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The president of the Autonomous Region of Murcia, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, stressed this morning at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) as an "example of good practice" for the future of the region.
Sanchez made these remarks during his visit to the institution which has been known major research projects being developed by teachers and students.
Accompanied by the Rector of the University, José Antonio Franco, and the Minister of Education and Universities, Maria Isabel Sanchez-Mora, Sanchez has reported that today the Campus of International Excellence Mare Nostrum has received the seal of quality.
Furthermore, he assured that the Community and the UPCT work together to make universities more useful.
The regional president explained that the aim of his visit to the University's learn more about the "excellent work" of the institution because "we work for a better, stronger, able to develop their potential through more employment opportunities Region".
Sanchez believes that "for the plant in the Region of Murcia is developed, it must be done with the seed of the Polytechnic".
Besides, the president of the Community has offered its support to the University and working groups praised as UP4, which brings together the four polytechnics in Spain, saying that "is the smartest way of working."
At this point, the Rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Jose Antonio Franco, added that the union of the four universities "are a most powerful tool;
among all we train more than 100,000 engineers and architects. "
On the other hand, it has ensured that the multiannual financing plan, the situation will stabilize the institution until 2020.
Among the research and innovation projects developed by the UPCT currently include the following:
PROJECT OF RESIDENCE
UPCT plans to expand and remodel the former administrative building of the City to convert it to the new university residence, with between 235 and 250 accommodation units, underground parking, a sports center and a shopping area.
The project, which will complete the university campus axis between the Wall and the Alfonso XIII, will be made by mining concession and allowed to leave the two existing residences, located on property belonging to the Regional Assembly and City Hall.
PEST CONTROL LABORATORY
The research group Crop Protection, who runs Paul Bielza, seeks holistic methods to counter pests that devastate crops.
It is world leader in promoting the sustainable use of pesticides, develop strategies to prevent the development of resistance to insecticides.
In it, they made eight doctoral theses and also has a postdoctoral researcher.
In addition to projects National R + D + I and the Seneca Foundation, has a strong record of contracts with multinational companies such as BASF, Bayer, Dow, DuPont and Syngenta, given the nature of their research strongly applied.
It is also an international leader in the genetic improvement of natural enemies of pests, selecting best adapted breeds ('Next Generation Biological Control Agents ") for a more effective biological control.
IRRIGATION WATER OPTIMIZATION
The research activity of the research group 'soil-water-plant' UPCT irrigation water in agriculture Murcia, through irrigation scheduling using indicators of soil water status and plant and agronomic evaluation and different physiological deficit irrigation strategies in woody and vegetable crops.
Currently coordinating a project funded by the European Commission, "Implementation of Efficient Irrigation Management for a Sustainable Agriculture (IRRIMAN, LIFE13 ENV / ES / 000539)", which aims to use every drop of water in the most productive way possible and getting a saving up to 30% in crops such as grapes, peach, apricot, nectarine, almond and olive trees, which will reduce the high production costs of farmers.
FUTURE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING
The School of Architecture and Building (ETSAE) is located in a building with architectural values ​​that make it worthy of conservation but for the development of teaching and research in architecture is significantly disabled by their original very remote conception of the needs of this discipline.
The new building responds with skill and flexibility in teaching and research.
Both creativity and the functionality and security of Architecture and Building Technologies may be taught at the urban level, housing and energy challenges demand our region.
The building will be required maximum energy rating.
You will have their graphs and project classrooms facing north (diffuse light).
It will include teaching laboratories in the basement for students to experiment with more sophisticated techniques of resistance, insulation, sealing and textures to ensure the material support of original architecture for its ability to serve the complex modern society by providing it while building and Family and challenging cultural references.
SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Group GEAT Electromagnetics and Telecommunications at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) conducts a project with the AT-Biotech company to develop systems to improve safety in the process of blood transfusion.
The system is based on RFID technology (radio frequency identification) to detect errors in highly automated processes, with little human intervention.
One limitation of this technology is the difficulty for identifying the RFID tag in the presence of blood.
UPCT is conducting research to solve this problem, designing new RFID tags to increase the effectiveness of screening blood bags.
The system will allow a dramatic reduction in errors that traditionally occur during the blood transfusion patients.
TREASURE COINS
Technical staff researcher UPCT assists in the diagnosis, using techniques such as X-ray diffraction, inductively coupled plasma, ion chromatography and observation with optical and electron microscopy, the condition of the exposed silver coins in the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena (ARQUA) and the National Museum of Archaeology (MAN) in Madrid taken by the company Odyssey cazatesoros the wreck Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
SPHERES SPACE
UPCT is analyzing remains of 'space junk' found Sunday in the Sierra del Molino de Calasparra.
This is the third sphere fragments found in the region of Murcia, which could belong to an auxiliary fuel tank Aerospace.
Analyses are performed by technical Support Service for Technological Research (SAIT) UPCT and the National Reference Center for Professional Training of Cartagena.
Technicians are exploring the material composition, which is a metal fitting which allows the fuel outlet reservoir space.
The results of these analyzes are of particular interest because they allow you to know the behavior of these materials under extreme conditions of reentry, such as changes of pressure and high temperature by friction with the atmosphere, say the experts.
DRAFT SHAKES DRINKABLE ('SMOOTHY') VEGETABLE
The research group specializing in postharvest UPCT is a premier international benchmark.
Permanently has an average of five international PhD students and is noted for its ability to capture both public and private funds for research (€ 600,000 in ongoing projects, ⅔ private).
His research focuses on maintaining the quality and safety during postharvest horticulture.
Also they address innovative techniques such as deficit irrigation, microbiological aspects and the application of high pressure, microwave and radio frequency shakes 'smoothy' fresh vegetables or functional beverages.
OPTICAL INSTRUMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC search for exoplanets
Researchers at the Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, in collaboration with the Department of Applied Physics, involved in space observation projects, both ground-based telescopes and space.
Within its research highlights the participation in the Euclid space mission, the most important cosmological story mission.
UPCT is responsible for the electronic unit that controls one of the two science satellite, which has a budget of 4 million euros.
The part of the ESA mission with NASA participation.
In addition, the researchers also collaborate with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands and the University of Cantabria to make a scientific instrument called a coronagraph dedicated to the search for exoplanets.
UP4
To increase the value they bring to society, the technical universities of Madrid, Catalonia, Valencia and Cartagena UP4 create the association.
This network adds the excellence of the four public universities of technology to multiply their capabilities and strengthen collaboration in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer and innovation.
UP4's objectives is to "share resources to improve the proficiency of students, promoting research in the fields of architecture, engineering and computer science, improve the competitiveness of the productive sector and promote the advancement of scientific and technological culture.
FOTOLINERA
UPCT has launched the first fotolinera of Murcia.
It is an infrastructure for recharging electric vehicles integrated into a building.
The facility, which is located on the ground floor of Building Research Laboratories (ELDI), is edited by the company Solar Sphere Cieza SL, owned by Angel Turpin and Pilar Abellán, both graduates of Electrical Engineering UPCT.
It also has a battery storage system and can be monitored via a mobile application.
The solar panels that feed solar charging station for electric vehicles are in ELDI cover.
Autonomous vehicles and machine vision
The research team Division of Systems and Electronics Engineering (DSIE) has developed three electric vehicles and has the only 3D LiDAR for recognition of the environment that exists in Spain.
This sensor is used by the GOOGLE-CAR for navigation tasks, mapping and obstacle avoidance.
This places UPCT at the head of the Spanish universities in the development of autonomous vehicles.
Intelligent Vehicle Lab and Computer Vision Group, located in the building ELDI UPCT has obtained financing in recent years in various national and international calls for an amount exceeding € 300,000 (ViSelTR, SiVELab).
Among its research, the lab aims to develop autonomous vehicles respectful with the environment.
COMPETITION EQUIPMENT
The racing teams UPCT prepare their members for their professional performance designing, manufacturing and seeking funding for vehicles that are facing engineers worldwide.
They represent the perfect way to learn and the spirit that drives the Polytechnic of Cartagena.
Innovation, applied research, accountability, teamwork, confront real problems and business partnerships.
Dozens of students from different UPCT industrial engineering, but also in Telecommunications, Naval, ADE and Tourism participating in these teams giving the best of themselves.
Chairs Network
Chairs Network UPCT is a space for collaboration with technology companies in training, research and development and knowledge transfer.
It aims to reduce the gap between universities and the productive sector, providing companies spaces, laboratories, knowledge and human resources of the university for the development of their projects, while teachers and researchers gain a better understanding of market needs and students have more opportunities to train in companies.
Welding lab
Welding Laboratory is one of the most improved with his move from the ship Workshops Campus Alfonso XIII.
The new facility has a dozen individual welding booths, all equipped with a movable arm for extraction of polluting gases.
The fixed system of extraction and filtration of these gases, as well as portable extraction systems, and wiring that feeds the welding equipment.
It will be used both for research purposes as teachers, with intensive teaching practices for students from different courses at the School of Industrial.
Source: UPCT
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