The UPC beats at the MWC
March 1, 2024
CIT UPC, Supporting Partner of Advanced Factories 2024
April 8, 2024The UPC beats at the MWC
March 1, 2024CIT UPC, Supporting Partner of Advanced Factories 2024
April 8, 202422/03/2024
The UPC Technology Center has presented UPC technology at Transfiere 2024, held from March 20th to 22nd at the Trade Fair and Congress Center of Málaga (FYCMA). The event brought together over 4,500 professionals from the R&D&I field. At this edition, CIT UPC had its own stand and participated in networking activities with companies and entities. It showcased the technological capabilities and projects developed by the UPC related to urban development and sustainability, health, circular economy, biomaterials, solutions applying technologies such as artificial intelligence and 6G to mobility. Additionally, other projects aimed at enhancing digital skills among professionals in Europe and fostering university-industry collaboration were also exhibited.
Transfiere is the European Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation and the main meeting point of southern Europe to share scientific and technological knowledge, promote innovation and connect science and companies.
The 2024 call reaffirms a commitment to increase the visibility of the business sector as a pillar of innovation in the private sector, with the support of government bodies.
Some of the projects and solutions with the UPC’s stamp that were presented include:
- BINAFET project: Integrating agriculture into buildings and modelling strategies for air reuse in cities.
- A device for monitoring the cardiovascular system in animals in a non-invasive way.
- RECYBUILDMAT project: Construction materials based on recycling fibres from clothing waste and textile remnants.
- SEASLAG project: A new biomaterial to regenerate marine ecosystems based on byproducts of the steel and agrifood industries.
- Assolim project: Optimised routes on demand for the food service sector.
- ETEXHEALTH project: Smart textiles for applications in the health sector.
- 6G-EWOC project: a 6G optical network of connected mobility, so that in the future vehicles can travel autonomously with high levels of safety, due to a full 3D map of mobility in the environment in real time.
- A laser technology for mapping of the underwater environment and navigating more safely and accurately without human intervention, developed in the BEACON project.
- MERIT, a new pan-European educational ecosystem for training digital specialists and a master’s degree programme promoted by the industry, based on current market trends and industry needs focused on AI, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersafety. A project in which the CIT UPC participates as a member.
- INDUSAC project, focused on the development and validation of innovative collaboration between industry and university, for fast, human-centred co-creation driven by challenges, in which the CIT UPC also participates.
Related Projects
- The MICROTECH LAB - Microtechnology for the Industry research subgroup, part of the Centre for Advanced Technologies in Mechanics (CATMech) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), is leading the technical development of a minimally invasive platform to monitor biomarkers and physiological indicators related to stress and emotional wellbeing.
- A research team from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has participated in the M3LEC project, coordinated by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), with the Universidad de Sevilla (US) / Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE) also participating. M3LEC aimed to contribute to the characterisation of the Martian atmosphere and meteorology, and to investigate new instrumentation for future planetary exploration missions.
- The Interdisciplinary Group on Building Science and Technology (GICITED) and the Energy, Catalysis, Process and Reaction Engineering (ENCORE) research group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) are participating in the European ArchiSpace project, to develop infrastructure prototypes for human settlements in extraterrestrial environments using materials and conditions analogous to those on the Moon and Mars.
- A team from the Matrix Analysis and Discrete Potential Theory (MAPTHE) research group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), and the Department of Mathematics at CUNEF Universidad in Madrid, have participated in the development of MARIA, a prototype of a portable, flexible and radiation-free device designed to improve the early detection of breast cancer. The device can identify tumours through electrical conductivity, with the aim of enabling its future use in primary care settings.
