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For customized information on the services, please contact us.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"><a class="link-bannerblau" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/contact"> <span class="btntitolblau"> Contact us </span> </a></div> </div> <p> </p> <table class="table table-striped"><colgroup><col width="100" /> <col width="800" /> <col width="238" /> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="xl70" height="19" width="460"><strong>Areas of service</strong></td> <td class="xl70" width="461"><strong>Applications of the service</strong></td> <td class="xl66" width="241"><strong>Scientific infrastructure</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="58" width="421">Diagnosis of structures, structural assessments</td> <td class="xl72" width="463">Studies and reports or statements on pathology, damage diagnosis, causes of observed damage and their impact on resistance, functionality and durability of structures, based on the latest knowledge.</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/construccio-i-infraestructures/laboratori-tecnologia-estructures-i-materials-latem" target="_self">LATEM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="39" width="421">Refurbishments</td> <td class="xl72" width="463">Proposals of solutions for the repair, reinforcement or remodelling of structures based on theoretical studies and laboratory tests</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/construccio-i-infraestructures/laboratori-tecnologia-estructures-i-materials-latem" target="_self">LATEM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="39" width="421">Theoretical justification studies associated with the development of new tests of materials or structures</td> <td class="xl72" width="463">Creation of new construction materials, new applications for existing construction materials.</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/construccio-i-infraestructures/laboratori-tecnologia-estructures-i-materials-latem" target="_self">LATEM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="77" width="421">Development of specific or highly specialised software for structural calculations</td> <td class="xl72" width="463"> Systematisation of calculation of construction variable for clients in the sector. Handbook of concrete or steel profiles, design of structures of a specific typology, software for the design of reinforcements with certain techniques and materials.</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/construccio-i-infraestructures/laboratori-tecnologia-estructures-i-materials-latem" target="_self">LATEM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="58" width="421">Preparation of reference documents on materials, techniques or products, at the request of companies and institutions. Quality control, inspections, etc. </td> <td class="xl72" width="463">On the practical application of regulations, design recommendations, recommendations on carrying out tests, etc.</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/construccio-i-infraestructures/laboratori-tecnologia-estructures-i-materials-latem" target="_self">LATEM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="116" width="421">Courses for companies and institutions</td> <td class="xl72" width="463">Teaching of courses ad hoc on topics relating to analysis, design, technology, reinforcement or construction of structures and their materials. Particular impact on: new materials, changes in regulations, new calculation methods and courses to update knowledge on techniques (reinforced or prestressed concrete, metal structures, masonry structures or wooden structures, etc.).</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/construccio-i-infraestructures/laboratori-tecnologia-estructures-i-materials-latem" target="_self">LATEM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl79" height="58" rowspan="2">Remote monitoring, IoT communications</td> <td class="xl72" width="463">Systems and sensors with IoT communications (LoRa, etc.): terrestrial and earth-satellite. </td> <td class="xl67"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/comunication-systems/nanosat-lab-commsenslab" target="_self">Nanosat Lab</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="19" width="463">Interference cancellation for satellite navigation systems</td> <td class="xl67"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/comunication-systems/nanosat-lab-commsenslab" target="_self">Nanosat Lab</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl70" height="38" rowspan="2" width="421">Energy management </td> <td class="xl73" width="463">Energy management in smart cities</td> <td class="xl70" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl73" height="19" width="463">Energy efficiency of buildings and energy efficiency of public spaces </td> <td class="xl70" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl79" height="38" rowspan="2">Architectural sustainability</td> <td class="xl73" width="463">Sustainability in public spaces</td> <td class="xl70" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl73" height="19" width="463">Environmental assessment from an architectural perspective</td> <td class="xl70" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="39" width="421">Calibration of sensors and equipment for measurement of atmospheric radon in cities</td> <td class="xl72" width="463">Improvement in air quality in cities</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/sostenibilitat-i-medi-ambient/laboratori-del-rado-ler" target="_self">Radon Laboratory (INTE)</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl80" height="387" rowspan="5" width="421">Sensors </td> <td class="xl66" width="463">Design, prototyping and validation of equipment and sensors for optical metrology, radiometry and colorimetry, spectroscopy, LIDAR, vibration measurement, etc.</td> <td class="xl65" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl74" height="19" width="463">Advice and development of fibre optic sensor applications in smart cities</td> <td class="xl66" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl76" height="97" width="463">Design, prototyping and validation of optical sensors</td> <td class="xl65" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl66" height="97" width="463">Calibration of equipment and sensors</td> <td class="xl78" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl72" height="77" width="463">Design, prototyping and validation of autonomous sensors with low-energy wireless communications. Experience in monitoring activity of the recreational fleet, port activities, state of the beaches. It can be applied to traffic in cities, etc. </td> <td class="xl66" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl79" height="116" rowspan="2">Optical systems</td> <td class="xl75" width="463">Distributed fibre optic sensors for traffic control, urban mobility security </td> <td class="xl66" width="191"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl66" height="97" width="463">Design and simulation of optical systems</td> <td class="xl78" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl79" height="194" rowspan="2">Characterisations</td> <td class="xl66" width="463">Characterisation of light sources and detectors</td> <td class="xl78" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl66" height="97" width="463">Characterisation of optical properties of materials</td> <td class="xl78" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl79" height="194" rowspan="2">Metrology</td> <td class="xl66" width="463">Contactless metrology with micro- and nanometric scale resolutions</td> <td class="xl78" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl71" height="97" width="463">Contactless metrology for 3D modelling of large structures</td> <td class="xl78" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/industria-4.0/centre-de-sensors-instruments-i-sistemes-de-desenvolupament-cd6" target="_self">CD6</a><span>: Photometry Laboratory, Optical Metrology Laboratory, mechanical workshop, electronic workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl73" height="19" width="421">Predictive maintenance tool for complex ICT systems</td> <td class="xl73" width="463">Tests of complex management systems of smart cities in a city prototype</td> <td class="xl73" width="191">Model of the smart city</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl66" height="58" width="421">Application of the group’s technology to the analysis and organisation of bus traffic in cities</td> <td class="xl66" width="463">Calibration of sensors, development of software to analyse acoustic samples; design of methodology and acoustic protocols to detect and organise bus traffic in cities.</td> <td class="xl77" width="191"><a class="external-link" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/infrastructures/sostenibilitat-i-medi-ambient/tunel-acustic-aquatic-lab" target="_self">Acoustic tunnel - LAB</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <div class="accordion accordion-gw4 mb-3" id="accordion1"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h2 class="accordion-header" id="collapse1Heading"><button aria-controls="#collapse1" aria-expanded="false" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#collapse1" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> Keywords Smart cities</button></h2> <div aria-labelledby="collapse1Heading" class="collapse accordion-collapse" data-bs-parent="#accordion1" id="collapse1"> <div class="accordion-body">Construction, infrastructure, smart city, smart city, structural testing, material testing, monitoring, non-destructive techniques, building materials, steel, cement, concrete, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, recycled aggregate concrete, fiber reinforced concrete , masonry, fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP), structures, structural reinforcement, durability, waste recovery, infrastructure maintenance, bridges, dams, tunnels, building, historic buildings, offshore structures, technology materials, optical networks, metro-core networks, 5G, 6G, optoelectronic devices, photonics, sensors, autonomous vehicle, remote monitoring, IoT communications, power electronics, electrical system, renewable electricity generation, transportation and distribution of electricity, mechatronics , energy management, sustainability public spaces, energy efficiency public spaces, health, air quality, radon, measurements, atmosphere, photonics, optics, op tical metrology, interferometry, optical profiler, optical design, optical quality, optical sensor, optical instruments, illumination systems, plastic optics, non-contact vibrometry, rangefinders, LIDAR, SMI, photometry, spectroscopy, laser, laser ultrasound, THz, spectroscopy, hyperspectral, multispectral, gas detection, gas flow measurement, pollutant detection, biophotonics, human vision, IOL design and trials, pulsioxymetry sensors, skin cancer detection, 3D body measurement, predicciones, smart city, emergencia, prediciones, traffic light, smart city, acoustic tunnel, acoustic sensors, IoT, LPWAN, satellite, communications, networks, monitoring, marine, submarine, instrumentation, data acquisition, data processing, marine observation.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"><a class="link-bannerblau" href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/contact"> <span class="btntitolblau"> Contact us </span> </a></div> </div></div> </section> </div> <div id="viewlet-below-content-body"> <section id="section-category"> <div class="viewlet keywords-viewlet"> <header class="card-title section-heading d-none">Keywords</header> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/@@search?Subject%3Alist=Construction%20and%20infrastructures" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary mb-1"> <span>Construction and infrastructures</span> </a> </div> </section> </div> <footer> <div id="viewlet-below-content"> </div> </footer> </article> </section> <aside id="portal-column-one"> <div class="portletWrapper" id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e6c656674636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f3131312f7365727665697363742f656e0a6e617669676174696f6e" data-portlethash="706c6f6e652e6c656674636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f3131312f7365727665697363742f656e0a6e617669676174696f6e"> <div class="card portlet portletNavigationTree"> <div class="card-header hiddenStructure"> <h2 class="portlet-title">Navigation</h2> </div> <nav class="card-body"> <ul class="navTree navTreeLevel0"> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-cybersecurity"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/cybersecurity" title="Cybersecurity is the practice of defending against networks, electronic systems, servers, and computers from malicious attacks. 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Photovoltaic solar energy is a methodology for obtaining electricity from photoelectric cells. Solar panels can be installed both on the earth's surface and integrated into the walls or ceilings of existing buildings or moving vehicles." class="state-published " target="_self"> Solar energy (thermal and photovoltaic) </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-hydraulic-energy"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/hydraulic-energy" title="Hydrological energy or hydraulic energy is a renewable energy source that is obtained from freshwater streams. It is possible to take advantage of the mechanical energy of the movement of water on horizontal currents, or waterfalls. The movement of water moves the blades of a mill wheel or a turbine. This mechanical energy can be transmitted through mechanisms and be used directly, or it can also be used to produce hydroelectric energy, which is electrical energy (electricity) obtained from the mechanical energy of water." class="state-published " target="_self"> Hydraulic - hydroelectric energy </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-eolic-energy"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/eolic-energy" title="Wind energy is the energy obtained from the wind, that is, the kinetic energy generated by the effect of air currents, and which is transformed into other useful forms for human activities." class="state-published " target="_self"> Eolic energy </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-hydrogen-technologies"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/hydrogen-technologies" title="Hydrogen technologies are those technologies related to the economy of hydrogen and the various methods of creating, storing, and processing hydrogen. Hydrogen technologies will play an important role in preventing climate change and creating clean energy for a large number of users." class="state-published " target="_self"> Hydrogen technologies </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-biomass"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/biomass" title="Biomass is the organic matter of plant or animal origin that can be used as an energy source, either as fuel or for other processes. Biomass used as an energy source may include plant material of agricultural origin, from crops intended specifically for this purpose or from by-products or remains of other crops, biomass of forest origin (especially firewood), and products or by-products. of animal origin, such as manure. Biomass energy is usually used for its use as thermal energy or, indirectly, for the generation of electrical energy." class="state-published " target="_self"> Biomass </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-energy-management-smartgrids"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/energy-management-smartgrids" title="A smart grid is a grid that allows the efficient integration of the behavior and actions of all users connected to it, in such a way as to ensure a sustainable and efficient energy system, with low losses and high levels of quality. and security of supply." class="state-published " target="_self"> Energy management (Smart grids and microgrids) </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-energy-storage"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/energy-storage" title="In the transformation of heat into mechanical energy or in that of mechanical energy into electricity, or in inverse transformations, it is necessary to have a certain amount of energy which is transformed into another. Current trends in the use of renewable energy also highlight the problem of storage. By not providing energy on a regular and continuous basis, it makes it necessary to have an energy store or alternative energy to ensure the supply." class="state-published " target="_self"> Energy storage </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-energy-infrastructures"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/energy-infrastructures" title="It is all those physical infrastructures that allow to generate, store and transform energy." class="state-published " target="_self"> Infrastructures of the energy industry </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-water-resources"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/water-resources" title="Water resources are the available capacity of water for human use." class="state-published " target="_self"> Water resources </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-mining-land-resources"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/mining-land-resources" title="Mining is the process of extracting minerals of industrial interest from the subsoil. The resources of the earth are all those abiotic natural resources that are used for human benefit." class="state-published " target="_self"> Mining and land resources </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-agriculture-livestock-fishing"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/agriculture-livestock-fishing" title="Agriculture is the set of knowledge and activities aimed at the exploitation of the natural environment, through the cultivation of certain plants. Livestock is the human activity consisting of the domestication and exploitation of animals for food, derived products (wool, leather, etc.), or services (draft animals, wild animals, for recreational purposes, animals for laboratories, etc.). Fishing is the set of techniques and activities to catch fish and other aquatic species, as well as the industry based on the processing and marketing of these products, caught in the seas, rivers and lakes." class="state-published " target="_self"> Agriculture, livestock and fishing </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-food"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/food" title="Food consists of obtaining, preparing and ingesting food. Nutrition is the process by which ingested food is transformed and assimilated, that is, incorporated into the body of living things." class="state-published " target="_self"> Food </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-natural-textile-fibers"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/natural-textile-fibers" title="A textile fiber is a fibrous material of natural origin intended for the manufacture of textile products. It consists of thin, elongated filaments that are 10 to 50 mm thick and up to 50 mm long." class="state-published " target="_self"> Natural textile fibers </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-automotive"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/automotive" title="Study or description of car widgets. A car is usually a four-wheeled motor vehicle intended for the transport of people, with a capacity of between two and 7 seats." class="state-published " target="_self"> Automotive </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-aeronautics"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/aeronautics" title="Aeronautics is the science or discipline related to the study, design and manufacture of heavy mechanical aircraft capable of taking off in flight or aircraft control techniques. It also includes a branch of aeronautics called aerodynamics. This branch studies the movement of air in relation to moving objects, such as airplanes." class="state-published " target="_self"> Aeronautics </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-railway"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/railway" title="The railway is a means of transport that runs between lanes, usually steel, consisting of one or more wagons or cars pulled by a locomotive. In addition to the conventional track, there is the circulation by cables (cable car) or other types of track, such as magnetic levitation or maglev trains." class="state-published " target="_self"> Railway </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-transport-mobility-logistics"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/transport-mobility-logistics" title="Transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. Mobility is the ability to move around and the organization around making it possible. Logistics is the activity and science that aims to provide the materials and services needed to meet the needs in quality, quantity, time and place appropriate to the target consumers. In the business field, logistics covers the management and planning of the activities of the purchasing, production, transport, storage, maintenance and distribution departments." class="state-published " target="_self"> Transport, mobility and logistics </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-naval-transport"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/naval-transport" title="Naval transport is the mode of transport carried out in water, using some type of ship as a vehicle. There are two main variants: maritime transport, which takes place in the sea and sea canals, and river transport, which takes place in rivers and canals. Most of the infrastructures necessary for naval transport are ports." class="state-published " target="_self"> Naval transport </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-civil-works"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/civil-works" title="Civil works is an action carried out by human beings. In this case, they refer to the construction of buildings or infrastructures that are aimed at the population. It can be roads, bridges, etc. They can be implemented by private companies or by the government administration (public works). In a broader sense, a civil work can be an act of remodeling." class="state-published " target="_self"> Civil works </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-water-collection-purification-distribution"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/water-collection-purification-distribution" title="This area refers to water management as a whole. From its capture, its purification so that it is drinkable and its final distribution." class="state-published " target="_self"> Public services. Harnessing, treatment and distribution of water </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker navTreeCurrentNode section-smart-cities"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/smart-cities" title="A smart city is a city endowed with an organization based on the technologies of the information and communication society, focused on improving both the management of the different services and the quality of life of its inhabitants. Although at the beginning it was a typical urban aspiration, more and more people are opting for projects that guarantee equity in access to quality services to all citizens of a territory, regardless of the size of the place where they reside." class="state-published navTreeCurrentItem navTreeCurrentNode " target="_self"> Smart cities </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-production-distribution-electricity"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/production-distribution-electricity" title="Electricity has become necessary for everything we do today. It is therefore necessary to have different types of power plants and in large quantities to supply today's companies. Electricity is produced in power plants by machines called alternators, which generate alternating current with a certain frequency of oscillation from the rotation of its axis. The electricity produced in power plants must be delivered to all points of use, such as homes and industries. And, therefore, there is a whole network with transformers that adapt the intensity of the current generated in the power plants to the point of consumption." class="state-published " target="_self"> Electricity production and distribution </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-construction-4-0"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/construction-4.0" title="The construction concept 4.0 is based on the interoperability of human and material resources through the use of IoT, cloud computing and robotics. In essence, the virtualization of constructive processes for their improvement and the decentralization of decision-making through the use of real-time information." class="state-published " target="_self"> Construction 4.0 </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-advanced-building-materials"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/advanced-building-materials" title="Construction materials are a raw material or more often manufactured products, used in the construction of buildings or in civil engineering works." class="state-published " target="_self"> Advanced construction materials </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-computer-simulations-civil-engineering"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/computer-simulations-civil-engineering" title="A computer simulation is a computer program or computer network whose purpose is to create a simulation of an abstract model of a given system. In this case, applied to civil engineering." class="state-published " target="_self"> Digital techniques / computer simulations applied to civil engineering problems </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-resilience-infrastructures-natural-disasters"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/resilience-infrastructures-natural-disasters" title="Resilience is the ability of a material, mechanism, or system to regain its original state when the disturbance to which it has been subjected has ceased. In this case, we are talking about natural hazards." class="state-published " target="_self"> Resilience of infrastructure and the built environment in the face of natural hazards </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-building"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/building" title="Action to build." class="state-published " target="_self"> Construction building </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-urbanism"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/urbanism" title="Regional planning, is the science and technique of urban and territorial planning." class="state-published " target="_self"> Urbanism and regional planning </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-city-urban-space-design"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/city-urban-space-design" title="Urban design is about the process of designing and shaping the physical characteristics of cities and regional spaces, as well as social design and other large-scale issues. In short, to link the fields of architecture as well as planning to better organize the physical space and community environments." class="state-published " target="_self"> City and the design of the urban space </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-maps-cartography"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/maps-cartography" title="Technique of drawing maps or geographical charts." class="state-published " target="_self"> Maps and cartography </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-models"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/models" title="A model is a scale or life-size representation of an object, artifact or building, made with materials designed to demonstrate its functionality, volume, internal or external mechanisms or to highlight what once built, will be presented as an innovation or improvement." class="state-published " target="_self"> Models </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-digital-techniques-architecture"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/digital-techniques-architecture" title="These are all digitization and computational techniques applied to architecture." class="state-published " target="_self"> Digital techniques applied to architecture </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-biotechnology"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/biotechnology" title="Biotechnology is the set of disciplines or sciences that aims to study living things or parts of living things in order to obtain goods and services. His area of study is in biology, biochemistry and chemical engineering. It has a major impact on pharmacy, medicine, microbiology, food science and agriculture." class="state-published " target="_self"> Biotechnology </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-health-quality-life"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/health-quality-life" title="In this area we will find all those services that allow society to enjoy a well-being, as opposed to illness." class="state-published " target="_self"> Health and quality of life </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-accessibiliyt-aging-autonomous-living"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/accessibiliyt-aging-autonomous-living" title="Accessibility is the degree to which people can use an object, visit a place, or access a service, regardless of their technical, mental, or physical abilities. Aging is the set of morphological and physiological changes that occur as a result of the action of time on humans. Autonomous life is all those elements that allow a human being to live with quality individually." class="state-published " target="_self"> Accessibility, aging and independent live </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-medicine-pharmacy"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/medicine-pharmacy" title="Medicine is the branch of the health sciences that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disorders from the point of view of people's homeostasis. Pharmacy is the science and practice of preparing, preserving, presenting, and dispensing medicines." class="state-published " target="_self"> Medicine and pharmacy </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-medical-technologies-surgincal-robotics"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/medical-technologies-surgincal-robotics" title="Medical technologies that make it possible to robotize human processes, such as surgery. These are technologically advanced techniques that allow the surgeon to perform surgical procedures very accurately. The surgical instrument is attached to the robot's arms and the specialist manipulates it by remote control." class="state-published " target="_self"> Medical technologies and surgical robotics </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-ai-health"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/AI-health" title="Computer part of the development of algorithms that allows a machine to make intelligent decisions, applied in the field of health." class="state-published " target="_self"> Artificial intelligence in the field of health </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-health-logistics"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/health-logistics" title="Healthcare logistics is the task of adequately meeting the needs of the emergency system. Logistic productivity is especially important here, that is, certain needs that need to be met optimally at the lowest cost." class="state-published " target="_self"> Health logistics and supply chain </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-medical-devices"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/medical-devices" title="These are all devices that allow you to successfully develop your medical activity." class="state-published " target="_self"> Medical devices </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-instruments-equipment"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/instruments-equipment" title="An instrument is a manufactured object that a human being uses to perform an operation or produce an effect. It is understood by equipment, the set of physical means with autonomy for its operation, necessary for the accomplishment of activities." class="state-published " target="_self"> Instruments and equipment </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-safety-prevention-protection"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/safety-prevention-protection" title="Security is a form of freedom or resilience against potential harm caused by outside circumstances. Prevention is the measure or provision that is taken in advance to prevent harm or danger. Protection is the act of defending someone or something so that they do not suffer harm or danger." class="state-published " target="_self"> Safety, prevention and protection </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-machinery-equipment"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/machinery-equipment" title="Set of mechanisms with coordinated movements, capable of transforming energy into useful work, especially in operations of a production process." class="state-published " target="_self"> Machinery and equipment </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-mechatronics"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/mechatronics" title="Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, control engineering, and software engineering." class="state-published " target="_self"> Mechatronics </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-textile-industry"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/textile-industry" title="The textile industry is the sector of the economy dedicated to the production of clothing, fabric, yarn, fiber and related products." class="state-published " target="_self"> Textile industry </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-industrial-construction"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/industrial-construction" title="Industrial construction is a view of the construction or restoration of objects that are directly related to an industrial or manufacturing activity." class="state-published " target="_self"> Industrial construction </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-chemistry"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/chemistry" title="Chemistry is the science that studies the composition, structure and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions." class="state-published " target="_self"> Chemistry </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-diverse-material-products"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/diverse-material-products" title="Goods or services that can be offered to a market that can satisfy a desire or need for diverse materials" class="state-published " target="_self"> Manufactuing industry. Diverse material products </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-industrial-noise-vibration"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/industrial-noise-vibration" title="Noise, vibrations and hardness is the study and modification of the noise and vibration characteristic of the industry." class="state-published " target="_self"> Industrial noise, vibrations </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-nanotechnology"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/nanotechnology" title="Nanotechnology is a field of applied science dedicated to the control and manipulation of matter on a scale smaller than a micrometer, that is, at the level of atoms and molecules." class="state-published " target="_self"> Nanotechnology </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-biomaterials"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/biomaterials" title="A biomaterial is any matter, surface, or artificial construction that interacts with biological systems." class="state-published " target="_self"> Biomaterials </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-textile-materials-polymers"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/textile-materials-polymers" title="A textile fiber is a fibrous material, of natural or chemical origin, intended for the manufacture of textile products.Polymers are macromolecules formed by the union of smaller molecules called monomers" class="state-published " target="_self"> Textile materials and polymers </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-structural-materials"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/structural-materials" title="These are all materials for engineering projects with the aim of being suitable from the point of view of the strength of the materials." class="state-published " target="_self"> Structural materials </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-optical-thermal-magnetic-electrical-acoustic"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/optical-thermal-magnetic-electrical-acoustic-materials" title="The activity of materials science and engineering moves in 4 areas: applications, processing, structure and properties. In this case, we are talking about those materials that have optical functions (sensors, lenses, etc.), thermal (behavior with respect to heating), magnetic (act as a point of attraction), electrical (generate energy) and acoustic ( vibration and sound transmission)." class="state-published " target="_self"> Materials with optical, thermal, magnetic, electrical and acoustic functions </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-computer-simulations-new-materials"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/computer-simulations-new-materials" title="Digital calculation process required for predictions when creating new materials." class="state-published " target="_self"> Computer simulations of new materials </a> </li> <li class="navTreeItem visualNoMarker section-3d-printing"> <a href="https://serveiscientificotecnics.upc.edu/en/service-finder/search-filters/3d-printing" title="A 3D printer is a machine used to produce physical 3D representations of computer-generated models, using a technique called additive manufacturing." class="state-published " target="_self"> 3D printing </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </aside> </main>  </div>  <footer id="portal-footer-wrapper" class="mt-auto"> <div id="portal-footer"> <div id="footer-contact" role="contentinfo"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 map"> <h2>Where we are</h2> <iframe class="footer-contact-map" width="100%" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?width=100%&height=300&hl=en&q=Campus%20Diagonal%20Nord.%20Edifici%20VX%20(Vèrtex).%20Pl.%20Eusebi%20Güell,%206.%2008034%20Barcelona+()&t=&z=15&ie=UTF8&iwloc=B&output=embed"> Google Maps </iframe> </div> <div class="col-md-3 offset-md-1 contact"> <h2>Contact</h2> <address> <h3 class="h4 mb-3 fw-light">Research and Transfer Area</h3> <p>Campus Diagonal Nord, Building VX (Vèrtex). 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