fraction of this pollutant mixture reaches marine ecosystems mainly ...
Ribera Pi, Judit (Date of defense: 2019-07-23)
The increasing water demand coupled to the depletion of natural water sources has raised the need to investigate and develop in wastewater treatment and reuse. Even more, the application of circular ...
Celigueta Jordana, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2019-11-14)
The work presented in this Thesis is a set of developments focused on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) and its applicability in several fields in Civil Engineering. The PFEM had already been ...
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 ...
Otegi Aldai, Karmele (Date of defense: 2019-06-10)
Electric Arc Furnace Slag (EAFS) is the by-product generated in the steel making process in electric arc furnaces. According to the European slag association, EUROSLAG, 18,4Mt of steel slag have been ...