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Interview with ELISABET ROCA (LESEC UPC)
“We try to generate methodologies and frameworks of analysis that are more inclusive for vulnerable users in terms of digital mobility”
Associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering (UPC). She forms part of the University Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology (UPC) and is coordinator of the Laboratory of Social Studies of Civil Engineering (LESEC).
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT
DYED IRRIGATION WATER TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF FRESHWATER ON BIVALVE AQUACULTURE IN THE DELTA
The Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM) of the UPC and the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA) have developed a model of dispersion of water discharge from rice fields in Fangar Bay using rhodamine, a soluble, innocuous red colourant, to determine the paths of discharge and minimise their impact on the aquaculture of bivalve molluscs.
MAIN FIGURES UPC (2019-20)
58,08 M€
revenue
206
research groups
2.240
research staff
61 %
doctors
HIGHLIGHTED ACTIVITY
UPC AT THE SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS 2021
The UPC, through CIT UPC, presented its technological capabilities and the latest projects developed by the University’s groups and research centres at Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) 2021, which took place from 16 to 18 November.
