Recently, the CIMNE, through the CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Mexican Federation of Civil Engineering Institutions Federation of Associations of Civil Engineers of Mexico (FEMCIC). This...
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Amb nou clústers de recerca, tres unitats d’innovació i una xarxa global arrelada al territori, la comunitat del CIMNE impulsa un progrés constant. Mantén-te al dia dels avenços científics, dels projectes internacionals i de les novetats corporatives que estan definint el futur de l’enginyeria.
Comunitat
Notícies
Amb nou clústers de recerca, tres unitats d’innovació i una xarxa global arrelada al territori, la comunitat del CIMNE impulsa un progrés constant. Mantén-te al dia dels avenços científics, dels projectes internacionals i de les novetats corporatives que estan definint el futur de l’enginyeria.
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CIMNE collaborates with PUCP to develop a software to improve the manufacture of 3D hand prostheses
The CIMNE Industrial Manufacturing Processes research group, led by Professor Michele Chiumenti, works, in collaboration with different working groups of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), on a project funded by Concytec for the optimization...
Buildair installs a second hangar in Lleida-Alguaire Airport
CIMNE's spin-off Buildair Ingeniería y Arquitectura S.A. has installed a second inflatable H25x30 hangar in Lleida-Alguaire Airport. It has been setup in 1 day joining the H20x20 that was set-up by the company last July. The inflatable hagar is almost...
EN-TRACK project starts
The European project EN-TRACK, coordinated by CIMNE-BEE Group, aims to enable continuous, large-scale data gathering on the energy and financial performance of Energy Efficiency Measures applied to buildings. By creating an open source big data...
Pere Andreu Ubach defends his PhD Thesis about A Bezier-enhanced shell triangle
On November 18th 2020, Pere-Andreu Ubach has successfully defended his PhD Thesis entitled: "BEST: Bézier-Enhanced Shell Triangle. A new rotation-free thin shell finite element". The thesis has been developed in the framework of the PhD Programme in Structural...
Eugenio Oñate has been awarded the ECCOMAS Ritz-Galerkin Medal 2020
Professor Eugenio Oñate, Director of CIMNE, has been awarded the ECCOMAS Ritz-Galerkin Medal 2020. The Ritz-Galerkin Medal is the highest award given by the European Association for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), honoring individuals...
CIMNE social networks
CIMNE social networks are increasing their communities. Last week CIMNE’s Twitter account achieved 1,500 followers and Youtube Channel 1,800 suscribers. CIMNE’s largest social network is Linkedin which reached over 3,600 followers. For a research...
The “Setmana de la Ciència” reaches its 25th edition with an intense activity programme
The "Setmana de la Ciència" (SC) reaches its 25th edition this year. It is a pioneering communication initiative in Spain organized by the FCRI since 1996, which offers every year about 500 scientific-technical dissemination activities throughout Catalonia,...
Dr. Eduardo Soudah participates in the Lecture Series “Dilluns de Ciència”
On Monday of 9th November of 2020, Eduardo Soudah, group leader of the Bio-Medical Engineering of CIMNE, participated in the Lecture Series "Dilluns de Ciència" giving a talk titled "Computational techniques in clinical practice". By following...
CIMNE renews its Tecnio accreditation until 2023
CIMNE has renewed the TECNIO accreditation for the period of 2020-2023. CIMNE is a research centre specialized in numerical methods in engineering and, in 2017, it was recognized by TECNIO as an entity that generates and transfers new technology to the company by...
Visit to Catalonian Research Institute on Cultural Heritage
On October 20th 2020 the Catalonian Research Institute on Cultural Heritage (ICRPC) hosted in their headquarters located in the city of Girona the visit of a delegation formed by Eugenio Oñate, director of CIMNE, Ferran Falcó, Secretary General of the...
Prof. Antonio Huerta, awarded the Grand Prize by the Japan Society for Computational Engineering
Prof. Antonio Huerta, professor and former director of the School of Civil Engineering (UPC·BarcelonaTech), has been awarded the highest recognition by the Japan Society for Computational Engineering Science 2019. Huerta is also the leader of Innovative...
Prof. Enrique Romero, 2nd European Distinguished Lecture on Unsaturated Soils by the ISSMGE
Prof. Enrique Romero, director of research (UPC·BarcelonaTech) and affiliated researcher at Geomechanics Group of CIMNE, was honoured "2nd European Distinguished Lecturer on Unsaturated Soils" by the TC-106, the Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils of the...
Two projects participated by CIMNE receive funding from the Collaboration Challenges 2019 Call
On 23rd October 2020, the State Research Agency, depending on the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, has published the final resolution of Collaboration Challenges 2019, a call that finances experimental development projects in cooperation between companies...
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Gerard Laguna [Challenges in energy efficiency]: “To get good data to model the buildings and the implementation of the model predictive control into existing facilities”
Gerard Laguna has joined recently to Building Energy and Environment research group of CIMNE as a Severo Ochoa PostDoc Trainee. We have interviewed him to know his point of view about energy efficiency as well as what implies for him its new position. -What new...
Eric Neiva has defended his PhD thesis “Large-scale tree-based unfitted finite elements for metal additive manufacturing”
On 7th October 2020 Eric Neiva successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Large-scale tree-based unfitted finite elements for metal additive manufacturing" in the framework of Civil Engineering Programme. The thesis, that was carried out at the...
Two calls for early-stages researchers open in October
This month of October, there are two calls for scholarships open for hiring researchers who are in the early stages of their research careers. On the one hand, on October 6th, 2020, the call for Grants for the recruitment of novice research staff (FI-2021) funded by...
1st Lash Fire Public Webinar
Organised by SEA Europe and Interferry, the 1st Lash Fire Public Webinar will take place on October 14th, 2020 14:00–15:30, remotely on the GoToWebinar platform. In this webinar partners of the EU-funded LASH FIRE project will present the research done within...
CIMNE launches the first issue of its corporative newsletter
This October, CIMNE has launched its first issue of its corporate newsletter. On a quarterly basis, this new communication tool will offer a summary of the projects in which the centre works, the researchers who join new positions, the outstanding publications and the...
CENIT in the media
Recently, the researchers of CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE have appeared as experts in urban mobility. Sergi Saurí, leader of the group, gave his opinion in the newspaper "La Nació Digital" which addresses, among other...
City Flows Project: Mobility and Covid-19
European cities are currently adjusting public health measures to manage COVID-19 transition phases. Public health and transport authorities must anticipate and adapt strategies to maintain low-level or no-transmission status while allowing citizens to safely engage...
Rubén Zorrilla defends his PhD Thesis about Virtual Wind Tunnel Applications
On September 21st 2020 Rubén Zorrilla has successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Towards the Virtual Wind Tunnel for Civil Engineering Applications" in the framework of Civil Engineering Programme. The thesis, which was carried out at the...
Vicente Mataix PhD Thesis Defense
On 3rd September 2020 Vicente Mataix has successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Innovative mathematical and numerical models for studying the deformation of shells during industrial forming processes with the Finite Element Method" in the framework of Civil...
New Severo Ochoa researchers at CIMNE
The incorporation of the following researchers has been carried out through contracts financed with ref. CEX2018-000797-S / Severo Ochoa Centers of Excellence program, funded by the State Research Agency. Guillermo Casas Position: Severo Ochoa PostDoc Trainee Position...
David Roca, a new Doctor at CIMNE
On 7th September 2020 David Roca successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Numerical Tools for Computational Design of Acoustic Metamaterials" in the framework of Mechanical, Fluid and Aeronautical Engineering Programme. The thesis was carried out...
Emergency inflatable bridges arrives in Japan
Pneumatic Structures Technologies (PSTech), participated in by Buildair Ingeniería y Arquitectura, created by CIMNE professors about twenty years ago and recently the Catalan Institute of Finance’s part-owned, has sold the first unit of its inflatable...
Francesc Verdugo speaks us about his new position at CIMNE
Severo Ochoa Postdoc Trainee in LSSC GROUP (Barcelona, 1984) Francesc Verdugo is since June 2020 a Severo Ochoa Postdoc Trainee in LSSC research group at CIMNE, a highly interdisciplinary research team led by Prof. Santiago Badia. The main research lines of LSSC...
Interview to CIMNE researcher Gaia di Carluccio
PhD Research Student (Naples, 1991) Title of her Thesis: “MPM Modelling soil liquefaction” Gaia di Carluccio has recently joined the project Soil in Motion (Ref. RTI2018-097365-B-I00) coordinated by CIMNE and funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation...
CIMNE will coordinate EN-TRACK project from November 2020
From November 2020, CIMNE will coordinate the project EN-TRACK that will promote a Energy Efficiency Performance-Tracking Platform for Benchmarking Savings and Investments in Buildings. Funded by the European Commission through the...
CIMNE awarded with 10 new European projects in the first semester of 2020
During the first semester of 2020 CIMNE has been awarded with 10 European Projects funded by the European Commission through different subprogrammes of the Horizon Europe 2020. Artificial Intelligence, new materials in naval construction, aeronautics challenges in...
Successful 10th GiD Convention, the first in online format
The 10th GiD Convention was celebrated on July 20th in a new format, due to the pandemic situation. Despite the challenge of adopting a 100% online format, the event successfully developed. The convention was...
HAMELIN project starts a pilot test in Deltebre
The Deltebre City Council, in partnership with the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), has presented the European project HAMELIN. It consists of technological research funded by the European Commission to control the the mosquito pest...
New Park Bowling beats on OKO´s technology solutions
New Park Bowling has implemented two OKO technology solutions: the OKO Virtual Waiter and Magic Stickers. From now on, customers who are bowling will not have to go to the bar to place their order. By scanning the Magic Stickers placed on the tables of each bowling...
Buildair installs an inflatable hangar at the Lleida-Alguaire airport
The company Buildair, a spin-off of CIMNE, has installed an inflatable and mobile hangar at the airport of Lleida-Alguaire. This pilot test will allow to evaluate its functionality and to publicize its possible uses, especially for the aeronautical, industrial...
Carles Estruch awarded with the IABSE Early Career Prize
Dr. Carles Estruch has been awarded the IABSE Prize 2020 “for his expertise gained while working in the fields of research, design and construction, contributing in a holistic way to the field of structural engineering.”. Estruch is the Engineering...
CIMNE staff back to a “new normality”
The home confinement restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic have meant a period of intense telematic work in all CIMNE activities. Once these restrictions are slowly being removed and everyday life shifts towards the so-called “new normality”, CIMNE...
OKTICS bets on contactless technology as a solution for the HORECA sector
OKTICS, a spin-off specialized in helping companies in their digital transformation, is committed to contactless technology to overcome the COVID-19 crisis. The company has developed and implemented digital signage, corporate communication and virtual waiters. To help...
Severo Ochoa PhD and Postdoc positions at CIMNE
CIMNE has launched the second call for recruitment of PhD and Postdoc candidates under the Severo Ochoa Centers of Excellence program funded by the Spanish Government. The call is open for candidates at different stages of their research careers: PhD students, Posdoc...
Carmen Andrade receives the Paul McIntyre Award by the Institute of Corrosion
Institute of Corrosion (ICORR) of UK has awarded its top prize in the Engineering branch, Paul McIntyre Award 2020, to Dr. Carmen Andrade. This award was created in 2017 and recognizes scientific merits in the facet of its application to the resolution of practical...
#cimneteletreballa, the staff of CIMNE continues working from home
Under the hashtag #cimneteletreballa, CIMNE wanted to show how the center's research and management team continues to work during the COVID-19 state of alarm. In this way, different teams explain what they are working on at the moment. We show below some of the...
Replication of SHERPA methodology into local buildings
SHERPA is an Interreg MED modular project that will contribute to speeding up the implementation of EU Directives on Energy Performance of Buildings (2010/31/EU) and on Energy Efficiency (2012/27/EU). Its main objective is to reinforce the capacities of public...
OKO Business launches a digital signage protection screen
OKO Business has launched a tempered safety glass for effective protection screen against all types of viral contagion and with a special and hygienic treatment (Easy Clean Coating) that acts as a neutralizer for bacteria, facilitating the sliding of residues and dirt...
SMILER: Loss reduction in water distribution networks based on Machine Learning
CIMNE is one of the partners of the SMILER project for the development of a loss reduction system in water distribution networks based on Machine Learning. The project (RTC-2017-6324-5), funded by the FEDER through the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities...
CIMNE researchers publishes more than 100 papers in Journals in 2019
GID launches a new version that includes Chinese language
GID, the software developed by the Pre and Processing Group of CIMNE that covers all the common needs in the numerical simulation field from pre to post processing, has launched a new version. The new GiD14.0.4 official version has been released...
CIMNE collaborates with the BCN3D hub to print masks for healthcare staff
CIMNE is participating in BCN3D’s production campaign to print 3D PPE components for healthcare staff. Researcher Javier Soraluce is carrying out the production of pieces to create masks with the help of the 3D printer that the centre has put out to disposition...
Computational fluid dynamics simulation to predict the distribution of virus in the air after sneezing
CIMNE researchers are applying computational fluid dynamics models coupled with particle-based models to the simulation of the flow of virus in the air produced by a sneeze. This research is carried out in close cooperation with the group of Professor Rainald Lohner...
CIMNE researcher David Vicente, interviewed by iAgua.es
David J. Vicente, Post-Doc researcher at CIMNE, participated in the organization of the congress 'Young Water Professionals - Spain 2019' of the YWP-IWA association. This event gathered more than 250 professionals from the water sector to share their...
Two CIMNE projects awarded at the “Producte” Call by AGAUR
CIMNE has been awarded two projects in the “Producte” Call, cofunded by AGAUR and FEDER in framework of the RIS3CAT Plan (2014-2020). The projects are APoEmA, that consists on develop technology to provide fresh water for isolated locations; and...
Closure event of the project E-Testing
Recently, was held in Coslada (Madrid) the closure event of the project E-Testing funded by Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce in the framework of the programme Iberoeka of the Industrial and Technological Development Centre (CDTI). The...
Kick off Meeting of LIGHT3D: Laser and Other Lighting Technologies in Barcelona
On 6th March 2020, the project "LIGHT3D: Laser and Other Lighting Technologies"* will gathered its partners LEITAT, ICIQ, IREC, CIMNE and UPC (IMEM) in the Kick off Meeting at the CIM Foundation's facilities, coordinators of the group Base3D. The...
Eugenio Oñate, the top-ranked scientist of the UPC in the Webometrics ranking
Eugenio Oñate, General Director of CIMNE and Full Research Professor at UPC is the most cited scientist of Technical University of Catalonia for the second consecutive year. With 23485 citations and an H index of 72, is at the 307th position of the ranking...
A CERCA study about gender in the scientific careers reveals important imbalances
Coinciding with the celebration of the International Day of Girls and Women in Science, the Institution CERCA Centres, of which CIMNE is a member, has published a gender study of scientific careers. #11F Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena a la Ciència. La...
Xavier Oliver, awarded the Gauss-Newton Medal by the IACM
The Full Research Professor at CIMNE Xavier Oliver has been awarded the Gauss-Newton Medal, the highest distinction of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM). This prize is given to those researchers who are distinguished for having made...
European Kick-off Meeting of Alternate project
On January 29th 2020 took place the Kick-off Meeting of the project Alternate that has brought together a consortium of world leading, interdisciplinary experts in the field of air transport, engine certification and alternative fuels both from Europe and China....
Death of Professor Roger Owen
Professor David Roger Jones Owen, Roger for his friends, died in Swansea at the age of 77 on Monday January 13th. He was Emeritus Professor in the Civil and Computational Engineering Centre at Swansea University, Wales, UK, and an international authority on finite...
Prof. Antonio Gens awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the UTCB (Bucharest)
Professor Antonio Gens has been awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (UTCB). The award ceremony (some pictures below) was held on December 10th, 2019. In the citation, the Senate of the University highlights...
Herramienta diagnóstica en leucemias y linfomas
Herramienta diagnóstica en leucemias y linfomas CIMNE tiene el placer de presentaros el proyecto "Clasificación automática de imágenes digitales de sangre periférica para su aplicación al diagnóstico inicial de...
Jornada sobre Oportunidades de Innovación
El pasado día 3 de noviembre tuvo lugar la primera Jornada sobre Oportunidades de Innovación en Biomedicina del Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid. Juan Ángel Jover, Jefe del Servicio de Reumatología del Hospital, y Julio...
Jornada sobre Oportunidades de Innovación
El pasado día 3 de noviembre tuvo lugar la primera Jornada sobre Oportunidades de Innovación en Biomedicina del Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid. Juan Ángel Jover, Jefe del Servicio de Reumatología del Hospital, y Julio...