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BLOG
WE INTERVIEW CRISTINA JUÁREZ, HEAD OF THE INNOVATION AREA OF CARNET
“Automobile companies have been able to collaborate with emerging companies to benefit from their innovations”
Cristina Juárez, head since September 2020 of the innovation area of CARNET, the mobility hub promoted by the UPC, SEAT and Volkswagen, and coordinated by the CIT UPC, has a decade of experience in the world of start-ups focused on transport. Her university education gives her a vision of mobility that complements that of engineers and technologists.
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT
PAPERCHAIN: A MODEL OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO TRANSFORM PAPER WASTE INTO SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS
The research group Construction Materials and Roads (MATCAR) of the UPC has collaborated in the European project PaperChain, an initiative whose aim is to develop a circular economy model that recovers waste generated by the paper industry and uses it as raw materials in sectors such as the construction, mining and chemical industries.
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.
