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CIMNE’s founding director, Professor Eugenio Oñate, was formally inducted on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 as a full member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering (Real Academia de Ingeniería). Professor Oñate, who was elected during the Academy’s plenary session in...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and AddiCraft Engineering have signed an agreement to strengthen collaboration in the field of advanced engineering, with a particular focus on innovation, applied research, and technology transfer....
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) hosted, today, the first meeting of 2026 of the CERCA centres Impact Community, which took place in the “Olek C. Zienkiewicz” room at CIMNE’s headquarters in Barcelona. The session, co-organised by...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and Singular Aircraft have signed a letter of intent framing strategic collaboration in research, development and innovation in the aeronautical field. The document, signed on Tuesday, aims to...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) has successfully renewed its quality certification to provide engineering services for structural calculations to the nuclear power plants operated by the Ascó-Vandellós Nuclear Association (ANAV),...
Professor Michele Chiumenti and Professor Marino Arroyo have been awarded grants in the 2025 Academia Excellence programme, formerly known as ICREA Academia, by the Government of Catalonia. The programme, which selected 50 faculty members from the Catalan university...
Professor Eugenio Oñate, founder of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and full professor at the UPC School of Civil Engineering, was elected on November 18 as a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (Real Academia de...
The Minister of Business and Labour, the Honorable Mr. Miquel Sàmper i Rodríguez, together with the Director General for Industry, Mr. Xavier Roca Ramón, have visited this week the headquarters of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and the IMDEA Materiales research centre this week signed a Framework Agreement to strengthen collaboration and foster innovation in the fields of engineering materials and numerical methods. The...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) yesterday received a high-level delegation from the AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Design and Research Institute, one of China's leading aerospace research organizations. The visit brought together 24...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a comprehensive framework for collaboration in aeronautical research,...
Prof. Oñate (centre) with HM King Felipe VI and Minister Morant Professor Eugenio Oñate Ibáñez de Navarra, founding director of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), today received the Spanish National Research Award 2024 in the...
El Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya ha aprovat la subscripció del contracte programa entre l'Administració de la Generalitat i el Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l'Enginyeria (CIMNE) per al període...
La consellera de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Sílvia Paneque i Sureda, ha visitat aquesta setmana la seu del Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l'Enginyeria (CIMNE). La...
Professor Michael Ortiz, a globally recognized expert in computational mechanics and numerical methods, has officially arrived in Barcelona this April to assume his role as the head of the UNESCO Chair in Numerical Methods in Engineering at the International Centre...
Professor Michael Ortiz, Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Numerical Methods in Engineering of CIMNE and UPC, has been awarded the prestigious “2025 Jerald L. Ericksen Prize” by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The prize recognizes his...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) has successfully renewed its TECNIO accreditation for the period 2025-2028, reinforcing its position as a leading technology developer in Catalonia's innovation ecosystem. This recognition,...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and the IMDEA Materials Institute have established a strategic partnership focused on the development of simulation tools for advanced manufacturing processes of metallic materials. The...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) has officially joined Secpho, an innovation cluster that brings together over 150 companies, research centres, and technology experts with a focus on deep tech solutions. By becoming a member of...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) today signed a collaboration agreement to strengthen joint research efforts and foster knowledge transfer in the fields of...
L'Honorable consellera de Recerca i Universitats, Sra. Núria Montserrat, ha visitat avui la seu del Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l'Enginyeria (CIMNE) a Barcelona. La visita, encapçalada pel director del centre, el...
Dr. Mª del Carmen Andrade Perdrix, Distinguished Senior Researcher at CIMNE, has been awarded the prestigious fib Medal of Merit 2024 by the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib). This accolade recognizes Dr. Andrade’s remarkable...
From 2 to 6 December, the heads of the Technology Transfer Units of several centres of the CERCA system made a strategic visit to the cities of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, Argentina. The mission aimed to strengthen international relations and promote knowledge transfer...
Professor Michael (Miguel) Ortiz, one of the leading voices in the field of computational science and numerical methods research, will join the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) next year as the head of the UNESCO Chair of Numerical...
Professor Eugenio Oñate, founder of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and Senior Distinguished Researcher at the centre, has been awarded the prestigious Spanish National Research Award 2024 in the Leonardo Torres Quevedo...
A delegation from the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) received in Madrid on Thursday, September 5, the award recognising it as a Severo Ochoa (SO) Centre of Excellence for the period 2019-2024. The Spanish Minister of Science,...
Dr Eugenio Oñate, CIMNE’s founder and former director, has been appointed the new President of the Board of Trustees of the IMDEA MATERIALS Institute (Madrid Institute for Advanced Materials Studies), the chapter of public research institutes supported by...
CIMNE’s Director, Dr. Javier Bonet, has been awarded the prestigious Grand Prize 2023 from the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES). JSCES awarded Dr. Bonet the organization's top recognition as a testament to his outstanding...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) yesterday celebrated the official opening of its research facilities in Lleida, an office and lab space within Lleida’s Agrobiotech research park. The new facilities, opened in 2022, host the...
El Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE) ha incorporat a la seva plantilla quatre joves mitjançant el programa Primera experiència a l’Administració Pública, finançat pel Servei...
The Director of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Dr Javier Bonet, today led the opening of the centre's first Roadmapping Exercise, a two-day strategic event that brings together researchers, local businesses and public...
CIMNE’s founding director and scientific director of the Severo Ochoa Programme of Excellence, Professor Eugenio Oñate, has been awarded the 2023 ICARO Award by the Structural Mechanics Group of the School of Civil Engineering of the University of A...
The CIMNE-led PIKSEL project, which has developed a management and forecasting tool to study environmental, demographic, economic and social phenomena in Catalonia, has been recognised as the best R+D+I collaborative work in the second edition of the Joan Roget...
CIMNE participates in the meeting of UNESCO Chairs to discuss the challenges of higher education. Cecilia Soriano, the coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Numerical Methods host by the UPC and managed by CIMNE, is attending this meeting held in Cordoba....
The Catalan research centres, in collaboration with the Government of Catalonia, gathered within the CERCA Institution, represent the fourth-largest research organization in terms of fundraising for Horizon Europe science during the calls for 2021 and 2022. With more...
On September 8th, 2023, a Japanese delegation from the Earth Disaster Intelligent System & Operational Network (EDiSON) initiative conducted a strategic visit to CIMNE. It was promoted by the Government of Catalonia, and particularly, by Ms. Mònica...
The article "A fully Lagrangian formulation for fluid-structure interaction problems with free-surface flows and fracturing solids" coauthored by CIMNE scientists Alejandro Cornejo, Alessandro Franci, Francisco Zárate and Eugenio Oñate has been awarded...
Five of the proposals submitted by CIMNE to the "Generation of Knowledge 2022" received funding of 732,500 euros, representing a success rate of 45%. This call is cofunded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the State Research Agency, and...
On July 8th 2023 Professor Yoichiro Matsumoto visited CIMNE accompanied of Ms. Kana Asano, Science and Technology Researcher from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Professor Matsumoto is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Science and...
CIMNE has signed a collaboration agreement with the Korean Railway Research Institute (KRRI) at the beginning of June. The signature took place at the premises of CIMNE in Barcelona and it will allow to collaborate on research to obtain origin-destination...
On 29th June, 2023, CIMNE received a visit from the Head of Innovation and Technology Transfer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), David Santos Llave. He participated in a meeting with the representatives of CIMNE's Tech Transfer Unit, which...
The researcher and leader of Quality at CIMNE, Ignacio Valero, will participate at the VII Occupational Risk Prevention Congress. The event, organized by the ORP Fundation Peru, will be held on 5-6 July, 2023. It seeks to delve into the new milestones of prevention...
CIMNE has successfully approved its new strategic plan, outlining the roadmap for its future endeavours. It has been developed over the months September to December 2022 with inputs from CIMNE staff, key stakeholders from UPC and GENCAT and scientific input from the...
CIMNE has launched its Annual Report 2022, a publication where the centre explains its structure and activities. Every year, CIMNE edits a book divided in five sections which give an overview of the research activities carried out during the year: About CIMNE,...
Thanks to the call for Primera Experiència Professional en les Administracions Públiques (First Experiences in Public Administrations), we are announcing 4 new vacancies at CIMNE. These contracts are subsidised by the Employment Service of...
The International Association of CIMNE Classrooms (AIAC) has signed a collaboration agreement with the Leon Drinking Water and Sewerage System (SAPAL). The company, which offers drinking water, sanitation and use of treated water services to the municipality of Leon...
The 2nd edition of Research.com has been published the ranking of the best scientists in the discipline of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. According this study, created using data consolidated from a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef,...
CIMNE has participated at “Transfiere 2023” held in Malaga during last week. The 12th edition of this European Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation has closed with the participation of more than 4,300 professional visitors who have had the...
CIMNE has just launched a new issue of its Newsletter. The publication collects the latest news from the researcher centre on computational mechanics. Check out the table of contents: 11F Agenda - Women & Girls in Science 2023 The Interview - Fabiola Cavaliere:...
Mr. Ferran Falcó has been recently appointed as the new Vice-President of CIMNE. He will replace Professor Eugenio Oñate in this position that he held since the start-up of CIMNE in 1987. This appointment completes the reorganization of the top managing...
On November 17, 2022, the CIMNE Severo Ochoa Mobility Program was published, with closing date December 16, 2022. The objective of the Program is to foster research collaborations of CIMNE researchers with partner institutions, promoting the sharing of expertise and...
On 18 December, KRO-NCRV, a public television and radio organization in the Netherlands, broadcasted the investigation documentary about the Brumadinho dam failure titled "The deadly dam burst" via Pointer, a new digital platform for acclaimed Dutch data...
OKTICS, a CIMNE spin-off, has closed this week an agreement with Faca Packaging. This partnership will take the technology developed by OKTICS to explore its different applications within the cosmetic packaging sector. From left to right: Jesús Beneyto...
The Building, Energy and Environment Group of CIMNE (CIMNE-Beegroup) has just moved to the Lleida Agro-Food Science and Technology Park. This is one of the main scientific and technological platforms in the agri-food and ICT sector at the Catalan and national level....
CIMNE joins a manifiesto by the global health and research community in support of the iranian women. Entitled "Statement on women's rights in Iran", the text, promoted by ISGlobal, urges to the elimination of the violence against women. ...
CIMNE has just launched a new issue of its Newsletter which sums-up part of the activity of the research centre. The content of the 9th issue of this comms tool is listed below: News: Five new projects in ecological transition funded by the Spanish Government...
CIMNE is taking part in the event “Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures” which is gathering the members of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme to celebrate its 30th anniversary in the premises of the UNESCO at Paris from 3rd to 4th...
The regular assessment of the activity and operation of a system is essential when drawing up and implementing policies based on strategic planning. As a CERCA Centre, CIMNE has to undergo periodically an evaluation by this organization, to ensure that achieve the...
CIMNE has recently joined the Efficient Energy Cluster of Catalonia as a Silver member. In this way, the centre has become part of the entity, following in the steps of its spin-offs Inergy and Beedata. ???? Avui donem la benvinguda a 2 nous socis del @clusterEE! ✔️...
On 18th August, 2022, Prof. Eugenio Oñate was elected as Corresponding Member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Prof. Oñate is a professor at Civil Engineering School of Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC) and founder and vicepresident...
The Technical University of Catalonia (UPC BarcelonaTech) continues being one of the top 100 worldwide universities in Technology and Instrumental Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics and Civil Engineering. In addition, it leads the state panorama in two...
CIMNE has approved the renewal of its Equality Plan for the period 2022-2026. This is the second Equality plan promoted by CIMNE with objetive of guarantee full gender equality opportunities and ensure that any person in the centre is valued based on their profile and...
The new director of CIMNE, Javier Bonet, has presented himself to the CIMNE community in an event held on the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC BarcelonaTech), where the centre has its main premises. The conference room of the School of Engineering in Barcelona,...
CIMNE has just launched its Annual Report, a publication where the centre explains its structure and activities. Every year, CIMNE edits a book structured in five section to give and overview of the research activities carried out during the year and show how the...
Professor Javier Bonet has started on May 16th as the new General Director of CIMNE. He joins CIMNE taking over from Professor Eugenio Oñate, CIMNE’s founding director and current Vice-president of the Governing Council. “It is a great honour, but...
Escribo estas líneas con gran pesar, al haber recibido la triste noticia del fallecimiento de Francisca García-Sicilia la mañana del 18 de mayo. En el momento de su muerte estaba acompañada de sus dos hijos Chincho y Yosco, de sus nietos y...
The CIMNE webpage on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) has been updated. The page contains detailed descriptions of theory and applications of the PFEM, an updated bibliographic review of the method and new multimedia content! Please, visit the new PFEM...
Inergy, spin-off company of CIMNE, has been the awardee of the tender called by the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN) for the contracting of the Information and Validation Service for the Government of Catalonia’s energy bills (SIME). The service includes the...
Prof. Eugenio Oñate during his speech at CERCA meeting WORDS BY EUGENIO OÑATE, DIRECTOR OF CIMNE, AT THE MEETING OF THE INSTITUTION OF RESEARCH CENTRES OF CATALONIA (CERCA) ON MARCH 11, 2022 Dear colleagues, The first item on the Agenda for today's...
A commission chaired by the president of SEMNI Elías Cueto has unanimously deliberated that the Best Thesis of the Year 2021 is the one defended by David Codony. Currently Severo Ochoa Post Doc Trainee at the Mechanics of Electroactive Materials research team,...
Recently, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of the Spanish Government has awarded the SME Innovation Seal to the CIMNE spin-off Inergy. This initiative was born to promote proposals with which to improve business growth and, specifically,...
Con gran pesar escribo estas líneas con motivo del fallecimiento del profesor Benjamín Suárez Arroyo en la madrugada del lunes 24 de enero de 2022. Decía Aristóteles que de todos los regalos, el más valioso es un buen amigo. Y...
CIMNE has presented a gallery of images to have a look at the activity of the research centre in 2021. Reviewing the year, we have to regret the loss of two researchers linked to CIMNE: José Santos López and Manuel Casteleiro. However, in 2021 there were...
Dr. Abel Coll playing the piano Hospitals are a place where emotions are at their peak and where music can help channel them in the best possible way. Pianos Vius collaborates with hospitals by providing them with a piano and / or filling them with music thanks to the...
On January 25, 2019, a mining waste dam of the company Vale SA suddenly collapsed, generating a tsunami of millions of cubic meters of water and toxic mud over the region. It is the biggest environmental disaster in the history of Brazil and 270 people lost their...
The 14th World Congress in Computational Mechanics & ECCOMAS Congress took from January 11th to 15th, 2021. The Opening Session was introduced by the presidents of both scientific societies organizers of the event, Prof. Antonio Huerta (IACM) and Michał Kleiber...
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...
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...
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...