About
Organizational chart
CIMNE is overseen by a Governing Council and Executive Committees with members from CIMNE, UPC, and the Catalan Government. Our internal structure brings together researchers and support personnel.
Research
Organizational chart
CIMNE is overseen by a Governing Council and Executive Committees with members from CIMNE, UPC, and the Catalan Government. Our internal structure brings together researchers and support personnel.
Governing Council
| President | Ms. Sílvia Paneque i Sureda | Minister of Territory, Housing, and Ecological Transition | Government of Catalonia |
| Representing Government of Catalonia | Mr. Manel Nadal i Farreras | Secretary for Mobility and Infrastructures | Government of Catalonia |
| Ms. Teresa Sanchis Estruch | Director-General for Research | Government of Catalonia | |
| Mr. Xavier Roca Ramon | Director-General for Industry | Government of Catalonia | |
| Vice-President | Dr. Pedro Díez | Vice-rector for Research | UPC · BarcelonaTech |
| Representing UPC · BarcelonaTech | Dr. Francesc Torres | Rector | UPC · BarcelonaTech |
| Mr. Ferran Falcó | General Director, Consorci del Besòs | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Dr. Esther Real | Full Professor | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Representing UNESCO | Dr. Lluís Ramallo | President of the Spanish Commission of UNESCO | UNESCO |
Executive Council
The Executive Council is divided into two separate subgroups, one to deal with specifically issues of an administrative, legal and financial nature and a second that addresses questions of a more scientific, innovation and personnel nature.
Executive Council – Finance and Compliance
| Chair | Prof. Pedro Díez | Vice-rector for Research | UPC · BarcelonaTech |
| Members | Prof. Javier Bonet | General Director | CIMNE |
| Ms. Anna Font | General Manager | CIMNE | |
| Ms. Pilar Gibert | Director of Services, Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat de Catalunya | ||
| Ms. Esther Morales | Deputy General Director of Economic Management, Procurement and Patrimony (Gencat-Department of Research and Universities) | ||
| Mr. Paco Navallas | General Manager | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Ms. Laia Pellejà | Directora iCERCA | ||
| Prof. Gabriel Bugeda (guest member) | Institutional Relations Director | CIMNE | |
| Mr. Javier Marcipar (guest member) | Director of CIMNE Tecnologia | ||
| Ms. Maricarmen Linares (guest member) | Accounting and Finance Director | CIMNE |
Executive Council – Science and Innovation
| Chair | Prof. Pedro Díez | Vice-Rector for Research | UPC · BarcelonaTech |
| Members | Prof. Javier Bonet | General Director | CIMNE |
| Mr. Ferran Falcó | General director, Consorci del Besòs | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Mr. Jordi Aguasca | Director of the Technological Transformation Unit and Disruption | Gencat-ACCIÓ | |
| Mr. Marc Darder | Head of the Technical Office | Gencat-Department of Territory | |
| Mr. Jordi Berenguer | Vice-Chancellor for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Mr. Jordi Romeu | Vice-Rector for Teaching and Research Staff | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Ms. Laia Pellejà | Directora | iCERCA | |
| Prof. Xavier Sànchez-Vila | Director (DECA) | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
| Ms. Anna Font (guest member) | General Manager | CIMNE | |
| Prof. Sebastià Olivella (guest member) | Scientific Director | CIMNE | |
| Prof. Gabriel Bugeda (guest member) | Institutional Relations Director | CIMNE | |
| Mr. Javier Marcipar (guest member) | Director | CIMNE Tecnologia | |
| Mr. Jordi Jiménez (guest member) | Project Development and Technology Transfer Directtor | CIMNE |
GOVERNING COUNCIL
Chair: Sílvia Paneque i Sureda
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Chair: Pedro Díez
ADVISORY SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
Chair: Peter Wriggers
Managing Board
GENERAL DIRECTOR
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MANAGING TEAM
Research
Research Clusters
Geomechanics and Hydrogeology
Academic Leaders: Sebastià Olivella, Núria M. Pinyol, Xavier Sánchez-Vila, Marcos Arroyo, Alberto Ledesma, Enrique E. Romero, Ivan Puig.
Contact point: Sebastià Olivella
Machine Learning and models in Hydro-Environmental Engineering
Academic Leaders: Fernando Salazar, Ernest Bladé.
Contact point: Fernando Salazar
Aeronautical, Marine, Automotive and Energy Engineering
Academic Leaders: Gabriel Bugeda, Xavier Martinez, Lucía G. Barbu, Jordi Pons-Prats, Borja Serván, Enrique Ortega, Alex Ferrer, Fermín Otero.
Contact point: Xavier Martinez
Solid and fluid simulation for Industrial Processes
Academic Leaders: Luís M. Cervera, Michele Chiumenti, Ramon Codina, Narges Dialami, Joan Baiges.
Contact point: Michele Chiumenti
Computational Mechanics in Medical Engineering and Living Matter
Academic Leaders: Marino Arroyo, Eduardo Soudah, Jose J. Muñoz, Miquel Aguirre.
Contact point: Eduardo Soudah
Structural and Particle Mechanics
Academic Leaders: Javier Bonet, Francisco Zárate, Josep Maria Carbonell, Alessandro Franci, Sergio R. Idelsohn, Martha L. Carreño, Daniel Di Capua, Fernando G. Rastellini, Eugenio Oñate (Senior Distinguished Researcher), Alejandro Barbat (Senior Distinguished Researcher).
Contact point: Javier Bonet
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Metamaterials
Academic Leaders: Irene Arias, Juan C. Cante, Oriol Lloberas, Xavier Oliver (Senior Distinguished Researcher).
Contact point: Juan C. Cante
Credible High-Fidelity and Data-Driven Models
Academic Leaders: Pedro Díez, Alberto Garcia, Matteo Giacomini, Antonio Huerta, Ivan Markovsky, Sergio Zlotnik.
Contact point: Matteo Giacomini
Large Scale Multiphysics Computations
Academic Leaders: Riccardo Rossi, Joaquin A. Hernandez, Pavel Ryzhakov.
Contact point: Riccardo Rossi
Innovation Units
Innovation Unit in transport (CENIT)
Innovation Leader: Sergi Sauri.
Contact point: Sergi Sauri
Innovation Unit in Building, Energy and Environment (BeeGroup)
Innovation Leaders: Jordi Cipriano, Jaime Martí.
Contact point: Jordi Cipriano
Innovation Unit in Pre, Post and Digital Technologies
Innovation Leaders: Abel Coll, Angel D. Priegue.
Contact point: Abel Coll
UNESCO Chair
UNESCO Chair in Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE - UPC)
Technology Development
Tech Transfer & Innovation
Proposal Development
CIMNE Tecnología
Research Support
Communication
Congress Bureau
Finances
People
Project Management
General Services
Assistant: Berta Claramunt
IT Development: Javier Tous
IT Services: Miguel Alonso
Quality: Ignacio Valero