On October 9th, the Abertis Chair Spain, associated with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, awarded its 20th Abertis Awards for research into sustainable mobility to the best master's and doctoral theses on road infrastructure management and road safety.
Andrés Reyes Díaz, CIMNE researcher at CENIT's Multimodal Transport Group, was awarded the Abertis Prize for the best Master's Dissertation project in Spain.
His project, «Life cycle analysis of electric and hydrogen buses to improve decision making», provides a holistic view of the environmental impact of both technologies throughout the life cycle of the buses studied.
With this award, Andrés Reyes Díaz successfully completes his academic journey, achieving the second highest academic ranking in his graduating class. He was also awarded the Cerdà Futur Award by the Professional Association of Civil Engineers of Catalonia, which recognises the work of young engineers.