Fall 2016

victor-bugunya-smallName: Victor Bogunyà Piferrer
School: UPC-ETSEIB
Major:  Industrial Technology
Advisor: Professor David Reinkensmeyer
Master’s Thesis: The waterbomb actuator: a new origami-based pneumatic soft muscle
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

oscar-heredero-de-pablos-smallName:  Oscar Heredero de Pablos
School:  UPC-ETSEIAT
Major:  Industrial Engineering
Advisor:  Professor Jacob Brouwer
Master’s Thesis: Constrained optimization for solar installations:new parameters to maximize irradiance for a defined area
Department:  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

Spring 2017

Name: Pau Balat
School: UPC-ETSEIAAT
Major:  Industrial Technology
Advisor: Professor Donald Dabdub
Project: Long-term simulations with the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

Name:  Irene Benito
School:  UPC-ETSECCPB
Major:  Civil Engineering
Advisor:  Professor Stanley Grant
Project: Calibrating and validating a coupled physical and biokinetic model of denitrification in the hyporheic zone of streams
Department:  Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Name: Irene Martinez
School: UPC-ETSECCPB
Major: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Professor Wenlong Jin
Project: Optimal location of Variable Speed Limit application area
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Name: Borja Rodriguez
School: UPC-ETSETB
Major: Telecommunications Engineering
Advisor: Professor Frithjof Kruggel
Project: Texture-Based Brain Tumor Segmentation in MR Images
Department: Biomedical Engineering

 

Name: Victor Vila Navazo
School: UPC-ETSEIAAT
Major: Industrial Technology
Advisor: Professor Jack Brouwer
Project: Assessment of California Public Health Benefits from Changes in Air Pollution Concentrations Using BenMAP-CE
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

Name: Ramon Viñas
School: UdG-EPS
Major: Computer Sciences
Advisor: Professor Pierre Baldi
Project: Inferring circadian time from gene expression measurements
Department: Computer Sciences

 

Name: Sergi Xalabarder
School: UPC-ETSEIAAT
Major: Aerospace Technology
Advisor: Professor Feng Liu
Project: Stability of the incompressible wake flow behind a conical plug
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering