CIT UPC, present at meetechSpain
April 12, 2023
New call of the Ministry of Science and Innovation for Cervera R&D transfer projects
May 3, 2023CIT UPC, present at meetechSpain
April 12, 2023New call of the Ministry of Science and Innovation for Cervera R&D transfer projects
May 3, 202327/04/2023
UPC has created a new online platform to increase the visibility of the University's scientific and technical infrastructure and services and make it easier for companies, government bodies and the scientific community to access them.
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has 35 laboratories that carry out research activities and bring together over 450 services with fees. It also has over 45 notable scientific infrastructures such as the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, the Environment Centre Laboratory, and the Maritime Research and Experimentation Wave Flume (CIEM) of the Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM), among others. In addition, the University has over 950 lines of service in the areas of advanced materials, industry, health tech, architecture and urbanism, construction and infrastructure, mobility, agro-tech, energy, sustainability and the environment, computing and calculation, telecommunications systems, artificial intelligence and industry 4.0.
The new Technical and Scientific Services portal of the UPC, which is available in Catalan, Spanish and English, is presented as a one-stop shop so that companies, government bodies and the scientific community can consult the wide range of lines of service that are offered in different areas, the list of outstanding scientific infrastructure, and the availability and corresponding fees. The website also increases the visibility of these services. Through the website, which is updated periodically, it is easier to identify services. Requests are managed and direct contact is made with University research groups and technical staff in the various services and laboratories.
UPC is a leading university in research and knowledge transfer and a leader in raising funds for international research projects. It was the Spanish university that received most funds for the research and innovation programme Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022. In 2021, the university received 70.2 million euros for its research, development and innovation activities. It developed 1,064 projects with companies and earned over 1.8 million euros for services.
Related Projects
- The Centre for Industrial Equipment Design (CDEI) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), together with the IRI, Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (CSIC-UPC), is participating in the development of a pre-commercial prototype of an automatic portable sawmill that integrates computer vision, artificial intelligence and computer numerical control to improve productivity, efficiency and safety in local wood processing for the company Envall Coop. S.L.
STOR-HY: More flexible, efficient and resilient hydropower storage for the European electricity grid
The Center for Industrial Diagnostics (CDIF) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) coordinates the European STOR-HY project, which develops digital tools, monitoring systems and advanced models to optimise the operation of pumped-storage hydropower plants and reduce their investment and maintenance costs.- The Advanced Network Architectures Lab (CRAAX) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is participating in the ACCOMPLISH project, which is developing an innovative AI-based compliance and certification framework to simplify, integrate and automate compliance in operations, assets, solutions and organisational processes related to data and artificial intelligence.
- A team from the Resources Recovery and Environmental Management (R2EM) group, of the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM), at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), is participating in the MagNa project, which is developing an innovative system to recover magnesium from the brines generated by the seawater desalination process. The recovered materials will be used for industrial purposes and will help reduce Europe’s trade dependence.
