UB Expertise

DOMOTICS, ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS

• Validation of technological processes and material characterization for the development of microsystems.
• Desing of new functional materials: isolating dielectric, electronic ceramics, nanostructured materials, nanoparticles.
• Design of electronic devices and components.
• Design, simulation and development of new sensors and actuators based on microelectronic technology.
• Design of interface circuits for sensors and actuators (A/D converters, RF communications, optical communications, communications by means of fieldbuses, integrated power circuits), using new mixed design techniques and microsystems technologies.
• Development of optoelectronic and radiofrequency telemetry and transmission systems
• Development of ubiquitous communication networks: wireless, RF systems for telemetry and transmission, sensors, ambient intelligent.
• Embedded systems, instrumentation and control: systems modelling, ambient intelligent systems, intelligent signal processing, miniaturised robots and distributed instrumentation
• Integrated micro-nano systems: systems-in-a-package, hybrid circuits, multifunctional systems.

INSULATIONS, STRUCTURES AND FINISHES

• Fire-resistant aggregates
• Thermic and acoustic insulation
• Structural description and mechanical properties: metals, polymers and ceramics.
• Design of new surfaces. Mortars and concretes:
• Formulation for passive protection in the event of fire.
• Studies of their behaviour with fire and their mechanical behaviour before and after being subjected to temperature.
• Materials for passive protection against fire.
• Rheology of ceramic suspension and cements.
• Development of flame retardants for polymers and description of the behaviour in fire of the resulting compounds.
• Fireproofing of structural materials.
• Extraction and recycling of metals and treatment of subproducts.
• Solid state nanostructuring of metals and alloys for plastic strain processes.
• Nanostructuring by mechanical synthesis of materials.

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

• Valorisation and inertisation of waste and subproducts.
• New material recycling processes.
• Stabilisation of heavy metals in industrial soil
• Research into new non-pollutant materials.
• Cements and concretes
• Modelling of geological reserves.
• Recovery of industrial subproducts for their use in construction materials.
• Corrosion, protection and reformulation according to current environmental regulations.
• Environmental impact of civil works.

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

• Materials and devices for high temperature electronics
• Silicon panel technology in thin layers
• Description of photovoltaic panels.
• Organic solar cell technology
• Studies of natural resources, sites, applications and sustainability
• High resolution magnetotelluric studies. Implications in geothermic resources
• Methodology for using hydraulic and aeolic energy

SUBSOIL STUDIES

• Geological, geophysical and geotechnical studies.
• Geomechanicial description of land.
• Geophysical examination (not destructive) of land.
• Surveying of rocks and industrial minerals.
• Quality control of materials.

TECHNICAL ADVICE

• Industrial advice and reports.
• On the surface technologies and industrial processes area.
• On tests in the thin layers technology area and surface engineering.
• On the selection of materials for their application and implementation.
• Structural and microstructural description.
• Analysis of flaws and breakaages, mechanical properties.
• Non-destructive tests, tribology corrosion tests.

SOCIO– ECONOMIC STUDIES

ECONOMIC

• Economic and legal instruments.
• Analysis of the evolution and adaptation of the sector to different economic conditions.
• Feasibility analysis; marketing and sale plans for promotions.
• Analysis of the situation in different real estate markets: homes, commercial premises, offices, industrial warehouses.
• Analysis on the current situation and outlook for real estate brokerage.
• Current situation and future perspective for the real estate market in a specific area.

SOCIAL

• Public spaces, participation and urban social dynamics.
• Quality of life and sustainability.
• The promoter-project- citizen relationship.
• Social forecasts in energy, water and waste management plans.