Research
These past years, the research at Polytechnic University of Catalonia has experimented a huge impulse because:
- Has come to be the first Spanish university in terms of attracting resources from companies.
- Is the university that obtained the most economic return from the VI Framework Program of the European Union.
- Is the Spanish university that hsa the leading position in terms of the number of patents granted and the creatio of spin-offs
- Obtain practical experience that facilitates insertion in the labor market.
We are the Catalan university that has the most centers in the Techonlogical Innovation Network from CITEM, we participate in different technological enters, etc. All this has been done with the collaboration and support of the administrations and, in a special way, of the Terrassa City Council, support of enterprenours and people linked to the world of innovation, and with the great dedication and excitement of the people who work at the University.
Research areas:
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Aeronautics, Space and Naval- CIEFMA - Center for Structural Integrity and Materials Reliability
- CTTC - Heat Transfer Center
- IAFARG - Industrial and Aeronautical Fluid-dynamic Applications Research Group
- LAIRE - Aeronautical and Industrial Research and Studies Laboratory
- LEAM - Acoustic and mechanical Engineering Laboratory
- LITEM - Laboratory for Technological Innovation of Structures and Materials
- MCIA - Group of Electronic Drives and Industrial Applications
- SAC - Advanced Control Systems
- TERFIQ - Thermodynamics and Physicochemistry
- TUAREG - Turbulence and Aerodynamics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Group
- CGIP - Comprehensive Production Control and Management
- CODALAB - Control Group, dynamics and applications
- LABSON - Oleohydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Laboratory
- LOGISIM - Center for Analysis and Improvement of manufacturing, Logistics and Service Processes Throurh Simulation
- MCIA - Group of Electronic Drives and Industrial Applications
- SAC - Advanced Control Systems
- EMC - Biomedical Engineering and Electromagnetic Compatibility
- GBMI - Group of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology
- Enzyme Catalysis Laboratory
- UNESCO - UNESCO Chair of Sustainability, Technology, and Humanism
- CTTC - Heat Transfer Center
- GRIC - Research and Innovation Group in Construction
- SAC - Advanced Control Systems
- SEER - Electrical Energy Systems Renovable
- TIEG - Industrial Electronics Group of Terrassa
- TUAREG - Turbulence and Aerodynamics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Group
- GRIC - Research and Innovation Group in Construction
- GRTJ - Research Group in Game Theory
- IEM-RG - Industrial Engineering and Management Research Group
- TUAREG - Turbulence and Aerodynamics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Group
- CCP - Centre Català del Plàstic
- CIEFMA - Center for Structural Integrity and Material Reliability
- DILAB - Laboratory of Dielectric Materials Physics
- GBMI - Group of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology
- LEIPN - Laboratory of Electrichemistry, Interfaces, and Nanometric Films
- LITEM - Laboratory for Technological Innovation of Structures and Materials
- TECTEX - Intexter. Research Group in Textile Techonlogy
- TMAS - Intexter. Environmental and Sanitary Toxicology and Microbiology
- POLYCOM - Polymer and Composite Technology
- SPPT - Textile Surfaces, Products and Processes
- TECTEX - Intexter. Research Group in Textile Techonlogy
- TMAS - Intexter. Environmental and Sanitary Toxicology and Microbiology
- SPPT - Textile Surfaces, Products and Processes
- CCP - Catalan Center for Plastics
- CRIT - Center for Research and Innovation in Toxicity
- CTTC - Heat Transfer Center
- GRIC - Research and Innovation Group in Construction
- ENMA - Intexter. Environmental Engineering
- LEAM - Acoustic and mechanical Engineering Laboratory
- POLQUITEX - Intexter. Polymeric Materials and Textile Chemistry
- TECTEX - Intexter. Research Group in Textile Techonlogy
- TMAS - Intexter. Environmental and Sanitary Toxicology and Microbiology
- POLYCOM - Polymer and Composite Technology
- SEER - Electrical Energy Systems Renovable
- STH - Sustainability, Technology and Humanism
- SUMMLAB - Sustainability Measurement and Modeling Lab
- TUAREG - Turbulence and Aerodynamics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Group
- UNESCO - UNESCO Chair of Sustainability, Technology, and Humanism
- CIPAGRAF - Research Group in Paper and Graphic Arts
- CTF - Center for Technological Innovation
- GBMI - Group of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology
- ENMA - Intexter. Environmental Engineering
- POLQUITEX - Intexter. Polymeric Materials and Textile Chemistry
- TECTEX - Intexter. Research Group in Textile Techonlogy
- TMAS - Intexter. Environmental and Sanitary Toxicology and Microbiology
- SPPT - Textile Surfaces, Products and Processes
CIVIL ENGINEERING
The Laboratory for the Technological Innovation of Structures and Materials, LITEM, was born at the end of 2004 as a research group. LITEM is an Interdisciplinary Research Centre of the Technical University of Catalonia. It is supported by a team of PhD Engineers in the fields of Strength of Materials and Continuum Mechanics.
General Information
- Contact person: Lluís Gil Espert
- Research field: Material strength and continuum mechanics
- URL: http://litem.upc.edu/en
- Location: Building TR45 - Terrassa Campus
Current research lines: Characterization and remidation of contaminated areas (saturated zone and unsaturated or "vadose" zone). Desorption of contaminants in contaminated soils using low-temperature thermal technologies. Technology transfer: Definition of pollution hotspots and modeling of aquifers in the Besòs River basin. Design and modeling systems for decontaminating aquifers affected by industrial and mining activities.
General information
- Principal investigator: José Baldasano
- Research field: Environmental process modeling.
- Location: Building TR4, Fluids Laboratory - Terrassa Campus
The Research and Innovation Group in Construction (GRIC) of the Department of Construction Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) carries out interdisciplinary research to improve the production processes of companies in the construction sector.
General information
- Principal investigator: Miquel Casals
- Research field: Engineering/Construction
- URL: http://www.gric.upc.edu/ca
- Location: Building TR5 - Terrassa Campus
IT ENGINEERING
MCIA is a recognized center for its innovation and technological transfer capabilities by the Department of Innovation, Universities, and Enterprise (ACC10) of the Government of Catalonia. MCIA is a part of the network of leading technology transfers in Catalonia (TECNIO) and collaborates wit CTAE (Technological Center for Aerospace and Space Industry). The members of the Center come from the fields of electrical engineering, electronics, telecommunications, and industrial control, bringing expertise in signal acquisition and processing, industrial telecommunications systems and control, electrical machine diagnostics, and design and management of power electronics-based systems. The multidisciplinary nature of the Center allows it to effectively cover the scientific and technological aspects of projects involving communication systems, mechatronic systems, and energy management.
General information
- Principal investigator: José Luís Romeral/Juan Antonio Ortega
- Research field: Industrial Electronics, Industrial Diagnostics, Energy Management
- URL: http://www.mcia.upc.edu/
- Location: GAIA esearch Building, Rambla Sant Nebridi s/n - Terrassa Campus
The GESSI research group the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) conducts research in many fields of software engineering, with particular emphasis on requirements engineering, software quality, software architecture, service-oriented computing, open source software, software modeling and empirical research.
Dades generals
- Contact person: Xavier Franch Gutierrez
- Research field: Software Engineering, with emphasis on Requirements Engineering, Software Quality, Software Architecture, Service-oriented Computing, Open Source Software, Software Modeling, and Empirical Research.
- URL: http://www.essi.upc.edu/~gessi/
El The Laboratory of Relational Algorithmics, Complexity, and Learning (LARCA) is an internationally recognized research group in the fields of learning and data mining, data analysis, and mathematical linguistics.
Typically, they approach problems from solid mathematical principles, using modeling tools and techniques from algorithmics, computational complexity, automata theory, logic, discrete mathematics, statistics, and dynamical systems. They are initiating collaborations with companies and other institutions to apply their solutions to real-world problems.
General information
- Principal investigator: Ricard Gavaldà
- Research field: Data mining and learning, Massive data analysis with an emphasis on data streams, structured data analysis
- URL: http://recerca.upc.edu/larca/en/
- Location: OMEGA Building - Campus Nord (Barcelona)
The group's activity focuses on developing solutions to ensure various security services in telecommunications networks. The objective is cutting-edge research in different aspects related to information protection.
General information
- Contact person: Jose Luis Muñoz Tapia
- Research field: Information and Communication Technologies
- URL: http://futur.upc.edu/ISG?locale=en
General information
- URL: http://futur.upc.edu/RFEMC
- Location: ESEIAAT, c/ Colom 1, 08222 Terrassa
SCIENCES
The Algebraic and Symplectic Geometry, Arakelov Theory and Applications Group (GEOMAP) is a group of researchers with interests in a wide range of fields, which include algebraic, arithmetic and symplectic geometries and their applications. With a few exceptions, the group is composed of researchers belonging to the Universitat de Barcelona or to the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Dades generals
- Contact person: Marta Casanellas
- Research lines: Geometry, AlgebraGeometria, Symplectic and arithmetic varieties.
- URL: http://geomap.upc.edu/en
- Location: Building TR45 - Terrassa Campus
Our group belongs to the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalonia (UPC). Our general goal is to study the nature and effects of nonlinear phenomena in different types of physical systems, with a special emphasis on optical devices such as photonic crystals, lasers and microcavities. An important motivation of these studies is to elucidate the potential use of nonlinear effects in technological applications such as optical communications.
Dades generals
- Contact person: Ramon Vilaseca
- Research lines: Additionally, stochastic and nonlinear effects are studied in other disciplines, including systems biology, neuroscience, nonlinear electronics and climatic effects.
- URL: http://donll.upc.edu/en
- Location: Gaia Research building, Terrassa Campus of the University (Rambla Sant Nebridi 22, Terrassa)
The group was created in 1990 and approved as the Game Theory Research Group (GRTJ) at UPC on July 16, 2004 (acronym GRTJ, code 00000100-00). It has been recognized as a Consolidated Research Group by the Government of Catalonia since October 18, 2005. The group is dedicated to research on the foundations and applications of game theory.
General information
- Contact person: Josep Freixas/Francesc Carreras
- Research field: Mathematics, Operations Research
- Location: Department of Applied Mathematics II, TR5 Building - Campus Terrassa