On 4th March World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development is celebrated. This Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in 2020, is a part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its purpose is to present engineering and technology projects that allow the goals set within the Sustainable Development Plan proposed by the nations to be achieved.
The key message of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development is to highlight the role of engineers in the future of humanity. They have the responsibility to develop not only new technologies, but also new methods that allow people to continue obtaining the necessary resources without putting the planet at risk.
They are also responsible for carrying out the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is the one that is based on the development of advances such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, robotics and quantum computing.
The ideal is to achieve a balance between the modern world and nature. The theme of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 2023 is «Engineering innovation for a more resilient world».
Sustainable engineering projects at CIMNE
The CIMNE research groups focus their efforts on offering engineering solutions that seek sustainability. In this sense, the centre is involved in projects to search for new materials that make it possible to build infrastructures using less energy, energy management systems that can control consumption and create more efficient buildings, reduce emissions from transport infrastructures, boost the use of lightweight material in electric vehicles chassis, etc.
[INTERVIEW TO CIMNE RESEARCHER JAIME MARTÍ HERRERO]
«FROM CIMNE, THE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING ON SUPPLYING DRINKING WATER AND TREATING WASTEWATER THROUGH BIODIGESTERS TO AMAZONIAN KICHWA INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES»
On occasion of the World Engineering Day, we interviewed the CIMNE researcher Jaime Martí Herrero. Member of CIMNE Beegroup since 2008, he is a doctor in Physical Sciences. In 2009, he began to develop research, development and implementation projects in Bolivia related to biodigesters. This activity led him to visit and collaborate in biodigesters with most Latin American countries. In 2014, he moved to Ecuador, where he is currently a tenured professor at the Ikiam Amazon Regional University. His profile combines applied research activities and international cooperation activities, implementing projects mainly in rural communities. His research work is reflected in about thirty indexed scientific articles, some of them published on open access.
